Reduce afterpulsing of single photon avalanche diodes using passive quenching with active reset

被引：66

作者：

Liu, Mingguo ^{[1
]}

Hu, Chong ^{[1
]}

Campbell, Joe C. ^{[1
]}

Pan, Zhong ^{[2
]}

Tashima, Mark M. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Virginia, Sch Engn & Appl Sci, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Charlottesville, VA 22904 USA

[2] JDS Uniphase Corp, Milpitas, CA 95035 USA

来源：

IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS | 2008年 / 44卷 / 5-6期

关键词：

active reset; afterpulsing; avalanche photodiodes (APDs); passive quenching; single photon avalanche diodes (SPADs);

D O I：

10.1109/JQE.2007.916688

中图分类号：

TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

In this paper, we report a passive-quenching-with-active-reset circuit designed to reduce. afterpulsing for single photon avalanche diodes. This circuit uses a large resistor to passively quench the avalanche current and a transistor to actively reset the device to the operating voltage after a specified hold-off time. Afterpulsing can be reduced by minimizing the stray capacitance of the package to reduce the total charge flow during avalanche. Proof of principle is demonstrated with discrete components. It is expected that by integrating the transistor with the avalanche photodiode the stray capacitance can be minimized to significantly reduce afterpulsing.

引用

页码：430 / 434

页数：5

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