Publications

2024

Journal Articles

Cryo-CMOS Voltage References for the Ultrawide Temperature Range From 300 K Down to 4.2 K

J. van Staveren; P. M. Padalia; E. Charbon; C. G. Almudever; G. Scappucci et al. 

Ieee Journal Of Solid-State Circuits

2024

DOI : 10.1109/JSSC.2024.3378768

Large reconfigurable quantum circuits with SPAD arrays and multimode fibers

A. Makowski; M. Dabrowski; I. M. Antolovic; C. Bruschini; H. Defienne et al. 

Optica

2024

Vol. 11 , num. 3, p. 340 – 343.

DOI : 10.1364/OPTICA.506943

Demonstration of particle tracking with scintillating fibres read out by a SPAD array sensor and application as a neutrino active target

M. Franks; T. Dieminger; K. Kaneyasu; D. Sgalaberna; C. Bruschini et al. 

European Physical Journal C

2024

Vol. 84 , num. 2, p. 202.

DOI : 10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-12509-y

Coupling a recurrent neural network to SPAD TCSPC systems for real-time fluorescence lifetime imaging

Y. Lin; P. Mos; A. Ardelean; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon 

Scientific Reports

2024

Vol. 14 , num. 1, p. 3286.

DOI : 10.1038/s41598-024-52966-9

A 0.32 x 0.12 mm2 Cryogenic BiCMOS 0.1-8.8 GHz Low Noise Amplifier Achieving 4 K Noise Temperature for SNWD Readout

Y. Peng; J. Benserhir; M. Castaneda; A. Fognini; C. Bruschini et al. 

Ieee Transactions On Microwave Theory And Techniques

2024

DOI : 10.1109/TMTT.2024.3354828

A Gradient-Gated SPAD Array for Non-Line-of-Sight Imaging

J. Zhao; F. Gramuglia; P. Keshavarzian; E-H. Toh; M. Tng et al. 

Ieee Journal Of Selected Topics In Quantum Electronics

2024

Vol. 30 , num. 1, p. 8000110.

DOI : 10.1109/JSTQE.2023.3283150

Subsurface fluorescence time-of-flight imaging using a large-format single-photon avalanche diode sensor for tumor depth assessment

A. F. Petusseau; S. S. Streeter; A. Ulku; Y. Feng; K. S. Samkoe et al. 

Journal Of Biomedical Optics

2024

Vol. 29 , num. 1.

DOI : 10.1117/1.JBO.29.1.016004

SPAD Developed in 55 nm Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS Technology Achieving Near 90% Peak PDP

W-Y. Ha; E. Park; D. Eom; H-S. Park; F. Gramuglia et al. 

Ieee Journal Of Selected Topics In Quantum Electronics

2024

Vol. 30 , num. 1, p. 3800410.

DOI : 10.1109/JSTQE.2023.3303678

Doping Engineering for PDP Optimization in SPADs Implemented in 55-nm BCD Process

F. Liu; C. Bruschini; E-H. Toh; P. Zheng; Y. Sun et al. 

Ieee Journal Of Selected Topics In Quantum Electronics

2024

Vol. 30 , num. 1, p. 3801407.

DOI : 10.1109/JSTQE.2024.3351676

A 73% Peak PDP Single-Photon Avalanche Diode Implemented in 110 nm CIS Technology With Doping Compensation

M-J. Lee; U. Karaca; E. Kizilkan; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon 

Ieee Journal Of Selected Topics In Quantum Electronics

2024

Vol. 30 , num. 1, p. 3800310.

DOI : 10.1109/JSTQE.2023.3288674

On-Chip Fully Reconfigurable Artificial Neural Network in 16 nm FinFET for Positron Emission Tomography

A. A. Muntean; Y. Shoshan; S. Yuzhaninov; E. Ripiccini; C. Bruschini et al. 

Ieee Journal Of Selected Topics In Quantum Electronics

2024

Vol. 30 , num. 1, p. 7600213.

DOI : 10.1109/JSTQE.2023.3346957

Conference Papers

Ghost imaging using two SPAD array detectors: a parameter study towards the realization of a 3D quantum microscope

D. Davenport; A. Eshun; B. Demory; P. Mos; Y. Lin et al. 

Quantum Effects And Measurement Techniques In Biology And Biophotonics

2024

Conference on Quantum Effects and Measurement Techniques in Biology and Biophotonics, San Francisco, CA, JAN 27-30, 2024.

DOI : 10.1117/12.3002965

Theses

Advanced Silicon and SWIR Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes: Design, Simulation, and Characterization

E. Kizilkan / Director(s) : E. Charbon 

Lausanne: EPFL

2024

p. 121.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10381

Silicon CMOS and InGaAs(P)/InP SPADs for NIR/SWIR detection

U. Karaca / Director(s) : E. Charbon 

Lausanne: EPFL

2024

p. 167.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10282

Single-Photon Avalanche Diode Image Sensors for Harsh Radiation Environments

M-L. Wu / Director(s) : E. Charbon 

Lausanne: EPFL

2024

p. 144.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10446

SiGe Based Cryo-BiCMOS Architectures for Quantum Applications

J. Benserhir / Director(s) : E. Charbon 

Lausanne: EPFL

2024

p. 178.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10612

2023

Journal Articles

LinoSPAD2: an FPGA-based , hardware-reconfigurable 512×1 single-photon camera system

T. Milanese; C. Bruschini; S. Burri; E. Bernasconi; A. C. Ulku et al. 

Optics Express

2023

Vol. 31 , num. 26, p. 44295 – 44314.

DOI : 10.1364/OE.505748

Digital pixel test structures implemented in a 65 nm CMOS process

G. A. Rinella; A. Andronic; M. Antonelli; M. Aresti; R. Baccomi et al. 

Nuclear Instruments & Methods In Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors And Associated Equipment

2023

Vol. 1056 , p. 168589.

DOI : 10.1016/j.nima.2023.168589

Radiation Hardness of MALTA2, a Monolithic Active Pixel Sensor for Tracking Applications

D. V. Berlea; P. Allport; I. A. Tortajada; D. Bortoletto; C. Buttar et al. 

Ieee Transactions On Nuclear Science

2023

Vol. 70 , num. 10, p. 2303 – 2309.

DOI : 10.1109/TNS.2023.3313721

A Compact Front-End Circuit for a Monolithic Sensor in a 65-nm CMOS Imaging Technology

F. Piro; G. A. Rinella; A. Andronic; M. Antonelli; M. Aresti et al. 

Ieee Transactions On Nuclear Science

2023

Vol. 70 , num. 9, p. 2191 – 2200.

DOI : 10.1109/TNS.2023.3299333

MALTA-Cz: a radiation hard full-size monolithic CMOS sensor with small electrodes on high-resistivity Czochralski substrate

H. Pernegger; P. Allport; D. V. Berlea; A. Birman; D. Bortoletto et al. 

Journal Of Instrumentation

2023

Vol. 18 , num. 9, p. P09018.

DOI : 10.1088/1748-0221/18/09/P09018

Correlated-photon imaging at 10 volumetric images per second

G. Massaro; P. Mos; S. Vasiukov; F. Di Lena; F. Scattarella et al. 

Scientific Reports

2023

Vol. 13 , num. 1.

DOI : 10.1038/s41598-023-39416-8

Seeing Photons in Color

S. Ma; V. Sundar; P. Mos; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon et al. 

Acm Transactions On Graphics

2023

Vol. 42 , num. 4, p. 99.

DOI : 10.1145/3592438

Performance of the MALTA telescope

M. van Rijnbach; G. Gustavino; P. Allport; I. A. Tortajada; D. V. Berlea et al. 

European Physical Journal C

2023

Vol. 83 , num. 7, p. 581.

DOI : 10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11760-z

Challenges and prospects for multi-chip microlens imprints on front-side illuminated SPAD imagers

C. Bruschini; I. M. Antolovic; F. Zanella; A. C. Ulku; S. Lindner et al. 

Optics Express

2023

Vol. 31 , num. 13, p. 488177.

DOI : 10.1364/OE.488177

A 3.3-Gb/s SPAD-Based Quantum Random Number Generator

P. Keshavarzian; K. Ramu; D. Tang; C. Weill; F. Gramuglia et al. 

Ieee Journal Of Solid-State Circuits

2023

DOI : 10.1109/JSSC.2023.3274692

Single-photon avalanche diode fabricated in standard 55 nm bipolar-CMOS-DMOS technology with sub-20 V breakdown voltage

W-y. Ha; E. Park; D. Eom; H-S. Park; D. Chong et al. 

Optics Express

2023

Vol. 31 , num. 9, p. 13798 – 13805.

DOI : 10.1364/OE.485424

A 1-GS/s 6-8-b Cryo-CMOS SAR ADC for Quantum Computing

G. Kiene; R. W. J. Overwater; A. Catania; A. G. Sreenivasulu; P. Bruschi et al. 

Ieee Journal Of Solid-State Circuits

2023

DOI : 10.1109/JSSC.2023.3237603

Massively parallel, real-time multispeckle diffuse correlation spectroscopy using a 500 × 500 SPAD camera

M. A. Wayne; E. J. Sie; A. C. Ulku; P. Mos; A. Ardelean et al. 

Biomedical Optics Express

2023

Vol. 14 , num. 2, p. 703.

DOI : 10.1364/BOE.473992

A Cryo-CMOS PLL for Quantum Computing Applications

J. Gong; E. Charbon; F. Sebastiano; M. Babaie 

Ieee Journal Of Solid-State Circuits

2023

Vol. 58 , num. 5, p. 1362 – 1375.

DOI : 10.1109/JSSC.2022.3223629

Conference Papers

Towards precise optical measurements of steady state of and small changes in resting membrane potentials

D. Roy; X. Michalet; K. Bharadwaj; E. W. Miller; Y. Wang et al. 

Biophysical Journal

2023

p. 176A – 176A

Burst Vision Using Single-Photon Cameras

S. Ma; P. Mos; E. Charbon; M. Gupta 

2023 Ieee/Cvf Winter Conference On Applications Of Computer Vision (Wacv)

2023

23rd IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), Waikoloa, HI, Jan 03-07, 2023.

p. 5364 – 5374

DOI : 10.1109/WACV56688.2023.00534

Extended Temperature Modeling of InGaAs/InP SPADs

E. Kizilkan; U. Karaca; V. Pesic; M. -J. Lee; C. Bruschini et al. 

Ieee 53Rd European Solid-State Device Research Conference, Essderc 2023

2023

IEEE 53rd European Solid-State Device Research Conference (ESSDERC), Lisbon, PORTUGAL, SEP 11-14, 2023.

p. 140 – 143

DOI : 10.1109/ESSDERC59256.2023.10268545

Scalable multi-chip quantum architectures enabled by cryogenic hybrid wireless/quantum-coherent network-in-package

E. Alarcon; S. Abadal; F. Sebastiano; M. Babaie; E. Charbon et al. 

2023 Ieee International Symposium On Circuits And Systems, Iscas

2023

56th IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Monterey, CA, May 21-25, 2023.

DOI : 10.1109/ISCAS46773.2023.10181857

SoDaCam: Software-defined Cameras via Single-Photon Imaging

V. Sundar; A. Ardelean; T. Swedish; C. Brusschini; E. Charbon et al. 

2023 Ieee/Cvf International Conference On Computer Vision (Iccv 2023)

2023

IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), Paris, FRANCE, OCT 02-06, 2023.

p. 8131 – 8142

DOI : 10.1109/ICCV51070.2023.00750

Learned Compressive Representations for Single-Photon 3D Imaging

F. Gutierrez-Barragan; F. Mu; A. Ardelean; A. Ingle; C. Bruschini et al. 

2023 Ieee/Cvf International Conference On Computer Vision (Iccv 2023)

2023

IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), Paris, FRANCE, OCT 02-06, 2023.

p. 10722 – 10732

DOI : 10.1109/ICCV51070.2023.00987

Heralded Spectroscopy: a new single-particle probe for nanocrystal photophysics

G. Lubin; R. Tenne; A. C. Ulku; I. M. Antolovic; S. Burri et al. 

Single Molecule Spectroscopy And Superresolution Imaging Xvi

2023

Conference on Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Superresolution Imaging XVI, San Francisco, CA, Jan 28-29, 2023.

DOI : 10.1117/12.2650463

Reviews

Silicon spin qubits from laboratory to industry

M. De Michielis; E. Ferraro; E. Prati; L. Hutin; B. Bertrand et al. 

Journal Of Physics D-Applied Physics

2023

Vol. 56 , num. 36, p. 363001.

DOI : 10.1088/1361-6463/acd8c7

Theses

Computational Imaging SPAD Cameras

A. Ardelean / Director(s) : E. Charbon; C. Bruschini 

Lausanne: EPFL

2023

p. 164.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9501

Integrated electronics for time-of-flight positron emission tomography photodetectors

A. A. Muntean / Director(s) : E. Charbon; C. Bruschini 

Lausanne: EPFL

2023

p. 180.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9529

Front-End Circuits for Radiation-Hard Monolithic CMOS Sensors targeting High-Energy Physics Applications

F. Piro / Director(s) : E. Charbon; W. J. Snoeys 

Lausanne: EPFL

2023

p. 154.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10693

Time-resolved imaging with SPAD detectors

J. Zhao / Director(s) : E. Charbon 

Lausanne: EPFL

2023

p. 122.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10062

Modelling and design of CMOS SPAD sensors for quantum random number generation

P. Keshavarzian / Director(s) : E. Charbon; M. Stipcevic 

Lausanne: EPFL

2023

p. 163.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10193

High-Kinetic Inductance Superconducting Technology for Quantum Applications

S. Frasca / Director(s) : E. Charbon 

Lausanne: EPFL

2023

p. 187.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9947

2022

Journal Articles

Development of a large-area, light-weight module using the MALTA monolithic pixel detector

F. Dachs; P. Allport; I. A. Tortajada; D. V. Berlea; D. Bortoletto et al. 

Nuclear Instruments & Methods In Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors And Associated Equipment

2022

Vol. 1047 , p. 167809.

DOI : 10.1016/j.nima.2022.167809

Resolution and penetration depth of reflection-mode time-domain near infrared optical tomography using a ToF SPAD camera

J. Jiang; M. Ackermann; E. Russomanno; A. d. C. Mata; E. Charbon et al. 

Biomedical Optics Express

2022

Vol. 13 , num. 12, p. 6711 – 6723.

DOI : 10.1364/BOE.470985

Recent results with radiation-tolerant TowerJazz 180 nm MALTA sensors

M. LeBlanc; P. Allport; I. Asensi; D-V. Berlea; D. Bortoletto et al. 

Nuclear Instruments & Methods In Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors And Associated Equipment

2022

Vol. 1041 , p. 167390.

DOI : 10.1016/j.nima.2022.167390

MALTA3: Concepts for a new radiation tolerant sensor in the TowerJazz 180 nm technology

D. Dobrijevic; P. Allport; I. Asensi; D-V. Berlea; D. Bortoletto et al. 

Nuclear Instruments & Methods In Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors And Associated Equipment

2022

Vol. 1040 , p. 167226.

DOI : 10.1016/j.nima.2022.167226

Guard-Ring-Free InGaAs/InP Single-Photon Avalanche Diode Based on a Novel One-Step Zn-Diffusion Technique

E. Kizilkan; U. Karaca; V. Pesic; M-J. Lee; C. Bruschini et al. 

Ieee Journal Of Selected Topics In Quantum Electronics

2022

Vol. 28 , num. 5, p. 9300209.

DOI : 10.1109/JSTQE.2022.3162527

A Cryo-CMOS Oscillator With an Automatic Common-Mode Resonance Calibration for Quantum Computing Applications

J. Gong; Y. Chen; E. Charbon; F. Sebastiano; M. Babaie 

Ieee Transactions On Circuits And Systems I-Regular Papers

2022

DOI : 10.1109/TCSI.2022.3199997

Pixel super-resolution with spatially entangled photons

H. Defienne; P. Cameron; B. Ndagano; A. Lyons; M. Reichert et al. 

Nature Communications

2022

Vol. 13 , num. 1, p. 3566.

DOI : 10.1038/s41467-022-31052-6

A Cryo-CMOS Wideband Quadrature Receiver With Frequency Synthesizer for Scalable Multiplexed Readout of Silicon Spin Qubits

Y. Peng; A. Ruffino; T-Y. Yang; J. Michniewicz; M. F. Gonzalez-Zalba et al. 

Ieee Journal Of Solid-State Circuits

2022

Vol. 57 , num. 8, p. 2374 – 2389.

DOI : 10.1109/JSSC.2022.3174605

In vitro and in vivo NIR fluorescence lifetime imaging with a time-gated SPAD camera

J. T. Smith; A. Rudkouskaya; S. Gao; J. M. Gupta; A. Ulku et al. 

Optica

2022

Vol. 9 , num. 5, p. 532 – 544.

DOI : 10.1364/OPTICA.454790

A 500 x 500 Dual-Gate SPAD Imager With 100% Temporal Aperture and 1 ns Minimum Gate Length for FLIM and Phasor Imaging Applications

M. Wayne; A. Ulku; A. Ardelean; P. Mos; C. Bruschini et al. 

Ieee Transactions On Electron Devices

2022

Vol. 69 , num. 6, p. 2865 – 2872.

DOI : 10.1109/TED.2022.3168249

On Analog Silicon Photomultipliers in Standard 55-nm BCD Technology for LiDAR Applications

J. Zhao; T. Milanese; F. Gramuglia; P. Keshavarzian; S. S. Tan et al. 

Ieee Journal Of Selected Topics In Quantum Electronics

2022

Vol. 28 , num. 5, p. 3804010.

DOI : 10.1109/JSTQE.2022.3161089

Toward Super Temporal Resolution by Suppression of Mixing Effects of Electrons

Nguyen Hoai Ngo; T. G. Etoh; K. Shimonomura; T. Ando; Y. Matsunaga et al. 

Ieee Transactions On Electron Devices

2022

Vol. 69 , num. 6, p. 2879 – 2885.

DOI : 10.1109/TED.2022.3168617

Radiation Hardness Study of Single-Photon Avalanche Diode for Space and High Energy Physics Applications

M-L. Wu; E. Ripiccini; E. Kizilkan; F. Gramuglia; P. Keshavarzian et al. 

Sensors

2022

Vol. 22 , num. 8, p. 2919.

DOI : 10.3390/s22082919

Light detection and ranging with entangled photons

J. Zhao; A. Lyons; A. C. Ulku; H. Defienne; D. Faccio et al. 

Optics Express

2022

Vol. 30 , num. 3, p. 3675 – 3683.

DOI : 10.1364/OE.435898

2.5 Hz sample rate time-domain near-infrared optical tomography based on SPAD-camera image tissue hemodynamics

J. Jiang; A. d. C. Mata; S. Lindner; E. Charbon; M. Wolf et al. 

Biomedical Optics Express

2022

Vol. 13 , num. 1, p. 133 – 146.

DOI : 10.1364/BOE.441061

A Low-Jitter and Low-Spur Charge-Sampling PLL

J. Gong; E. Charbon; F. Sebastiano; M. Babaie 

Ieee Journal Of Solid-State Circuits

2022

Vol. 57 , num. 2, p. 492 – 504.

DOI : 10.1109/JSSC.2021.3105335

A Low-noise CMOS SPAD Pixel with 12.1 ps SPTR and 3 ns Dead Time

F. Gramuglia; M-L. Wu; C. Bruschini; M-J. Lee; E. Charbon 

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

2022

Vol. 28 , num. 2, p. 3800809.

DOI : 10.1109/JSTQE.2021.3088216

A cryo-CMOS chip that integrates silicon quantum dots and multiplexed dispersive readout electronics

A. Ruffino; T-Y. Yang; J. Michniewicz; Y. Peng; E. Charbon et al. 

Nature Electronics

2022

Vol. 5 , p. 53 – 59.

