A Reconfigurable 224Times 272Pixel Singlephoton Image Sensor For Photon Timestamping Counting And Binary Imaging At 300Mu Mathrmm Pitch In 11 0Nm Cis Technology

• doi: 10.1109/ESSCIRC55480.2022.9911497
• title: A reconfigurable $224\times 272$-pixel single-photon image sensor for photon timestamping, counting and binary imaging at $30.0-\mu \mathrm{m}$ pitch in 11 0nm CIS technology
• publisher: IEEE
• isbn: 978-1-6654-8495-4
• issn:
• rank: 1259
• access_type: LOCKED
• content_type: Conferences
• abstract: A 60k-pixel SP AD-based, multi-functional image sensor is designed and fabricated in a 110-nm CMOS image sensor technology. The $30.0-\mu \mathrm{m}$ pixel with 12.9% fill-factor can operate in multiple working modes to count photons with a 7-bit counter, to timestamp them with an in-pixel time-to-digital converter down to 184ps resolution and 8-bit depth, or to generate a fast sequence of 7 gated binary images. Thanks to its reconfigurability, up to 3 kHz frame rate and less than 80 mW power consumption, the sensor can be applied to a large spectrum of applications: here its use in a Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy setup, in a quantum physics experiment, and in the acquisition of a high dynamic range scene are demonstrated.
• article_number: 9911497
• pdf_url: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=9911497
• html_url: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9911497/
• abstract_url: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9911497/
• publication_title: ESSCIRC 2022- IEEE 48th European Solid State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC)
• conference_location: Milan, Italy
• conference_dates: 19-22 Sept. 2022
• publication_number: 9911257
• is_number: 9911222
• publication_year: 2022
• publication_date: 19-22 Sept. 2022
• start_page: 189
• end_page: 192
• citing_paper_count: 3
• citing_patent_count: 0
• download_count: 608
• insert_date: 20221020
• index_terms:
  • ieee_terms:
    • Ring oscillators
    • Image resolution
    • Power demand
    • Microscopy
    • Quantum optics
    • Logic gates
    • Real-time systems
  • author_terms:
    • CMOS SPAD
    • imager
    • TDC
    • quantum optics and binary imaging
  • dynamic_index_terms:
    • Binary Image
    • Image Sensor
    • Camera Sensor
    • Photon Counting
    • Photon-counting Image
    • Power Consumption
    • High Dynamic Range
    • High-dynamic-range
    • Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy
    • FLIM
    • Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging
    • Time-to-digital Converter
    • Correlation Function
    • Correlation Length
    • Far-field
    • Decay Time
    • Time Stamp
    • Quantum Optics
    • Quantum-optical
    • Logical Process
    • Shift Register
    • Spontaneous Parametric Down-conversion
    • Spontaneous Parametric Down Conversion
    • Parametric Down-conversion
• isbn_formats:
  • format: Print on Demand(PoD) ISBN, value: 978-1-6654-8495-4, isbnType: New-2005
  • format: USB ISBN, value: 978-1-6654-8493-0, isbnType: New-2005
  • format: Electronic ISBN, value: 978-1-6654-8494-7, isbnType: New-2005
• authors:
  • Author Name: Leonardo Gasparini
    Affiliation: Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Center for Sensors & Devices, Trento, Italy
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37567529200
    ID: 37567529200
    Order: 1
    Author Affiliations:
    • Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Center for Sensors & Devices, Trento, Italy
  • Author Name: Manuel Moreno García
    Affiliation: Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Center for Sensors & Devices, Trento, Italy
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37086348241
    ID: 37086348241
    Order: 2
    Author Affiliations:
    • Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Center for Sensors & Devices, Trento, Italy
  • Author Name: Majid Zarghami
    Affiliation: Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Center for Sensors & Devices, Trento, Italy
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37086079140
    ID: 37086079140
    Order: 3
    Author Affiliations:
    • Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Center for Sensors & Devices, Trento, Italy
  • Author Name: André Stefanov
    Affiliation: Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37270525600
    ID: 37270525600
    Order: 4
    Author Affiliations:
    • Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
  • Author Name: Bruno Eckmann
    Affiliation: Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37089572140
    ID: 37089572140
    Order: 5
    Author Affiliations:
    • Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
  • Author Name: Matteo Perenzoni
    Affiliation: Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Center for Sensors & Devices, Trento, Italy
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37301008100
    ID: 37301008100
    Order: 6
    Author Affiliations:
    • Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Center for Sensors & Devices, Trento, Italy

Image Sensor

• sensor_type: CMOS SPAD
• resolution: 224×272 pixels
• dynamic_range: Not specified in the text
• pixel_size: 30.0 μm
• dark_current: 100 Hz at 3.5 V excess bias (80% of devices below 200 Hz)

Optical Data

• focal_length: Not specified in the text
• aperture: Not specified in the text
• field_of_view: Not specified in the text
• distortion: Not specified in the text

Performance Metrics

• frame_rate: up to 3 kHz
• signal_to_noise_ratio: Not specified in the text
• sensitivity: Not specified in the text
• shutter_speed: Not specified in the text
• power_consumption: ≤ 80 mW when in fine-timestamping mode; 36 mW at 3000 fps, 13.4 mW at 700 fps, 78 mW at 290 fps in different configurations
• noise: Not specified in the text

Applications & Benefits

• cell_imaging: Demonstrated use in Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (FLIM) setup
• benefits: Flexibility and potential for a broad range of applications with low cost.

Supporting Organizations

• supported_by: Fondazione Bruno Kessler, University of Bern, Sony Semiconductor Solutions, METAS

Manuscript Details

• publication_date: 19-22 Sept. 2022

Relevancy Score

• score: 9
• missing_fields:
  • quantum_efficiency
  • analog_to_digital_conversion_techniques
  • readout_speed
  • temporal_noise
  • fixed_pattern_noise
  • microlenses
  • on_chip_colour_filters
  • global_or_rolling_shutters
  • backside_illumination

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