학술논문

A $64\times64$ SPAD Array for Portable Colorimetric Sensing, Fluorescence and X-Ray Imaging
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Sensors Journal IEEE Sensors J. Sensors Journal, IEEE. 19(17):7319-7327 Sep, 2019
Subject
Signal Processing and Analysis
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Robotics and Control Systems
Electric fields
Junctions
Fluorescence
Sensor arrays
Photonics
Single photon avalanche diode
SPAD
CMOS
low-light (vision)
photo detector
image sensor
x-rays
Language
ISSN
1530-437X
1558-1748
2379-9153
Abstract
We present the design and application of a $64\times 64$ pixel SPAD array to portable colorimetric sensing, and fluorescence and x-ray imaging. The device was fabricated on an unmodified 180 nm CMOS process and is based on a square p+/n active junction SPAD geometry suitable for detecting green fluorescence emission. The stand-alone SPAD shows a photodetection probability greater than 60% at 5 V excess bias, with a dark count rate of less than 4 cps/ $\mu \text{m}^{\mathbf {2}}$ and sub-ns timing jitter performance. It has a global shutter with an in-pixel 8-bit counter; four 5-bit decoders and two 64-to-1 multiplexer blocks allow the data to be read-out. The array of sensors was able to detect fluorescence from a fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) solution down to a concentration of 900 pM with an SNR of 9.8 dB. A colorimetric assay was performed on top of the sensor array with a limit of quantification of $3.1~\mu \text{m}$ . X-rays images, using energies ranging from 10 kVp to 100 kVp, of a lead grating mask were acquired without using a scintillation crystal.