On analog silicon photomultipliers in standard 55-nm BCD technology for LiDAR applications

J Zhao, T Milanese, F Gramuglia… - IEEE Journal of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present an analog silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) based on a standard 55-nm Bipolar-
CMOS-DMOS (BCD) technology. The SiPM is composed of 16× 16 single-photon avalanche …

A 2D proof of principle towards a 3D digital SiPM in HV CMOS with low output capacitance

F Nolet, VP Rhéaume, S Parent… - … on Nuclear Science, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The 3D vertical integration of SPAD and readout electronics is a promising avenue to high
performance photodetectors. This approach will minimize most limitations of current SiPM …

Active-Reset for the N+P Single-Ended SPAD Used in the NIR LiDAR Receivers

A Katz, T Blank, A Fenigstein, T Leitner… - … on Electron Devices, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A monolithic resistorless circuit has been designed for active reset of the N+ P single-ended
(common anode) single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD). This type of SPAD has enhanced …

Evaluation of the dark signal performance of different SiPM-technologies under irradiation with cold neutrons

D Durini, C Degenhardt, H Rongen… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper we report the results of the assessment of changes in the dark signal delivered
by three silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) detector arrays, fabricated by three different …

Application of CMOS technology to silicon photomultiplier sensors

N D'Ascenzo, X Zhang, Q Xie - Sensors, 2017 - mdpi.com
We use the 180 nm GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GF) BCDLite CMOS process for the production of
a silicon photomultiplier prototype. We study the main characteristics of the developed …

Design and Characterization of a Silicon Photomultiplier in 0.35- CMOS

N D'Ascenzo, W Brockherde, S Dreiner… - IEEE Journal of the …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The possibility to design a silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) using standard CMOS processes
represents the frontier of current low photon flux detectors. It allows an integrated …

Silicon Photomultipliers With Area Up to 9 mm2 in a 0.35- m CMOS Process

X Liang, N D'ascenzo, W Brockherde… - IEEE Journal of the …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Silicon photomultipliers produced using standard complementary metal oxide
semiconductor (CMOS) processes are at the basis of modern applications of sensors for …

A Novel High Photon Detection Efficiency Silicon Photomultiplier With Shallow Junction in 0.35 m CMOS

N D'Ascenzo, E Antonecchia… - IEEE Electron …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a novel silicon photomultiplier based on a shallow junction obtained within a
standard 0.35 μm complementary metal oxide semiconductor process. The sensitive …

[HTML][HTML] 0.16 µm–BCD silicon photomultipliers with sharp timing response and reduced correlated noise

M Sanzaro, F Signorelli, P Gattari, A Tosi, F Zappa - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
Silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) have improved significantly over the last years and now are
widely employed in many different applications. However, the custom fabrication …

Performance assessment of SPAD arrays for coincidence detection in quantum-enhanced imaging

F Madonini, F Severini, F Zappa… - … and Quantum Imaging …, 2021 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Single-Photon Avalanche-Diode (SPAD) arrays find extensive use in quantum imaging
techniques that exploit entangledphotons states to overcome sensitivity limitations of …