A fast active quenching and recharging circuit for single-photon avalanche diodes

Author

Mita, Rosario ; Palumbo, Gaetano ; Fallica, Giorgio

Author_Institution

Dipt. di lngegneria Elettrica, Elettronica e dei Sistemi, Catania Univ., Italy

Volume

3

fYear

2005

fDate

28 Aug.-2 Sept. 2005

Abstract

This paper presents a fast active quenching and recharging circuit (AQRC) for single-photon avalanches diodes (SPAD). The proposed circuit topology exhibits an overall quenching time lower than 1.5ns and quiescent power dissipation equal to about 5mW. Moreover, the circuit allows tunable excess voltage from 5V to 12V. The circuit was design by using the DIB12 BiCMOS 2 μm technology supply by STM that is perfectly compatible with the SPAD process. Many SPECTRE simulations were executed in different operative conditions confirming the high performance of the proposed topology.

Keywords

BiCMOS integrated circuits; avalanche diodes; network topology; 2 micron; 5 to 12 V; DIB12 BiCMOS technology; circuit topology; fast active quenching circuit; fast recharging circuit; single-photon avalanche diodes; Circuit simulation; Circuit testing; Circuit topology; Diodes; Electric breakdown; Extraterrestrial measurements; Optoelectronic and photonic sensors; Phase detection; Power dissipation; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuit Theory and Design, 2005. Proceedings of the 2005 European Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9066-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECCTD.2005.1523141

Filename

1523141