• Infrared and Laser Engineering
  • Vol. 49, Issue 5, 20190491 (2020)
Xie Jing1、2、*, Li Xiaojuan1、2, Zhang Yan1、2, and Li Xiangyang1、2
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    DOI: 10.3788/irla20190491 Cite this Article
    Xie Jing, Li Xiaojuan, Zhang Yan, Li Xiangyang. Design of ultra-low-power readout circuit for 1 024×1 024 UV AlGaN focal plane arrays[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2020, 49(5): 20190491 Copy Citation Text show less
    System architecture for UV AlGaN FPA readout circuit with whole chip ESD protection
    Fig. 1. System architecture for UV AlGaN FPA readout circuit with whole chip ESD protection
    Pixel arrays and column level circuits
    Fig. 2. Pixel arrays and column level circuits
    Design of column buffer circuit
    Fig. 3. Design of column buffer circuit
    Architecture of whole chip bias supply
    Fig. 4. Architecture of whole chip bias supply
    Die photograph of ROIC chip
    Fig. 5. Die photograph of ROIC chip
    Test platform of the ROIC chip and test result
    Fig. 6. Test platform of the ROIC chip and test result
    Measurement results of 1 024×1 024 ROIC with eight outputs by acquisition card
    Fig. 7. Measurement results of 1 024×1 024 ROIC with eight outputs by acquisition card
    ParameterPrevious[11]This paper
    Array format128×1281 024×1 024
    Pixel current/nA4998.5
    Total power consumption/mW49.267.3
    Table 1. Comparision of power consumption
    ParameterMeasurement
    Array format1 024×1 024
    Pixel size18 µm×18 µm
    Operate modeSnapshot
    Pixel current/nA8.5
    Power consumption67.3 mW @2 MHz
    Frame rate15 Hz(limited by speed of acquisition card)
    Integration capacitor Charge capacity0.11 Me- at 10 fF &1.23 M e- at 110 fF
    Output swing/V1.8
    Power supply/V3.3
    Chip area19.30 mm×20.17 mm
    Table 2. ROIC of UVFPA specifications
    Xie Jing, Li Xiaojuan, Zhang Yan, Li Xiangyang. Design of ultra-low-power readout circuit for 1 024×1 024 UV AlGaN focal plane arrays[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2020, 49(5): 20190491
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