Design of a hold-off time control circuit for geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes
| dc.contributor.author | Deng, Shijie | |
| dc.contributor.author | Morrison, Alan P. | |
| dc.contributor.funder | Science Foundation Ireland | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-28T13:56:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-06-28T13:56:16Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2018-06-28T13:48:36Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | A high-resolution hold-off time control circuit for Geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes (GM-APDs) that enables linear changes to the hold-off time from several nanoseconds to microseconds is presented. The resolution of the hold-off time can be varied from nanoseconds to tens of nanoseconds with a range up to microseconds to cater for a variety of GM-APDs. This circuit allows setting of the optimal 'afterpulse-free' hold-off time for any GM-APD through digital inputs or additional signal processing circuitry. With this circuit, the APD is automatically reset following the end of the hold-off period that further simplifies the end-user’s control. A layout of this circuit is designed using a conventional 0.15 μm complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) process, resulting a area of 95 μm × 55 μm which makes it suitable for use with APD arrays. | en |
| dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
| dc.description.version | Accepted Version | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Deng, S., Morrison, A. P. (2012) 'Design of a Hold-off Time Control Circuit for Geiger-mode Avalanche Photodiodes', International Journal of Microelectronics and Computer Science, 3 (2), pp. 53-59. https://journal.dmcs.p.lodz.pl/documents/10630/23999/JMCS_2_2012-3.pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.endpage | 59 | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2080-8755 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2353-9607 | |
| dc.identifier.issued | 2 | en |
| dc.identifier.journaltitle | International Journal of Microelectronics and Computer Science | en |
| dc.identifier.startpage | 53 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10468/6387 | |
| dc.identifier.volume | 3 | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Lodz University of Technology. Department of Microelectronics and Computer Science | en |
| dc.relation.project | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/SFI/SFI Strategic Research Cluster/07/SRC/I1173/IE/SRC PiFAS: Photonics - Integration From Atoms to Systems (PiFAS)/ | en |
| dc.relation.uri | https://journal.dmcs.p.lodz.pl/documents/10630/23999/JMCS_2_2012-3.pdf | |
| dc.relation.uri | http://journal.dmcs.p.lodz.pl/web/guest/ijmcs-2012-2 | |
| dc.rights | © 2012 by Department of Microelectronics & Computer Science, Technical University of Lodz | en |
| dc.subject | Geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes (GM-APD) | en |
| dc.subject | Afterpulsing | en |
| dc.subject | Quench circuit | en |
| dc.subject | Hold-off time | en |
| dc.title | Design of a hold-off time control circuit for geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes | en |
| dc.type | Article (peer-reviewed) | en |
