Large-Area, Fast-Gated Digital SiPM With Integrated TDC for Portable and Wearable Time-Domain NIRS
DOI10.5281/zenodo.14795603Zenodo14795603MaRDI QIDQ6708601FDOQ6708601
Dataset published at Zenodo repository.
Paola Taroni, Alberto Tosi, Antonio Giovanni Pifferi, Mauro Buttafava, Vincenzo Sesta, Franco Zappa, Laura di Sieno, Alessandro Torricelli, Federica Villa, Davide Contini, Enrico Conca, Alberto Dalla Mora
Publication date: 3 February 2025
Copyright license: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
We present the design and characterization ofa large-area, fast-gated, all-digital single-photon detector withprogrammable active area, internal gate generator, and time-to-digital converter (TDC) with a built-in histogram builder circuit, suitable for performing high-sensitivity time-domain nearinfrared spectroscopy (TD-NIRS) measurements when coupled with pulsed laser sources. We used a novel low-power differential sensing technique that optimizes area occupation. The photodetector is a time-gated digital silicon photomultiplier (dSiPM) with an 8.6-mm2 photosensitive area, 37% fill-factor, and 300 ps (20%80%) gate rising edge, based on low-noise single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) and fabricated in 0.35-m CMOS technology. The built-in TDC with a histogram builder has a least-significant-bit (LSB) of 78 ps and 128 time-bins, and the integrated circuit can be interfaced directly with a low-cost microcontroller with a serial interface for programming and readout. Experimental characterization demonstrated a temporal response as good as 300-ps full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) and a dynamic range 100 dB (thanks to the programmable active area size). This microelectronic detector paves the way for a miniaturized, stand-alone, multi-wavelength TD-NIRS system with an unprecedented level of integration and responsivity, suitable for portable and wearable systems. DOI:10.1109/JSSC.2020.3006442
This page was built for dataset: Large-Area, Fast-Gated Digital SiPM With Integrated TDC for Portable and Wearable Time-Domain NIRS
