32ps timing jitter with a fully integrated front end circuit and single photon avalanche diodes
Excellent performance of custom technology SPAD detectors have been widely demonstrated in recent years. Low‐jitter timing measurements with these detectors require front end electronics able to sense the avalanche current at a very low level when the multiplication process is still confined in a ve...
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author | G. Acconcia I. Rech I. Labanca M. Ghioni |
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description | Excellent performance of custom technology SPAD detectors have been widely demonstrated in recent years. Low‐jitter timing measurements with these detectors require front end electronics able to sense the avalanche current at a very low level when the multiplication process is still confined in a very small area around the photon absorption point. Best in class results (35 ps full width at half maximum) have been obtained with discrete circuits not suitable to be used in densely integrated systems of SPAD arrays required by modern demanding applications. A new fully integrated front end able to read out the avalanche current with a timing jitter as low as 32 ps and suitable to be exploited with SPAD arrays is presented. |
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spelling | doaj-art-7ca8a4ab2c3d4b0ab42f71f9e73b5b7b2025-02-05T12:30:43ZengWileyElectronics Letters0013-51941350-911X2017-03-0153532832910.1049/el.2016.455932ps timing jitter with a fully integrated front end circuit and single photon avalanche diodesG. Acconcia0I. Rech1I. Labanca2M. Ghioni3DEIBPolitecnico di Milanopiazza L. Da Vinci 3220133MilanItalyDEIBPolitecnico di Milanopiazza L. Da Vinci 3220133MilanItalyDEIBPolitecnico di Milanopiazza L. Da Vinci 3220133MilanItalyDEIBPolitecnico di Milanopiazza L. Da Vinci 3220133MilanItalyExcellent performance of custom technology SPAD detectors have been widely demonstrated in recent years. Low‐jitter timing measurements with these detectors require front end electronics able to sense the avalanche current at a very low level when the multiplication process is still confined in a very small area around the photon absorption point. Best in class results (35 ps full width at half maximum) have been obtained with discrete circuits not suitable to be used in densely integrated systems of SPAD arrays required by modern demanding applications. A new fully integrated front end able to read out the avalanche current with a timing jitter as low as 32 ps and suitable to be exploited with SPAD arrays is presented.https://doi.org/10.1049/el.2016.4559fully integrated front end circuitsingle photon avalanche diodescustom technology SPAD detectorslow‐jitter timing measurementsfront end electronicsavalanche current sensing |
spellingShingle | G. Acconcia I. Rech I. Labanca M. Ghioni 32ps timing jitter with a fully integrated front end circuit and single photon avalanche diodes Electronics Letters fully integrated front end circuit single photon avalanche diodes custom technology SPAD detectors low‐jitter timing measurements front end electronics avalanche current sensing |
title | 32ps timing jitter with a fully integrated front end circuit and single photon avalanche diodes |
title_full | 32ps timing jitter with a fully integrated front end circuit and single photon avalanche diodes |
title_fullStr | 32ps timing jitter with a fully integrated front end circuit and single photon avalanche diodes |
title_full_unstemmed | 32ps timing jitter with a fully integrated front end circuit and single photon avalanche diodes |
title_short | 32ps timing jitter with a fully integrated front end circuit and single photon avalanche diodes |
title_sort | 32ps timing jitter with a fully integrated front end circuit and single photon avalanche diodes |
topic | fully integrated front end circuit single photon avalanche diodes custom technology SPAD detectors low‐jitter timing measurements front end electronics avalanche current sensing |
url | https://doi.org/10.1049/el.2016.4559 |
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