A high-throughput time-resolved mini-silicon photomultiplier with embedded fluorescence lifetime estimation in 0.13 μm CMOS

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 562-570

  Tyndall, David ^a,b   Rae, Bruce R ^c   Li, David Day Uei ^d   Arlt, Jochen ^a   Johnston, Abigail ^a   Richardson, Justin A ^b   Henderson, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR   (Germany)

^c STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biosensors; Silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs); Single photon avalanche diodes (SPADs); Time domain fluorescence lifetime; Time correlated single photon counting (TCSPC)

Indexed keywords

CENTRE OF MASS; CMOS PROCESSS; FILL-FACTOR; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIMES; FLUORESCENT DYES; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; LABORATORY ENVIRONMENT; MULTIPLE CHANNELS; OUTPUT PULSE; PILE-UPS; PRE-PROCESSING; SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIER; SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODE; SINGLE PHOTON DETECTION; TIME TO DIGITAL CONVERTERS; TIME-CORRELATED SINGLE-PHOTON COUNTING; TIME-RESOLVED; TIME-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE;

BIOSENSORS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINES; ESTIMATION; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PILES; SENSORS; SILICON;

FLUORESCENCE;

FLUORESCENT DYE; SILICON;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTON; SEMICONDUCTOR; STATISTICS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SILICON;

EID: 84872678255     PISSN: 19324545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBCAS.2012.2222639     Document Type: Article

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