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A novel sub-10 ps resolution TDC for CMOS SPAD array

Sesta et al., 2018

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10055488804301285681
Author
Sesta V
Villa F
Conca E
Tosi A
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2018 25th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS)

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In this work, we present a novel Time-to-Digital Converter (TDC) for single-chip integration in Single-Photon Avalanche-Diode (SPAD) array and digital Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM). Such novel detector-timing electronics combination will be suitable for Time-Correlated …
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