The International SPAD Sensor Workshop focuses on the study, modeling, design, fabrication, and characterization of SPAD sensors. The workshop welcomes all researchers, practitioners, and educators interested in SPADs, SPAD imagers, and associated applications, not only in imaging but also in other fields.
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Steering Committee
- Sara Pellegrini ST Microelectronics, United Kingdom
- Robert K Henderson Edinburgh University, United Kingdom
- David Stoppa AMS, Switzerland
- Alberto Tosi Politecnico di Milano, Italy
- Edoardo Charbon EPFL AQUA, Switzerland
- Claudio Bruschini EPFL AQUA, Switzerland
Presentations:
| Monday 8th June 2020 |
| BST 08:45-9:00 Welcome and Introduction |
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Robert Henderson, University of Edinburgh (Speaker Local Time BST 08:45-9:00) |
| Technology |
| SESSION Chair: Sara Pellegrini, ST Microelectronics |
| BST 09:00-9:40 Charge-Focusing SPAD Image Sensors for Low Light Imaging Applications |
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Kazuhiro Morimoto, Canon (Speaker Local Time BST+8 17:00-17:40) |
| BST 09:40-10:20 Custom silicon technologies for high detection efficiency SPAD arrays |
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Angelo Gulinatti, Politecnico di Milano (Speaker Local Time BST+1 10:40-11:20) |
| BST 10:20-11:00 LFoundry: SPAD, status and perspective |
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Giovanni Margutti, LFoundry (Speaker Local Time BST+1 11:20-12:00) |
| BST 11:00-11:15 Break |
| SESSION Chair: Sara Pellegrini, ST Microelectronics |
| BST 11:15-11:55 Device and method for a precise breakdown voltage detection of APD/SPAD in a dark environment |
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Alexander Zimmer, XFAB (Speaker Local Time BST+1 12:15-12:55) |
| BST 11:55-12:35 Ge on Si SPADs for LIDAR and Quantum Technology Applications |
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Douglas Paul, University of Glasgow (Speaker Local Time BST 11:55-12:35) |
| BST 12:35-13:30 Lunch |
| Technology |
| SESSION Chair: Edoardo Charbon |
| BST 13:30-14:10 3D-Stacked SPAD in 40/45nm BSI Technology |
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Georg Rohrer, AMS (Speaker Local Time BST+1 14:30-15:10) |
| BST 14:10-14:50 BSI SPAD arrays based on wafer bond technology |
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Werner Brockherde, Fraunhofer (Speaker Local Time BST+1 15:10-15:50) |
| BST 14:50-15:30 Planar Microlenses for SPAD sensors |
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Norbert Moussy, CEA-LETI (Speaker Local Time BST+1 15:50-16:30) |
| BST 15:30-15:45 Break |
| Pixels |
| SESSION Chair: Edoardo Charbon |
| BST 15:45-16:25 3D Integrated Frontside Illuminated Photon-to-Digital Converters: Status and Applications |
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Jean-Francois Pratte, University of Sherbrooke (Speaker Local Time BST-5 10:45-11:25) |
| BST 16:25-17:05 Combining linear and SPAD-mode diode operation in pixel for wide dynamic range CMOS optical sensing |
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Matthew Johnston, Oregon State University (Speaker Local Time BST-8 08:25-09:05) |
| BST 17:05 Monday workshop close |
| BST 17:05-18:00 POSTER SESSION – MICROSOFT TEAMS |
| Tuesday 9th June 2020 |
| LIDAR and ToF |
| SESSION Chair: David Stoppa |
| BST 08:00-08:40 ToF Image Sensor Systems using SPADs and Photodiodes |
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Simon Kennedy, Monash University (Speaker Local Time BST+9 17:00-17:40) |
| BST 08:40-09:20 A 1.1 mega-pixels vertical avalanche photodiode (VAPD) CMOS image sensor for a long range time-of-flight (TOF) system |
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Yukata Hirose, Panasonic (Speaker Local Time BST+8 16:40-17:20) |
| BST 09:20-10:00 Single photon detector for space active debris removal and exploration |
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Alexandre Pollini, CSEM (Speaker Local Time BST+1 10:20-11:00) |
| BST 10:00-10:15 Break |
| LIDAR |
| SESSION Chair: David Stoppa |
| BST 10:15-10:55 4D solid state LIDAR – NEXT Generation NOW |
