Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Recharge circuit for digital silicon photomultipliers
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Application No.: US17626464Application Date: 2020-07-16
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Publication No.: US11906354B2Publication Date: 2024-02-20
- Inventor: Thomas Frach , Torsten Solf
- Applicant: AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL SALES PTE. LIMITED
- Applicant Address: SG Singapore
- Assignee: AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL SALES PTE. LIMITED
- Current Assignee: AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL SALES PTE. LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: SG Singapore
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- International Application: PCT/EP2020/070115 2020.07.16
- International Announcement: WO2021/013681A 2021.01.28
- Date entered country: 2022-01-11
- Main IPC: G01J1/44
- IPC: G01J1/44 ; A61B6/03

Abstract:
The present application relates generally to silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) detector arrays. In one aspect, there is a system including an array of cells each including a single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) reverse-biased above a breakdown voltage of the SPAD. Each cell may further include trigger logic connected to the SPAD, and configured to output a trigger signal indicating whether the SPAD is in breakdown. Each cell may still further include a conditional recharge circuit configured to recharge the SPAD conditional upon both (i) the recharge circuit applying the recharge signal to the cell and (ii) the trigger signal output by the trigger logic of the cell indicating the SPAD of the cell is in breakdown.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220283025A1 RECHARGE CIRCUIT FOR DIGITAL SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIERS Public/Granted day:2022-09-08
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