CMOS compatible avalanche photodiodes

被引:5
作者
Biber, A [1 ]
Seitz, P [1 ]
机构
[1] Ctr Suisse Elect & Microtech SA, CH-8048 Zurich, Switzerland
来源
ADVANCED FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS AND ELECTRONIC CAMERAS II | 1998年 / 3410卷
关键词
CMOS; avalanche; photodiodes; image sensors; gain; APD;
D O I
10.1117/12.323996
中图分类号
TP18 [人工智能理论];
学科分类号
081104 ; 0812 ; 0835 ; 1405 ;
摘要
As a step towards a complete CMOS avalanche photodiode imager, various avalanche photodiodes have been integrated in a commercially available CMOS process. In this paper, design considerations are discussed and experimental results are compared for a wide variety of diodes. The largest restriction is that no process change is allowed. Even with such a restriction, gains of more than 1000 at an incident wavelength of 637 nm using 83 V for one diode type and 45 V for another one has been shown. Thus, the feasibility of CMOS compatible avalanche photodiodes has been proven, allowing us to proceed towards the next step of integrating controlling circuits, readout circuits and avalanche photodiodes on the same chip. Further development in this area is already in progress.
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页码:10 / 20
页数:11
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