DOI : 10.1038/s41928-021-00687-6

Resolving the Controversy in Biexciton Binding Energy of Cesium Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals through Heralded Single-Particle Spectroscopy

G. Lubin; G. Yaniv; M. Kazes; A. C. Ulku; I. M. Antolovic et al. 

Acs Nano

2022

Vol. 15 , num. 12, p. 19581 – 19587.

DOI : 10.1021/acsnano.1c06624

Conference Papers

Direct MIP detection with sub-10 ps timing resolution Geiger-Mode APDs

F. Gramuglia; E. Ripiccini; C. A. Fenoglio; M-L. Wu; L. Paolozzi et al. 

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

2022

15th Pisa Meeting on Advanced Detectors, La Biodola, Isola d’Elba, Italy, May 22-28, 2022.

DOI : 10.1016/j.nima.2022.167813

Characterization of a large gated SPAD array for widefield NIR fluorescence lifetime imaging in vitro and in vivo

J. T. Smith; A. Rudkouskaya; S. Gao; A. Ulku; C. Bruschini et al. 

Biophysical Journal

2022

p. 415A – 415A

DOI : 10.1016/j.bpj.2021.11.691

NIR Fluorescence lifetime macroscopic imaging with a time-gated SPAD camera

X. Michalet; A. Ulku; J. T. Smith; C. Bruschini; S. Weiss et al. 

Multiphoton Microscopy In The Biomedical Sciences Xxii

2022

Conference on Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences XXII, ELECTR NETWORK, Jan 22-Feb 24, 2022.

DOI : 10.1117/12.2607833

Using Heralded Spectrometry to Measure the Biexciton Binding Energy of an Individual Quantum Dot

R. Tenne; G. Lubin; A. C. Ülkü; I. M. Antolovic; S. Burri et al. 

[Proceedings of] CLEO: Applications and Technology 2022

2022

CLEO: Applications and Technology 2022, San Jose, CA, United States, May 5-10, 2022.

DOI : 10.1364/CLEO_AT.2022.JTu3A.3

Characterization of a large Gated SPAD camera for in vivo Macroscopic Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging

J. T. Smith; J. M. Gupta; A. Rudkouskaya; S. Gao; A. Ulku et al. 

2022

Clinical and Translational Biophotonics 2022, Fort Lauderdale, FLA, United States, April 24-27, 2022.

DOI : 10.1364/TRANSLATIONAL.2022.TW4B.5

Low-noise high-dynamic-range single-photon avalanche diodes with integrated PQAR circuit in a standard 55 nm BCD

P. Keshavarzian; F. Gramuglia; E. Kizilkan; C. Bruschini; S. S. Tan et al. 

Advanced Photon Counting Techniques Xvi

2022

Conference on Advanced Photon Counting Techniques XVI, ELECTR NETWORK, Apr 05-Jun 12, 2022.

DOI : 10.1117/12.2618349

Reviews

Sub-10 ps Minimum Ionizing Particle Detection With Geiger-Mode APDs

F. Gramuglia; E. Ripiccini; C. A. Fenoglio; M-L. Wu; L. Paolozzi et al. 

Frontiers In Physics

2022

Vol. 10 , p. 849237.

DOI : 10.3389/fphy.2022.849237

Theses

SiGe Time Resolving Pixel Detectors for High Energy Physics and Medical Imaging

F. Martinelli / Director(s) : E. Charbon; M. Nessi 

Lausanne: EPFL

2022

p. 160.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9949

High-Performance CMOS SPAD-Based Sensors for Time-of-Flight PET Applications

F. Gramuglia / Director(s) : E. Charbon; C. Bruschini 

Lausanne: EPFL

2022

p. 247.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8720

Talks

Heralded spectroscopy of single nanocrystals

G. Lubin; R. Tenne; A. C. Ulku; I. M. Antolovic; S. Burri et al. 

Optical and Quantum Sensing and Precision Metrology II, San Francisco, CA, USA, January 22-28, 2022.

Characterization of a large gated SPAD array for in vivo fluorescence lifetime imaging of drug target engagement

J. T. Smith; A. Rudkouskaya; S. Gao; A. Ulku; C. E. Bruschini et al. 

Imaging, Manipulation, and Analysis of Biomolecules, Cells, and Tissues XX, San Francisco, CA, USA, January 22-28, 2022.

Sub-surface fluorescence time-of-flight imaging using a large format SPAD sensor

A. Pétusseau; P. Bruza; A. Ulku; S. Streeter; K. S. Samkoe et al. 

Molecular-Guided Surgery: Molecules, Devices, and Applications VIII, San Francisco, CA, USA, January 22-28, 2022.

Large-format SPAD image sensors for biomedical and HEP applications

E. Charbon; C. Bruschini 

NDIP (9th Conference on new developments in photodetectors), Troyes, France, July 4-8, 2022.

A 7.5-ps, 60% PDP low-noise SPAD fabricated in CMOS technology

F. Gramuglia; P. Keshavarzian; E. Kizilkan; M-L. Wu; C. Bruschini et al. 

ISSW 2022 (International SPAD Sensor Workshop), Online, June 13-15, 2022.

Large-format SPAD arrays and imagers for molecular imaging

C. Bruschini; E. Charbon; F. Gramuglia; E. Ripiccini; A. A. Muntean et al. 

MEDAMI 2022 (Mediterranean Thematic Workshop in Advanced Molecular Imaging), Portorož, Slovenia},, September 4-7, 2022.

Progress in CMOS SPADs and digital SiPMs for fast timing applications

C. Bruschini; E. Charbon; F. Gramuglia; E. Ripiccini; A. A. Muntean 

Fast Timing in Medical Imaging Workshop, Valencia, Spain, Jun 4-6, 2022.

Blumino: a fully integrated analog SiPM with on-chip time conversion

A. A. Muntean; E. Ripiccini; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon 

9th Conference on PET/MR and SPECT/MR & Total-body PET workshop, La Biodola, Isola d’Elba, Italy, May 28 – Jun 1, 2022.

Light Extraction Enhancement in Inorganic Scintillators for Total-body PET Scanners using Photonic Crystals

F. Gramuglia; E. Ripiccini; V. Gaté; H. Kadiri; D. Turover et al. 

9th Conference on PET/MR and SPECT/MR & Total-body PET workshop, La Biodola, Isola d’Elba, Italy, May 28 – Jun 1, 2022.

Photon and minimum ionizing particle detection with ultra-fast Geiger-mode APDs

E. Ripiccini; F. Gramuglia; C. A. Fenoglio; M-L. Wu; L. Paolozzi et al. 

High Energy Physics – Integrated Circuits Workshop 2022 (HEP-IC), FNAL, USA (online), May 20, 2022.

CMOS SPADs for High Radiation Environments

M-L. Wu; F. Gramuglia; E. Ripiccini; C. A. Fenoglio; E. Kizilkan et al. 

Detecting photons and MIPs with ultra-fast Geiger mode APDs

F. Gramuglia; E. Ripiccini; C. A. Fenoglio; M-L. Wu; L. Paolozzi et al. 

NDIP (9th Conference on new developments in photodetectors), Troyes, France, July 4-8, 2022.

2021

Journal Articles

Measurements and analysis of different front-end configurations for monolithic SiGe BiCMOS pixel detectors for HEP applications

F. Martinelli; C. Magliocca; R. Cardella; E. Charbon; G. Iacobucci et al. 

Journal Of Instrumentation

2021

Vol. 16 , num. 12, p. P12038.

DOI : 10.1088/1748-0221/16/12/P12038

Theoretical minimum uncertainty of single-molecule localizations using a single-photon avalanche diode array

Q. Houwink; D. Kalisvaart; S-T. Hung; J. Cnossen; D. Fan et al. 

Optics Express

2021

Vol. 29 , num. 24, p. 39920 – 39929.

DOI : 10.1364/OE.439340

A massively scalable Time-to-Digital Converter with a PLL-free calibration system in a commercial 130 nm process

F. Martinelli; P. Valerio; R. Cardarelli; E. Charbon; G. Iacobucci et al. 

Journal Of Instrumentation

2021

Vol. 16 , num. 11, p. P11023.

DOI : 10.1088/1748-0221/16/11/P11023

Engineering Breakdown Probability Profile for PDP and DCR Optimization in a SPAD Fabricated in a Standard 55nm BCD Process

F. Gramuglia; P. Keshavarzian; E. Kizilkan; C. Bruschini; S. S. Tan et al. 

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

2021

p. 1 – 1.

DOI : 10.1109/JSTQE.2021.3114346

Certification of the efficient random number generation technique based on single-photon detector arrays and time-to-digital converters

A. Stanco; D. G. Marangon; G. Vallone; S. Burri; E. Charbon et al. 

Iet Quantum Communication

2021

Vol. 2 , num. 3, p. 74 – 79.

DOI : 10.1049/qtc2.12018

Blumino: The First Fully Integrated Analog SiPM With On-Chip Time Conversion

A. Muntean; E. Venialgo; A. Ardelean; A. Sachdeva; E. Ripiccini et al. 

Ieee Transactions On Radiation And Plasma Medical Sciences

2021

Vol. 5 , num. 5, p. 671 – 678.

DOI : 10.1109/TRPMS.2020.3045081

Heralded Spectroscopy Reveals Exciton-Exciton Correlations in Single Colloidal Quantum Dots

G. Lubin; R. Tenne; A. C. Ulku; I. M. Antolovic; S. Burri et al. 

Nano Letters

2021

Vol. 21 , num. 16, p. 6756 – 6763.

DOI : 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c01291

Single-photon avalanche diode imaging sensor for subsurface fluorescence LiDAR

P. Bruza; A. Petusseau; A. Ulku; J. Gunn; S. Streeter et al. 

Optica

2021

Vol. 8 , num. 8, p. 1126 – 1127.

DOI : 10.1364/OPTICA.431521

A Scaling Law for SPAD Pixel Miniaturization

K. Morimoto; E. Charbon 

Sensors

2021

Vol. 21 , num. 10, p. 3447.

DOI : 10.3390/s21103447

CMOS-based cryogenic control of silicon quantum circuits

X. Xue; B. Patra; J. P. G. van Dijk; N. Samkharadze; S. Subramanian et al. 

Nature

2021

Vol. 593 , num. 7858, p. 205 – 210.

DOI : 10.1038/s41586-021-03469-4

Improved Split CV Mobility Extraction in 28 nm Fully Depleted Silicon on Insulator Transistors

A. Morelle; E. Vandermolen; V. Kilchytska; J-P. Raskin; D. Flandre 

Ieee Electron Device Letters

2021

Vol. 42 , num. 5, p. 661 – 664.

DOI : 10.1109/LED.2021.3065002

A Cryogenic Broadband Sub-1-dB NF CMOS Low Noise Amplifier for Quantum Applications

Y. Peng; A. Ruffino; E. Charbon 

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

2021

Vol. 56 , num. 7, p. 2040 – 2053.

DOI : 10.1109/JSSC.2021.3073068

Full-field quantum imaging with a single-photon avalanche diode camera

H. Defienne; J. Zhao; E. Charbon; D. Faccio 

Physical Review A

2021

Vol. 103 , num. 4, p. 042608.

DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevA.103.042608

A Pixel Design of a Branching Ultra-Highspeed Image Sensor

N. H. Ngo; K. Shimonomura; T. Ando; T. Shimura; H. Watanabe et al. 

Sensors

2021

Vol. 21 , num. 7, p. 2506.

DOI : 10.3390/s21072506

Light Extraction Enhancement Techniques for Inorganic Scintillators

F. Gramuglia; S. Frasca; E. Ripiccini; E. Venialgo Araujo; V. Gâté et al. 

Crystals

2021

Vol. 11 , num. 4, p. 362.

DOI : 10.3390/cryst11040362

The Michelangelo step: removing scalloping and tapering effects in high aspect ratio through silicon vias

S. Frasca; R. C. Leghziel; I. N. Arabadzhiev; B. Pasquier; G. F. M. Tomassi et al. 

Scientific Reports

2021

Vol. 11 , num. 1, p. 3997.

DOI : 10.1038/s41598-021-83546-w

Comparison of Wide-Band-Gap Technologies for Soft-Switching Losses at High Frequencies (vol 35, pg 12595, 2020)

A. Jafari; M. Samizadeh Nikoo; N. Perera; H. K. Yildirim; F. Karakaya et al. 

Ieee Transactions On Power Electronics

2021

Vol. 36 , num. 2, p. 2444 – 2445.

DOI : 10.1109/TPEL.2020.3017073

Superluminal Motion-Assisted Four-Dimensional Light-in-Flight Imaging

K. Morimoto; M-L. Wu; A. Ardelean; E. Charbon 

Physical Review X

2021

Vol. 11 , num. 1, p. 011005.

DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevX.11.011005

Cryogenic CMOS Circuits and Systems: Challenges and Opportunities in Designing the Electronic Interface for Quantum Processors

E. Charbon; M. Babaie; A. Vladimirescu; F. Sebastiano 

Ieee Microwave Magazine

2021

Vol. 22 , num. 1, p. 60 – 78.

DOI : 10.1109/MMM.2020.3023271

Recent advances in superconducting nanowire single-photon detector technology for exoplanet transit spectroscopy in the mid-infrared

E. E. Wollman; V. B. Verma; A. B. Walter; J. Chiles; B. Korzh et al. 

Journal Of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments And Systems

2021

Vol. 7 , num. 1, p. 011004.

DOI : 10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.011004

Conference Papers

Deep cryogenic operation of 55 nm CMOS SPADs for quantum information and metrology applications

A. Morelle; F. Gramuglia; P. Keshavarzian; C. Bruschini; D. Chong et al. 

Quantum Information and Measurement VI 2021

2021

Quantum Information and Measurement {VI} 2021, Washington, DC United States, November 1-5, 2021.

DOI : 10.1364/QIM.2021.M2B.7

Towards the ideal PET detector: a scalable architecture with high intrinsic spatial resolution, DOI and sub-200 ps TOF capability

G. Sportelli; M. G. Bisogni; C. Bruschini; P. Carra; E. Charbon et al. 

2021

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium 28th International Conference on Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detectors (RTSD), Yokohama, Japan (virtual event), October 16-23, 2021.

SPAD Microcells with 12.1 ps SPTR for SiPMs in TOF-PET Applications

F. Gramuglia; M-L. Wu; M. J. Lee; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon 

2021 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC)

2021

2021 Virtual IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference. 68th IEEE NSS MIC 2021, [Virtual], October 16-23, 2021.

p. 1 – 2

DOI : 10.1109/NSS/MIC44867.2021.9875811

Architecture and Characterization of a CMOS 3D-Stacked FSI Multi-Channel Digital SiPM for Time-of-Flight PET Applications

F. Gramuglia; A. A. Muntean; C. A. Fenoglio; E. Venialgo Araujo; M. J. Lee et al. 

2021 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC)

2021

2021 Virtual IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference. 68th IEEE NSS MIC 2021, [Virtual], October 16-23, 2021.

p. 1 – 2

DOI : 10.1109/NSS/MIC44867.2021.9875625

A 500×500 Dual-Gate SPAD Imager with 100% Temporal Aperture and 1 ns Minimum Gate Width for FLIM and Phasor Imaging Applications

A. C. Ülkü; A. Ardelean; P. Mos; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon 

2021

2021 International Image Sensor Workshop (IISW), [Online], September 20-23, 2021.

CMOS 3D-Stacked FSI Multi-Channel Digital SiPM for Time-of-Flight Vision Applications

F. Gramuglia; A. A. Muntean; C. A. Fenoglio; E. Venialgo Araujo; M. J. Lee et al. 

2021

2021 International Image Sensor Workshop (IISW), Online, September 20-23, 2021.

Quanta Burst Photography

S. Ma; S. Gupta; A. C. Ülkü; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon et al. 

2021

2021 International Image Sensor Workshop (IISW), [Online], September 20-23, 2021.

Cryogenic Characterization of 16 nm FinFET Technology for Quantum Computing

H-C. Han; F. Jazaeri; A. D’Amico; A. Baschirotto; E. Charbon et al. 

ESSCIRC 2021 – IEEE 47th European Solid State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC)

2021

47th European Solid State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC 2021), Grenoble, France, Septembre 13-22, 2021.

p. 71 – 74

DOI : 10.1109/ESSCIRC53450.2021.9567747

Random flip-flop: adding quantum randomness to digital circuits for improved cyber security, artificial intelligence and more

M. Stipčević; M. Batelić; E. Charbon; C. Bruschini; M. I. Antolović 

Proceedings of Emerging Imaging and Sensing Technologies for Security and Defence VI

2021

Emerging Imaging and Sensing Technologies for Security and Defence VI, [Online only], September 13-24, 2021.

DOI : 10.1117/12.2597842

In-depth Cryogenic Characterization of 22 nm FDSOI Technology for Quantum Computation

H-C. Han; F. Jazaeri; A. D’Amico; Z. Zhao; S. Lehmann et al. 

2021 Joint International EUROSOI Workshop and International Conference on Ultimate Integration on Silicon (EuroSOI-ULIS)

2021

7th Joint International EuroSOI Workshop and International Conference on Ultimate Integration on Silicon (EuroSOI-ULIS’2021), Caen, France, Septembre 1-3, 2021.

p. 1 – 4

DOI : 10.1109/EuroSOI-ULIS53016.2021.9560181

Towards quantum 3D imaging devices

G. Massaro; C. Abbattista; L. Amoroso; S. Burri; E. Charbon et al. 

Proceedings of Photonics for Quantum 2021

2021

Photonics for Quantum 2021, [Online only], July 12-23, 2021.

DOI : 10.1117/12.2600791

SPAD array technology enables fluctuation-contrast super-resolution in a confocal microscope

R. Tenne; A. Makowski; G. Lubin; I. M. Antolovic; U. Rossman et al. 

Advances In Microscopic Imaging Iii

2021

European Conferences on Biomedical Optics – Advances in Microscopic Imaging III, [Virtual event], June 20-25, 2021.

DOI : 10.1117/12.2615683

Vascular Compression in Trigeminal Neuralgia discloses Trigeminal root somatotopic organization

G. De Stefano; G. Di Stefano; G. Di Pietro; E. Ripiccini; P. Falco et al. 

European Journal Of Neurology

2021

p. 108 – 108

A Fully-Integrated 40-nm 5-6.5 GHz Cryo-CMOS System-on-Chip with I/Q Receiver and Frequency Synthesizer for Scalable Multiplexed Readout of Quantum Dots

A. Ruffino; Y. Peng; T-Y. Yang; J. Michniewicz; M. F. Gonzalez-Zalba et al. 

2021 IEEE International Solid- State Circuits Conference (ISSCC)

2021

2021 IEEE International Solid- State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), San Francisco, California, USA, February 13-22, 2021.

DOI : 10.1109/ISSCC42613.2021.9365758

A 2.7mW 45fS(rms)-Jitter Cryogenic Dynamic-Amplifier-Based PLL for Quantum Computing Applications

J. Gong; E. Charbon; F. Sebastiano; M. Babaie 

2021 Ieee Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (Cicc)

2021

IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), ELECTR NETWORK, Apr 25-30, 2021.

