A 192 x 128 time correlated single photon counting imager in 40nm CMOS technology

Henderson, Robert K. and Johnston, Nick and Chen, Haochang and Li, David Day-Uei and Hungerford, Graham and Hirsch, Richard and Yip, Philip and McLoskey, David and Birch, David (2018) A 192 x 128 time correlated single photon counting imager in 40nm CMOS technology. In: 44th European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC) 2018. IEEE, Piscataway, NJ.

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    Abstract

    A 192 x 128 pixel single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) time-resolved single photon counting (TCPSC) image sensor is implemented in STMicroelectronics 40nm CMOS technology. The 13 % fill-factor, 18.4 x 9.2 mm pixel contains a 33 ps resolution, 135 ns full-scale, 12-bit time to digital converter (TDC) with 0.9 LSB differential and 8.7 LSB integral nonlinearity (DNL/INL). The sensor achieves a mean 219 ps fullwidth half maximum (FWHM) impulse response function (IRF) and a 5 mW core power consumption and is operable at up to 18.6 kfps. Cylindrical microlenses with a concentration factor of 3.15 increase the fill-factor to 41%. The median dark count rate (DCR) is 25 Hz at 1.5 V excess bias. Fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) results are presented.

    Author(s):Henderson, Robert K., Johnston, Nick, Chen, Haochang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6196-4418, Li, David Day-Uei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6401-4263, Hungerford, Graham, Hirsch, Richard, Yip, Philip ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2725-7474, McLoskey, David and Birch, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6400-1270
    Item type:Book Section
    ID code:65594
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    Keywords:single photon avalanche diode, photon counting, Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    Subjects:Technology > Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
    Department:Faculty of Science > Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
    Strategic Research Themes > Health and Wellbeing
    Faculty of Science > Physics
    Technology and Innovation Centre > Bionanotechnology
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:02 Oct 2018 00:37
    Last modified:17 Jul 2019 00:16
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/65594
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