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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 24.
Published in final edited form as: Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng. 2017 May 15;10229:102290E. doi: 10.1117/12.2265785

Table 1.

Comparison among the two operating modes of the presented module and other photon detection solutions.

Detector Dimension (μm)
Array size Single-pixel PDE (%)
DCR (cps) Max count rate (Mcps) Dynamic range (dB)a
Diameter Pitch 400 nm 550 nm 800 nm

MPD16 50 1 24 49 15 95b 12 121.8
Excelitas17 180 1 9 55 62 25b 40 138.1
0.35-μm CMOS18 20 1 50 34 5 25 50 140
0.13-μm CMOS19 8 1 410 185 139.2
Best SPAD 50 1 22 49 13 72b 33 131.8

Event-driven13 8 45 64×48 12 20 4 1136640 80 97.5
SiPM7 14c 25 40×40 75 55 16 270000 1000 125.7
Combined mode 50 250 8×8 22 49 13 33470b 2130 141.3
a

Dynamic range is expressed as 20 log DR.

b

Thermoelectrically cooled.

c

Square side length.

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