2004 · 10 citations · 12 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringMicroelectronicsRadiation DetectionSemiconductor DevicesCmos Circuit DesignDetector TechnologyIntegrated Circuit DesignPhotodetectorsPhotonic Integrated CircuitsSemiconductor DetectorsAvalanche Photodiode DetectorsAvalanche PhotodiodesComplementary Metal-oxide-semiconductor DetectorsDead Time SimulationDead-time ModelingDead-time OptimizationIntegrated PhotodetectorsPhotodetector Systems
Simulations of a Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode (GMAP) monolithically integrated with its corresponding active quench and reset circuit (AQRC) are presented. The AQRC design is simulated in Agilent's ADS simulator using BSIM3 MOSFET models acquired from Europractice's 0.6 /spl mu/m CMOS process. The novelty of the design ensures a minimum dead-time of 13 ns between adjacent incident photons. This corresponds to a maximum achievable saturated count-rate of 77 Mcounts/sec, not previously reported.
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Development of a high-quantum-efficiency single-photon counting system
Shigeki Takeuchi, Jungsang Kim, Y. Yamamoto et al. · Applied Physics Letters · 1999 · 242 citations · Full text