发明公开
- 专利标题: PHOTODETECTION CIRCUIT AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF
- 专利标题(中): 光电检测电路及其操作方法
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申请号: EP14896574.2申请日: 2014-07-02
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公开(公告)号: EP3164683A1公开(公告)日: 2017-05-10
- 发明人: ANDREOU, Andreas G. , LIN, Joseph H. , POULIQUEN, Philippe O. , RIZK, Charbel G.
- 申请人: The John Hopkins University
- 申请人地址: 34th and Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21218 US
- 专利权人: The John Hopkins University
- 当前专利权人: The John Hopkins University
- 当前专利权人地址: 34th and Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21218 US
- 代理机构: Stork Bamberger Patentanwälte PartmbB
- 国际公布: WO2016003451 20160107
- 主分类号: G01J1/42
- IPC分类号: G01J1/42
摘要:
A photodetection circuit includes an avalanche photodiode and a mode switching circuit that may be configured to selectively switch an operating mode of the photodetection circuit between linear mode and Geiger mode. The photodetection circuit may further include a quenching circuit configured to quench and reset the avalanche photodiode in response to an avalanche event when the photodetection circuit is operated in Geiger mode. The photodetection circuit may additionally include an integration circuit configured to integrate photocurrent output by the photodiode and generate integrated charge units when the photodetection circuit is operated in linear mode. The photodetection circuit may also include a counter configured to count pulses output by the avalanche photodiode when the photodetection circuit is operated in Geiger mode and to count integrated charge units generated by the integration circuit when the photodetection circuit is operated in linear mode.
公开/授权文献
- EP3164683B1 PHOTODETECTION CIRCUIT 公开/授权日:2023-02-22
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