High-voltage active quenching and resetting circuit for SPADs in 0.35 μm CMOS for raising the photon detection probability

Alija Dervić; Bernhard Steindl; Michael Hofbauer; Horst Zimmermann

doi:10.1117/1.OE.58.4.040501

10 April 2019 High-voltage active quenching and resetting circuit for SPADs in 0.35 μm CMOS for raising the photon detection probability

Alija Dervić, Bernhard Steindl, Michael Hofbauer, Horst Zimmermann

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 58, Issue 4, 040501 (April 2019). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.58.4.040501

Abstract

A fully integrated single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) using a high-voltage quenching circuit fabricated in a 0.35-μm CMOS process is proposed. The quenching circuit features a quenching voltage of 9.9 V, which is three times the nominal supply voltage to increase the photon detection probability (PDP). To prove the quenching performance, the circuit has been integrated together with a large-area SPAD having an active diameter of 90 μm. Experimental verification shows a maximum PDP of 67.8% at 9.9 V excess bias at a wavelength of 642 nm.

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Alija Dervić, Bernhard Steindl, Michael Hofbauer, and Horst Zimmermann "High-voltage active quenching and resetting circuit for SPADs in 0.35 μm CMOS for raising the photon detection probability," Optical Engineering 58(4), 040501 (10 April 2019). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.58.4.040501

Received: 19 December 2018; Accepted: 22 March 2019; Published: 10 April 2019

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