A 32×32-pixel array with in-pixel photon counting and arrival time measurement in the analog domain

ESSCIRC 2009 - Proceedings of the 35th European Solid-State Circuits Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 204-207

  Stoppa, David ^a   Borghetti, Fausto ^a   Richardson, Justin ^b,c   Walker, Richard ^b,c   Grant, Lindsay ^b   Henderson, Robert K ^c   Gersbach, Marek ^d,e   Charbon, Edoardo ^d,e  

^a FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

^b STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG DOMAIN; ARRIVAL TIME; AVERAGE POWER; CMOS IMAGING; HIGH-SPEED; IMAGERS; MEMORY BANKS; PARALLEL OPERATIONS; PHOTON COUNTING; PIXEL ARRAYS; POWER CONSUMPTION; SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODE; TIME RANGE; TIME RESOLUTION; TIME-INTERLEAVED;

ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; PHOTONS; PIXELS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS;

EID: 72849130580     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ESSCIRC.2009.5325970     Document Type: Conference Paper

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