Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 52, Issue 3, 20220903(2023)

Key technologies and development trends of SPAD array readout circuit (invited)

Lixia Zheng, Jin Wu, Weifeng Sun*, Chenggong Wan, Gaolong Liu, Jiaqi Wang, and Bingqing Gu
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  • Institute of Microelectronics, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
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    Figures & Tables(8)
    (a) Passive quenching circuit; (b) Active quenching circuit
    An architecture realizing constant excess bias control
    Clock controlled dead-zone-time adjustable architecture
    TOF imaging system based on SPAD array
    ROIC architecture based on TDC sharing scheme
    Single pixel structure block diagram of 256×256 photon counting system
    • Table 1. Performance comparison of photon timing readout circuit

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      Table 1. Performance comparison of photon timing readout circuit

      Year2018[18]2020[19]2020[20]2018[21]2019[22]
      InstitutionMIT Lincoln LaboratoryUniversity of EdinburghSwiss Federal Institute of TechnologyDelft University of TechnologySoutheast University
      Technology0.18 μm CMOS40 nm CMOS0.35 μm CMOS0.18 μm CMOS0.18 μm CMOS
      Pixel array256×128128×12832×128252×14464×64
      Pixel pitch50 μm40 μm×20 μm40 μm28.5 μm50 μm
      TDC resolution500 ps100 ps78 ps48.8 ps1000 ps
      TDC range-23.3 ns640 ns333 ns4000 ns
      Frame rate-500 fps20 fps31.25 kfps20 kfps
      Power-185 mW-2540 mW490 mW
    • Table 2. Research progress of photon counting readout circuit

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      Table 2. Research progress of photon counting readout circuit

      Year2015[23]2020[24]2022[25]2019[26]2021[27]
      InstitutionMIT Lincoln Laboratory Oregon State University University of Edinburgh Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Southeast University
      Technology0.18 μm CMOS0.18 μm CMOS40 nm CMOS0.18 μm CMOS0.18 μm CMOS
      Pixel array256×2568×8128×12064×64128×1
      Pixel pitch25 μm80 μm8 μm25 μm80 μm
      Dynamic range42 dB129 dB126 dB-60 dB
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    Category: Special issue-Advances in single-photon detection technology

    Received: Dec. 26, 2022

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Apr. 12, 2023

    The Author Email: Sun Weifeng (swffrog@seu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20220903

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