DOI : 10.1109/CICC51472.2021.9431541

A 1GS/s 6-to-8b 0.5mW/Qubit Cryo-CMOS SAR ADC for Quantum Computing in 40nm CMOS

G. Kiene; A. Catania; R. Overwater; P. Bruschi; E. Charbon et al. 

2021 Ieee International Solid-State Circuits Conference (Isscc)

2021

IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), ELECTR NETWORK, Feb 13-22, 2021.

p. 214 – 216

DOI : 10.1109/ISSCC42613.2021.9365927

A 256×128 3D-Stacked (45nm) SPAD FLASH LiDAR with 7-Level Coincidence Detection and Progressive Gating for 100m Range and 10klux Background Light

P. Padmanabhan; C. Zhang; M. Cazzaniga; B. Efe; A. R. Ximenes et al. 

2021 Ieee International Solid-State Circuits Conference (Isscc)

2021

IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), ELECTR NETWORK, Feb 13-22, 2021.

p. 111 – 113

DOI : 10.1109/ISSCC42613.2021.9366010

A 6-to-8GHz 0.17mW/Qubit Cryo-CMOS Receiver for Multiple Spin Qubit Readout in 40nm CMOS Technology

B. Prabowo; G. Zheng; M. Mehrpoo; B. Patra; P. Harvey-Collard et al. 

2021 Ieee International Solid-State Circuits Conference (Isscc)

2021

IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), ELECTR NETWORK, Feb 13-22, 2021.

p. 212 – 214

DOI : 10.1109/ISSCC42613.2021.9365848

Reviews

Scaling silicon-based quantum computing using CMOS technology

M. F. Gonzalez-Zalba; S. de Franceschi; E. Charbon; T. Meunier; M. Vinets et al. 

Nature Electronics

2021

Vol. 4 , num. 12, p. 872 – 884.

DOI : 10.1038/s41928-021-00681-y

Towards Quantum 3D Imaging Devices

C. Abbattista; L. Amoruso; S. Burri; E. Charbon; F. Di Lena et al. 

Applied Sciences

2021

Vol. 11 , num. 14, p. 6414.

DOI : 10.3390/app11146414

Theses

Cryogenic CMOS Integrated Circuits for Scalable Readout of Silicon Quantum Computers

A. Ruffino / Director(s) : E. Charbon 

Lausanne: EPFL

2021

p. 200.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7984

Large-Format Time-Gated SPAD Cameras for Real-Time Phasor-Based FLIM

A. C. Ülkü / Director(s) : E. Charbon; C. Bruschini 

Lausanne: EPFL

2021

p. 199.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8311

Direct time-of-flight SPAD image sensors for light detection and ranging

P. Padmanabhan / Director(s) : E. Charbon 

Lausanne: EPFL

2021

p. 161.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8231

Working Papers

Integrated multiplexed microwave readout of silicon quantum dots in a cryogenic CMOS chip

A. Ruffino; T-Y. Yang; J. Michniewicz; Y. Peng; E. Charbon et al. 

2021

Posters

FPGA-based SiPM Timestamp Detection Setup for High Timing Resolution TOF-PET Application

N. Lusardi; F. Garzetti; S. Salgaro; N. Corna; E. Ronconi et al. 

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium 28th International Conference on Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detectors (RTSD), Yokohama, Japan (virtual event), October 16-23, 2021.

Towards the ideal TOF-PET detector: a scalable architecture with uncompromised performance for clinical and total-body applications

G. Sportelli; C. Bruschini; P. Carra; E. Charbon; E. Ciarrocchi et al. 

Total-body PET 2021, [Online], September 22nd-24th, 2021.

Quanta Burst Photography

S. Ma; S. Gupta; A. C. Ülkü; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon et al. 

2021 International Conference on Computational Photography (ICCP), Haifa (Israel) / hybrid, May 23-25, 2021.

Talks

Heralded Spectroscopy Reveals Exciton-Exciton Correlations in Single Colloidal Nanocrystals

G. Lubin; R. Tenne; V. J. Yallapragada; S. Karg; G. Yaniv et al. 

Sensing with Quantum Light (SQL) 754. WE-Heraeus-Seminar, Bad Honnef, Germany, 26-29 September 2021.

SwissSPAD3 – a dual-gate photon-counting SPAD sensor for widefield FLIM imaging

A. C. Ülkü; A. Ardelean; P. Mos; E. Charbon; C. Bruschini 

Focus on Microscopy 2021 (FOM 2021), Online, March 28-31, 2021.

Super-resolved confocal fluctuation microscopy using a SPAD array

A. Makowski; R. Tenne; G. Lubin; A. Sroda; I. M. Antolovic et al. 

Focus on Microscopy 2021 (FOM 2021), Online, March 28-31, 2021.

Quantum super-resolved imaging with SPAD array

G. Lubin; R. Tenne; I. M. Antolovic; E. Charbon; C. Bruschini et al. 

Focus on Microscopy 2021 (FOM 2021), Online, March 28-31, 2021.

Megapixel time-gated SPAD image sensor for scientific imaging applications

K. Morimoto; A. Ardelean; M-L. Wu; A. C. Ulku; I. M. M. Antolovic et al. 

High-Speed Biomedical Imaging and Spectroscopy VI, San Francisco, USA (virtual event), March 6-11, 2021.

SPAD-based detectors and imagers for biophotonics and other sensing applications

C. Bruschini 

CISMA Colloquia, Edinburgh UK (online), May 25, 2021.

Patents

High sensitivity single-photon avalanche diode array

I. Antolovic; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon 

Patent number(s) :

  • US2022384671 (A1)
  • WO2021089115 (A1)

2021

Low-power image sensor system with single-photon avalanche diode photodetectors

I. Antolovic; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon 

Patent number(s) :

  • US2022264047 (A1)
  • WO2021018403 (A1)

2021

System and method for removing scalloping and tapering effects in high aspect ratio through-silicon vias of wafers

S. Frasca; E. Charbon; S. Carrara; R. Leghziel 

Patent number(s) :

  • US11735478 (B2)
  • US2021351075 (A1)

2021

2020

Journal Articles

Toward the Super Temporal Resolution Image Sensor with a Germanium Photodiode for Visible Light

N. H. Ngo; A. Q. Nguyen; F. M. Bufler; Y. Kamakura; H. Mutoh et al. 

Sensors

2020

Vol. 20 , num. 23, p. 6895.

DOI : 10.3390/s20236895

Fluorescence lifetime imaging with a megapixel SPAD camera and neural network lifetime estimation

V. Zickus; M-L. Wu; K. Morimoto; V. Kapitany; A. Fatima et al. 

Scientific Reports

2020

Vol. 10 , num. 1, p. 20986.

DOI : 10.1038/s41598-020-77737-0

Designing a DDS-Based SoC for High-Fidelity Multi-Qubit Control

J. P. G. van Dijk; B. Patra; S. Pellerano; E. Charbon; F. Sebastiano et al. 

Ieee Transactions On Circuits And Systems I-Regular Papers

2020

Vol. 67 , num. 12, p. 5380 – 5393.

DOI : 10.1109/TCSI.2020.3019413

Introduction to the Special Issue on the 2020 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC)

P. Mohseni; E. Charbon 

Ieee Journal Of Solid-State Circuits

2020

Vol. 55 , num. 11, p. 2847 – 2848.

DOI : 10.1109/JSSC.2020.3024381

A Scalable Cryo-CMOS Controller for the Wideband Frequency-Multiplexed Control of Spin Qubits and Transmons

J. P. G. Van Dijk; B. Patra; S. Subramanian; X. Xue; N. Samkharadze et al. 

Ieee Journal Of Solid-State Circuits

2020

Vol. 55 , num. 11, p. 2930 – 2946.

DOI : 10.1109/JSSC.2020.3024678

All-in-One Deposition to Synergistically Manipulate Perovskite Growth for High-Performance Solar Cell

Y. Lv; H. Zhang; J. Wang; L. Chen; L. Bian et al. 

Research

2020

Vol. 2020 , p. 2763409.

DOI : 10.34133/2020/2763409

Quanta burst photography

S. Ma; S. Gupta; A. C. Ulku; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon et al. 

ACM Transactions on Graphics

2020

Vol. 39 , num. 4, p. 79.

DOI : 10.1145/3386569.3392470

Quantum Transport in 40-nm MOSFETs a Deep-Cryogenic Temperatures

T-Y. Yang; A. Ruffino; J. Michniewicz; Y. Peng; E. Charbon et al. 

IEEE Electron Device Letters

2020

Vol. 41 , num. 7, p. 981 – 984.

DOI : 10.1109/LED.2020.2995645

Efficient random number generation techniques for CMOS single-photon avalanche diode array exploiting fast time tagging units

A. Stanco; D. G. Marangon; G. Vallone; S. Burri; E. Charbon et al. 

Physical Review Research

2020

Vol. 2 , num. 2, p. 023287.

DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.023287

A Wideband Low-Power Cryogenic CMOS Circulator for Quantum Applications

A. Ruffino; Y. Peng; F. Sebastiano; M. Babaie; E. Charbon 

Ieee Journal Of Solid-State Circuits

2020

Vol. 55 , num. 5, p. 1224 – 1238.

DOI : 10.1109/JSSC.2020.2978020

High fill-factor miniaturized SPAD arrays with a guard-ring-sharing technique

K. Morimoto; E. Charbon 

Optics Express

2020

Vol. 28 , num. 9, p. 13068 – 13080.

DOI : 10.1364/OE.389216

Megapixel time-gated SPAD image sensor for 2D and 3D imaging applications

K. Morimoto; A. Ardelean; M-L. Wu; A. C. Ulku; I. M. Antolovic et al. 

Optica

2020

Vol. 7 , num. 4, p. 346 – 354.

DOI : 10.1364/OPTICA.386574

Multimodal imaging combining time-domain near-infrared optical tomography and continuous-wave fluorescence molecular tomography

W. Ren; J. Jiang; A. D. C. Mata; A. Kalyanov; J. Ripoll et al. 

Optics Express

2020

Vol. 28 , num. 7, p. 9860 – 9874.

DOI : 10.1364/OE.385392

Wide-field time-gated SPAD imager for phasor-based FLIM applications

A. Ulku; A. Ardelean; M. Antolovic; S. Weiss; E. Charbon et al. 

Methods and Applications in Fluorescence

2020

Vol. 8 , num. 2, p. 024002.

DOI : 10.1088/2050-6120/ab6ed7

Subthreshold Mismatch in Nanometer CMOS at Cryogenic Temperatures

P. A. T. Hart; M. Babaie; E. Charbon; A. Vladimirescu; F. Sebastiano 

Ieee Journal Of The Electron Devices Society

2020

Vol. 8 , p. 797 – 806.

DOI : 10.1109/JEDS.2020.2988730

Active Phase-Conjugating Rotman Lens With Reflection Amplifiers for Backscattering Enhancement

P. Keshavarzian; M. Okoniewski; J. Nielsen 

Ieee Transactions On Microwave Theory And Techniques

2020

Vol. 68 , num. 1, p. 404 – 412.

DOI : 10.1109/TMTT.2019.2939819

Single-Photon, Time-Gated, Phasor-Based Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging through Highly Scattering Medium

R. Ankri; A. Basu; A. C. Ulku; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon et al. 

Acs Photonics

2020

Vol. 7 , num. 1, p. 68 – 79.

DOI : 10.1021/acsphotonics.9b00874

Characterization and Modeling of Mismatch in Cryo-CMOS

P. A. ‘. Hart; M. Babaie; E. Charbon; A. Vladimirescu; F. Sebastiano 

Ieee Journal Of The Electron Devices Society

2020

Vol. 8 , num. 1, p. 263 – 273.

DOI : 10.1109/JEDS.2020.2976546

A Cryogenic CMOS Parametric Amplifier

M. Mehrpoo; F. Sebastiano; E. Charbon; M. Babaie 

Ieee Solid-State Circuits Letters

2020

Vol. 3 , p. 5 – 8.

DOI : 10.1109/LSSC.2019.2950186

Characterization and Analysis of On-Chip Microwave Passive Components at Cryogenic Temperatures

B. Patra; M. Mehrpoo; A. Ruffino; F. Sebastiano; E. Charbon et al. 

Ieee Journal Of The Electron Devices Society

2020

Vol. 8 , num. 1, p. 448 – 456.

DOI : 10.1109/JEDS.2020.2986722

A Cryo-CMOS Digital Cell Library for Quantum Computing Applications

E. Schriek; F. Sebastiano; E. Charbon 

Ieee Solid-State Circuits Letters

2020

Vol. 3 , p. 310 – 313.

DOI : 10.1109/LSSC.2020.3017705

Conference Papers

CMOS 3D-Stacked FSI Multi-Channel Digital SiPM for Time-of-Flight PET Applications

F. Gramuglia; A. A. Muntean; E. Venialgo Araujo; M-J. Lee; S. Lindner et al. 

2020

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Boston, USA (virtual event), November 2-7, 2020.

DOI : 10.1109/NSS/MIC42677.2020.9507833

Light Extraction Enhancement Techniques for Inorganic Scintillators

F. Gramuglia; S. Frasca; E. Ripiccini; E. Venialgo Araujo; V. Gâté et al. 

2020

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Boston, USA (virtual event), November 2-7, 2020.

DOI : 10.1109/NSS/MIC42677.2020.9507921

Time-Resolved NIROT ‘Pioneer’ System for Imaging Oxygenation of the Preterm Brain: Preliminary Results

A. Di Costanzo-Mata; J. Jiang; S. Lindner; L. Ahnen; C. Zhang et al. 

Oxygen Transport To Tissue Xli

2020

46th Annual Meeting of the International-Society-on-Oxygen-Transport-to-Tissue (ISOTT), Seoul, SOUTH KOREA, Jul 01-05, 2018.

p. 347 – 354

DOI : 10.1007/978-3-030-34461-0_44

Cryo-CMOS Interfaces for Large-Scale Quantum Computers

F. Sebastiano; J. P. G. van Dijk; P. A ‘t Hart; B. Patra; J. van Staveren et al. 

2020 Ieee International Electron Devices Meeting (Iedm)

2020

IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), ELECTR NETWORK, Dec 12-18, 2020.

DOI : 10.1109/IEDM13553.2020.9372075

Cryo-CMOS for Analog/Mixed-Signal Circuits and Systems

J. van Dijk; P. ‘t Hart; G. Kiene; R. Overwater; P. Padalia et al. 

2020 Ieee Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (Cicc)

2020

IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), Boston, MA, Mar 22-25, 2020.

DOI : 10.1109/CICC48029.2020.9075882

Electric Field Analysis and Measurement for a Resistively Loaded Monocone

T. Jiang; X. Wang; S. Zhang; H. Zhou 

2020 14Th European Conference On Antennas And Propagation (Eucap 2020)

2020

14th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), Copenhagen, DENMARK, Mar 15-20, 2020.

DOI : 10.23919/EuCAP48036.2020.9136085

A Scalable Cryo-CMOS 2-to-20GHz Digitally Intensive Controller for 4×32 Frequency Multiplexed Spin Qubits/Transmons in 22nm FinFET Technology for Quantum Computers

B. Patra; J. P. G. van Dijk; S. Subramanian; A. Corna; X. Xue et al. 

2020 Ieee International Solid- State Circuits Conference (Isscc)

2020

IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), San Francisco, CA, Feb 16-20, 2020.

p. 304 – 306

DOI : 10.1109/ISSCC19947.2020.9063109

A 10-to-12 GHz 5mW Charge-Sampling PLL Achieving 50 fsec RMS Jitter,-258.9 dB FOM and-65 dBc Reference Spur

J. Gong; F. Sebastiano; E. Charbon; M. Babaie 

2020 Ieee Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (Rfic)

2020

IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), ELECTR NETWORK, Aug 04-06, 2020.

p. 15 – 18

DOI : 10.1109/RFIC49505.2020.9218380

19.3 A 200dB FoM 4-to-5GHz Cryogenic Oscillator with an Automatic Common-Mode Resonance Calibration for Quantum Computing Applications

J. Gong; Y. Chen; F. Sebastiano; E. Charbon; M. Babaie 

2020 Ieee International Solid- State Circuits Conference (Isscc)

2020

IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), San Francisco, CA, Feb 16-20, 2020.

p. 308 – 310

DOI : 10.1109/ISSCC19947.2020.9062913

Reviews

Roadmap toward the 10 ps time-of-flight PET challenge

P. Lecoq; C. Morel; J. O. Prior; D. Visvikis; S. Gundacker et al. 

Physics In Medicine And Biology

2020

Vol. 65 , num. 21, p. 21RM01.

DOI : 10.1088/1361-6560/ab9500

Theses

Megapixel SPAD cameras for time-resolved applications

K. Morimoto / Director(s) : E. Charbon 

Lausanne: EPFL

2020

p. 172.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8773

Posters

Design of a highly scalable TOF-PET detector: the UTOFPET project

E. Ciarrocchi; M. G. Bisogni; N. Camarlinghi; P. Carra; M. Morrocchi et al. 

European Molecular Imaging Meeting – EMIM 2020, [Online], August 24-28, 2020.

Wide-field time-gated phasor analysis of visible fluorescence through highly scattering medium

R. Ankri; A. Basu; A. C. Ülkü; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon et al. 

64th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, San Diego, CA, USA, February 15-19, 2020.

Wide-Field Time-Gated SPAD Imager for Phasor-Based FLIM Applications

A. C. Ülkü; A. Ardelean; I. M. Antolovic; S. Weiss; E. Charbon et al. 

64th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, San Diego, CA, USA, February 15-19, 2020.

Talks

Quanta burst photography

S. Ma; S. Gupta; A. C. Ülkü; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon et al. 

SIGGRAPH, Boston, USA [Online], August 24-28, 2020.

Image scanning microscopy with quantum and classical correlations

R. Tenne; D. Oron; Y. Silberberg; B-e. Raphael; U. Rossman et al. 

ISSW 2020 2nd International SPAD Sensor Workshop, Edinburgh, UK (virtual), Jun 8-10, 2020.

Quantum imaging with SPAD arrays (Conference Presentation)

G. Lubin; R. Tenne; I. M. Antolovic; E. Charbon; C. Bruschini et al. 

Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Superresolution Imaging XIII, San Francisco, CA, USA, February 1-6, 2020.

Realizing quantum image scanning microscopy with novel detectors

G. Lubin; R. Tenne; I. M. Antolovic; E. Charbon; C. Bruschini et al. 

Optical, Opto-Atomic, and Entanglement-Enhanced Precision Metrology II, San Francisco, CA, USA, February 1-6, 2020.

Patents

Light microscope with reconfigurable sensor array

T. Anhut; I. M. Antolovic; D. Schwedt; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon 

Patent number(s) :

  • JP7478322 (B2)
  • JP2024028812 (A)
  • JP2022537617 (A)
  • US2022206275 (A1)
  • EP3953756 (A1)
  • CN113874774 (A)
  • WO2020207571 (A1)

2020

Direct time-of-flight depth sensor architecture and method for operating of such a sensor

P. Padmanabhan; C. Zhang; E. Charbon 

Patent number(s) :

  • EP3987305 (B1)
  • EP3987305 (A1)
  • WO2020253968 (A1)

2020

Reconfigurable logic circuit

N. Mentens; F. Regazzoni; E. Charbon 

Patent number(s) :

  • EP3714545 (B1)
  • US11309896 (B2)
  • US2020366294 (A1)
  • EP3714545 (A1)
  • WO2019101660 (A1)
  • GB201719355 (D0)

2020

System, device and method for quantum correlation measurement with single photon avalanche diode arrays

I. M. Antolovic; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon; G. Lubin; R. Tenne et al. 

Patent number(s) :

  • US11982566 (B2)
  • US2022170784 (A1)
  • EP3948183 (A1)
  • WO2020201849 (A1)

2020

Light microscope with photon-counting detector elements and imaging method

T. Anhut; I. M. Antolovic; D. Schwedt; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon 

Patent number(s) :

  • JP7365649 (B2)
  • JP2022527234 (A)
  • US2022075171 (A1)
  • EP3914950 (A1)
  • WO2020151838 (A1)

2020

2019

Journal Articles

Modeling and Analysis of a Direct Time-of-Flight Sensor Architecture for LiDAR Applications

P. Padmanabhan; C. Zhang; E. Charbon 

Sensors

2019

Vol. 19 , num. 24, p. 5464.

