Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 62, Issue 5, 0522003(2025)

Digital Module for Infrared Readout Circuits with Configurable Timing Intellectual Property Cores

Kairui Yang1,2、*, Yiqiang Zhao1,2, Yao Li1,2, and Shubo Zhang1,2
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  • 1School of Microelectronics, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • 2Tianjin Key Laboratory of Imaging and Sensing Microelectronic Technology, Tianjin 300072, China
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    The development of readout circuits is shifting towards large arrays, small pixels, and advanced processes to achieve flexible adjustment of operating states and array windowing. A customized digital module for a 2560 pixel×2048 pixel infrared focal plane readout circuit, based on 55 nm complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) transistor technology, is designed. This design incorporates a configurable timing intellectual property (IP) core using a state machine with unique thermal code encoding to regulate the control timing generation circuit. This enables configurable control timing for analog circuits while enabling array windowing. An asynchronous first input first output (FIFO) is employed for bit-width conversion and cross-clock processing of quantized data, ensuring accurate data transmission. Based on the same architecture and process, the verification chip design and multi project wafer fabrication with the window size reduced to 128 pixel×128 pixel are completed. The test results demonstrate the ability of the digital module to provide configurable control timing in specific readout circuit applications, ensuring quantized data accurate transmission.

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    Kairui Yang, Yiqiang Zhao, Yao Li, Shubo Zhang. Digital Module for Infrared Readout Circuits with Configurable Timing Intellectual Property Cores[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2025, 62(5): 0522003

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    Paper Information

    Category: Optical Design and Fabrication

    Received: Jun. 5, 2024

    Accepted: Jul. 12, 2024

    Published Online: Mar. 14, 2025

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    DOI:10.3788/LOP241432

    CSTR:32186.14.LOP241432

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