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 …

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 …

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 …

Three-dimensional imaging of stationary and moving targets in turbid underwater environments using a single-photon detector array

A Maccarone, F Mattioli Della Rocca, A McCarthy… - Optics express, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Three-dimensional imaging in underwater environments was investigated using a
picosecond resolution silicon single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) detector array …

A 32× 128 SPAD-257 TDC receiver IC for pulsed TOF solid-state 3-D imaging

S Jahromi, JP Jansson, P Keränen… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A single-chip receiver for pulsed laser direct time-of-flight 3-D imaging applications has
been realized in a 0.35-μm HV CMOS technology. The chip includes a 32× 128 single …

Automotive three-dimensional vision through a single-photon counting SPAD camera

D Bronzi, Y Zou, F Villa, S Tisa, A Tosi… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present an optical 3-D ranging camera for automotive applications that is able to provide
a centimeter depth resolution over a 40°× 20° field of view up to 45 m with just 1.5 W of …

Multi-beam single-photon-counting three-dimensional imaging lidar

Z Li, E Wu, C Pang, B Du, Y Tao, H Peng, H Zeng… - Optics express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Photon-counting laser ranging has attracted a lot of research interest for its application in the
altimeter. In this letter, we report a large scale multi-beam photon-counting laser imaging …

Computational multi-depth single-photon imaging

D Shin, F Xu, FNC Wong, JH Shapiro, VK Goyal - Optics express, 2016 - opg.optica.org
We present an imaging framework that is able to accurately reconstruct multiple depths at
individual pixels from single-photon observations. Our active imaging method models the …

[HTML][HTML] Time-to-digital converters and histogram builders in SPAD arrays for pulsed-LiDAR

V Sesta, A Incoronato, F Madonini, F Villa - Measurement, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) is a 3D imaging technique widely used in
many applications such as augmented reality, automotive, machine vision, spacecraft …

A single chip spad based vision sensing system with integrated memristive spiking neuromorphic processing

MSA Shawkat, MM Adnan, RD Febbo, JJ Murray… - IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a new scalable single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) based vision
sensor with integrated spiking neuromorphic system on a single chip. The proposed vision …