Sensors for positron emission tomography applications

W Jiang, Y Chalich, MJ Deen - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging is an essential tool in clinical applications for
the diagnosis of diseases due to its ability to acquire functional images to help differentiate …

Modeling for single-photon avalanche diodes: State-of-the-art and research challenges

X Qian, W Jiang, A Elsharabasy, MJ Deen - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
With the growing importance of single-photon-counting (SPC) techniques, researchers are
now designing high-performance systems based on single-photon avalanche diodes …

Time-gated and multi-junction SPADs in standard 65 nm CMOS technology

W Jiang, Y Chalich, R Scott, MJ Deen - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
SPADs (Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes) are important detectors for a wide range of
applications including positron emission tomography, Raman spectroscopy, light detection …

Random Telegraph Signal in n+/p-Well CMOS Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes

W Jiang, MJ Deen - IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, in addition to two commonly known noise parameters—dark count rate (DCR)
and afterpulsing (AP)—we explore another interesting phenomenon–random telegraph …

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 …

Characterization of a time-resolved diffuse optical spectroscopy prototype using low-cost, compact single photon avalanche detectors for tissue optics applications

M Alayed, DP Palubiak, MJ Deen - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
Time-resolved diffuse optical spectroscopy (TR-DOS) is an increasingly used method to
determine the optical properties of diffusive media, particularly for medical applications …

Industrial approach to quantum dots in fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator devices for quantum information applications

I Kriekouki - 2022 - theses.hal.science
Electron spin qubits based on quantum dots implemented using advanced Complementary
Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS) technology functional at cryogenic temperatures …

Designing a Sub-20V Breakdown Voltage SPAD With Standard CMOS Technology and n/p-well Structure

JY Wu, CH Liu - IEEE Photonics Journal, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We have proposed a structural design for a single photon avalanche diode with a low
breakdown voltage. This diode is fabricated using Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing …

Modeling with RTS noise characterization of novel embedded photogate single-photon avalanche diode for circuit simulations

J Yang, Y Wang, X Jin, Y Peng, J Luo… - IEEE Photonics …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) are widely used for weak light detection due to
their high gain and high sensitivity. Unfortunately, SPAD devices have random telegraph …

Analysis of gate-controlled single photon avalanche diode with high photon-detection-probability

Y Wang, X Jin, S Cao, Y Peng, J Luo - Optics Communications, 2021 - Elsevier
Fluorescent optical fiber temperature sensors require high-performance silicon-based single
photon detectors with large-scale on-chip integration capabilities to improve the detection …