SPADs and SiPMs arrays for long-range high-speed light detection and ranging (LiDAR)

F Villa, F Severini, F Madonini, F Zappa - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) is a 3D imaging technique, widely used in many
applications such as augmented reality, automotive, machine vision, spacecraft navigation …

An overview of depth cameras and range scanners based on time-of-flight technologies

R Horaud, M Hansard, G Evangelidis… - Machine vision and …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Time-of-flight (TOF) cameras are sensors that can measure the depths of scene
points, by illuminating the scene with a controlled laser or LED source and then analyzing …

A reconfigurable 3-D-stacked SPAD imager with in-pixel histogramming for flash LIDAR or high-speed time-of-flight imaging

SW Hutchings, N Johnston, I Gyongy… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A 256 256 single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) sensor integrated into a 3-D-stacked 90-
nm 1P4M/40-nm 1P8M process is reported for flash light detection and ranging (LIDAR) or …

Recent advances and future perspectives of single‐photon avalanche diodes for quantum photonics applications

F Ceccarelli, G Acconcia, A Gulinatti… - Advanced Quantum …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Photonic quantum technologies promise a revolution of the world of information processing,
from simulation and computing to communication and sensing, thanks to the many …

CMOS imager with 1024 SPADs and TDCs for single-photon timing and 3-D time-of-flight

F Villa, R Lussana, D Bronzi, S Tisa… - IEEE journal of …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a CMOS imager consisting of 32× 32 smart pixels, each one able to detect
single photons in the 300-900 nm wavelength range and to perform both photon-counting …

A review of single-photon avalanche diode time-of-flight imaging sensor arrays

F Piron, D Morrison, MR Yuce… - IEEE Sensors …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Time-of-flight (ToF) sensors using light pulses or continuous waves allow accurate distance
measurements. Three-dimensional imagers can be based on an array of timing or time …

A 64 64-Pixels Digital Silicon Photomultiplier Direct TOF Sensor With 100-MPhotons/s/pixel Background Rejection and Imaging/Altimeter Mode With 0.14 …

M Perenzoni, D Perenzoni… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes a 64× 64-pixel 3-D imager based on single-photon avalanche diodes
(SPADs) for long-range applications, such as spacecraft navigation and landing. Each 60 …

A 0.13 μm CMOS system-on-chip for a 512× 424 time-of-flight image sensor with multi-frequency photo-demodulation up to 130 MHz and 2 GS/s ADC

CS Bamji, P O'Connor, T Elkhatib… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We introduce a 512× 424 time-of-flight (TOF) depth image sensor designed in a TSMC 0.13
μm LP 1P5M CMOS process, suitable for use in Microsoft Kinect for XBOX ONE. The 10 μm× …

A 0.18-m CMOS SoC for a 100-m-Range 10-Frame/s 20096-Pixel Time-of-Flight Depth Sensor

C Niclass, M Soga, H Matsubara… - IEEE Journal of solid …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the emerging need for high-resolution light detection and ranging (LIDAR) technologies
in advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), we introduce a system-on-a-chip (SoC) that …

100 000 frames/s 64× 32 single-photon detector array for 2-D imaging and 3-D ranging

D Bronzi, F Villa, S Tisa, A Tosi, F Zappa… - IEEE journal of …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report on the design and characterization of a multipurpose 64× 32 CMOS single-photon
avalanche diode (SPAD) array. The chip is fabricated in a high-voltage 0.35-μm CMOS …