Title:
DIGITAL PHOTON-COUNTING GEIGER-MODE AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE SOLID-STATE MONOLITHIC INTENSITY IMAGING FOCAL-PLANE WITH SCALABLE READOUT CIRCUITRY
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2004099865
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A photon-counting Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode intensity imaging array includes an array of pixels (200), each having an avalanche photodiode (250). A pixel senses an avalanche event and stores, in response to the sensed avalanche event, a single bit digital value therein. An array of accumulators (320) are provided such that each accumulator is associated with a pixel. A row decoder circuit (310) addresses a pixel row within the array of pixels. A bit sensing circuit (300) converts a precharged capacitance into a digital value during read operations.
Inventors:
STERN ALVIN (US)
AULL BRIAN F (US)
KOSICKI BERNARD B (US)
REICH ROBERT K (US)
FELTON BRADLEY J (US)
SHAVER DAVID C (US)
LOOMIS ANDREW H (US)
YOUNG DOUGLAS J (US)
AULL BRIAN F (US)
KOSICKI BERNARD B (US)
REICH ROBERT K (US)
FELTON BRADLEY J (US)
SHAVER DAVID C (US)
LOOMIS ANDREW H (US)
YOUNG DOUGLAS J (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2004/013463
Publication Date:
April 21, 2005
Filing Date:
April 30, 2004
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY (US)
STERN ALVIN (US)
AULL BRIAN F (US)
KOSICKI BERNARD B (US)
REICH ROBERT K (US)
FELTON BRADLEY J (US)
SHAVER DAVID C (US)
LOOMIS ANDREW H (US)
YOUNG DOUGLAS J (US)
STERN ALVIN (US)
AULL BRIAN F (US)
KOSICKI BERNARD B (US)
REICH ROBERT K (US)
FELTON BRADLEY J (US)
SHAVER DAVID C (US)
LOOMIS ANDREW H (US)
YOUNG DOUGLAS J (US)
International Classes:
G01T1/29; G02F1/03; H01J40/14; H01L27/00; H01L27/146; H01L31/02; (IPC1-7): H01L31/02; H01L27/146
Foreign References:
| US5665959A | 1997-09-09 |
Other References:
AULL B F ET AL: "Geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes for three-dimensional imaging", LINCOLN LABORATORY JOURNAL LINCOLN LAB. MIT USA, vol. 13, no. 2, 2002, pages 335 - 350, XP002312996, ISSN: 0896-4130
ZAPPA F ET AL: "AN INTEGRATED ACTIVE-QUENCHING CIRCUIT FOR SINGLE-PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODES", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT, IEEE INC. NEW YORK, US, vol. 49, no. 6, December 2000 (2000-12-01), pages 1167 - 1175, XP008041207, ISSN: 0018-9456
AULL B F ET AL: "Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode arrays integrated with CMOS timing circuits", 56TH ANNUAL DEVICE RESEARCH CONFERENCE DIGEST (CAT. NO.98TH8373) IEEE NEW YORK, NY, USA, 1998, pages 58 - 59, XP002312997, ISBN: 0-7803-4995-4
ZAPPA F ET AL: "AN INTEGRATED ACTIVE-QUENCHING CIRCUIT FOR SINGLE-PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODES", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT, IEEE INC. NEW YORK, US, vol. 49, no. 6, December 2000 (2000-12-01), pages 1167 - 1175, XP008041207, ISSN: 0018-9456
AULL B F ET AL: "Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode arrays integrated with CMOS timing circuits", 56TH ANNUAL DEVICE RESEARCH CONFERENCE DIGEST (CAT. NO.98TH8373) IEEE NEW YORK, NY, USA, 1998, pages 58 - 59, XP002312997, ISBN: 0-7803-4995-4
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