• Infrared and Laser Engineering
  • Vol. 50, Issue 11, 20210009 (2021)
Xu Liu1、2、3, Yunduo Li1、2、3, Lianhua Ye1、2、3, Zhangcheng Huang1、2, Songlei Huang1、2, and Jiaxiong Fang1、2
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratories of Transducer Technology, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200083, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Infrared Imaging Materials and Detectors, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200083, China
  • 3University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/IRLA20210009 Cite this Article
    Xu Liu, Yunduo Li, Lianhua Ye, Zhangcheng Huang, Songlei Huang, Jiaxiong Fang. Pixel-level high resolution and low error rate time-to-digital converter circuit of single photon detection InGaAs avalanche focal plane array[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2021, 50(11): 20210009 Copy Citation Text show less
    Working principle of time-to-digital converter circuit
    Fig. 1. Working principle of time-to-digital converter circuit
    Structure of three-stage time-to-digital converter circuit
    Fig. 2. Structure of three-stage time-to-digital converter circuit
    Working sequence of three-stage time-to-digital converter circuit
    Fig. 3. Working sequence of three-stage time-to-digital converter circuit
    Three-stage time-to-digital converter circuit
    Fig. 4. Three-stage time-to-digital converter circuit
    Structure of delay-locked loop circuit
    Fig. 5. Structure of delay-locked loop circuit
    Voltage-controlled delay chain and delay unit
    Fig. 6. Voltage-controlled delay chain and delay unit
    Voltage-controlled delay chain - Multi-stage split-phase clock
    Fig. 7. Voltage-controlled delay chain - Multi-stage split-phase clock
    Global clock network layout
    Fig. 8. Global clock network layout
    Low segment data latch circuit. (a) Data latch circuit before optimization; (b) Data latch circuit after optimization
    Fig. 9. Low segment data latch circuit. (a) Data latch circuit before optimization; (b) Data latch circuit after optimization
    Schematic diagram of inter-segment errors
    Fig. 10. Schematic diagram of inter-segment errors
    Delay error of asynchronous counter
    Fig. 11. Delay error of asynchronous counter
    Delayed sampling of M_TDC signal
    Fig. 12. Delayed sampling of M_TDC signal
    High segment - linear feedback shift register
    Fig. 13. High segment - linear feedback shift register
    Microscope photo of array type TDC
    Fig. 14. Microscope photo of array type TDC
    Block diagram of TDC test system
    Fig. 15. Block diagram of TDC test system
    Time-to-digital conversion curve. (a) Full-scale conversion curve; (b) 1112 ns partial amplification conversion curve
    Fig. 16. Time-to-digital conversion curve. (a) Full-scale conversion curve; (b) 1112 ns partial amplification conversion curve
    Statistical distribution of TDC conversion steps
    Fig. 17. Statistical distribution of TDC conversion steps
    Differential non-linearity test results
    Fig. 18. Differential non-linearity test results
    Integral non-linearity test result
    Fig. 19. Integral non-linearity test result
    Non-ideal duty cycle split-phase clock
    Fig. 20. Non-ideal duty cycle split-phase clock
    STOP signal effective areaABCDE
    Middle and high TDC count valuenn+1 n+1 n+1 n+1
    D1_CLK latch level00110
    Latched correctly ?NoYesNoYesNo
    Table 1. Count value of time-to-digital converter circuit
    Ideal conversion stepActual conversion step
    0-0.5T0.7T
    0.5-1.0T0.4T
    1.0-1.5T0.5T
    1.5-2.0T0.5T
    2.0-2.5T0.4T/0.3T
    2.5-3.0T0.5T
    3.0-3.5T0.5T
    3.5-4.0T0.5T/0.6T
    Table 2. Conversion step size statistics of time-to-digital converter circuit
    ParameterRef. [2] Ref. [12] Ref. [13] This work
    CMOS technology/nm350130350180
    Supply voltage/V3.31.23.31.8
    Pixel pitch/μm15050100100
    Pixel array32×3232×3216×1664×64
    TDC frame rate/kHz1005002020
    TDC resolution/ns0.3120.1190.5750.5
    DNL/LSB0.060.4−0.57–0.58−0.4–0.4
    INL/LSB0.221.2−0.9–0.57−0.4–0.6
    TDC range/μs0.320.124.08
    Power consumption/mW31590/Core only151.8380.5
    Table 3. Summary of time-to-digital circuit index
    Xu Liu, Yunduo Li, Lianhua Ye, Zhangcheng Huang, Songlei Huang, Jiaxiong Fang. Pixel-level high resolution and low error rate time-to-digital converter circuit of single photon detection InGaAs avalanche focal plane array[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2021, 50(11): 20210009
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