DOI : 10.3390/s19245464

A Modular, Direct Time-of-Flight Depth Sensor in 45/65-nm 3-D-Stacked CMOS Technology

A. R. Ximenes; P. Padmanabhan; M-J. Lee; Y. Yamashita; D-N. Yaung et al. 

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

2019

Vol. 54 , num. 11, p. 3203 – 3214.

DOI : 10.1109/JSSC.2019.2938412

Quantum correlation measurement with single photon avalanche diode arrays

G. Lubin; R. Tenne; I. M. Antolovic; E. Charbon; C. Bruschini et al. 

Optics Express

2019

Vol. 27 , num. 23, p. 32863.

DOI : 10.1364/OE.27.032863

Impact of Classical Control Electronics on Qubit Fidelity

J. P. G. van Dijk; E. Kawakami; R. N. Schouten; M. Veldhorst; L. M. K. Vandersypen et al. 

Physical Review Applied

2019

Vol. 12 , num. 4, p. 044054.

DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.12.044054

Hybrid superconductor-semiconductor electronics

S. Frasca; E. Charbon 

Nature Electronics

2019

Vol. 2 , num. 10, p. 433 – 434.

DOI : 10.1038/s41928-019-0319-x

Toward a Full-Flexible and Fast-Prototyping TOF-PET Block Detector Based on TDC-on-FPGA

E. Venialgo; N. Lusardi; F. Garzetti; A. Geraci; S. E. Brunner et al. 

Ieee Transactions On Radiation And Plasma Medical Sciences

2019

Vol. 3 , num. 5, p. 538 – 548.

DOI : 10.1109/TRPMS.2018.2874358

First Near-Ultraviolet- and Blue-Enhanced Backside-Illuminated Single-Photon Avalanche Diode Based on Standard SOI CMOS Technology

M-J. Lee; P. Sun; G. Pandraud; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon 

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

2019

Vol. 25 , num. 5, p. 3800206.

DOI : 10.1109/JSTQE.2019.2918930

The electronic interface for quantum processors

J. P. G. van Dijk; E. Charbon; F. Sebastiano 

Microprocessors And Microsystems

2019

Vol. 66 , p. 90 – 101.

DOI : 10.1016/j.micpro.2019.02.004

A 30-frames/s, 252 x 144 SPAD Flash LiDAR With 1728 Dual-Clock 48.8-ps TDCs, and Pixel-Wise Integrated Histogramming

C. Zhang; S. Lindner; I. M. Antolovic; J. M. Pavia; M. Wolf et al. 

Ieee Journal Of Solid-State Circuits

2019

Vol. 54 , num. 4, p. 1137 – 1151.

DOI : 10.1109/JSSC.2018.2883720

A 512 x 512 SPAD Image Sensor With Integrated Gating for Widefield FLIM

A. C. Ulku; C. Bruschini; I. M. Antolovic; Y. Kuo; R. Ankri et al. 

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

2019

Vol. 25 , num. 1, p. 6801212.

DOI : 10.1109/JSTQE.2018.2867439

Conference Papers

Cryo-CMOS Electronics for Quantum Computing Applications

E. Charbon 

ESSCIRC 2019 – IEEE 45th European Solid State Circuits Conference

2019

IEEE 45th European Solid State Circuits Conference – ESSCIRC 2019, Cracow, Poland, 23–26 September, 2019.

p. 1 – 6

DOI : 10.1109/ESSCIRC.2019.8902896

A Close-in LiDAR for Diffusive Media based on a 32 × 32 CMOS SPAD Image Sensor

S. Lindner; C. Zhang; A. Kalyanov; M. Wolf; C. Bruschini et al. 

IISW 2019. Papers

2019

International Image Sensor Workshop (IISW), Snowbird, Utah, USA, June 23-27, 2019.

Time Domain NIRS Optode based on Null/Small Source-Detector Distance for Wearable Applications

S. Saha; S. Burri; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon; F. Lesage et al. 

2019 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC)

2019

2019 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), Austin, TX, USA, April 14-17, 2019.

p. 1 – 8

DOI : 10.1109/CICC.2019.8780320

A Bit Too Much? High Speed Imaging from Sparse Photon Counts

P. Chandramouli; S. Burri; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon; A. Kolb 

2019 IEEE International Conference on Computational Photography (ICCP)

2019

2019 IEEE International Conference on Computational Photography (ICCP), Tokyo, Japan, May 15-17, 2019.

p. 1 – 9

DOI : 10.1109/ICCPHOT.2019.8747325

A 6.5-GHz Cryogenic All-Pass Filter Circulator in 40-nm CMOS for Quantum Computing Applications

A. Ruffino; Y. Peng; F. Sebastiano; M. Babaie; E. Charbon 

2019 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC)

2019

The 2019 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC 2019), Boston, MA, USA, 2-4 June 2019.

p. 107 – 110

DOI : 10.1109/RFIC.2019.8701836

Optical-stack optimization for improved SPAD photon detection efficiency

I. M. Antolović; A. C. Ulku; E. Kizilkan; S. Lindner; F. Zanella et al. 

Quantum Sensing and Nano Electronics and Photonics XVI

2019

Quantum Sensing and Nano Electronics and Photonics XVI, San Francisco, CA, USA, February 2-7, 2019.

DOI : 10.1117/12.2511301

Phasor-based widefield FLIM using a gated 512×512 single-photon SPAD imager

A. C. Ulku; C. Bruschini; I. M. Antolovic; S. Weiss; X. Michalet et al. 

Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences XIX

2019

Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences XIX, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2-7 February, 2019.

DOI : 10.1117/12.2511148

Fluorescence lifetime imaging with a single-photon SPAD array using long overlapping gates: an experimental and theoretical study

A. Ardelean; A. C. Ulku; X. Michalet; E. Charbon; C. Bruschini 

Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences XIX

2019

Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences XIX, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2-7 February 2019.

DOI : 10.1117/12.2511287

Benefits and Challenges of Designing Cryogenic CMOS RF Circuits for Quantum Computers

M. Mehrpoo; B. Patra; J. Gong; P. A. ‘t Hart; J. P. G. van Dijk et al. 

2019 Ieee International Symposium On Circuits And Systems (Iscas)

2019

IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (IEEE ISCAS), Sapporo, JAPAN, May 26-29, 2019.

DOI : 10.1109/ISCAS.2019.8702452

Subthreshold Mismatch in Nanometer CMOS at Cryogenic Temperatures

P. A. ‘t Hart; M. Babaie; E. Charbon; A. Vladimirescu; F. Sebastiano 

49Th European Solid-State Device Research Conference (Essderc 2019)

2019

49th European Solid-State Device Research Conference (ESSDERC), Cracow, POLAND, Sep 23-26, 2019.

p. 98 – 101

DOI : 10.1109/ESSDERC.2019.8901745

Plug-and-play TOF-PET Module Readout Based on TDC-on-FPGA and Gigabit Optical Fiber Network

F. Garzetti; S. Salgaro; E. Venialgo; N. Lusardi; N. Corna et al. 

2019 Ieee Nuclear Science Symposium And Medical Imaging Conference (Nss/Mic)

2019

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium / Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), Manchester, ENGLAND, Oct 26-Nov 02, 2019.

DOI : 10.1109/NSS/MIC42101.2019.9059966

Analysis on Noise Requirements of RF Front-End Circuits for Spin Qubit Readout

Y. Peng; A. Ruffino; E. Charbon 

2019

25th International Conference on Noise and Fluctuations (ICNF 2019), EPFL Neuchâtel campus – Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 18 – 21 June 2019.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-ICLAB-ICNF-269250

SPINE (SPIN Emulator) – A Quantum-Electronics Interface Simulator

J. van Dijk; A. Vladimirescu; M. Babaie; E. Charbon; F. Sebastiano 

2019 Ieee 8Th International Workshop On Advances In Sensors And Interfaces (Iwasi)

2019

8th IEEE International Workshop on Advances in Sensors and Interfaces (IWASI), Otranto, ITALY, Jun 13-14, 2019.

p. 23 – 28

DOI : 10.1109/IWASI.2019.8791334

Photoluminescence Lifetime Sensor Pixels using SPADs and Silicon LEDs in Commercial CMOS

R. J. S. M. Guerrero; A. Murray; E. Charbon 

2019 Ieee Sensors

2019

18th IEEE Sensors Conference, Montreal, CANADA, Oct 27-30, 2019.

DOI : 10.1109/SENSORS43011.2019.8956921

The role of cryo-CMOS in quantum computers

E. Charbon 

2019 Ieee 8Th International Workshop On Advances In Sensors And Interfaces (Iwasi)

2019

8th IEEE International Workshop on Advances in Sensors and Interfaces (IWASI), Otranto, ITALY, Jun 13-14, 2019.

p. 181 – 181

DOI : 10.1109/IWASI.2019.8791325

Voltage References for the Ultra-Wide Temperature Range from 4.2 K to 300 K in 40-nm CMOS

J. van Staveren; C. G. Almudever; G. Scappucci; M. Veldhorst; M. Babaie et al. 

Ieee 45Th European Solid State Circuits Conference (Esscirc 2019)

2019

IEEE 45th European Solid State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC), Cracow, POLAND, Sep 23-26, 2019.

p. 37 – 40

DOI : 10.1109/ESSCIRC.2019.8902861

Reviews

Single-photon avalanche diode imagers in biophotonics: review and outlook

C. Bruschini; H. Homulle; I. M. Antolovic; S. Burri; E. Charbon 

Light-Science & Applications

2019

Vol. 8 , p. 87.

DOI : 10.1038/s41377-019-0191-5

Posters

UTOFPET: a highly scalable TOF-PET detector concept

N. Belcari; M. G. Bisogni; N. Camarlinghi; P. Carra; E. Ciarrocchi et al. 

2019 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Manchester, UK, Oct 26 – Nov 2, 2019.

A single-photon camera with 97 kfps time-gated 24 Gphotons/s 512 x 512 SPAD pixels for computational imaging and time-of-flight vision

K. Morimoto; A. C. Ülkü; I. M. Antolovic; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon 

IEEE International Conference on Computational Photography 2019, Tokyo, Japan, May 15-17, 2019.

A 23-pixel SPAD array with 45% PDE, 140 cps DCR and 123 ps timing jitter for advanced scanning techniques

I. M. Antolovic; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon 

Focus on Microscopy 2019, London, UK, April 14-17, 2019.

Talks

Quantum imaging with SPAD arrays

G. Lubin; R. Tenne; I. M. Antolovic; E. Charbon; C. Bruschini et al. 

Optics at the Nanoscale (ONS’19), Capri, Italy, September 9-11, 2019.

UTOFPET: design of a highly scalable TOF-PET detector concept

N. Belcari; C. Bruschini 

FATA2019: FAst Timing Applications for nuclear physics and medical imaging, Accademia degli Zelanti e dei Dafnici, Acireale (Catania), Italy, Sept 3-5, 2019.

LiDAR Fundamentals

C. Bruschini; P. Padmanabhan; E. Charbon 

SENSE Detector School, Schloss Ringberg, Kreuth am Tegernsee, Germany, June 19-22, 2019.

LiDAR and 3D-Stacked Technologies for Automotive, Consumer and Biomedical Applications

C. Bruschini; P. Padmanabhan; E. Charbon 

Image Sensors Europe, London, Mar 12 2019.

High-dynamic-range imaging with photon-counting arrays (Conference Presentation)

I. M. Antolović; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon 

Quantum Sensing and Nano Electronics and Photonics XVI, San Francisco, CA, USA, February 2-7, 2019.

Measuring quantum correlations with an on-chip SPAD array

R. Tenne; G. Lubin; I. M. Antolovic; E. Charbon; C. Bruschini et al. 

Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Superresolution Imaging XII, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2-7 February, 2019.

Patents

Oscillator arrangement for time-to-digital converter for large array of time-of-flight image sensor devices

A. Ronchini Ximenes; P. Padmanabhan; E. Charbon 

Patent number(s) :

  • US10637485 (B2)
  • US2019305784 (A1)

2019

Photon detecting 3d imaging sensor device

A. Ronchini Ximenes; P. Padmanabhan; E. Charbon 

Patent number(s) :

  • US2021072360 (A1)
  • EP3749979 (A1)
  • WO2019154513 (A1)

2019

2018

Journal Articles

A CMOS SPAD Imager with Collision Detection and 128 Dynamically Reallocating TDCs for Single-Photon Counting and 3D Time-of-Flight Imaging

C. Zhang; S. Lindner; I. M. Antolovic; M. Wolf; E. Charbon 

Sensors

2018

Vol. 18 , num. 11, p. 4016.

DOI : 10.3390/s18114016

A Sensor Network Architecture for Digital SiPM-Based PET Systems

C. Bruschini; C. Veerappan; F. Gramuglia; M. Bijwaard; Z. Papp et al. 

Ieee Transactions On Radiation And Plasma Medical Sciences

2018

Vol. 2 , num. 6, p. 574 – 587.

DOI : 10.1109/TRPMS.2018.2866953

Cryogenic low-dropout voltage regulators for stable low-temperature electronics

H. Homulle; E. Charbon 

Cryogenics

2018

Vol. 95 , p. 11 – 17.

DOI : 10.1016/j.cryogenics.2018.08.006

Mutually Coupled Time-to-Digital Converters (TDCs) for Direct Time-of-Flight (dTOF) Image Sensors

A. R. Ximenes; P. Padmanabhan; E. Charbon 

Sensors

2018

Vol. 18 , num. 10, p. 3413.

DOI : 10.3390/s18103413

Dynamic range extension for photon counting arrays

I. M. Antolovic; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon 

Optics Express

2018

Vol. 26 , num. 17, p. 22234.

DOI : 10.1364/OE.26.022234

Widefield High Frame Rate Single-Photon SPAD Imagers for SPIM-FCS

J. Buchholz; J. Krieger; C. Bruschini; S. Burri; A. Ardelean et al. 

Biophysical Journal

2018

Vol. 114 , num. 10, p. 2455 – 2464.

DOI : 10.1016/j.bpj.2018.04.029

High-Performance Back-Illuminated Three-Dimensional Stacked Single-Photon Avalanche Diode Implemented in 45-nm CMOS Technology

M-J. Lee; A. R. Ximenes; P. Padmanabhan; T-J. Wang; K-C. Huang et al. 

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

2018

Vol. 24 , num. 6, p. 1 – 9.

DOI : 10.1109/JSTQE.2018.2827669

Characterization and Compact Modeling of Nanometer CMOS Transistors at Deep-Cryogenic Temperatures

R. M. Incandela; L. Song; H. Homulle; E. Charbon; A. Vladimirescu et al. 

IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society

2018

p. 1 – 1.

DOI : 10.1109/JEDS.2018.2821763

A Hybrid Readout Solution for GaN-Based Detectors Using CMOS Technology

P. Padmanabhan; B. Hancock; S. Nikzad; L. Bell; K. Kroep et al. 

Sensors

2018

Vol. 18 , num. 2, p. 449.

DOI : 10.3390/s18020449

Novel illumination strategy for lidar enabled by update in the laser product standards

S. T. Keller; F. Matteini; B. Penlae; L. Carrara 

Journal Of Laser Applications

2018

Vol. 30 , num. 1, p. 012011.

DOI : 10.2351/1.5024300

The Cryogenic Temperature Behavior of Bipolar, MOS, and DTMOS Transistors in Standard CMOS

H. Homulle; L. Song; E. Charbon; F. Sebastiano 

IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society

2018

Vol. 6 , p. 263 – 270.

DOI : 10.1109/JEDS.2018.2798281

Design techniques for a stable operation of cryogenic field-programmable gate arrays

H. Homulle; S. Visser; B. Patra; E. Charbon 

Review of Scientific Instruments

2018

Vol. 89 , num. 1, p. 014703.

DOI : 10.1063/1.5004484

Performance Optimization and Improvement of Silicon Avalanche Photodetectors in Standard CMOS Technology

M. Lee; W. Choi 

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

2018

Vol. 24 , num. 2, p. 3801013.

DOI : 10.1109/JSTQE.2017.2754359

Optical properties of mice’s stool in 550 to 1000 nm wavelength range

H. Isler; C. Germanier; L. Ahnen; J. Jiang; S. Lindner et al. 

Journal of Biophotonics

2018

Vol. 11 , num. 2, p. e201700076.

DOI : 10.1002/jbio.201700076

Conference Papers

Tradeoffs in Cherenkov Detection for Positron Emission Tomography

A. Muntean; F. Gramuglia; E. Venialgo; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon 

2018 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Proceedings (NSS/MIC)

2018

2018 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Proceedings (NSS/MIC), Sydney, Australia, 10-17 Nov. 2018.

p. 1 – 2

DOI : 10.1109/NSSMIC.2018.8824430

A Fully Integrated State-of-the-Art Analog SiPM with on-chip Time Conversion

A. Muntean; A. Sachdeva; E. Venialgo; S. Gnecchi; D. Palubiak et al. 

2018 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Proceedings (NSS/MIC)

2018

2018 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Proceedings (NSS/MIC).

p. 1 – 3

DOI : 10.1109/NSSMIC.2018.8824662

An order-statistics-inspired, fully-digital readout approach for analog SiPM arrays

E. Venialgo; N. Lusardi; A. Geraci; K. O’Neill; S. Gnecchi et al. 

2016 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detector Workshop (NSS/MIC/RTSD)

2018

2016 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detector Workshop (NSS/MIC/RTSD), Strasbourg, France, October 29 – November 6, 2016.

p. 1 – 5

DOI : 10.1109/NSSMIC.2016.8069881

Towards a scalable quantum computer

C. G. Almudever; N. Khammassi; L. Hutin; M. Vinet; M. Babaie et al. 

2018 13th International Conference on Design & Technology of Integrated Systems In Nanoscale Era (DTIS)

2018

2018 13th International Conference on Design & Technology of Integrated Systems In Nanoscale Era (DTIS), Taormina, Italy, April 9-12, 2018.

p. 1 – 1

DOI : 10.1109/DTIS.2018.8368579

A time-gated large-array SPAD camera for picosecond resolution real-time FLIM

A. C. Ulku; C. Bruschini; S. Weiss; X. Michalet; E. Charbon 

Proc. SPIE 10498, Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences XVII

2018

Proceedings Volume 10498, Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences XVIII.

DOI : 10.1117/12.2288170

Applications of a reconfigurable SPAD line imager

S. Burri; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon 

Proc. SPIE 10539, Photonic Instrumentation Engineering V

2018

SPIE OPTO, San Francisco, CA, United States, 2018.

DOI : 10.1117/12.2289620

Performance characterization of Altera and Xilinx 28 nm FPGAs at cryogenic temperatures

H. Homulle; E. Charbon 

2017 International Conference on Field Programmable Technology (ICFPT)

2018

2017 International Conference on Field Programmable Technology (ICFPT), Melbourne, VIC, Australia, December 11-13, 2017.

p. 25 – 31

DOI : 10.1109/FPT.2017.8280117

A back-illuminated 3D-stacked single-photon avalanche diode in 45nm CMOS technology

M-J. Lee; A. R. Ximenes; P. Padmanabhan; T. J. Wang; K. C. Huang et al. 

2017 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM)

2018

2017 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), San Francisco, CA, USA, December 2-6, 2017.

p. 16.6.1 – 16.6.4

DOI : 10.1109/IEDM.2017.8268405

3D-Stacked CMOS SPAD Image Sensors: Technology and Applications

E. Charbon; C. Bruschini; M-J. Lee 

2018 25Th Ieee International Conference On Electronics, Circuits And Systems (Icecs)

2018

25th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS), Bordeaux, FRANCE, Dec 09-12, 2018.

p. 1 – 4

DOI : 10.1109/ICECS.2018.8617983

CMOS-Based Single-Photon Detectors: Technology and Applications

M. J. Lee; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon 

23Rd Opto-Electronics And Communications Conference (Oecc2018)

2018

23rd OptoElectronics and Communications Conference OECC2018, Jeju, Korea, July 2-6, 2018.

