Custom single-photon avalanche diode with integrated front-end for parallel photon timing applications

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Cammi, C ^a   Panzeri, F ^a   Gulinatti, A ^a   Rech, I ^a   Ghioni, M ^a,b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Micro Photon Devices Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE-QUENCHING CIRCUITS; AFTERPULSING; AVALANCHE CURRENTS; COMPLETE CONTROL; CURRENT SIGNAL; DARK COUNT RATE; ELECTRICAL CROSSTALKS; FRONT END ELECTRONICS; HIGH-COUNT RATE; INTRINSIC PERFORMANCE; LARGE AREA DEVICES; LOW TEMPERATURES; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; MONOLITHIC ARRAYS; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; PARALLELIZATIONS; PARASITIC CAPACITANCE; PHOTO MULTIPLIER TUBE; PHOTON DETECTION EFFICIENCY; PHOTON TIMING; PIXEL ARCHITECTURES; SINGLE PHOTODETECTOR; SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODE; SINGLE-PHOTON TIMING; SPAD ARRAY; STANDARD CMOS; STANDARD COMPLEMENTARY METALOXIDE-SEMICONDUCTOR (CMOS) TECHNOLOGIES; TECHNOLOGICAL PROCESS; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TIMING PERFORMANCE; TIMING SIGNALS;

MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; PHOTODETECTORS; PICKUPS; PIXELS; TIMING JITTER;

TIMING CIRCUITS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; PHOTON; PROBABILITY; SEMICONDUCTOR; TIME;

ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; PHOTONS; PROBABILITY; TIME FACTORS; TRANSISTORS, ELECTRONIC;

EID: 84861587145     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3692737     Document Type: Article

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