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[MEGAFRAME] April 2010: MEGAFRAME was selected as one of "12 outstanding Commission-funded FET projects" showcased at the European Parliament in Strasbourg within the Science beyond Fiction exhibition, 20-21 April 2010, organised to introduce Members of the European Parliament to Future and Emerging Technologies (FET). E. Charbon [and J. Arlt] attended and presented a 3 part poster (poster 1 - poster 2 - poster 3). 
 

[MEGAFRAME] Oct. 2009: MEGAFRAME reports on the performance of an array of 32x32 plano-convex 50μm pitch microlenses (see LEOS 2009), fabricated by co-polymer casting in a photoresist replica mold, which have been characterized by a specially developed Optical Test Bench. The measured detection sensitivity increase reaches up to a factor of 35. This concentration factor is, to the best of our knowledge, presently the highest reported to date for any array of SPADs.
 

[MEGAFRAME] Sept. 2009: S. Donati, UNIPV, has been invited to present a talk at the 17th International Conference on Advanced Laser Technologies (ALT09), 26 Sept - 1 Oct 2009, Antalya, Turkey, and selected the MEGAFRAME project as a topic.
 

[MEGAFRAME] June-Sept. 2009: MEGAFRAME reports on the design and characterisation of 32x32 TDC/TAC plus single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) pixel arrays implemented in a 130nm imaging process, to create a single chip TCSPC sensor (see the IISW, CICC and ESSDERC Publications). To the best of our knowledge, this work constitutes the largest single-chip array of fully integrated TDCs/TACs so far reported. Each TDC/TAC-SPAD ensemble measures only 50x50μm2. It is thus one of the smallest ever demonstrated with deep sub-nanosecond time resolution.
 

[European R&D] July 2009: The European Commission has explicitly included single-photon and smart pixel based time-correlated imaging R&D into the ICT Call 5 Photonics 2009 topics (see EC Photonics unit website). This is fully in line with MEGAFRAME’s pioneering results, which proved that single photon arrays can indeed be implemented in deep sub-micron CMOS for time-correlated as well as intensity applications.
 

[MEGAFRAME] July 2009: MEGAFRAME reports on the a new low noise single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) fabricated in a 130 nm CMOS imaging process (SSE 2009). To the best of our knowledge, the DCR (Dark Count Rate) per unit area achieved in these devices is the lowest ever reported in deep sub-micron CMOS SPADs.
 

[MEGAFRAME] May 2009: MEGAFRAME reports on the real-time hardware (FPGA) implementation of a new integration based FLIM lifetime calculation algorithm, called IEM, suitable for SPAD arrays (see ISCAS 2009). This approach enables direct lifetime calculation in parallel for every pixel. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first system that can generate real-time video-rate fluorescence lifetime images.
 

[MEGAFRAME] April 2009: MEGAFRAME was selected as one of the exhibits of the FET09 Science beyond Fiction conference, 21-23 April 2009, Prague. E. Charbon and R. Henderson attended and presented a 3 part poster (poster 1 - poster 2 - poster 3).
 

[MEGAFRAME] Jan. 2009: Dr. Robert Henderson, UNIED, has been invited to present a talk at the Rank Prize mini-symposium on Single-Photon Detectors, 12-15 Jan 2009, Grasmere, Lake District, UK.
 

[MEGAFRAME] May 2008: MEGAFRAME reports on the direct integration for lifetime extraction method (IEM), a new, simple, and hardware-only fluorescence-lifetime-imaging microscopy (FLIM) proposed to implement on-chip lifetime extractions (JOSA A 2008).
 
"130nm CMOS SPAD", invited presentation at SPIE Optics East (Sept. 2007)
 

July/Aug. 2007: MEGAFRAME reports on the first implementation of a Single Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD) in 130 nm complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) technology - see also the JSTQE paper in the "Publications" section.
 

FBK/ITC press release, Oct. 2006 (original Italian version, English version).

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SPIE Optics+Photonics 2010 PDF Print

SPIE Optics+Photonics, Single Photon Imaging Conference (OP111), 4–5 Aug. 2010, San Diego, USA (to be presented).
Title : High frame-rate TCSPC-FLIM using a novel SPAD-based image sensor
Authors: M. Gersbach, R. Trimananda, Y. Maruyama, M. Fishburn, D. Stoppa, J. Richardson, R. K. Henderson, and E. Charbon
SPIE Paper 7780C-58
Event/Journal
 
Optics Express 2010 PDF Print

Optics Express, Vol. 18, Issue 10, May 10, 2010, pp. 10257–10269.
Title : Real-time Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging System with a 32×32 0.13um CMOS Low 
Dark-Count Single-Photon Avalanche Diode Array
Authors: D.-U. Li, J. Arlt, J. Richardson, R. Walker, A. Buts, D. Stoppa, E. Charbon, and R. Henderson
Event/Journal
 