DOI : 10.1109/OECC.2018.8730044

A 256×256 45/65nm 3D-Stacked SPAD-Based Direct TOF Image Sensor for LiDAR Applications with Optical Polar Modulation for up to 18.6dB Interference Suppression

A. R. Ximenes; P. Padmanabhan; M-J. Lee; Y. Yamashita; D. N. Yaung et al. 

2018 Ieee International Solid-State Circuits Conference – (Isscc)

2018

65th IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), San Francisco, CA, Feb 11-15, 2018.

p. 96 – 98

DOI : 10.1109/ISSCC.2018.8310201

Monolithic SPAD Arrays for High-Performance, Time-Resolved Single-Photon Imaging

C. Bruschini; S. Burri; S. Lindner; A. C. Ulku; C. Zhang et al. 

2018 International Conference On Optical Mems And Nanophotonics (Omn)

2018

International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN), Lausanne, SWITZERLAND, Jul 29-Aug 02, 2018.

p. 183 – 184

DOI : 10.1109/OMN.2018.8454654

Multispectral Near-Infrared Optical Tomography for Cancer Hypoxia Study in Mice

A. Kalyanov; C. Germanier; L. Ahnen; J. Jiang; S. Lindner et al. 

Oxygen Transport To Tissue Xl

2018

45th Annual Meeting of the International-Society-on-Oxygen-Transport-to-Tissue (ISOTT), Halle, GERMANY, Aug 19-23, 2017.

p. 165 – 169

DOI : 10.1007/978-3-319-91287-5_26

Time Domain Near-Infrared Optical Tomography with Time-of-Flight SPAD Camera: The New Generation

A. Kalyanov; J. Jiang; S. Lindner; L. Ahnen; A. di Costanzo et al. 

Biophotonics Congress: Biomedical Optics Congress 2018 (Microscopy/Translational/Brain/OTS)

2018

Biophotonics Congress: Biomedical Optics Congress 2018 (Microscopy/Translational/Brain/OTS), Tucson, Arizona, USA, 15-19 April, 2019.

DOI : 10.1364/OTS.2018.OF4D.5

A Novel 32 x 32, 224 Mevents/s Time Resolved SPAD Image Sensor for Near-Infrared Optical Tomography

S. Lindner; C. Zhang; I. Antolovic; A. Kalyanov; J. Jiang et al. 

Biophotonics Congress: Biomedical Optics Congress 2018 (Microscopy/Translational/Brain/OTS)

2018

Biophotonics Congress: Biomedical Optics Congress 2018 (Microscopy/Translational/Brain/OTS), Hollywood, Florida, USA, April 3–6, 2018.

DOI : 10.1364/TRANSLATIONAL.2018.JTh5A.6

A Co-design Methodology for Scalable Quantum Processors and their Classical Electronic Interface

J. van Dijk; A. Vladimirescu; M. Babaie; E. Charbon; F. Sebastiano 

Proceedings Of The 2018 Design, Automation & Test In Europe Conference & Exhibition (Date)

2018

Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition (DATE), Dresden, GERMANY, Mar 19-23, 2018.

p. 573 – 576

DOI : 10.23919/DATE.2018.8342072

Light Extraction Enhancement in Scintillation Crystals Using Thin Film Coatings

F. Gramuglia; N. M. A. Descharmes; E. Venialgo; H. P. Herzig; E. Charbon et al. 

2018

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Sydney, Australia, Nov. 2018.

DOI : 10.1109/NSSMIC.2018.8824270

Interfacing Qubits via Cryo-CMOS Front Ends

A. Ruffino; Y. Peng; E. Charbon 

Proceedings Of 2018 Ieee International Conference On Integrated Circuits, Technologies And Applications (Icta 2018)

2018

IEEE International Conference on Integrated Circuits, Technologies and Applications (IEEE ICTA), Beijing, PEOPLES R CHINA, Nov 21-23, 2018.

p. 42 – 44

DOI : 10.1109/CICTA.2018.8705712

Optocoupling in CMOS

V. Agarwal; S. Dutta; A. J. Annema; R. J. E. Hueting; J. Schmitz et al. 

2018 Ieee International Electron Devices Meeting (Iedm)

2018

64th IEEE Annual International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), San Francisco, CA, Dec 01-05, 2018.

p. 32.1.1 – 32.1.4

DOI : 10.1109/IEDM.2018.8614523

Rethinking Secure FPGAs: Towards a Cryptography-friendly Configurable Cell Architecture and its Automated Design Flow

N. Mentens; E. Charbon; F. Regazzoni 

Proceedings 26Th Ieee Annual International Symposium On Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines (Fccm 2018)

2018

26th IEEE Annual International Symposium on Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines (FCCM), Boulder, CO, Apr 29-May 01, 2018.

p. 215 – 215

DOI : 10.1109/FCCM.2018.00049

Reviews

Progress in single-photon avalanche diode image sensors in standard CMOS: From two-dimensional monolithic to three-dimensional-stacked technology

M-J. Lee; E. Charbon 

Japanese Journal Of Applied Physics

2018

Vol. 57 , num. 10, p. 1002A3.

DOI : 10.7567/JJAP.57.1002A3

Theses

Time-resolved Single-photon Detector Arrays for High Resolution Near-infrared Optical Tomography

S. A. Lindner / Director(s) : E. Charbon; M. Wolf 

Lausanne: EPFL

2018

p. 155.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8815

Book Chapters

Flexible Single-Photon Image Sensors, CMOS Circuits for Biological Sensing and Processing

P. Sun; R. Ishihara; E. Charbon 

CMOS Circuits for Biological Sensing and Processing; Springer International Publishing, 2018. p. 47 – 75.

ISBN : 978-3-319-67722-4

DOI : 10.1007/978-3-319-67723-1_3

Working Papers

FPGA Design Techniques for Stable Cryogenic Operation

H. Homulle; S. Visser; B. Patra; E. Charbon 

2018

The impact of classical control electronics on qubit fidelity

J. P. van Dijk; E. Kawakami; R. N. Schouten; M. Veldhorst; L. M. Vandersypen et al. 

2018

Talks

(Digital) Electronics & Systems for Advanced Time-of-Flight PET

C. Bruschini; E. Venialgo Araujo; E. Charbon 

ToM – Topics on Microelectronics lectures, University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy, Sept 18, 2018.

Single-Photon Detectors for Next-Generation Biomedical Applications

M-J. Lee; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon 

Europe-Korea Conference on Science and Technology (EKC), Glasgow, UK, August 20-24, 2018.

Applications of a reconfigurable SPAD line imager (Conference Presentation)

S. Burri; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon 

Photonic Instrumentation Engineering V, San Francisco, CA, USA,

A 5 Gigaevent-per-second SPAD Array for Super Resolution Microscopy

I. M. Antolovic; A. C. Ülkü; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon 

International Conference on Nanoscopy, ICON 2018, Bielefeld, Germany,

SPAD arrays: from single – molecule detection to wide – field phasor fluorescence lifetime imaging

X. Michalet; A. Ingargiola; M. Segal; S. Weiss; A. Gulinatti et al. 

1st International SPAD Sensor Workshop ISSW, Les Diablerets, Switzerland, February 2018.

Hexagonal SPAD arrays for image scanning microscopy using pixel reassignment

I. M. Antolovic; C. Bruschini; S. Burri; R. A. Hoebe; E. Charbon 

Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Superresolution Imaging XI.

2017

Journal Articles

LinoSPAD: A Compact Linear SPAD Camera System with 64 FPGA-Based TDC Modules for Versatile 50 ps Resolution Time-Resolved Imaging

S. Burri; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon 

Instruments

2017

Vol. 1 , num. 1, p. 6.

DOI : 10.3390/instruments1010006

A High-PDE, Backside-Illuminated SPAD in 65/40-nm 3D IC CMOS Pixel With Cascoded Passive Quenching and Active Recharge

S. Lindner; S. Pellegrini; Y. Henrion; B. Rae; M. Wolf et al. 

IEEE Electron Device Letters

2017

Vol. 38 , num. 11, p. 1547 – 1550.

DOI : 10.1109/LED.2017.2755989

Cryo-CMOS Circuits and Systems for Quantum Computing Applications

B. Patra; R. M. Incandela; J. P. G. van Dijk; H. A. R. Homulle; L. Song et al. 

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

2017

Vol. 53 , num. 1, p. 309 – 321.

DOI : 10.1109/JSSC.2017.2737549

A quantum-implementable neural network model

J. Chen; L. Wang; E. Charbon 

Quantum Information Processing

2017

Vol. 16 , num. 10, p. 245.

DOI : 10.1007/s11128-017-1692-x

Quantum information density scaling and qubit operation time constraints of CMOS silicon-based quantum computer architectures

D. Rotta; F. Sebastiano; E. Charbon; E. Prati 

npj Quantum Information

2017

Vol. 3 , num. 1, p. 26.

DOI : 10.1038/s41534-017-0023-5

CubeSat quantum communications mission

D. K. Oi; A. Ling; G. Vallone; P. Villoresi; S. Greenland et al. 

EPJ Quantum Technology

2017

Vol. 4 , num. 1, p. 6.

DOI : 10.1140/epjqt/s40507-017-0060-1

A reconfigurable cryogenic platform for the classical control of quantum processors

H. Homulle; S. Visser; B. Patra; G. Ferrari; E. Prati et al. 

Review of Scientific Instruments

2017

Vol. 88 , num. 4, p. 045103.

DOI : 10.1063/1.4979611

SPAD imagers for super resolution localization microscopy enable analysis of fast fluorophore blinking

I. M. Antolovic; S. Burri; C. Bruschini; R. A. Hoebe; E. Charbon 

Scientific Reports

2017

Vol. 7 , p. 44108.

DOI : 10.1038/srep44108

Conference Papers

Imaging free and bound NADH towards cancer tissue detection using FLIM system based on SPAD array

P. M. Wargocki; S. Burri; C. Bruschini; I. M. Antolovic; E. Charbon et al. 

2017 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC)

2017

2017 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC), Munich, Germany, June 25-29, 2017.

p. 1 – 1

DOI : 10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2017.8087784

Towards a fully digital state-of-the-art analog SiPM

A. Muntean; E. Venialgo; S. Gnecchi; C. Jackson; E. Charbon 

2017

2017 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC).

DOI : 10.1109/NSSMIC.2017.8533036

A Radiation-Tolerant, high performance SPAD for SiPMs implemented in CMOS technology

Y. Li; C. Veerappan; M-J. Lee; L. Wen; Q. Guo et al. 

2016 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detector Workshop (NSS/MIC/RTSD)

2017

2016 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detector Workshop (NSS/MIC/RTSD), Strasbourg, France, October 29 – November 6, 2016.

p. 1 – 4

DOI : 10.1109/NSSMIC.2016.8069762

Small-animal and endoscopic PET detector modules based on multichannel digital silicon photomultipliers

E. Venialgo; S. Sinha; T. Gong; S. Mandai; A. Carimatto et al. 

2016 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detector Workshop (NSS/MIC/RTSD)

2017

2016 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detector Workshop (NSS/MIC/RTSD), Strasbourg, France, October 29 – November 6, 2016.

p. 1 – 5

DOI : 10.1109/NSSMIC.2016.8069504

Nanometer CMOS characterization and compact modeling at deep-cryogenic temperatures

R. M. Incandela; L. Song; H. Homulle; F. Sebastiano; E. Charbon et al. 

2017 47th European Solid-State Device Research Conference (ESSDERC)

2017

2017 47th European Solid-State Device Research Conference (ESSDERC), Leuven, Belgium, September 11-14, 2017.

p. 58 – 61

DOI : 10.1109/ESSDERC.2017.8066591

Cryogenic CMOS interfaces for quantum devices

F. Sebastiano; H. A. Homulle; J. P. van Dijk; R. M. Incandela; B. Patra et al. 

2017 7th IEEE International Workshop on Advances in Sensors and Interfaces (IWASI)

2017

2017 7th IEEE International Workshop on Advances in Sensors and Interfaces (IWASI), Vieste, Italy, June 15-16, 2017.

p. 59 – 62

DOI : 10.1109/IWASI.2017.7974215

Fluorescence lifetime imaging using a single photon avalanche diode array sensor

P. M. Wargocki; D. J. Spence; E. M. Goldys; E. Charbon; C. E. Bruschini et al. 

Imaging, Manipulation, and Analysis of Biomolecules, Cells, and Tissues XV

2017

Proceedings Volume 10068, Imaging, Manipulation, and Analysis of Biomolecules, Cells, and Tissues XV, San Francisco, CA, United States,

DOI : 10.1117/12.2253579

15.5 Cryo-CMOS circuits and systems for scalable quantum computing

E. Charbon; F. Sebastiano; M. Babaie; A. Vladimirescu; M. Shahmohammadi et al. 

2017 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC)

2017

2017 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), San Francisco, CA, USA, February 5-9, 2017.

p. 264 – 265

DOI : 10.1109/ISSCC.2017.7870362

EE3: Quantum engineering: Hype, spin or reality?

E. Charbon 

2017 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC)

2017

2017 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), San Francisco, CA, USA, February 5-9, 2017.

p. 522 – 522

DOI : 10.1109/ISSCC.2017.7870487

Ten years of biophotonics single-photon SPAD imager applications: retrospective and outlook, Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences XVII

C. Bruschini; H. Homulle; E. Charbon 

Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences XVII

2017

SPIE BiOS, San Francisco, California, United States, January, 2017.

DOI : 10.1117/12.2256247

Cryo-CMOS for quantum computing

E. Charbon; F. Sebastiano; A. Vladimirescu; H. Homulle; S. Visser et al. 

2016 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM)

2017

2016 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), San Francisco, CA, USA, December 3-7, 2016.

p. 13.5.1 – 13.5.4

DOI : 10.1109/IEDM.2016.7838410

Characterization of bipolar transistors for cryogenic temperature sensors in standard CMOS

L. Song; H. Homulle; E. Charbon; F. Sebastiano 

2016 IEEE SENSORS

2017

2016 IEEE SENSORS, Orlando, FL, USA, October 30 – November 3, 2016.

p. 1 – 3

DOI : 10.1109/ICSENS.2016.7808759

Towards 10ps SPTR and Ultra-Low DCR in SiPMs Through the Combination of Microlenses and Photonic Crystals

F. Gramuglia; M-J. Lee; E. Venialgo; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon 

Proceedings of 2017 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC)

2017

2017 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), Atlanta, GA, USA, October 21-28, 2017.

p. 1 – 3

DOI : 10.1109/NSSMIC.2017.8532951

Cryo-CMOS Electronic Control for Scalable Quantum Computing

F. Sebastiano; H. Homulle; B. Patra; R. Incandela; J. van Dijk et al. 

DAC ’17 Proceedings of the 54th Annual Design Automation Conference 2017

2017

DAC ’17 Proceedings of the 54th Annual Design Automation Conference 2017, Austin, TX, USA, June 18 – 22, 2017.

p. 1 – 6

DOI : 10.1145/3061639.3072948

A CMOS Front-end for GaN-based UV Imaging

P. Padmanabhan; B. Hancock; S. Nikzad; L. Bell; K. Kroep et al. 

Proceedings of the International Image Sensor Workshop

2017

International Image Sensor Workshop, Hiroshima, Japan, May 30- June 2, 2017.

Column-Parallel Dynamic TDC Reallocation in SPAD Sensor Module Fabricated in 180nm CMOS for Near Infrared Optical Tomography

S. Lindner; C. Zhang; I. M. Antolovic; J. Mata Pavia; M. Wolf et al. 

Proceedings of the 2017 International Image Sensor Workshop

2017

International Image Sensor Workshop, Hiroshima, Japan, May 30th – June 2nd, 2017.

Books

Photon-Counting Image Sensors

 

Basel: MDPI, 2017.

DOI : 10.3390/books978-3-03842-375-1

Talks

A decade of single-photon SPAD imagers in the biomedical sciences

C. Bruschini; H. Homulle; E. Charbon 

New Developments In Photodetection (NDIP 2017), Tours, France, July 3-7 2017.

A Flexible 32×32 Dual-Side Single-Photon Image Sensor

P. Sun; J. Weng; R. Ishihara; E. Charbon 

IISW, Hiroshima, Japan.

Single-photon SPAD imagers in the biomedical sciences – where do we stand?

C. Bruschini; H. A. R. Homulle; E. Charbon 

EPIC Biophotonics Workshop: Towards In Vivo Imaging, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 30 – December 1, 2017.

A 512 × 512 SPAD Image Sensor with Built-In Gating for Phasor Based Real-Time siFLIM

A. C. Ülkü; C. Bruschini; X. Michalet; S. Weiss; E. Charbon 

IISW, Hiroshima, Japan,

All-Digital, Quantum Biomedical Imaging

C. Bruschini; H. Homulle; E. Charbon 

Emerging Technologies 2017 (ETCMOS 2017), Warsaw, Poland, May 28-30, 2017.

Fluorescence lifetime imaging using a single photon avalanche diode array sensor (Conference Presentation), Imaging, Manipulation, and Analysis of Biomolecules, Cells, and Tissues XV

P. M. Wargocki; D. J. Spence; E. M. Goldys; E. Charbon; C. E. Bruschini et al. 

Imaging, Manipulation, and Analysis of Biomolecules, Cells, and Tissues XV, SPIE Photonics.

2016

Journal Articles

A Cryogenic 1 GSa/s, Soft-Core FPGA ADC for Quantum Computing Applications

H. Homulle; S. Visser; E. Charbon 

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

2016

Vol. 63 , num. 11, p. 1854 – 1865.

DOI : 10.1109/TCSI.2016.2599927

Single Photon Counting UV Solar-Blind Detectors Using Silicon and III-Nitride Materials

S. Nikzad; M. Hoenk; A. Jewell; J. Hennessy; A. Carver et al. 

Sensors

2016

Vol. 16 , num. 6, p. 927.

DOI : 10.3390/s16060927

Nonuniformity Analysis of a 65-kpixel CMOS SPAD Imager

I. M. Antolovic; S. Burri; C. Bruschini; R. Hoebe; E. Charbon 

IEEETransactions On Electron Devices

2016

Vol. 63 , num. 1, p. 57 – 64.

DOI : 10.1109/Ted.2015.2458295

CMOS-Compatible PureGaB Ge-on-Si APD Pixel Arrays

A. Sammak; M. Aminian; L. K. Nanver; E. Charbon 

Ieee Transactions On Electron Devices

2016

Vol. 63 , num. 1, p. 92 – 99.

DOI : 10.1109/Ted.2015.2457241

Photon-Counting Arrays for Time-Resolved Imaging

I. M. Antolovic; S. Burri; R. A. Hoebe; Y. Maruyama; C. Bruschini et al. 

Sensors

2016

Vol. 16 , num. 7, p. 1005.

DOI : 10.3390/s16071005

Flexible ultrathin-body single-photon avalanche diode sensors and CMOS integration

P. Sun; R. Ishihara; E. Charbon 

Optics Express

2016

Vol. 24 , num. 4, p. 3734.

DOI : 10.1364/OE.24.003734

Compact solid-state CMOS single-photon detector array for in vivo NIR fluorescence lifetime oncology measurements

H. A. R. Homulle; F. Powolny; P. L. Stegehuis; J. Dijkstra; D. -U. Li et al. 

Biomedical Optics Express

2016

Vol. 7 , num. 5, p. 1797 – 1814.

DOI : 10.1364/Boe.7.001797

Conference Papers

A heterogeneous quantum computer architecture

X. Fu; L. Riesebos; L. Lao; C. G. Almudever; F. Sebastiano et al. 

CF ’16 Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Computing Frontiers

2016

CF ’16 Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Computing Frontiers, Como, Italy, May 16 – 19, 2016.

p. 323 – 330

DOI : 10.1145/2903150.2906827

Analyzing blinking effects in super resolution localization microscopy with single-photon SPAD imagers

I. M. Antolovic; S. Burri; C. Bruschini; R. Hoebe; E. Charbon 

Single Molecule Spectroscopy And Superresolution Imaging Ix

2016

Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Superresolution Imaging IX, San Francisco, CA, FEB 13-14, 2016.

