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Characterization of large-scale non-uniformities in a 20k TDC/SPAD array integrated in a 130nm CMOS process

Veerappan et al., 2011

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98636399712602129
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Veerappan C
Richardson J
Walker R
Li D
Fishburn M
Stoppa D
Borghetti F
Maruyama Y
Gersbach M
Henderson R
Bruschini C
Charbon E
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2011 Proceedings of the European Solid-State Device Research Conference (ESSDERC)

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With the emergence of large arrays of high-functionality pixels, it has become critical to characterize the performance non-uniformity of such arrays. In this paper we characterize a 160× 128 array of complex pixels, each with a single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) and a …
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