3Dstacked Cmos Spad Image Sensors Technology And Applications

• doi: 10.1109/ICECS.2018.8617983
• title: 3D-Stacked CMOS SPAD Image Sensors: Technology and Applications
• publisher: IEEE
• isbn: 978-1-5386-9116-8
• issn:
• rank: 94
• access_type: LOCKED
• content_type: Conferences
• abstract: 3D-stacked CMOS SPAD based image sensors hold the promise for better sensitivity and more functionality per pixel. The technology enables to separate detection from computation onto different chips, or tiers, that are stacked onto one another. One advantage is to be able to independently optimize detection and processing in dedicated processes. Another is to achieve extremely low skews across large chips, thus enabling accurate timing over multi-megapixel image sensors. A further advantage is the potential of implementing advanced functionality requiring large arrays of computational units directly connected with the detectors, thus paving the way to on-chip convolutional neural networks and deep learning engines. In this paper we review several technologies enabling this interesting evolution and examples of possible implementations in the context of actual applications.
• article_number: 8617983
• pdf_url: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=8617983
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• publication_title: 2018 25th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS)
• conference_location: Bordeaux, France
• conference_dates: 9-12 Dec. 2018
• publication_number: 8599658
• is_number: 8617837
• publication_year: 2018
• publication_date: 9-12 Dec. 2018
• start_page: 1
• end_page: 4
• citing_paper_count: 18
• citing_patent_count: 0
• download_count: 3006
• insert_date: 20190120
• index_terms:
  • ieee_terms:
    • Image sensors
    • CMOS technology
    • Photonics
    • Junctions
    • Two dimensional displays
  • author_terms:
    • Backside illumination
    • biomedical sensor
    • CMOS
    • Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode (G-APD)
    • image sensor
    • light detection and ranging (LiDAR)
    • optical sensor
    • photon counting
    • sensor
    • silicon
    • single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD)
    • single-photon detector
    • single-photon imaging
    • single-photon sensor
    • three-dimensional integrated circuits
    • time-of-flight imaging
    • time-to-digital converter (TDC)
  • dynamic_index_terms:
    • Image Sensor
    • Camera Sensor
    • Single-photon Avalanche Diode
    • Single Photon Avalanche Diode
    • Convolutional Neural Network
    • Network-on-chip
    • Network On Chip
    • Large Chip
    • Extinction
    • Quenching
    • Light Detection And Ranging
    • Lidar
    • Fill Factor
    • Thermal Power Plants
    • Thermal Generation
    • Thermal Plants
    • Top-tier
    • Top Tier
    • CMOS Technology
    • Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy
    • FLIM
    • Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging
    • Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
    • Advanced Driver-assistance Systems
    • Driver Assistance Systems
    • Timing Jitter
    • Time-to-digital Converter
    • 65-nm CMOS
    • Photon Arrival Times
    • Array Architecture
    • Dark Count Rate
• isbn_formats:
  • format: Print on Demand(PoD) ISBN, value: 978-1-5386-9116-8, isbnType: New-2005
  • format: Electronic ISBN, value: 978-1-5386-9562-3, isbnType: New-2005
• authors:
  • Author Name: Edoardo Charbon
    Affiliation: Advanced Quantum Architecture (AQUA) Laboratory, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Neuchâtel, Switzerland
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37271353200
    ID: 37271353200
    Order: 1
    Author Affiliations:
    • Advanced Quantum Architecture (AQUA) Laboratory, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Neuchâtel, Switzerland
  • Author Name: Claudio Bruschini
    Affiliation: Advanced Quantum Architecture (AQUA) Laboratory, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Neuchâtel, Switzerland
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37274823200
    ID: 37274823200
    Order: 2
    Author Affiliations:
    • Advanced Quantum Architecture (AQUA) Laboratory, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Neuchâtel, Switzerland
  • Author Name: Myung-Jae Lee
    Affiliation: Advanced Quantum Architecture (AQUA) Laboratory, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Neuchâtel, Switzerland
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37598674000
    ID: 37598674000
    Order: 3
    Author Affiliations:
    • Advanced Quantum Architecture (AQUA) Laboratory, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Image Sensor

• sensor_type: CMOS SPAD
• resolution: multi-megapixel
• dynamic_range: not explicitly mentioned
• pixel_size: not explicitly mentioned
• dark_current: 0.1 – 10,000 cps/μm²

Optical Data

• focal_length: not specified
• aperture: not specified
• field_of_view: not specified
• distortion: not specified

Performance Metrics

Applications & Benefits

• cell_imaging: Used in biomedical imaging applications such as time-of-flight positron emission tomography (TOF PET), fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM), etc.
• benefits: Higher sensitivity, better timing accuracy, and more functionality per pixel. Enables advanced applications like LiDAR, gesture and 3D face recognition.

Supporting Organizations

• supported_by: Swiss National Science Foundation, TSMC, STMicroelectronics

Manuscript Details

• publication_date: 9-12 Dec. 2018

Relevancy Score

• score: 10
• missing_fields:
  • focal_length
  • aperture
  • field_of_view
  • distortion
  • frame_rate
  • signal_to_noise_ratio
  • sensitivity
  • shutter_speed
  • power_consumption
  • noise

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