DOI : 10.1117/12.2211430

A 1 GSa/s, Reconfigurable Soft-core FPGA ADC

S. Visser; H. Homulle; E. Charbon 

FPGA ’16 Proceedings of the 2016 ACM/SIGDA International Symposium on Field-Programmable Gate Arrays

2016

FPGA ’16 Proceedings of the 2016 ACM/SIGDA International Symposium on Field-Programmable Gate Arrays, Monterey, CA, USA, February 21 – 23, 2016.

p. 281 – 281

DOI : 10.1145/2847263.2847310

Pixel parallel localized driver design for a 128 x 256 pixel array 3D 1Gfps image sensor

T. G. Etoh; H. Shiraga; C. Zhang; V. T. S. Dao; T. G. Etoh et al. 

Selected Papers from the 31st International Congress on High-Speed Imaging and Photonics

2016

31st International Congress on High-Speed Imaging and Photonics, Osaka, Japan,

DOI : 10.1117/12.2268877

CryoCMOS hardware technology a classical infrastructure for a scalable quantum computer

H. Homulle; S. Visser; B. Patra; G. Ferrari; E. Prati et al. 

CF ’16 Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Computing Frontiers

2016

CF ’16 Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Computing Frontiers, Como, Italy, May 16 – 19, 2016.

p. 282 – 287

DOI : 10.1145/2903150.2906828

LinoSPAD: a time-resolved 256×1 CMOS SPAD line sensor system featuring 64 FPGA-based TDC channels running at up to 8.5 giga-events per second

S. Burri; H. Homulle; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon 

Optical Sensing And Detection Iv

2016

Conference on Optical Sensing and Detection IV, Brussels, BELGIUM, APR 03-07, 2016.

DOI : 10.1117/12.2227564

Theses

Challenges and Solutions to Next-Generation Single-Photon Imagers

S. Burri / Director(s) : E. Charbon 

Lausanne: EPFL

2016

p. 180.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7136

Book Chapters

Designing Photon-Counting, Wide-spectrum Optical Radiation Detectors in CMOS-Compatible Technologies

E. Charbon; C. Veerappan 

Analog Electronics for Radiation Detection; Productivity Press, 2016. p. 185 – 202.

ISBN : 978-1-4987-0356-7

Talks

Time Correlated Single Photon Counting Imagers for Biomedical Applications

C. Bruschini; E. Charbon 

ICFO, Barcelona, Spain, July 29, 2016.

SPAD IMAGERS FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF ULTRA FAST DYES FOR SUPER RESOLUTION LOCALIZATION MICROSCOPY

I. M. Antolovic; S. Burri; C. Bruschini; R. A. Hoebe; E. Charbon 

Focus on Microscopy 2016 (FOM 2016), Taiwan,

All-digital, single-photon image sensors for microscopy and biomedical applications

E. Charbon; I. M. Antolovic; S. Burri; C. Bruschini 

International Conference on Nanoscopy, ICON Europe 2016, Basel, Switzerland, June 7-10, 2016.

(Challenges in) Time Correlated Single Photon Counting Imagers

C. Bruschini; E. Charbon 

SIGNAL 2016, Lisbon, Portugal, June 26-30, 2016.

Advances in (digital) Single-Photon Detectors for PET

C. Bruschini; E. Charbon 

MediSens, London, UK, December 13-14, 2016.

In-vivo fluorescence lifetime imaging to differentiate bound from unbound cRGD-coupled NIR tracers

P. L. Stegehuis; M. C. Boonstra; K. E. de Rooij; H. Homulle; C. Bruschini et al. 

European Society for Molecular Imaging (EMIM 2016), Utrecht, Netherlands,

First Characterization of the SPADnet-II Sensor: a Smart Digital Silicon Photomultiplier for ToF-PET Applications

E. Gros d’Aillon; L. Verger; D. A. B. Bonifacio; E. Charbon; C. Bruschini et al. 

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Strasbourg, France, October 29 – November 5, 2016.

Microscale Mapping of the Photon Detection Probability of SPADs

E. Gros d’Aillon; L. Verger; D. A. B. Bonifacio; E. Charbon; C. Bruschini et al. 

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Strasbourg, France, October 29 – November 5, 2016.

Patents

Pulsed light optical rangefinder

C. Niclass; E. Charbon; M. Soga; H. Yanagihara 

Patent number(s) :

  • EP2446301 (B1)
  • US9417326 (B2)
  • JP5681176 (B2)
  • JP2012530917 (A)
  • EP2446301 (A1)
  • US2012075615 (A1)
  • WO2010149593 (A1)
  • GB0910717 (D0)
  • GB0910744 (D0)

2016

2015

Journal Articles

Potential applications of electron emission membranes in medicine

Y. Bilevych; S. E. Brunner; H. W. Chan; E. Charbon; H. van der Graaf et al. 

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

2015

Vol. 809 , p. 171 – 174.

DOI : 10.1016/j.nima.2015.10.084

Advances in digital SiPMs and their application in biomedical imaging

D. R. Schaart; E. Charbon; T. Frach; V. Schulz 

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

2015

Vol. 809 , p. 31 – 52.

DOI : 10.1016/j.nima.2015.10.078

A Low Dark Count p-i-n Diode Based SPAD in CMOS Technology

C. Veerappan; E. Charbon 

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

2015

Vol. 63 , num. 1, p. 65 – 71.

DOI : 10.1109/TED.2015.2475355

A 1 x 400 Backside-Illuminated SPAD Sensor With 49.7 ps Resolution, 30 pJ/Sample TDCs Fabricated in 3D CMOS Technology for Near-Infrared Optical Tomography

J. M. Pavia; M. Scandini; S. Lindner; M. Wolf; E. Charbon 

Ieee Journal Of Solid-State Circuits

2015

Vol. 50 , num. 10, p. 2406 – 2418.

DOI : 10.1109/Jssc.2015.2467170

Conference Papers

Fundamentals of a scalable network in SPADnet-based PET systems

M. Bijwaard; C. Veerappan; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon 

2015 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC)

2015

2015 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), San Diego, CA, USA, October 31 – November 7, 2015.

p. 1 – 3

DOI : 10.1109/NSSMIC.2015.7581985

EndoTOFPET-US: an endoscopic Positron Emission Tomography detector for a novel multimodal medical imaging tool

D. Cortinovis; C. Bruschini 

Proc. 53rd International Winter Meeting on Nuclear Physics

2015

53rd International Winter Meeting on Nuclear Physics, Bormio, Italy, January 26-30, 2015.

A 5×5 SPADnet Digital SiPM Tile for PET Applications

L. Gasparini; L. H. C. Braga; N. Massari; M. Perenzoni; D. Stoppa et al. 

2015

2015 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, CA, USA, October 31 – November 7, 2015.

EndoTOFPET-US – A Miniaturised Calorimeter for Endoscopic Time-of-Flight Positron Emission Tomography

M. Zvolský; C. Bruschini 

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

2015

16th International Conference on Calorimetry in High Energy Physics (CALOR 2014).

DOI : 10.1088/1742-6596/587/1/012068

Fluorescence lifetime imaging to differentiate bound from unbound ICG-cRGD both in vitro and in vivo

P. L. Stegehuis; M. C. Boonstra; K. E. De Rooij; F. E. Powolny; R. Sinisi et al. 

Advanced Biomedical And Clinical Diagnostic And Surgical Guidance Systems Xiii

2015

Conference on Advanced Biomedical and Clinical Diagnostic and Surgical Guidance Systems XIII, San Francisco, CA, FEB 08-10, 2015.

DOI : 10.1117/12.2078644

Theses

Near-Infrared Optical Tomography with Single-Photon Avalanche Diode Image Sensors

J. Mata Pavia / Director(s) : E. Charbon; M. Wolf 

Lausanne: EPFL

2015

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6481

Talks

SUPER RESOLUTION WITH SPAD IMAGERS

I. M. Antolovic; S. Burri; C. Bruschini; R. Hoebe; E. Charbon 

Focus on Microscopy (FOM 2015), Göttingen, Germany, 2015.

IMAGING FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION: NOVEL RESULTS ON NEW IMAGE SENSORS ( SPAD ARRAYS ) AND A COMPREHENSIVE NEW SOFTWARE PACKAGE (QUICKFIT 3.0)

J. Krieger; J. Buchholz; S. Burri; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon et al. 

Focus On Microscopy Conference (FOM 2015), Goettingen, Germany,

2014

Journal Articles

Single-Photon Avalanche Diode Imagers Applied to Near-Infrared Imaging

J. M. Pavia; M. Wolf; E. Charbon 

Ieee Journal Of Selected Topics In Quantum Electronics

2014

Vol. 20 , num. 6, p. 3800908.

DOI : 10.1109/Jstqe.2014.2313983

Measurement and modeling of microlenses fabricated on single-photon avalanche diode arrays for fill factor recovery

J. M. Pavia; M. Wolf; E. Charbon 

Optics Express

2014

Vol. 22 , num. 4, p. 4202 – 4213.

DOI : 10.1364/Oe.22.004202

UV-Sensitive Low Dark-Count PureB Single-Photon Avalanche Diode

L. Qi; K. R. C. Mok; M. Aminian; E. Charbon; L. K. Nanver 

Ieee Transactions On Electron Devices

2014

Vol. 61 , num. 11, p. 3768 – 3774.

DOI : 10.1109/Ted.2014.2351576

SPADnet: Embedded coincidence in a smart sensor network for PET applications

C. Bruschini; E. Charbon; C. Veerappan; L. H. C. Braga; N. Massari et al. 

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

2014

Vol. 734 , p. 122 – 126.

DOI : 10.1016/j.nima.2013.09.001

Architecture and applications of a high resolution gated SPAD image sensor

S. Burri; Y. Maruyama; X. Michalet; F. Regazzoni; C. Bruschini et al. 

Optics Express

2014

Vol. 22 , num. 14, p. 17573 – 17589.

DOI : 10.1364/Oe.22.017573

Conference Papers

Development of EndoTOFPET-US, a multi-modal endoscope for ultrasound and time of flight positron emission tomography

M. Pizzichemi; C. Bruschini 

Journal of Instrumentation

2014

13th Topical Seminar on Innovative Particle and Radiation Detectors, Siena, Italy, October 11-13, 2014.

p. C02002 – C02002

DOI : 10.1088/1748-0221/9/02/C02002

SPADnet: a fully digital, scalable and networked photonic component for time-of-flight PET applications

C. Bruschini; E. Charbon; C. Veerappan; L. H. C. Braga; N. Massari et al. 

Biophotonics: Photonic Solutions For Better Health Care Iv

2014

Conference on Biophotonics – Photonic Solutions for Better Health Care IV, Brussels, BELGIUM, APR 14-17, 2014.

DOI : 10.1117/12.2051952

A 270×1 Ge-on-Si photodetector array for sensitive infrared imaging

A. Sammak; M. Aminian; L. Qi; E. Charbon; L. K. Nanver 

Proc. SPIE 9141, Optical Sensing and Detection III

2014

SPIE, Optical Sensing and Detection, Brussels, Belgium, April 14, 2014.

DOI : 10.1117/12.2051993

A 65k pixel, 150k frames-per-second camera with global gating and micro-lenses suitable for fluorescence lifetime imaging

S. Burri; F. Powolny; C. Bruschini; X. Michalet; F. Regazzoni et al. 

Optical Sensing And Detection Iii

2014

Conference on Optical Sensing and Detection III, Brussels, BELGIUM, APR 14-17, 2014.

DOI : 10.1117/12.2052862

Time-resolved imaging system for fluorescence-guided surgery with lifetime imaging capability

F. Powolny; K. Homicsko; R. Sinisi; C. Bruschini; E. Grigoriev et al. 

Biophotonics: Photonic Solutions For Better Health Care Iv

2014

Conference on Biophotonics – Photonic Solutions for Better Health Care IV, Brussels, BELGIUM, APR 14-17, 2014.

DOI : 10.1117/12.2052411

SPADnet network modeling, simulation and emulation

C. Veerappan; E. Venialgo; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon 

2014 19th IEEE-NPSS Real Time Conference

2014

2014 19th IEEE-NPSS Real Time Conference, Nara, Japan, May 26-30, 2014.

p. 1 – 2

DOI : 10.1109/RTC.2014.7097553

EndoTOFPET-US: Multi-modal endoscope for Ultrasound and Time of Flight PET

J. Varela; C. Bruschini 

2014 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC)

2014

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference.

p. 1 – 3

DOI : 10.1109/NSSMIC.2014.7430747

EndoTOFPET-US a High Resolution Endoscopic PET-US Scanner Used for Pancreatic and Prostatic Clinical Exams

C. Zorraquino; C. Bruschini 

IFMBE Proceedings

2014

XIII Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing 2013.

p. 451 – 454

DOI : 10.1007/978-3-319-00846-2_112

SPADs for quantum random number generators and beyond

S. Burri; D. Stucki; Y. Maruyama; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon et al. 

2014 19th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC)

2014

2014 19th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), Singapore, Singapore, January 20-23, 2014.

p. 788 – 794

DOI : 10.1109/ASPDAC.2014.6742986

Theses

Ultra-Low-Temperature Silicon and Germanium-on-Silicon Avalanche Photodiodes : Modeling, Design, and Characterization

M. Aminian / Director(s) : E. Charbon 

Lausanne: EPFL

2014

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6451

Talks

SPADnet a Digital Silicon PhotoMultiplier for Positron Emission Tomography: presentation and characterization

L. Maingault; E. Gros d’Aillon; L. André; L. Verger; E. Charbon et al. 

New Developments in Photodetection 2014 (NDIP 2014), Tours, France, July 2014.

Updates from the SPADnet project (fully digital, scalable and networked photonic component for Time-of-Flight PET applications)

E. Charbon; C. Bruschini; C. Veerappan; L. H. Braga; N. Massari et al. 

PSMR 2014 (PET-MR 2014), Kos, Greece, May 2014.

SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODE ARRAYS FOR SINGLE PLANE ILLUMINATION FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY

J. Buchholz; J. Krieger; S. Burri; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon et al. 

Focus on on Microscopy 2014 (FOM 2014), Sydney, Australia,

2013

Conference Papers

UV-Sensitive Low Dark-Count PureB Single-Photon Avalanche Diode

L. Qi; K. R. C. Mok; E. Charbon; L. K. Nanver; M. Aminian 

2013

IEEE Optical Sensors on Silicon Session, Baltimore, USA, November 2013.

DOI : 10.1109/ICSENS.2013.6688603

An Optical Punch-Through Diode and Gate Biasing 1-T Pixel for Binary Pixels in Fully Digital CMOS Image Sensors

H. Yoon; E. Charbon 

2013

Intl. Image Sensor Workshop (IISW), Snowbird Resort, Utah, USA, June 12-16, 2013.

Compact imaging system with single-photon sensitivity and picosecond time resolution for fluorescence-guided surgery with lifetime imaging capability

F. Powolny; C. Bruschini; E. Dubikovskaya; E. Grigoriev; O. Michielin et al. 

Clinical And Biomedical Spectroscopy And Imaging Iii

2013

Conference on Clinical and Biomedical Spectroscopy and Imaging III, Munich, GERMANY, MAY 13-16, 2013.

DOI : 10.1117/12.2032537

Reverse Biasing and Breakdown Behavior of PureB Diodes

L. Qi; K. Mok; M. Aminian; T. Scholtes; E. Charbon et al. 

2013

13th International Workshop on Junction Technology (IWJT), Kyoto, Japan, 6-7 June 2013.

DOI : 10.1109/IWJT.2013.6644508

A Geiger Mode APD fabricated in Standard 65nm CMOS Technology

H. Yoon; Y. Maruyama; E. Charbon 

2013 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting

2013

IEEE International Electron Device Meeting (IEDM), Washington, DC, USA, December 2013.

p. 27.5.1 – 27.5.4

DOI : 10.1109/IEDM.2013.6724705

Jailbreak Imagers: Transforming a Single-Photon Image Sensor into a True Random Number Generator

S. Burri; D. Stucky; Y. Maruyama; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon et al. 

2013

International Image Sensor Workshop, Utah, USA, June 12-16, 2013.

Towards a High-Speed Quantum Random Number Generator

D. Stucki; S. Burri; E. Charbon; C. Chunnilall; A. Meneghetti et al. 

2013

SPIE Conference on Defense and Security, October 29, 2013.

DOI : 10.1117/12.2029287

EndoTOFPET-US — A Miniaturised Calorimeter for Endoscopic Time-of-Flight Positron Emission Tomography

M. Zvolsky; C. Bruschini 

Proc. of Calorimetry for High Energy Frontiers (CHEF 2013)

2013

Calorimetry for High Energy Frontiers (CHEF 2013), Paris, France,

p. 433 – 444

Combining endoscopic ultrasound with Time-Of-Flight PET: The EndoTOFPET-US Project

B. Frisch; C. Bruschini 

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

2013

Vienna Conference on Instrumentation, Vienna, Austria,

p. 577 – 580

DOI : 10.1016/j.nima.2013.05.027

SPADnet: A Fully Digital, Networked Approach to MRI Compatible PET Systems Based on Deep-Submicron CMOS Technology

E. Charbon; C. Bruschini; C. Veerappan; L. H. C. Braga; N. Massari et al. 

2013

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, October 2013.

DOI : 10.1109/NSSMIC.2013.6829025

Endo-TOFPET-US: A multimodal ultrasonic probe featuring time of flight PET in diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy

T. Meyer; C. Bruschini 

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

2013

12th Pisa Meeting on Advanced Detectors: Frontier Detector for Frontier Physics, La Biodola, Isola d’Elba, Italy, May 20 – 26, 2012.

p. 121 – 125

DOI : 10.1016/j.nima.2012.08.066

Comparison of Two Cameras based on Single Photon Avalanche Diodes (SPADs) for Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Application with Picosecond Resolution

F. E. Powolny; S. Burri; C. Bruschini; X. Michalet; F. Regazzoni et al. 

2013

International Image Sensor Workshop, Utah, USA, June 12-16, 2013`.

SPADnet: Embedded Coincidence in a Smart Sensor Network for PET Applications

E. Charbon; C. Bruschini; C. Veerappan; D. Stoppa; N. Massari et al. 

2013

PET/MR and SPECT/MR Conference (PSMR), May 2013.

First characterization of the SPADnet sensor: a digital silicon photomultiplier for PET applications

E. Gros-Daillon; L. Maingault; L. Andre; V. Reboud; L. Verger et al. 

Journal Of Instrumentation

2013

15th International Workshop on Radiation Imaging Detectors, Paris, France, June 23-27, 2013.

DOI : 10.1088/1748-0221/8/12/C12026

Posters

SPAD array camera for localization based super resolution microscopy

V. Krishnaswami; S. Burri; F. Regazzoni; C. Bruschini; C. J. F. van Noorden et al. 

Focus On Microscopy Conference, Maastricht, the Netherlands, March 24-27, 2013.

Talks

SPADnet: Smart Sensor Network with Embedded Coincidence Detection for PET

E. Charbon; C. Bruschini 

London Image Sensors, London, UK, March 2013.

SPADnet: from Concept to Realization

C. Bruschini 

IEEE NSS-MIC Special Focus Workshop, Seoul, S. Korea, October 27, 2013.

2012

Journal Articles

Optically-Clocked Instruction Set Extensions for High Efficiency Embedded Processors

C. Favi; T. Kluter; C. Mester; E. Charbon 

Ieee Transactions On Circuits And Systems I-Regular Papers

2012

Vol. 59 , p. 604 – 615.

