Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Integrated circuit comprising an array of single photon avalanche diodes
- Patent Title (中): 包括单光子雪崩二极管阵列的集成电路
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Application No.: US12468084Application Date: 2009-05-19
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Publication No.: US08168934B2Publication Date: 2012-05-01
- Inventor: Cristiano Niclass , Edoardo Charbon
- Applicant: Cristiano Niclass , Edoardo Charbon
- Applicant Address: CH
- Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
- Current Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
- Current Assignee Address: CH
- Agency: Blank Rome LLP
- Priority: EP05101069 20050214
- Main IPC: G01J1/44
- IPC: G01J1/44 ; H03F3/08

Abstract:
Integrated circuit (1) comprising: an array of single photon avalanche diodes (SPADs), a plurality of read-out circuits, each SPADs being coupled to one read-out circuit, wherein at least some of the read-out circuits comprise time-to-digital converters (TDC) and/or a digital asynchronous counter, wherein a plurality of SPADs are coupled to one single read-out circuit. The read-out circuit may comprise a transformer for decoupling the SPAD from other parts of said read-out circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100127160A1 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT COMPRISING AN ARRAY OF SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODES Public/Granted day:2010-05-27
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