JBO 2010 PDF Print

Journal of Biomedical Optics, Vol. 15, 017006 (Feb. 16, 2010).
Title : Hardware Implementation Algorithm and Error Analysis of High-Speed Fluorescence Lifetime Sensing Systems Using Center of Mass Method
Authors: D.-U. Li, B. Rae, R. Andrews, J. Arlt, and R. Henderson
Event/Journal
 
TUDELFT DIMES 2009 PDF Print

TUDELFT DIMES Workshop Sensors and Imaging: a VLSI Persective, Dec 1 2009, Delft, The Netherlands
Title : A 32x32 Parallel Time-correlated Single Photon Counting Array in 130 nm CMOS Technology
Authors: R. Henderson
Event
 
PhD EPFL/Gersbach 2009 PDF Print

PhD thesis dissertation Nr. 4521, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Nov 2009.
Title: Single-Photon Detector Arrays for Time-Resolved Fluorescence Imaging.
Authors: M. Gersbach
Event/Journal
 
OSA FiO 2009 PDF Print

22th OSA Conference on Frontiers in Optics (FiO 2009), 11-15 Oct 2009, San Jose, USA
Title : Uniformity of Concentration Factor and BFL in Microlens Array for Image Detectors Applications
Authors: G. Martini, E. Randone, M Fathi and S. Donati
Event
 
IEEE LEOS 2009 PDF Print

22nd Annual Meeting of the IEEE Photonics Society (LEOS 2009), 4-7 Oct 2009, Antalya, Turkey
Title : SPAD-array Photoresponse is Increased by a Factor 35 by use of a Microlens Array Concentrator
Authors: E. Randone, G. Martini, M Fathi and S. Donati
Event
 
ALT 2009 PDF Print

17th International Conference on Advanced Laser Technologies (ALT´09), 26 Sept - 1 Oct 2009, Antalya, Turkey
Title : An Ultrafast Single-Photon Image Diagnostics Sensor with SPAD Arrays for Industrial and Bio-applications (Invited)
Authors: E. Charbon and S. Donati
Event
 
ESSDERC 2009 B PDF Print

ESSDERC Conference, Sept 2009, Athens, Greece
Title : A 32x32-Pixel Array with In-Pixel Photon Counting and Arrival Time Measurement in the Analog Domain
Authors: D. Stoppa, F. Borghetti, J. Richardson, R. Walker, L. Grant, R.K. Henderson, M. Gersbach, and E. Charbon
Event
 
ESSDERC 2009 A PDF Print

ESSDERC Conference, Sept 2009, Athens, Greece
Title : A Parallel 32x32 Time-To-Digital Converter Array Fabricated in a 130 nm Imaging CMOS Technology
Authors: M. Gersbach, Y. Maruyama, E. Labonne, J. Richardson, R. Walker, L. Grant, R. Henderson, F. Borghetti, D. Stoppa, and E. Charbon
Event
 
CICC 2009 PDF Print

2009 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC),  Sept 13-16 2009, San Jose, USA. Session 6 - Biomedical, Sensors.
Title : A 32x32 50ps Resolution 10 bit Time to Digital Converter Array in 130nm CMOS for Time Correlated Imaging
Authors: J. Richardson, R. Walker, L. Grant, D. Stoppa, F. Borghetti, E. Charbon, M. Gersbach, and R. K. Henderson
Event / Journal
 
SSE 2009 PDF Print

Solid-State Electronics, Vol. 53, Issue 7, July, 2009, pp. 803-808.
Title : A low-noise single photon detector implemented in a 130 nm CMOS imaging process
Authors: M. Gersbach, J. Richardson, E. Mazaleyrat, S. Hardillier, C. Niclass, R. Henderson, L. Grant, and E. Charbon
Event/Journal
 
IISW 2009 PDF Print

2009 International Image Sensor Workshop (IISW),  June 26-28 2009, Bergen, Norway
Title : A 32x32 50ps Resolution 10 bit Time to Digital Converter Array in 130nm CMOS for Time Correlated Imaging
Authors: J. Richardson, R. Walker, L. Grant, D. Stoppa, F. Borghetti, E. Charbon, M. Gersbach, and R. K. Henderson
Event/Journal
 
JOSA A 2009 PDF Print

Journal of the Optical Society of America A (JOSA A), Vol. 26, Issue 4, April 1, 2009, pp. 804-814.
Title : Hardware Implementation and Calibration of Background Noise for an Integration-based Fluorescence Lifetime Sensing Algorithm
Authors: D.-U. Li, R. Walker, J. Richardson, B. Rae, A. Buts, D. Renshaw, and R. Henderson
Event/Journal
 
