Integrating microfluidics and electronics in point-of-care diagnostics: Current and future challenges

VF Annese, C Hu - Micromachines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Point-of-Care (POC) diagnostics have gained increasing attention in recent years due to its
numerous advantages over conventional diagnostic approaches. As proven during the …

Integration of an ultra-fast active quenching circuit with a monolithic 3D SPAD pixel in a 28 nm FD-SOI CMOS technology

MD Lakeh, JB Kammerer, JB Schell, D Issartel… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work presents several ultra-fast Active Quenching-Active Reset (AQAR) circuits with a
novel avalanche detection circuit, fabricated in a 28 nm Fully Depleted Silicon on Insulator …

Ultralow-light-level color image reconstruction using high-efficiency plasmonic metasurface mosaic filters

YD Shah, PWR Connolly, JP Grant, D Hao, C Accarino… - Optica, 2020 - opg.optica.org
As single-photon imaging becomes progressively more commonplace in sensing
applications such as low-light-level imaging, three-dimensional profiling, and fluorescence …

Fast-gated 16× 16 SPAD array with 16 on-chip 6 ps time-to-digital converters for non-line-of-sight imaging

S Riccardo, E Conca, V Sesta, A Velten… - IEEE sensors …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present the design and characterization of a fully-integrated array of Single-Photon
Avalanche Diodes (SPADs) with fast-gating capabilities and 16 on-chip 6 ps time-to-digital …

Design and characterization of n/p-well CMOS SPAD with low dark count rate and high photon detection efficiency

JY Wu, CH Liu - IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We have proposed a structure design of single-photon avalanche diode fabricated in the
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd.(TSMC) 0.18-high-voltage (HV) CMOS …

A 113.3-dB Dynamic Range 600 Frames/s SPAD X-Ray Detector With Seamless Global Shutter and Time-Encoded Extrapolation Counter

B Park, HS Choi, J Jeong, T Kim… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) X-ray detector that supports
seamless global shutter operation. The pixel consists of an SPAD with two time-encoded …

Eat, test, digest: towards diagnostic food for next-generation gastrointestinal tract monitoring

VF Annese, V Galli, G Coco… - 2023 9th International …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The development of edible electronics and robotics represents a novel opportunity in
several application scenarios, from food monitoring and healthcare to search and rescue. In …

Simultaneous multi‐spectral, single‐photon fluorescence imaging using a plasmonic colour filter array

PWR Connolly, J Valli, YD Shah… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We present the first realisation of simultaneous multi‐spectral fluorescence imaging using a
single‐photon avalanche diode (SPAD) array, where the spectral unmixing is facilitated by a …

Rapid single-photon color imaging of moving objects

D Yao, PWR Connolly, AJ Sykes, YD Shah… - Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
This paper outlines an experimental demonstration of a Bayesian image reconstruction
approach to achieve rapid single-photon color imaging of moving objects. The capacity to …

Design and measurement of ring-gate single photon avalanche diode with low dark count rate

Y Wang, X **, S Cao, Y Peng, J Luo - IEEE Photonics Journal, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Single photon avalanche diodes (SPAD) based on avalanche effect have been widely used
in the detection of extremely weak light signals. Conventional SPAD devices manufactured …