A novel, high-dynamic-range, high-speed, and high-sensitivity CMOS imager using time-domain single-photon counting and avalanche photodiodes

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1078-1083

  El Desouki, Munir M ^a   Palubiak, Darek ^a   Deen, M Jamal ^a   Fang, Qiyin ^a   Marinov, Ognian ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiodes (APDs); CMOS image sensor; integrated photodetector; silicon avalanche photodiode (SAPD); silicon photodetector; single photon avalanche detectors (SPADs); single photon detectors; time domain (TD) image sensor

Indexed keywords

CMOS IMAGE SENSOR; INTEGRATED PHOTODETECTOR; SILICON AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE (SAPD); SILICON PHOTODETECTOR; SINGLE-PHOTON AVALANCHE DETECTORS (SPADS); SINGLE-PHOTON DETECTORS; TIME DOMAIN;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DETECTORS; DIGITAL CAMERAS; IMAGE SENSORS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; SILICON DETECTORS;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 79951666867     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2010.2058846     Document Type: Article

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