DOI : 10.1109/TCSI.2011.2169730

A Time-Resolved, Low-Noise Single-Photon Image Sensor Fabricated in Deep-Submicron CMOS Technology

M. Gersbach; Y. Maruyama; R. Trimananda; M. W. Fishburn; D. Stoppa et al. 

Ieee Journal Of Solid-State Circuits

2012

Vol. 47 , p. 1394 – 1407.

DOI : 10.1109/JSSC.2012.2188466

Conference Papers

A Ge-on-Si single-photon avalanche diode operating in Geiger mode at infrared wavelengths

M. Aminian; A. Sammak; L. Qi; L. K. Nanver; E. Charbon 

Proc. of SPIE

2012

SPIE defence security and sensing.

p. 83750Q – 1

DOI : 10.1117/12.920561

EndoTOFPET-US a novel multimodal tool for endoscopy and Positron Emission Tomography

E. Garutti; C. Bruschini 

2012 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record (NSS/MIC)

2012

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record (NSS/MIC).

p. 2096 – 2101

DOI : 10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551481

3D near-infrared imaging based on a single-photon avalanche diode array sensor: A new perspective on reconstruction algorithms

J. Mata Pavia; E. Charbon; B. Wolf 

Nevel Techniques and Models (BW1A)

2012

Biomedical Optics, Miami, Florida, April 28, 2012.

DOI : 10.1364/BIOMED.2012.BW1A.5

3D near-infrared imaging based on a single-photon avalanche diode array sensor

J. Mata Pavia; M. Wolf; E. Charbon 

Proc. SPIE 8460, Biosensing and Nanomedicine V

2012

SPIE Biosensing and Nanomedicine V, 10 October, 2012.

p. 84601J – 1

DOI : 10.1117/12.978029

Sensor Network Architecture for a Fully Digital and Scalable SPAD based PET System

C. Veerappan; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon 

2012

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS), October 2012.

DOI : 10.1109/nssmic.2012.6551280

Talks

The Role of FPGAs and Reconfigurable Acquisition in Future PET/SPECT Systems

C. Veerappan; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon 

First Mediterranean Thematic Workshop on Advanced Molecular Brain Imaging with Compact High Performance MRI Compatible PET and SPECT Imagers, Giardini di Naxos (Taormina, Sicily,Italy), 30,31 August 2012.

2011

Journal Articles

Hybrid Small Animal Imaging System Combining Magnetic Resonance Imaging with Fluorescence Tomography Using Single Photon Avalanche Diode Detectors

F. Stuker; C. Baltes; K. Dikaiou; D. Vats; L. Carrara et al. 

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

2011

Vol. 30 , num. 6, p. 1265 – 73.

DOI : 10.1109/TMI.2011.2112669

Reduction of Fixed-Position Noise in Position-Sensitive, Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes

M. Fishburn; Y. Maruyama; E. Charbon 

Transactions on Electron Devices

2011

Vol. 58 , num. 8, p. 2354 – 2361.

DOI : 10.1109/TED.2011.2148117

Video-rate fluorescence lifetime imaging camera with CMOS single-photon avalanche diode arrays and high-speed imaging algorithm

D. U. Li; J. Arlt; D. Tyndall; R. Walker; J. Richardson et al. 

Journal of Biomedical Optics

2011

Vol. 16 , num. 9, p. 096012;1 – 12.

DOI : 10.1117/1.3625288

Single-Photon Detection–Evolving CMOS Technology for High-Performance

E. Charbon 

OPN Optics and Photonics News

2011

p. 14 – 15.

An Implementation of a Spike-Response Model with Escape Noise Using an Avalanche Diode

T. Clayton; K. Cameron; B. R. Rae; N. Sabatier; E. Charbon et al. 

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems

2011

Vol. 5 , num. 3, p. 231 – 243.

DOI : 10.1109/TBCAS.2010.2100392

Fast Single-Photon Avalanche Diode Arrays for Laser Raman Spectroscopy

J. Blacksberg; Y. Maruyama; E. Charbon; G. Rossman 

Optics Letters

2011

Vol. 36 , num. 18, p. 3672 – 3674.

DOI : 10.1364/OL.36.003672

Hybrid polymer microlens arrays with high numerical apertures fabricated using simple ink-jet printing technique

J. Y. Kim; N. B. Brauer; V. Fakhfouri; D. Boiko; E. Charbon et al. 

Optical Materials Express

2011

Vol. 1 , num. 2, p. 259 – 269.

DOI : 10.1364/OME.1.000259

Conference Papers

A Disdrometer based on Ultra-Fast SPAD Cameras

A. Berthoud; S. Burri; C. Bruschini; A. Berne; E. Charbon 

Proc. International Image Sensor Workshop (IISW)

2011

International Image Sensor Workshop (IISW), Hokkaido, Japan, June, 2011.

First Measurement of Scintillation Photon Arrival Statistics Usign a High-Granularity Solid-State Photosensor Enabling Time-Stamping of up to 20,480 Single Photons

J. R. Meijlink; C. Veerappan; S. Seifert; D. Stoppa; R. K. Henderson et al. 

2011 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

2011

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS), October, 2011.

p. 2254 – 2257

DOI : 10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6152491

Ultra Compact and Low-power TDC and TAC Architectures for Highly-Parallel Implementation in Time-Resolved Image Sensors

D. Stoppa; F. Borghetti; J. Richardson; R. Walker; R. K. Henderson et al. 

Proc. International Workshop on ADC Modeling, Testing and Data Converter Analysis and Design (IWADC)

2011

International Workshop on ADC Modeling, Testing and Data Converter Analysis and Design (IWADC), June, 2011.

A Disdrometer based on ultra-fast SPAD Cameras

A. Berthoud; S. Burri; C. Bruschini; A. Berne; E. Charbon 

Imaging and Applied Optics

2011

Imaging Systems and Applications, 10–14 July Toronto, Canada, 2011.

DOI : 10.1364/ISA.2011.IMA2

3D Near-Infrared Imaging Based on a Single-Photon Avalanche Diode Array Sensor

J. Mata Pavia; M. Wolf; E. Charbon 

Diffuse Optical Imaging III

2011

European Conferences on Biomedical Optics, Munich, Germany, 22-26 May 2011.

DOI : 10.1117/12.889610

A 160×128 Single-Photon Image Sensor with On-Pixel 55ps 10b Time-to-Digital Converter

C. Veerappan; J. Richardson; R. Walker; D. U. Li; M. W. Fishburn et al. 

Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Conference of Solid-State Circuits (ISSCC)

2011

IEEE Intl. Conference of Solid-State Circuits (ISSCC), February, 2011.

p. 312 – 314

DOI : 10.1109/ISSCC.2011.5746333

An All-Digital, Time-gated 128×128 SPAD Array for On-chip, Filter-less Fluorescence Detection

Y. Maruyama; E. Charbon 

2011 16th International Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference

2011

IEEE Transducers, Beijing, China, 5-9 June 2011.

p. 1180 – 1183

DOI : 10.1109/TRANSDUCERS.2011.5969324

A Compact Probe for Beta+Emitting Radiotracer Detection in Suregery, Biopsy, and Medical Diagnostics based on Silicon Photomultipliers

C. Mester; C. Bruschini; P. Magro; N. Demartines; V. Dunet et al. 

Proc. OSA

2011

OSA, July, 2011.

DOI : 10.1364/aio.2011.jwb3

The Gigavision Camera: A 2Mpixel Image Sensor with 0.56um2 1-T Digital Pixels

H. Yoon; E. Charbon 

Proc. Intl. Image Sensor Workshop (IISW)

2011

Intl. Image Sensor Workshop (IISW), June, 2011.

An All-Digital 128×128 CMOS Optical/Electrical Image Sensor

Y. Maruyama; E. Charbon 

Proc. Intl. Symposium on Microchemistry and Microsystems (ISMM)

2011

Intl. Symposium on Microchemistry and Microsystems (ISMM), June, 2011.

CMOS SPAD: from Fundamentals to Single-Photon Imaging and Applications (INVITED)

E. Charbon; M. W. Fishburn; Y. Maruyama 

Proc. SPIE Defense and Security

2011

SPIE Defense and Security, April, 2011.

A Multi-channel, 10ps Resolution, FPGA-Based TDC with 300MS/s Throughput for Open-Source PET Applications

H. Menninga; C. Favi; M. W. Fishburn; E. Charbon 

2011 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

2011

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS), October, 2011.

p. 1515 – 1522

DOI : 10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6154362

Single-photon Avalanche Diodes in sub-100nm Standard CMOS Technologies

M. A. Karami; H. J. Yoon; E. Charbon 

Proc. Intl. Image Sensor Workshop (IISW)

2011

Intl. Image Sensor Workshop (IISW), June, 2011.

A Handheld beta(+) Probe for Intra-Operative Detection of Radiotracers

C. Mester; C. Bruschini; P. Magro; N. Demartines; V. Dunet et al. 

2011 IEEE Sensors

2011

IEEE Conference on Sensors, Limerick, IRELAND, Oct 28-31, 2011.

p. 1812 – 1814

DOI : 10.1109/icsens.2011.6127141

A 128-Channel, 9ps Column-Parallel Two-Stage TDC Based on Time Difference Amplification for Time-resolved Imaging

S. Mandai; E. Charbon 

Proceedings of the IEEE European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC)

2011

IEEE European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC), October, 2011.

p. 119 – 122

DOI : 10.1109/ESSCIRC.2011.6044929

Environmental Effects on Photomultiplication Propagation in Silicon

M. W. Fishburn; E. Charbon 

2011 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

2011

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS), October, 2011.

p. 572 – 574

DOI : 10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6154114

A Time-Gated 128×128 CMOS SPAD Array for on-Chip Fluorescence Detection

Y. Maruyama; E. Charbon 

Proc. Intl. Image Sensor Workshop (IISW)

2011

Intl. Image Sensor Workshop (IISW), June, 2011.

Electrons: Do We Really Need Them? (KEYNOTE SPEECH)

E. Charbon 

Proc. Intl. Workshop on Advances in Sensor Integration (IWASI)

2011

Intl. Workshop on Advances in Sensor Integration (IWASI), June, 2011.

Characterization of Large-Scale Non-Uniformities in a 20k TDC/SPAD Array Integrated in a 130nm CMOS Process

C. Veerappan; J. Richardson; R. Walker; D. U. Li; M. W. Fishburn et al. 

Proc. IEEE European Solid-State Electron Device Conference (ESSDERC)

2011

IEEE European Solid-State Electron Device Conference (ESSDERC), September, 2011.

p. 331 – 334

DOI : 10.1109/essderc.2011.6044167

A Handheld Intra-Operative beta(+) Sensing System

C. Mester; C. Bruschini; P. Magro; N. Demartines; V. Dunet et al. 

Eurosensors Xxv

2011

25th Eurosensors Conference, Athens, GREECE, Sep 04-07, 2011.

p. 988 – 991

DOI : 10.1016/j.proeng.2011.12.243

Who Needs Electrons? (KEYNOTE SPEECH)

E. Charbon 

Proc. IEEE Intl. Conference on ASIC (ASICON)

2011

IEEE Intl. Conference on ASIC (ASICON), October, 2011.

A Fully-integrated, Time-resolved 160×128 SPAD Pixel Array with Micro-concentrators

J. Arlt; F. Borghetti; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon; D. Dryden et al. 

Proc. SPIE Defense and Security

2011

SPIE Conf. 8033 Advanced Photon Counting Techniques V, SPIE Defense and Security, Orlando, FLA, USA, 25-27 April, 2011.

A CMOS Compatible Ge-on-Si APD Operating in Proportional and Geiger Modes at Infrared Wavelengths

A. Sammak; M. Aminian; L. Qi; W. D. de Boer; E. Charbon et al. 

Proc. IEEE Intl. Electron Device Meeting (IEDM)

2011

IEEE Intl. Electron Device Meeting (IEDM), Washington, DC, USA, December, 2011.

p. 8.5.1 – 8.5.4

DOI : 10.1109/IEDM.2011.6131515

A Handheld Probe for beta(+)-Emitting Radiotracer Detection in Surgery, Biopsy and Medical Diagnostics based on Silicon Photomultipliers

C. Mester; C. Bruschini; P. Magro; N. Demartines; V. Dunet et al. 

2011 Ieee Nuclear Science Symposium And Medical Imaging Conference (Nss/Mic)

2011

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium/Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC)/18th International Workshop on Room-Temperature Semiconductor X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Detectors, Valencia, SPAIN, OCT 23-29, 2011.

p. 253 – 257

DOI : 10.1109/nssmic.2011.6154491

3D Near-infrared Imaging based on a Single-photon Avalanche Diode Array Sensor

J. Mata Pavia; C. Niclass; C. Favi; M. Wolf; E. Charbon 

Proc. Intl. Image Sensor Workshop (IISW)

2011

Intl. Image Sensor Workshop (IISW), June, 2011.

Theses

Single-Photon Techniques for Standard CMOS Digital ICs

C. Favi / Director(s) : E. Charbon 

Lausanne: EPFL

2011

p. 167.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-4954

Deep-submicron CMOS Single Photon Detectors and Quantum Effects

M. A. Karami / Director(s) : E. Charbon 

TUDelft, Netherlands

2011

Book Chapters

Monolithic Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes: SPADs

E. Charbon; M. W. Fishburn 

Single-Photon Imaging; Heidelberg, Springer, 2011. p. 123 – 156.

ISBN : 978-3-642-18442-0

DOI : 10.1007/978-3-642-18443-7

Talks

Facts and myths. What should we expect from integrated SPAD imaging?

E. Charbon; C. Bruschini 

Swiss Image and Vision Sensors Workshop 2011 (SIVS 2011), Zurich, Switzerland, Sept. 8, 2011.

MEGAFRAME: a fully integrated, time-resolved 160×128 SPAD pixel array with microconcentrators

C. Veerappan; J. Richardson; R. Walker; D. Li; M. W. Fishburn et al. 

SPIE conference Advanced Photon Counting Techniques.

2010

Journal Articles

RTS Noise Characterization in Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes

M. A. Karami; L. Carrara; C. Niclass; M. Fishburn; E. Charbon 

Ieee Electron Device Letters

2010

Vol. 31 , p. 692 – 694.

DOI : 10.1109/LED.2010.2047234

A new single-photon avalanche diode in 90nm standard CMOS technology

M. A. Karami; M. Gersbach; H-J. Yoon; E. Charbon 

Optics Express

2010

Vol. 18 , p. 22158 – 22166.

DOI : 10.1364/OE.18.022158

Conference Papers

Virtual Ways: Efficient Coherence for Architecturally Visible Storage in Automatic Instruction Set Extensions

T. Kluter; S. Burri; P. Brisk; E. Charbon; P. Ienne 

High Performance Embedded Architectures And Compilers, Proceedings

2010

5th International Conference on High Performance Embedded Architectures and Compilers, Pisa, ITALY, Jan 25-27, 2010.

p. 126 – 140

DOI : 10.1007/978-3-642-11515-8_11

High Frame-rate TCSPC-FLIM Using a Novel SPAD-based Image Sensor

M. Gersbach; R. Trimananda; Y. Maruyama; M. Fishburn; D. Stoppa et al. 

Detectors And Imaging Devices: Infrared, Focal Plane, Single Photon

2010

Conference on Detectors and Imaging Devices – Infrared, Focal Plane, Single Photon, San Diego, CA, Aug 04-05, 2010.

DOI : 10.1117/12.860769

Theses

Architectural Support for Coherent Architecturally Visible Storage in Instruction Set Extensions

T. J. H. Kluter / Director(s) : E. Charbon; P. Ienne 

Lausanne: EPFL

2010

p. 219.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-4672

Book Chapters

Radiation-Tolerant CMOS Single-Photon Imagers for Multiradiation Detection

E. Charbon; L. Carrara; C. Niclass; N. Scheidegger; H. Shea 

Radiation Effects in Semiconductors; CRC Press, 2010. p. 31 – 50.

ISBN : 9781439826942

Posters

The Gigavision Camera

F. Yang; L. Sbaiz; E. Charbon; Y. Lu; S. Süsstrunk et al. 

IEEE International Conference on Computational Photography (ICCP), MIT, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, March 28-30, 2010.

Patents

Controlling spectral response of photodetector for an image sensor

E. Charbon; C. Niclass 

Patent number(s) :

  • US7683308 (B2)
  • US2006131480 (A1)

2010

2009

Journal Articles

On the Application of a Monolithic Array for Detecting Intensity-Correlated Photons Emitted by Different Source Types

D. L. Boiko; N. Gunther; B. N. Benedict; E. Charbon 

Optics Express

2009

Vol. 17 , num. 17, p. 15087 – 15103.

DOI : 10.1364/OE.17.015087

Fast Fluorescence Dynamics in Non-ratiometric Calcium Indicators

M. Gersbach; D. L. Boiko; C. Niclass; C. Petersen; E. Charbon 

Optics Letters

2009

Vol. 34 , num. 3, p. 362 – 364.

DOI : 10.1364/OL.34.000362

Single-Photon Synchronous Detection

C. Niclass; C. Favi; T. Kluter; F. Monnier; E. Charbon 

Journal of Solid-State Circuits

2009

Vol. 44 , num. 7, p. 1977 – 1989.

DOI : 10.1109/JSSC.2009.2021920

A Low-Noise Single-Photon Detector Implemented in a 130 nm CMOS Imaging Process

M. Gersbach; J. Richardson; E. Mazaleyrat; S. Hardillier; C. Niclass et al. 

Solid-State Electronics

2009

Vol. 53 , num. 7, p. 803 – 808.

DOI : 10.1016/j.sse.2009.02.014

Conference Papers

Way Stealing: Cache-assisted Automatic Instruction Set Extensions

T. Kluter; P. Brisk; P. Ienne; E. Charbon 

Dac: 2009 46Th Acm/Ieee Design Automation Conference

2009

46th ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC 2009), San Francisco, CA, Jul 26-31, 2009.

p. 31 – 36

DOI : 10.1145/1629911.1629923

MPSoC Design using Application-Specific Architecturally Visible Communication

T. Kluter; P. Brisk; E. Charbon; P. Ienne 

High Performance Embedded Architectures and Compilers. HiPEAC 2009

2009

4th International Conference on High Performance Embedded Architectures and Compilers, Paphos, CYPRUS, Jan 25-28, 2009.

p. 183 – 197

DOI : 10.1007/978-3-540-92990-1_15

A Parallel 32×32 Time-to-Digital Converter Array Fabricated in a 130nm Imaging CMOS Technology

M. Gersbach; Y. Maruyama; E. Labonne; J. Richardson; R. Walker et al. 

2009 Proceedings of ESSCIRC

2009

ESSCIRC.

p. 196 – 199

DOI : 10.1109/ESSCIRC.2009.5326021

A 32×32-Pixel Array with In-Pixel Photon Counting and Arrival Time Measurement in the Analog Domain

D. Stoppa; F. Borghetti; J. Richardson; R. Walker; L. Grant et al. 

2009

ESSCIRC, 2009.

A 32×32 50ps Resolution 10 bit Time to Digital Converter Array in 130nm CMOS for time Correlated Imaging

J. Richardson; R. Walker; L. Grant; D. Stoppa; F. Borghetti et al. 

2009

CICC.

A 32×32 50ps Resolution 10 bit Time to Digital Converter Array in 130nm CMOS for time Correlated Imaging

J. Richardson; R. Walker; L. Grant; D. Stoppa; F. Borghetti et al. 

2009

International Image Sensor Workshop, Bergen, 2009.

Random Telegraph Signal in Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes

M. A. Karami; C. Niclass; C. Charbon 

2009

International Image Sensor Workshop, Bergen, 2009.

