• DocumentCode
    720749
  • Title

    A new simulation method for single photon avalanche diode

  • Author

    Xiaopeng Xie ; Yue Xu ; Yang Huang ; YuFeng Guo ; Xiaoqing Chen ; Heng Yue

  • Author_Institution
    Coll. of Electron. Sci. & Eng., Nanjing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., Nanjing, China
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    15-16 March 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Presently TCAD simulation of single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) cannot directly obtain the important performances of SPAD. In this paper, we propose a new simulation method combining TCAD simulation with the numerical computation, which can exactly predict the statistical performances of SPAD such as Quantum Detection Efficiency (QDE), Dark Count Rate (DCR) and Afterpulsing Probability (AP). This new simulation method is useful in optimizing SPAD design with higher QDE and lower DCR.
  • Keywords
    avalanche diodes; photodiodes; probability; statistical analysis; technology CAD (electronics); AP; DCR; QDE; SPAD design; TCAD simulation; afterpulsing probability; dark count rate; quantum detection efficiency; simulation method; single photon avalanche diode; statistical performance; Mathematical model; Probability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Semiconductor Technology International Conference (CSTIC), 2015 China
  • Conference_Location
    Shanghai
  • ISSN
    2158-2297
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CSTIC.2015.7153327
  • Filename
    7153327