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Unsal Kabuk, IBEO (Speaker Local Time BST+1 11:15-11:55) |
| BST 10:55-11:35 Depth and Intensity LiDAR imaging with Pandion SPAD array |
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Salvatore Gnecchi, OnSemi (Speaker Local Time BST 10:55-11:35) |
| BST 11:35-12:15 256 x 16 SPAD Array and 16-Channel Ultrashort Pulsed Laser Driver for Automotive LIDAR |
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André Srowig, ELMOS (Speaker Local Time BST+1 12:35-13:15) |
| BST 12:15-13:30 Lunch |
| SWIR LIDAR |
| SESSION Chair: Alberto Tosi |
| BST 13:30-14:10 LIDAR using SPADs in the visible and short-wave infrared |
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Gerald Buller, Heriot-Watt University (Speaker Local Time BST 13:30-14:10) |
| BST 14:10-14:50 InP-based SPADs for Automotive Lidar |
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Mark Itzler, Argo AI (Speaker Local Time BST-5 09:10-09:50) |
| BST 14:50-15:30 Custom Focal Plane Arrays of SWIR SPADs |
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Erik Duerr, MIT Lincoln Labs (Speaker Local Time BST-5 09:50-10:30) |
| BST 15:30-15:45 Break |
| Sensor Architectures |
| SESSION Chair: Alberto Tosi |
| BST 15:45-16:25 CMOS SPAD Sensors with Embedded Smartness |
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Ion Vornicu, University of Seville (Speaker Local Time BST+1 16:45-17:25) |
| BST 16:25-17:05 Modelling TDC Circuit Perfromance for SPAD Sensor Arrays |
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Daniel van Blerkom, Ametek (Forza) (Speaker Local Time BST-8 08:25-09:05) |
| BST 17:05 Tuesday workshop close |
| BST 17:05-18:00 POSTER SESSION – MICROSOFT TEAMS |
| Wednesday 10th June 2020 |
| Imaging Applications |
| SESSION Chair: Robert Henderson |
| BST 9:00-9:40 Data processing of SPAD sensors for high quality imaging |
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Chao Zhang, Adaps Photonics (Speaker Local Time BST+7 16:00-16:40) |
| BST 09:40-10:20 Scalable, Multi-functional CMOS SPAD arrays for Scientific Imaging |
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Leonardo Gasparini, FBK (Speaker Local Time BST+1 10:40-11:20) |
| BST 10:20-11:00 Small and Smart SPAD Pixels |
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Edoardo Charbon, EPFL (Speaker Local Time BST+1 11:20-12:00) |
| BST 11:00-11:15 Break |
| Microscopy Applications |
| SESSION Chair: Robert Henderson |
| BST 11:15-11:55 High-resolution imaging of the spatio-temporal dynamics of protein interactions via fluorescence lifetime imaging with SPAD arrays |
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Simon Ameer-Beg, King’s College (Speaker Local Time BST 11:15-11:55) |
| BST 11:55-12:35 Image scanning microscopy with classical and quantum correlation contrasts |
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Ron Tenne, Weizmann Institute (Speaker Local Time BST+2 13:55-14:35) |
| BST 12:35-13:30 Lunch |
| Spectroscopy and Tomography Applications |
| SESSION Chair: Claudio Bruschini |
| BST 13:30-14:10 Imaging oxygenation by near-infrared optical tomography based on SPAD image sensors |
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Martin Wolf, ETH Zurich (Speaker Local Time BST+1 14:40-15:10) |
| BST 14:10-14:50 Raman spectroscopy utilizing a time resolving CMOS SPAD line sensor with a pulsed laser excitation |
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Ilkka Nissinen, University of Oulu (Speaker Local Time BST+1 15:10-15:50) |
| BST 14:50-15:05 Break |
| Emerging Applications |
| SESSION Chair: Claudio Bruschini |
| BST 15:05-15:45 Optical wireless communication with SPAD receivers |
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Horst Zimmermann, TU Wien (Speaker Local Time BST+1 16:05-16:45) |
| BST 15:45-16:25 SPAD Arrays for Non-Line-of-Sight Imaging |
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Andreas Velten, University of Wisconsin (Speaker Local Time BST-6 09:45-10:25) |
| BST 16:25-16:30 Workshop closing remarks |
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Robert Henderson, University of Edinburgh (Speaker Local Time BST 16:25-16:30) |