A comprehensive survey of readout strategies for SiPMs used in nuclear imaging systems

S Hatefi Hesari, MA Haque, N McFarlane - Photonics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) offer advantages such as lower relative cost, smaller size,
and lower operating voltages compared to photomultiplier tubes. A SiPM's readout circuit …

Bayesian neuromorphic imaging for single-photon LiDAR

D Yao, G Mora-Martín, I Gyongy, S Scholes, J Leach… - Optics …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
This paper proposes a Bayesian approach to enable single photon avalanche diode (SPAD)
arrays to be used as pseudo event cameras that report changes in the scene. Motivated by …

A digital CMOS silicon photomultiplier using perimeter gated single photon avalanche diodes with asynchronous AER readout

MSA Shawkat, N Mcfarlane - IEEE Transactions on Circuits and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a new architecture for a perimeter gated single photon avalanche
diodes (PGSPADs) based CMOS digital silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) with fully digital …

Dynamic Vision With Single Photon Detectors: A Discrete DVS Architecture Using Asynchronous Sensor Front-Ends

R Gomez-Merchan, JA Leñero-Bardallo… - … on Circuits and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reports an architectural concept for achieving dynamic vision with Single-Photon
Avalanche Diode (SPAD) detectors. This new concept, demonstrated through a dedicated …

Effect of Surface Field on Breakdown for CMOS Single Photon Avalanche Diodes

S Hasan, A Nizam, N McFarlane… - SoutheastCon …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper investigates the effect of the surface field on the breakdown of single-photon
avalanche diodes (SPADs) implemented in a standard CMOS process. Surface fields have …

Modeling of Perimeter Gated SPAD-based Direct Time-of-Flight Sensor for Low Light LiDAR Applications

N Irfan, S Hasan, SA Shawkat - SoutheastCon 2023, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a novel model of perimeter gated single photon avalanche (SPAD)-
based direct time-of-flight (TOF) sensor for low light detection and ranging (LiDAR) …

Spectral Responsivity and Photoresponse Non-Uniformity of a Perimeter-Gated Single-Photon Avalanche Diode Imager

F Dehghandehnavi, MS Sajal, KC Lin… - 2023 IEEE 66th …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper we investigated the spectral responsivity and photoresponse non-uniformity
(PRNU) of a perimeter-gated single-photon avalanche diode (pg-SPAD) imager fabricated …

A 64× 64 SPAD-based 3D Image Sensor with Adaptive Pixel Sensitivity and Asynchronous Readout

R Gómez-Merchán, JA Leñero-Bardallo… - … 2023-IEEE 49th …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a novel 3D image sensor based on single-photon avalanche diodes
(SPADs) with asynchronous readout and adaptive pixel sensitivity. The proposed sensor …

A High Accuracy and Low Power Consumption ASIC Based on Multi Voltage Threshold Method for Positron Emission Tomography Application

P Hu, H Wang, Y Xin, Y Xie, J Yan… - … Circuits and Systems …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A 36-channel application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) is proposed for the application of
time-of-flight positron emission tomography (ToF-PET). The multiple voltage threshold (MVT) …

Readout Strategies and Asynchronous Architectures

M Dandin, N McFarlane, MS Sajal… - … Avalanche Diodes and …, 2024 - Springer
Silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) offer advantages such as lower relative cost, smaller size,
and lower operating voltages compared to photomultiplier tubes. An SiPM's readout circuit …