A Cmos Timeofflight Systemonachip For Spacecraft Instruments

• doi: 10.1109/TNS.2002.1039630
• title: A CMOS time-of-flight system-on-a-chip for spacecraft instruments
• publisher: IEEE
• isbn:
• issn: 1558-1578
• rank: 646
• access_type: LOCKED
• content_type: Journals
• abstract: A CMOS time-of-flight (TOF) system-on-a-chip (SoC) for precise time-interval measurement with low power and high rate has been developed. Microchannel plate electron multipliers or photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) typically produce the start-stop delta-Ts of radiation events to be processed. The TOF chip includes two constant fraction discriminators (CFDs) and a time-to-digital converter (TDC). The CFDs interface to start and stop anodes through two simple preamplifiers and perform the signal processing for time walk compensation. The TDC digitizes the time difference with reference to an off-chip precise oscillator. The design is full custom in both the analog and the digital sections. A first version of the TOF chip developed in a 0.8-/spl mu/m CMOS process achieved CFD time walk of /spl sim/350 ps for an input amplitude dynamic range of 40 dB and a combined CFD+TDC time jitter of /spl sim/180 ps. The total power dissipation was /spl sim/20 mW at an event rate of 100 K/s and /spl sim/30 mW at a rate of 1 Meg/s. This chip is part of the high-energy neutral atom instrument onboard the NASA/IMAGE spacecraft launched in March 2000. It is selected for many other instruments, including the particle sensor, the fast plasma sensor, and the laser altimeter of Messenger for the Mercury exploration to be launched in 2004.
• article_number: 1039630
• pdf_url: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=1039630
• html_url: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1039630/
• abstract_url: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1039630/
• publication_title: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
• conference_location:
• conference_dates:
• publication_number: 23
• is_number: 22285
• publication_year: 2002
• publication_date: June 2002
• start_page: 1156
• end_page: 1163
• citing_paper_count: 34
• citing_patent_count: 2
• download_count: 572
• insert_date: 20021210
• index_terms:
  • ieee_terms:
    • System-on-a-chip
    • Space vehicles
    • Instruments
    • Power measurement
    • Semiconductor device measurement
    • Microchannel
    • Electron multipliers
    • Photomultipliers
    • Electron tubes
    • Anodes
  • dynamic_index_terms:
    • Event Rate
    • Light Detection And Ranging
    • Lidar
    • Photomultiplier Tube
    • Walking Time
    • Constant Fraction
    • Microchannel Plate
    • Timing Jitter
    • Start Stop
    • Time-to-digital Converter
    • Maximum Time
    • Operation Mode
    • Time Resolution
    • Energy Band
    • Electronic Band
    • Electronic Band Structure
    • Inverter
    • Dead Time
    • Random Events
    • Phase-locked Loop
    • Delay Line
    • Least Significant Bit
    • Low Bit
    • Laser Ranging
    • Laser Rangefinder
    • Charge Pump
    • Gate-source Voltage
    • Reference Clock
    • Solid-state Detector
    • Solid-state Nuclear Track Detectors
    • Rising Edge
    • Clock Period
    • Energetic Particles
    • Input Pulse
    • Sum Of Delay
    • Energy Resolution
• authors:
  • Author Name: N. Paschalidis
    Affiliation: Space Department, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MA, USA
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37268626600
    ID: 37268626600
    Order: 1
    Author Affiliations:
    • Space Department, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MA, USA
  • Author Name: N. Stamatopoulos
    Affiliation: Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MA, USA
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37268615500
    ID: 37268615500
    Order: 2
    Author Affiliations:
    • Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MA, USA
    • Department of Electrical Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece
  • Author Name: K. Karadamoglou
    Affiliation: Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MA, USA
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37268620100
    ID: 37268620100
    Order: 3
    Author Affiliations:
    • Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MA, USA
    • Department of Electrical Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece
  • Author Name: G. Kottaras
    Affiliation: Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MA, USA
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37268626000
    ID: 37268626000
    Order: 4
    Author Affiliations:
    • Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MA, USA
    • Department of Electrical Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece
  • Author Name: V. Paschalidis
    Affiliation: Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MA, USA
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37268615100
    ID: 37268615100
    Order: 5
    Author Affiliations:
    • Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MA, USA
    • Department of Electrical Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece
  • Author Name: E. Sarris
    Affiliation: Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MA, USA
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37268613100
    ID: 37268613100
    Order: 6
    Author Affiliations:
    • Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MA, USA
    • Department of Electrical Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece
  • Author Name: R. McNutt
    Affiliation: Space Department, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MA, USA
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37326933900
    ID: 37326933900
    Order: 7
    Author Affiliations:
    • Space Department, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MA, USA
  • Author Name: D. Mitchell
    Affiliation: Space Department, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MA, USA
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37339882400
    ID: 37339882400
    Order: 8
    Author Affiliations:
    • Space Department, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MA, USA
  • Author Name: R. McEntire
    Affiliation: Space Department, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MA, USA
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37326932700
    ID: 37326932700
    Order: 9
    Author Affiliations:
    • Space Department, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MA, USA

Image Sensor

• sensor_type: CMOS
• resolution: Not specified
• dynamic_range: 40 dB
• pixel_size: Not specified
• dark_current: Not specified

Optical Data

• focal_length: Not specified
• aperture: Not specified
• field_of_view: Not specified
• distortion: Not specified

Performance Metrics

• power_consumption: 20 mW at 100 K/s; 30 mW at 1 Meg/s

Applications & Benefits

• cell_imaging: Applications include particle spectrometers, delay-line UV imagers, laser range finding instruments.
• benefits: Compact, low power dissipation, high rate processing suitable for space applications.

Supporting Organizations

• supported_by: NASA, JHU/APL

Manuscript Details

• publication_date: June 2002

Relevancy Score

• score: 5
• missing_fields:
  • resolution
  • pixel_size
  • dark_current
  • focal_length
  • aperture
  • field_of_view
  • distortion
  • frame_rate
  • signal_to_noise_ratio
  • sensitivity
  • shutter_speed
  • noise

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