Quenching Circuit and SPAD Integrated in CMOS 65 nm with 7.8 ps FWHM Single Photon Timing Resolution

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 single photon timing resolution (SPTR) with a view to an implementation in a 3D digital SiPM. The presented QC has a timing jitter of 4 ps ful...

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Main Authors: Frédéric Nolet, Samuel Parent, Nicolas Roy, Marc-Olivier Mercier, Serge A. Charlebois, Réjean Fontaine, Jean-Francois Pratte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-09-01
Series:Instruments
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2410-390X/2/4/19