Single Photon Avalanche Diode with Double Charge Layers Based on Standard CMOS Process

XU Ming-zhu; ZHANG Yu; XIA Cui-yun; LU Xin-miao; XU Jiang-tao

doi:10.3788/gzxb20194807.0704002

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