• DocumentCode
    3565096
  • Title

    SPAD based image sensors

  • Author

    Charbon, Edoardo

  • Author_Institution
    Delft Univ. of Technol., Delft, Netherlands
  • fYear
    2014
  • Abstract
    The recent availability of miniaturized photon-counting pixels in standard CMOS processes has paved the way to the introduction of photon counting in low-cost time-of-flight cameras, robotics vision, mobile phones, and consumer electronics. In this paper we describe the technology at the core of this revolution: single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) and the architectures enabling SPAD based image sensors. We discuss tradeoffs and design trends, often referring to specific sensor chips and applications.
  • Keywords
    CMOS image sensors; avalanche diodes; photon counting; CMOS processes; SPAD based image sensor; photon counting pixels; single photon avalanche diodes; CMOS integrated circuits; Image sensors; Optical imaging; Photonics; Probability density function; Three-dimensional displays; Timing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), 2014 IEEE International
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEDM.2014.7047022
  • Filename
    7047022
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3565096