WORKSHOP PAPER
Reconfigurable, large-format D-ToF/photon-counting SPAD image sensors with embedded FPGA for scene adaptability
Tommaso Milanese1, Baris Can Efe1, Claudio Bruschini1, Nobukazu Teranishi2, Edoardo Charbon1
1AQUA, STI School of engineering, ´Ecole polytechnique f´ed´erale de Lausanne, Neuchˆatel CH-2000, Switzerland
2Research Institute of Electronics, Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu, Japan

Abstract

CMOS-compatible single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) have emerged in many systems as the solution of choice for cameras with photon-number resolution and photon counting capabilities.
Year: 2025
Workshop: IISW
URL: https://doi.org/10.60928/z6d9-sbox
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Keywords

SPAD, ToF, FPGA, reconfigurable,

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