Design and analysis of an analog signal readout circuit for SPAD

-In this paper, an ultralow and high speed photocurrent analog signal readout circuit in order to amplify and process the output of SPAD(single-photon avalanche diodes) photocurrent is presented. The four main parts of the ASIC are low temperature coefficient(7.85ppm/°C) bandgap reference circuit, high linearity and high common-mode rejection ratio(120.6dB) operational amplifier, filter circuit and low-delay(63ns/1MHZ) comparator circuit. The SPAD readout chip is fabricated in a standard 0.5um CMOS process and size of 672um*780um. The simulation results indicate the chip successfully amplifies and processes 80nA and 1MHZ photocurrent analog signal. The circuit is fit for processing fleetness change and faint signal in CMOS image sensor of acquisition technology.

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