ISCAS 2009 PDF Print

ISCAS, Taipei, Taiwan, May 2009.
Title : FPGA Implementation of a Video-Rate Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging System with a 32x32 CMOS Single-Photon Avalanche Diode Array
Authors: D.-U. Li, R. Walker, J. Richardson, B. Rae, A. Buts, D. Renshaw, and R. Henderson
Event/Journal
 
Rank Prize Single Photon Symposium 2009 PDF Print

Rank Prize Mini-Symposium on Single Photon Detectors, 12-15 Jan 2009, Grasmere, Lake District, UK..
Title : High frame rate time-correlated imaging with CMOS SPAD arrays
Authors: R. Henderson (Invited)

Title : Low dark count SPADs in nanometer scale CMOS processes
Authors: J. Richardson
Event/Journal
 
ESSDERC 2008 PDF Print

ESSDERC, Edinburgh, UK, Sept. 2008.
Title : A Single Photon Detector implemented in a 130nm CMOS Imaging Process
Authors: M. Gersbach, C. Niclass, E. Charbon, J. Richardson, R. Henderson, and L. Grant
Event/Journal
 
JOSA A 2008 PDF Print

Journal of the Optical Society of America A (JOSA A), Vol. 25, Issue 5, May 1, 2008, pp. 1190-1198.
Title : On-Chip Time-Correlated Fluorescence Lifetime Extraction Algorithms and Error Analysis
Authors: D.-U. Li, E. Bonnist, D. Renshaw, and R. Henderson
Event/Journal
 
OSAV 2008 PDF Print

OSAV 2008, St. Petersburg Russia, 12-15 May 2008.
Title : On the Optical Concentration Achievable by a Non-imaging Microprism Array Combined to an Image Photodetector
Authors: G. Martini, S. Donati, and E. Randone
Event/Journal
 
Biosignals 2008 PDF Print

Biosignals 2008, Jan. 2008, Funchal, Madeira.
Title : On-chip fluorescence lifetime extraction using synchronous gating scheme: theoretical error analysis and practical implementation
Authors: D.-U. Li, B. Rae, D. Renshaw, R. Henderson, and E. Bonnist
Conf. proc. pp. 171-176.
Event/Journal
 
Optics Express 2007 PDF Print

Optics Express, Vol. 15, Issue 26, Dec. 24, 2007, pp. 18066-18075.
Title : Microconcentrators to recover fill-factor in image photo-detectors with pixel on-board processing circuits
Authors: S. Donati, G. Martini, and M.Norgia
Event/Journal
 
WFOPC 2007 PDF Print

WFOPC 2007, 5th Workshop on Optical Fibres and Passive Components, Taipei (R.o.C.), 4-7 Dec. 2007.
Title : Microlens array for enhancement of irradiance and fill-factor recovery in image detectors
Authors: S. Donati, G. Martini, M.Norgia, and F. Ingarozza
Paper Th4I
Event/Journal
 
SPIE Optics East Conference PDF Print

SPIE Optics East Conference, 9–12 Sept. 2007, Boston, USA (invited).
Title : A 130nm CMOS Single Photon Avalanche Diode
Authors: C. Niclass, M. Gersbach, R. Henderson, L. Grant, and E. Charbon
SPIE Proc. Vol. 6766
Paper, Event/Journal
 
IEEE JSTQE PDF Print

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, Vol 13, Issue 4, July-Aug. 2007, pp. 863-869 - Issue on Single Photon Counting: Detectors and Applications.
Title : A Single Photon Avalanche Diode Implemented in 130nm CMOS Technology
Authors: C. Niclass, M. Gersbach, R. Henderson, L. Grant, and E. Charbon
Paper, Event/Journal
 
IISW 2007 PDF Print

IISW 2007, Ogunquit, Maine, USA, June 2007.
Title : Dynamic Quenching for Single Photon Avalanche Diode Arrays
Authors: J. Richardson, R. K. Henderson, and D. Renshaw
Event/Journal
 
EOS Conference on Frontiers in Electronic Imaging PDF Print

EOS Conference on Frontiers in Electronic Imaging, June 2007, Munich.
Title: CMOS Single Photon Sensors for Bioimaging
Authors: M. Gersbach, C. Niclass, D. Boiko, C. Petersen, and E. Charbon
Event/Journal
 
VLSI-SOC 2006 PDF Print

VLSI-SOC 2006, Nice, France, Oct. 2006.
Title : Oversampled Time Estimation Techniques for Precision Photonic Detectors (Invited)
Authors: R. Henderson, B. Rae, D. Renshaw, and E. Charbon
Event/Journal

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OSA OPN 2010 PDF Print

OSA Optics & Photonics News (OPN), Vol. 21, Issue 2, pp. 35-41, Feb 2010.
Title : SPAD Sensors Come Of Age
Authors: E. Charbon and S. Donati
Paper, Event/Journal
 
