A5064753544- Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies
- Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies
- CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors
- Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
- Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research
- Neutrino Physics Research
- Photonic and Optical Devices
- Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
- Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis
- Particle Detector Development and Performance
- Analytical Chemistry and Sensors
- Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
- Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques
- Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
- Advancements in PLL and VCO Technologies
- Ocular and Laser Science Research
- Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging
- Nuclear Physics and Applications
- Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete
- Particle accelerators and beam dynamics
- Structural Analysis and Optimization
- Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics
- Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials
- Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
Université de Sherbrooke
2009-2024
Laurentian University
2020
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
2019
TRW Automotive (United States)
1977
This paper presents a new quenching circuit (QC) and single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) implemented in TSMC CMOS 65 nm technology. The QC was optimized for timing resolution (SPTR) with view to an implementation 3D digital SiPM. presented has jitter of 4 ps full width at half maximum (FWHM) the SPAD 7.8 FWHM SPTR. adjustable threshold allows optimization as well excess voltage rise time characterization. threshold, hold-off recharge are essential optimize performances each SPAD. also...
Time-of-flight measurements are becoming essential to the advancement of several fields, such as preclinical positron emission tomography and high energy physics. Recent developments in single photon avalanche diode (SPAD)-based detectors have spawned a great interest digital silicon photomultipliers (dSiPMs). To overcome tradeoff between photosensitive area processing capabilities current 2-D dSiPM, we propose novel 3-D SiPM, where SPAD, designed for maximal area, will be stacked over...
Abstract A new trend in large area noble liquid experiments is to measure the scintillation light with photodetectors and their electronics inside active volume. Compared typical approach of using silicon photomultipliers (SiPM) an analog readout chain leading analog-to-digital converter, this paper presents a 3D photon-to-digital converter (PDC) that takes advantage binary nature single-photon avalanche diodes (SPAD). The contains 4096 pixels over 25 mm 2 , each including bonding pad...
When developing a technology based on single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs), the SPAD characterization is mandatory to debug, optimize and monitor microfabrication process. This especially true for development of arrays 3D integrated with CMOS readout electronics, where testing required qualify process, independently from final circuit. work reports monitoring platform dedicated at die wafer level, in context development. The relies circuit made standard used different configurations...
A Vernier ring-oscillator-based time-to-digital converter (TDC) with a new prelogic is presented. Experimental results show that the proposed architecture achieve 5.5 ps RMS timing jitter 5.1 LSB within an area of . Thanks to circuit, power consumption circuit was optimised at rate 1 Mevents/s for dynamic range 4 ns. The area, and make TDC suitable array electronic readout in position emission tomography single photon avalanche diode based detectors.
This paper reports on a wafer-level test platform for Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes (SPADs) manufactured at Teledyne DALSA (Canada) and designed by Université de Sherbrooke. The enables in-foundry end-of-process active testing of SPADs in Geiger-mode, thanks to dedicated integrated circuit probe card installed wafer prober.
The new trend in large area noble liquid experiments is to measure the scintillation light with photodetectors and their electronics inside active volume.Compared typical approach of using silicon photomultipliers (SiPM) analog readout chain an analog-todigital converter, this paper presents a 3D photon-to-digital converter (PDC) that takes advantage binary nature single-photon avalanche diode.The contains 4096 pixels over 25 mm 2 , each including bonding pad quenching circuit.The features...
In the field of radiation instrumentation, there is a desire to reach sub-10 ps FWHM timing resolution for applications such as time-of-flight positron emission tomography, computed tomography and time-resolved calorimetry. One key parts detection chain these single-photon detector and, in recent years, first avalanche diode (SPAD) with was presented. To resolution, SPAD read out by an operational amplifier operated open-loop comparator. This paper presents comparison between comparators...
We present an integrated single-photon detection device custom designed for quantum key distribution (QKD) with time-bin encoded single photons. implemented and demonstrated a prototype photon-to-digital converter (PDC) that integrates 8 × avalanche diode (SPAD) array on-chip digital signal processing built in TSMC 65 nm CMOS. The SPADs are used to validate the QKD functionalities of time-to-digital converters (TDCs) timestamp process photon events. PDC uses window gating reject noise counts...
For decades, fast neutron radiography performed using pulse-counting detectors employed PMTs coupled to plastic scintillator pixel arrays. SiPM-based systems are now sought replace fragile PMTs, but conventional, "analog" SiPMs suffer from intrinsic limitations which limit their achievable performance. Among these limitations, a complete analog readout and digitizer chain is required, counterintuitive approach when considering that the single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD), basic unit cell of...
<p>When developing a technology based on single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs), the SPAD characterization is mandatory to debug, optimize and monitor microfabrication process. This especially true for development of arrays 3D integrated with CMOS readout electronics, where testing required qualify process, independently from final circuit. work reports monitoring platform dedicated at die wafer level, in context development. The relies circuit made standard used different...
<p>When developing a technology based on single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs), the SPAD characterization is mandatory to debug, optimize and monitor microfabrication process. This especially true for development of arrays 3D integrated with CMOS readout electronics, where testing required qualify process, independently from final circuit. work reports monitoring platform dedicated at die wafer level, in context development. The relies circuit made standard used different...
Time to digital converters (TDCs) are widely used in particle physics and medical imaging determine the relative arrival time of photons other particles. Vernier TDCs one most attractive options due their power consumption efficiency small footprint. We present our newly patented innovative architecture cascaded-stage comprised a feedthrough reference oscillator. This lead successive measurements that result lower number cycles for same dynamic range resolution ratio (DRRR), leading reduced...