• Infrared and Laser Engineering
  • Vol. 52, Issue 9, 20220896 (2023)
Lixia Zheng, Yongqi Han, Chenggong Wan, Mouzhao Zhou..., Xuyan Li, Jin Wu and Weifeng Sun*|Show fewer author(s)
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  • School of Integrated Circuits, Southeast University, Wuxi 214125, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/IRLA20220896 Cite this Article
    Lixia Zheng, Yongqi Han, Chenggong Wan, Mouzhao Zhou, Xuyan Li, Jin Wu, Weifeng Sun. Low-power and high-precision SPAD array readout circuit based on built-in clock[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2023, 52(9): 20220896 Copy Citation Text show less
    Single pixel architecture
    Fig. 1. Single pixel architecture
    ROIC system structure
    Fig. 2. ROIC system structure
    TDC clock signal timing. (a) Gated trigger; (b) Event-driven
    Fig. 3. TDC clock signal timing. (a) Gated trigger; (b) Event-driven
    High-precision two-stage TDC circuit
    Fig. 4. High-precision two-stage TDC circuit
    Four-level GRO structure
    Fig. 5. Four-level GRO structure
    Improved pseudo-differential delay unit
    Fig. 6. Improved pseudo-differential delay unit
    (a) CP-PLL 32 divides the output waveform; (b) GRO built-in clock function test; (c) PLL control voltage drive GRO built-in clock divide-by-16 waveform graph; (d) Divide-by-16 waveform of the GRO clock for input DC voltage
    Fig. 7. (a) CP-PLL 32 divides the output waveform; (b) GRO built-in clock function test; (c) PLL control voltage drive GRO built-in clock divide-by-16 waveform graph; (d) Divide-by-16 waveform of the GRO clock for input DC voltage
    (a) TDC overall input-output curve; (b) TDC local input-output curve
    Fig. 8. (a) TDC overall input-output curve; (b) TDC local input-output curve
    (a) DNL curve; (b) INL curve
    Fig. 9. (a) DNL curve; (b) INL curve
    TDC array uniformity
    Fig. 10. TDC array uniformity
    References2014[5]2017[6]2020[7]2022[8]This work
    Technology/nm180150150180180
    Voltage/V1.83.31.81.81.8
    Format64×6464×6432×3232×321×16
    ArchitectureVCROGROGROVCRO+PIGRO
    Pixel pitch/μm646044.6460100
    Resolution/ps145250210.250102
    Range/ns297205051.2100
    DNL/LSB±10.31.280.480.8
    INL/LSB1.71.21.922.181.3
    Power/mW9×10−3(pixel) <0.1(pixel)12.71.3(pixel’s VCRO)59.3
    Table 1. Performance comparison between the circuit in this paper and domestic and foreign design
    Lixia Zheng, Yongqi Han, Chenggong Wan, Mouzhao Zhou, Xuyan Li, Jin Wu, Weifeng Sun. Low-power and high-precision SPAD array readout circuit based on built-in clock[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2023, 52(9): 20220896
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