PhD EPFL/Niclass 2008 PDF Print

PhD thesis dissertation Nr. 4161, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. Reprint: Hartung-Gorre Verlag, ISBN-10: 3-86628-220-6, ISBN-13: 978-3-86628-220-9. pp. 251, 2008.
Title: Single-Photon Image Sensors in CMOS: Picosecond Resolution for Three-Dimensional Imaging.
Authors: C. Niclass
Event/Journal (look in "Series in Microsystems")
 
ISSCC 2008/1 PDF Print

ISSCC 2008, San Francisco, Feb. 2008.
Title: A microsystem for time-resolved fluorescence analysis using CMOS single-photon avalanche diodes and micro-LEDs
Authors: B. Rae, et al.
Event/Journal
 
ISSCC 2008/2 PDF Print

ISSCC 2008, San Francisco, Feb. 2008.
Title: A 128x128 Single-Photon Imager with on-Chip Column-Level 10b Time-to-Digital Converter Array Capable of 97ps Resolution
Authors: C. Niclass, C. Favi, T. Kluter, M. Gersbach, and E. Charbon
Event/Journal
 
IISW 2007/2 PDF Print

IISW 2007, Ogunquit, Maine, USA, June 2007.
Title : A CMOS Single-Photon Avalanche Diode Sensor for Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging
Authors: F. Borghetti, D. Mosconi, L. Pancheri, and D. Stoppa
Event/Journal
 
MicroTAS 2007 PDF Print

Intl. Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTas), Nov. 2007.
Title: Particle-Shadow Tracking – Combining Magnetic Particle Manipulation with In-Situ Optical Detection in a CMOS Microsystem
Authors: U. Lehmann, M. Sergio, S. Pietrocola, C. Niclass, M.A.M. Gijs, and E. Charbon
Event/Journal
 
ESSDERC 2007 PDF Print

ESSDERC, Munich, Germany, Sept. 2007.
Title: Low-Noise CMOS Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes with 32 ns Dead Time
Authors: L. Pancheri and D. Stoppa
Event/Journal
 
IEEE Transducers 2007 PDF Print

IEEE Transducers, Lyon, France, June 2007.
Title: A CMOS Microsystem Combining Magnetic Actuation and In-Situ Optical Detection of Microparticles
Authors: U. Lehmann, M. Sergio, S. Pietrocola, C. Niclass, E. Charbon, and M.A.M. Gijs
Event/Journal
 
EOS Conference on Frontiers in Electronic Imaging/2 PDF Print

EOS Conference on Frontiers in Electronic Imaging, June 2007, Munich.
Title: Time of Flight 3D Imagers in CMOS Technologies (Invited)
Authors: A. Simoni and D. Stoppa
Event/Journal
 
EOS Conference on Frontiers in Electronic Imaging/3 PDF Print

EOS Conference on Frontiers in Electronic Imaging, June 2007, Munich.
Title: A 2-D Time Resolved Photon Counting Imager in 0.35µm Technology
Authors: B. R. Rae, D. Renshaw, R. Henderson, and E. Charbon
Event/Journal
 
CLEO Europe-IQEC 2007 PDF Print

CLEO Europe-IQEC, June 2007.
Title: A Time-correlated Two-photon Fluorescence Imaging with Arrays of Solid-state Single Photon Detectors
Authors: M. Gersbach, D. Boiko, C. Niclass, C. Petersen, and E. Charbon
Paper, Event/Journal
 
ISSCC 2007 / SESSION 21 / SENSORS AND MEMS / 21.8 PDF Print

ISSCC 2007 / SESSION 21 / SENSORS AND MEMS / 21.8
Title: A 128×2 CMOS Single-Photon Streak Camera with Timing-Preserving Latchless Pipeline Readout
Authors: M. Sergio, C. Niclass, E. Charbon
Paper, Event/Journal
 
NIM A 2007 PDF Print

Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A, Vol. 571 N. 1+2, pp. 130-133, Jan. 2007.
Title: Silicon Photomultipliers and their Bio-medical Applications
Authors: E. Gregoriev, E. Charbon, et al.
Paper, Event/Journal
 
MicroTAS 2006 PDF Print

Intl. Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTas), Tokyo, Nov. 2006.
Title: A Room Temperature CMOS Single Photon Sensor for Chemiluminescence Detection
Authors: M. Gersbach, Y. Maruyama, C. Niclass, K. Sawada, and E. Charbon
Paper, Event/Journal
 
ESSCIRC 2006 PDF Print

ESSCIRC, Montreux, Switzerland, Sept. 2006.
Title: A CMOS 64x48 Single Photon Avalanche Diode Array with Event-Driven Readout
Authors: C. Niclass, M. Sergio, and E. Charbon
Paper, Event/Journal
 
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