A 17ps Time-to-digital Converter Implemented in 65nm FPGA Technology

C. Favi; E. Charbon 

FPGA ’09: Proceedings of the ACM/SIGDA international symposium on Field programmable gate arrays

2009

ISFPGA, Monterey, 2009.

p. 113 – 120

DOI : 10.1145/1508128.1508145

A gamma, x-ray and high energy proton radiation-tolerant CIS for space applications

L. Carrara; C. Niclass; N. Scheidegger; H. Shea; E. Charbon 

Digest of Technical Papers, 2009. ISSCC 2009

2009

Solid-State Circuits Conference 2009, San Francisco, 8-12 Feb 2009.

p. 40 – 41,41a

DOI : 10.1109/ISSCC.2009.4977297

A Variable Dynamic Range Single-Photon Imager Designed for Multi-Radiation Tolerance

L. Carrara; M. Fishburn; C. Niclass; N. Scheidegger; H. Shea et al. 

2009

EOS Frontiers in Electronic Imaging – Single-photon Imaging, Munich, 2009.

Theses

Single-photon detector arrays for time-resolved fluorescence imaging

M. Gersbach / Director(s) : E. Charbon 

Lausanne: EPFL

2009

p. 153.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-4521

Book Chapters

Actuation and Detection of Magnetic Microparticles in a Bioanalytical Microsystem with Integrated CMOS Chip

U. Lehmann; M. Sergio; E. P. Dupont; E. Labonne; C. Niclass et al. 

Nanosystems Design and Technology; Springer, 2009. p. 85 – 102.

DOI : 10.1007/978-1-4419-0255-9_4

Working Papers

A 17 ps Resolution, Temperature Compensated Time-to-Digital Converter in FPGA Technology

C. Favi; E. Charbon 

2009

Patents

Integrated circuit comprising an array of single photon avalanche diodes

C. Niclass; E. Charbon 

Patent number(s) :

  • US8168934 (B2)
  • US2010127160 (A1)
  • US7547872 (B2)
  • US7501628 (B2)
  • US7262402 (B2)
  • US2006202129 (A1)
  • US2006202121 (A1)
  • US2006192086 (A1)

2009

Transducer for reading information stored on an optical record carrier, single photon detector based storage system and method for reading data from an optical record carrier

E. Charbon; C. Niclass 

Patent number(s) :

  • CA2600761 (C)
  • JP5366192 (B2)
  • US8227505 (B2)
  • CN101142182 (B)
  • JP2012067122 (A)
  • ES2373738 (T3)
  • IL185545 (A)
  • AT526312 (T)
  • EP1861363 (B1)
  • AU2006224774 (B2)
  • BRPI0609061 (A2)
  • KR100915737 (B1)
  • US2009171100 (A1)
  • US7501528 (B2)
  • JP2008533076 (A)
  • CN101142182 (A)
  • EP1861363 (A1)
  • KR20070103497 (A)
  • MX2007011155 (A)
  • TW200714584 (A)
  • AU2006224774 (A1)
  • CA2600761 (A1)
  • US2006211868 (A1)
  • WO2006097270 (A1)

2009

Time-of-flight based imaging system using a display as illumination source

C. Niclass; E. Charbon; J. Nolan 

Patent number(s) :

  • US8810647 (B2)
  • CN102027388 (B)
  • EP2283383 (B1)
  • CN102027388 (A)
  • US2011037849 (A1)
  • EP2283383 (A1)
  • WO2009124601 (A1)

2009

Integrated receiving circuit and method for radiofrequency and high speed signals

E. Charbon; M. Gersbach; M. Sergio 

Patent number(s) :

  • US8781028 (B2)
  • US2010208845 (A1)
  • WO2009036802 (A1)

2009

2008

Journal Articles

A Single-Photon Avalanche Diode Array for Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy

D. E. Schwartz; E. Charbon; K. Shepard 

Journal of Solid-State Circuits

2008

Vol. 43 , num. 11, p. 2546 – 2557.

DOI : 10.1109/JSSC.2008.2005818

A Quantum Imager for Intensity Correlated Photons

D. L. Boiko; N. J. Gunther; N. Brauer; M. Sergio; C. Niclass et al. 

New Journal of Physics

2008

Vol. 11 , p. 013001.

DOI : 10.1088/1367-2630/11/1/013001

A 128×128 Single-Photon Imager with on-Chip Column-Level 10bit Time-to-Digital-Converter Array

C. Niclass; C. Favi; T. Kluter; M. Gersbach; E. Charbon 

Journal of Solid-State Circuits

2008

Vol. 43 , num. 12, p. 2977 – 2989.

DOI : 10.1109/JSSC.2008.2006445

Towards Large Scale CMOS Single-Photon Detector Arrays for Lab-on-Chip Applications

E. Charbon 

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

2008

Vol. 41 , num. 9, p. 094010.

DOI : 10.1088/0022-3727/41/9/094010

Introduction to the Special Issue on the 33rd European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC 2007)

A. Baschirotto; E. Charbon; S. Rusu 

Ieee Journal Of Solid-State Circuits

2008

Vol. 43 , p. 1507 – 1510.

DOI : 10.1109/JSSC.2008.922406

CMOS Driven Micro-pixel LEDs Integrated with Single Photon Avalanche Diodes for Time Resolved Fluorescence Measurements

B. R. Rae; C. Griffin; J. McKendry; J. M. Girkin; H. X. Zhang et al. 

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

2008

Vol. 41 , num. 9, p. 094011.

DOI : 10.1088/0022-3727/41/9/094011

Microparticle photometry in a CMOS microsystem combining magnetic actuation and in-situ optical detection

U. Lehmann; M. Sergio; S. Pietrocola; E. P. Dupont; C. Niclass et al. 

Sensors & Actuators B: Chemical

2008

Vol. 132 , num. 2, p. 411 – 417.

DOI : 10.1016/j.snb.2007.10.021

Conference Papers

Photonic lattice of coupled microcavities in nonpermanent gravitational field produced by rotation

D. L. Boiko 

Piers 2008 Hangzhou: Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Vols I And Ii, Proceedings

2008

Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS 2008), Hangzhou, PEOPLES R CHINA, Mar 24-28, 2008.

p. 1100 – 1106

On-Chip Sandwich Immunoassay in an Integrated Magneto-Optical CMOS Microsystem

E. Dupont; U. Lehmann; M. Lombardini; E. Charbon; M. A. M. Gijs 

2008

MicroTas, San Diego, CA,

Speculative DMA for Architecturally Visible Storage in Instruction Set Extensions

T. Kluter; P. Brisk; P. Ienne; E. Charbon 

CODES+ISSS ’08: Proceedings of the 6th IEEE/ACM/IFIP international conference on Hardware/Software codesign and system synthesis

2008

Intl. Conference on Hardware/Software Codesign and System Synthesis (ISSS CODES), 2008.

p. 243 – 248

DOI : 10.1145/1450135.1450191

CMOS Single-Photon Systems for Bioimaging Applications

E. Charbon 

Biophotonics

2008

4th Optoelectronic and Photonic Winter School on Biophotonics, Sardagna, ITALY, Feb 25-Mar 03, 2007.

p. 239 – 248

DOI : 10.1007/978-3-540-76782-4_13

A 128×128 Single-Photon Imager with on-Chip Column-Level 10bit Time-to-Digital-Converter Array

C. Niclass; C. Favi; T. Kluter; M. Gersbach; E. Charbon 

2008 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference – Digest of Technical Papers

2008

IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), San Francisco, CA, February, 2008.

p. 44 – 45, 594

DOI : 10.1109/ISSCC.2008.4523048

A Single-Photon Detector Implemented in a130nm CMOS Imaging Process

M. Gersbach; C. Niclass; J. Richardson; R. Henderson; L. Grant et al. 

ESSDERC 2008 – 38th European Solid-State Device Research Conference

2008

ESSDERC, Edinburgh, September 2008.

p. 270 – 273

DOI : 10.1109/ESSDERC.2008.4681750

Achievements and bottlenecks in humanitarian demining EU-funded research: final results from the EC DELVE project, Detection and Sensing of Mines, Explosive Objects, and Obscured Targets XIII

H. Sahli; C. Bruschini; L. Van Kempen; R. Schleijpen; E. den Breejen 

Detection and Sensing of Mines, Explosive Objects, and Obscured Targets XIII

2008

SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, Orlando, Florida, USA,

DOI : 10.1117/12.790417

A Microsystem for Time-Resolved Fluorescence Analysis using CMOS Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes and Micro-LEDs

B. Rae; C. Griffin; K. Muir; J. Girkin; E. Gu et al. 

2008 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference – Digest of Technical Papers

2008

IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), San Francisco, CA, February 2008.

p. 166 – 603

DOI : 10.1109/ISSCC.2008.4523109

Single-Photon Synchronous Detection

C. Niclass; C. Favi; T. Kluter; F. Monnier; E. Charbon 

ESSCIRC 2008 – 34th European Solid-State Circuits Conference

2008

ESSCIRC, Edinburgh, September 2008.

p. 114 – 117

DOI : 10.1109/ESSCIRC.2008.4681805

Technology Transfer Bottlenecks and Lessons Learned in Humanitarian Demining EU-funded Research: Analysis & Results from the EC DELVE Project

C. Bruschini; H. Sahli; L. Van Kempen; R. Schleijpen; E. Den Breejen 

2008

IAEA ‘Technical Meeting on Use of Combined Devices for Humanitarian Demining and Explosive Detection, Vienna, Austria, November 26-30, 2007.

A Virtual Keyboard System based on Multi-Level Feature Matching

H. Du; E. Charbon 

2008 Conference on Human System Interactions

2008

IEEE HIS, Crakow, Poland, May, 2008.

p. 176 – 181

DOI : 10.1109/HSI.2008.4581429

Techniques for Fully Integrated Intra-/Inter-chip Optical Communication

C. Favi; E. Charbon 

DAC ’08: Proceedings of the 45th annual Design Automation Conference

2008

Design Automation Conference, Anaheim, CA, 8-13 June, 2008.

p. 343 – 344

DOI : 10.1145/1391469.1391558

High Speed CMOS Imaging: Four Years Later

E. Charbon 

2008 9Th International Conference On Solid-State And Integrated-Circuit Technology

2008

9th International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated-Circuit Technology, Beijing, PEOPLES R CHINA, Oct 20-23, 2008.

p. 1005 – 1008

DOI : 10.1109/ICSICT.2008.4734722

Experiments Supporting the Concept of a g(2) Camera

D. L. Boiko; N. J. Gunther; N. Brauer; M. Sergio; C. Niclass et al. 

2008

SPIE MS, San Diego, 2008.

DOI : 10.1117/12.795166

Inkjet Printing of SU-8; A Case Study for Microlenses

V. Fakhfouri; N. Cantale; G. Mermoud; J. Y. Kim; D. L. Boiko et al. 

2008

MEMS, 2008.

A Study of the Effects of Gamma Radiation on CMOS Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes

M. Gersbach; C. Niclass; L. Carrara; M. Sergio; N. Scheidegger et al. 

2008

IEEE Sensors, Lecce, Italy, October 2008.

Theses

Application of 3D range camera in virtual human-computer interfaces

H. Du / Director(s) : E. Charbon 

Lausanne: EPFL

2008

p. 197.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-4152

Single-photon image sensors in CMOS : picosecond resolution for three-dimensional imaging

C. L. Niclass / Director(s) : E. Charbon 

Lausanne: EPFL

2008

p. 262.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-4161

Book Chapters

Solid-State, In-Situ Techniques for Bioimaging and Lab-on- chip Setups

E. Charbon 

Biophotonics; Springer, 2008.

Talks

Detection Technologies and Systems for Humanitarian De-mining: An Overview Based on the GICHD Guidebook

C. Bruschini; H. Sahli 

EUROEM 2008, Lausanne, Switzerland,

Detection Technologies and Systems for Humanitarian De-mining

C. Bruschini; H. Sahli 

Success Case Studies & Technology Transfer Bottlenecks in Humanitarian De-mining EU-funded Research: Examples from the EC DELVE Project

C. Bruschini; H. Sahli; L. Van Kempen; R. Schleijpen; E. den Breejen 

EUROEM’2008, Lausanne, Switzerland,

2007

Journal Articles

A Single Photon Avalanche Diode Implemented in 130nm CMOS Technology

C. Niclass; M. Gersbach; R. K. Henderson; L. Grant; E. Charbon 

Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

2007

Vol. 13 , num. 4, p. 863 – 869.

DOI : 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.903854

Conference Papers

A 128×2 CMOS Single Photon Streak Camera with Timing-Preserving Latchless Pipeline Readout

M. Sergio; C. Niclass; E. Charbon 

Proceedings of IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference

2007

International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), San Francisco, CA, February, 2007.

p. 394 – 610

DOI : 10.1109/ISSCC.2007.373460

Particle-Shadow Tracking – Combining Magnetic Particle Manipulation with In-Situ Optical Detection in a CMOS Microsystem

U. Lehmann; M. Sergio; S. Pietrocola; C. Niclass; M. A. M. Gijs et al. 

2007

International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTas), November, 2007.

Time-correlated Two-photon Fluorescence Imaging with Arrays of Solid-state Single Photon Detector

M. Gersbach; D. L. Boiko; C. Niclass; C. Petersen; E. Charbon 

2007

CLEO Europe-IQEC, Munich, June, 2007.

Precision imaging for biosensing (INVITED)

E. Charbon 

Asicon 2007: 2007 7Th International Conference On Asic

2007

7th International Conference on ASIC, Guilin, PEOPLES R CHINA, Oct 26-29, 2007.

p. 744 – 749

DOI : 10.1109/ICASIC.2007.4415738

A 130nm CMOS Single Photon Avalanche Diode

C. Niclass; M. Gersbach; R. K. Henderson; L. Grant; E. Charbon 

Optoelectronic Devices: Physics, Fabrication, And Application IV

2007

Conference on Optoelectronic Devices – Physics, Fabrication, and Application IV, Boston, MA, Sep 11, 2007.

DOI : 10.1117/12.728878

A 2-D Time Resolved Photon Counting Imager in 0.35um Technology

B. R. Rae; D. Renshaw; E. Charbon; R. K. Henderson 

2007

EOS Frontiers in Electronic Imaging, Munich, 2007.

Will Avalanche Photodiode Arrays Ever Reach 1 Megapixel?

E. Charbon 

2007

International Image Sensor Workshop, Ogunquit, 2007.

A Single-Photon Avalanche Diode Imager for Fluorescence Lifetime Applications

D. E. Schwartz; E. Charbon; K. L. Shepard 

2007 IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits

2007

IEEE Symposium on VLSI, Kyoto, 14-16 June 2007.

DOI : 10.1109/VLSIC.2007.4342691

A CMOS Microsystem Combining Magnetic Actuation and In-Situ Optical Detection of Microparticles

U. Lehmann; M. Sergio; S. Pietrocola; C. Niclass; E. Charbon et al. 

TRANSDUCERS 2007 – 2007 International Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference

2007

14th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems/21st European Conference on Solid-State Transducers, Lyon, June 10-14, 2007.

p. 2493 – 2496

DOI : 10.1109/SENSOR.2007.4300677

Integrated Single Photon Avalanche Detectors

Z. Xiao; C. Niclass; E. Charbon; R. S. Popovic 

2007

LAT’07, 2007.

3D Hand Model Fitting for Virtual Keyboard System

H. Du; E. Charbon 

2007 IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV ’07)

2007

IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), Austin, February, 2007.

p. 31 – 31

DOI : 10.1109/WACV.2007.3

3D Imaging based on Single Photon Detectors

C. Niclass; M. Soga; E. Charbon 

2007

2nd Symposium on Range Imaging (RIM’07), Zurich, September, 2007.

Detection of Fluorescently Labelled Magnetic Particles for Lab-on-a-chip Applications

E. Dupont; U. Lehmann; M. Lombardini; E. Charbon; M. A. M. Gijs 

2007

The 11th Annual European Conference on Micro & Nanoscale Technologies for the Biosciences, Montreux, November, 2007.

A new concept for a low-cost Earth sensor: Imaging oxygen airglow with arrays of single photon detectors

N. Scheidegger; R. Krpoun; H. Shea; C. Niclass; E. Charbon 

30th Annual AAS Guidance and Control Conference, Breckenridge, Colorado

2007

30th Annual AAS Guidance and Control Conference, Breckenridge, Colorado, February 3–7, 2007.

Reports

Humanitarian Demining R&D project funding in Europe

C. Bruschini 

2007

Humanitarian Demining R&D Lessons Learned

C. Bruschini 

2007

Talks

Achievements and bottlenecks in humanitarian demining EU-funded research: final results from the EC DELVE project

C. Bruschini; H. Sahli; L. Van Kempen; R. Schleijpen; E. den Breejen 

Patents

Integrated imager circuit comprising a monolithic array of single photon avalanche diodes

C. Niclass; E. Charbon; P. A. Besse; A. Rochas 

Patent number(s) :

  • US8168934 (B2)
  • US2010127160 (A1)
  • US7547872 (B2)
  • US7501628 (B2)
  • US7262402 (B2)
  • US2006202121 (A1)
  • US2006202129 (A1)
  • US2006192086 (A1)

2007

2006

Conference Papers

Oversampled Time Estimation Techniques for Precision Photonic Detectors

R. K. Henderson; B. R. Rae; D. Renshaw; E. Charbon 

Proceedings of the International Conference on Optics and Opto-electronics

2006

International Conference on Very Large Scale Integration, Nice, France, October, 2006.

p. 48 – 51

DOI : 10.1109/VLSISOC.2006.313202

A Room Temperature CMOS Single Photon Sensor for Chemiluminescence Detection

M. Gersbach; Y. Maruyama; C. Niclass; K. Sawada; E. Charbon 

2006

International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTas), November, 2006.

Time-Correlated Fluorescence Microscopy using a Room Temperature Solid-State Single Photon Sensor

M. Gersbach; C. Niclass; M. Sergio; D. L. Boiko; C. Petersen et al. 

2006

International Conference of Near-Field Optics, Nanophotonics, Lausanne, Switzerland, September, 2006.

Detection Technologies and Systems for Humanitarian Demining: Overview of the GICHD Guidebook and Review of Conclusions

C. Bruschini; H. Sahli; A. Carruthers 

2006

IAEA Technical Meeting on Combined Devices for Humanitarian Demining and Explosive Detection, Padova, Italy, November 13–17, 2006.

A Single Photon Avalanche Diode Array Fabricated in 0.35um CMOS and based on an Event-Driven Readout for TCSPC Experiments

C. Niclass; M. Sergio; E. Charbon 

Advanced Photon Counting Techniques

2006

SPIE Optics East, Boston, October 1-4, 2006.

DOI : 10.1117/12.685974

A CMOS 64×48 Single Photon Avalanche Diode Array with Event-Driven Readout

C. Niclass; M. Sergio; E. Charbon 

Proceedings of the 32th ESSCIRC

2006

IEEE European Solid-State Circuits Conference, Montreux, Switzerland, 19-21 Septembre 2006.

p. 556 – 559

DOI : 10.1109/ESSCIR.2006.307485

Books

Guidebook on Detection Technologies and Systems for Humanitarian Demining

C. Bruschini; H. Sahli; A. Carruthers 

GICHD, Geneva, Switzerland: Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining, 2006.

Book Chapters

Oversampled Time Estimation Techniques for Precision Photonic Detectors

R. Henderson; B. R. Rae; D. Renshaw; E. Charbon 

VLSI-SOC: Research Trends in VLSI and Systems on Chip; Springer, 2006. p. 25 – 35.

DOI : 10.1007/978-0-387-74909-9_2

Patents

Transducer for reading information stored on an optical record carrier, single photon detector based storage system and method for reading data from an optical record carrier

E. Charbon; C. Niclass 

Patent number(s) :

  • US8168934 (B2)
  • US2010127160 (A1)
  • US7547872 (B2)
  • US7501628 (B2)
  • US7262402 (B2)
  • US2006202121 (A1)
  • US2006202129 (A1)
  • US2006192086 (A1)

2006