Signal Processing Systems
Dept. of Microelectronics

dr. M. Fishburn

PhD student
Signal Processing Systems (SPS), Department of Microelectronics

PhD thesis (Sep 2012): Fundamentals of CMOS Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes
Promotor: Edoardo Charbon

Expertise: CMOS Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes

Themes: Quantum imaging sensors

Biography

Matthew Fishburn was a PhD student in the CAS group, with Prof. Edoardo Charbon, working on the EU MEGAFRAME project.

  • Worked on a small team that designed, simulated, laid out, and characterized a 160x128 SPAD-TDC array in a 130nm imaging process. The international team, a subset of MEGAFRAME project members, included individuals from four European universities, all located in different countries
  • Designed, simulated, laid out, and characterized multiple mixed-signal, semi-custom ASICs in a high-voltage, 0.35 micron CMOS process. Contents of ASICs include a 20ps time-to-digital converter, custom serializer, and custom singe-photon avalanche diodes. Characterization included: standard noise and light sensitivity measurements; a noise measurement during gamma-ray irradiation up to a dose of 300 kGy; a jitter measurement using a pulsed, class 3B laser; and a responsivity uniformity measurement using an optical microscope
  • Designed custom read-out systems for multiple mixed-signal ASICs. Read-out systems used computer workstations interfaced to commercial FPGA-based motherboards with custom daughterboards
  • Statistically modeled and analyzed the tradeoff between fill factor and timing resolution in digital silicon photomultipliers targeting positron emission tomography.

Publications

  1. A 19.6ps, FPGA-Based TDC with Multiple Channels for Open Source Applications
    M.W. Fishburn; H. Menninga; E. Charbon;
    IEEE Trans. Nuclear Science,
    Volume 60, Issue 3, pp. 2203-2208, June 2013.
    document

  2. A Preliminary Study on the Environmental Dependences of Avalanche Propagation in Silicon
    M.W. Fishburn; E. Charbon;
    IEEE Trans. Electron Devices,
    Volume 60, Issue 3, pp. 1028-1033, February 2013.
    document

  3. A Time-Resolved, Low-Noise Single-Photon Image Sensor Fabricated in Deep-Submicron CMOS Technology
    M. Gersbach; Y. Maruyama; R. Trimananda; M.W. Fishburn; D. Stoppa; J.A. Richardson; R. Walker; R.K.Henderson; E. Charbon;
    Journal of Solid-State Circuits,
    Volume 47, Issue 6, pp. 1394-1407, June 2012.
    document

  4. Distorsions from Multi-Photon Triggering in a Single CMOS SPAD
    M.W. Fishburn; E. Charbon;
    In Proc. SPIE DSS Single-Photon Imaging,
    April 2012.
    document

  5. Statistical Limitations of TDC Density Tests
    M.W. Fishburn; E. Charbon;
    In Proc. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS),
    October 2012.
    document

  6. Fundamentals of CMOS single-photon avalanche diodes
    M.W. Fishburn;
    PhD thesis, TU Delft, Fac. EEMCS, September 2012. ISBN 978-94-91030-29-1.
    document

  7. Reduction of Fixed-Position Noise in Position-Sensitive, Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes
    M.W Fishburn; E. Charbon;
    Transactions on Electron Devices,
    Volume 58, Issue 8, pp. 2354-2361, May 2011.
    document

  8. Monolithic Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes: SPADs
    E. Charbon; M.W. Fishburn;
    In Single-Photon Imaging,
    Heidelberg, Springer, September 2011. ISBN 978-3-642-18442-0. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-18443-7

  9. A 160x128 Single-Photon Image Sensor with On-Pixel 55ps 10b Time-to-Digital Converter
    C. Veerappan; J. Richardson; R. Walker; D.U. Li; M.W. Fishburn; Y. Maruyama; D. Stoppa; F. Borghetti; M. Gersbach; R.K. Henderson; E Charbon;
    In Proc. IEEE Intl. Conference of Solid-State Circuits (ISSCC),
    pp. 312-314, February 2011.
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  10. A Fully-integrated, Time-resolved 160x128 SPAD Pixel Array with Micro-concentrators
    J. Arlt; F. Borghetti; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon; D. Dryden; S. East; M.W. Fishburn; M. Gersbach; G. Giraud; L. Grant; R.K. Henderson; D.U. Li; Y. Maruyama; D. Stoppa; D. Tyndall; C. Veerappan; R. Walker;
    In Proc. SPIE Defense and Security,
    April 2011.

  11. A Multi-channel, 10ps Resolution, FPGA-Based TDC with 300MS/s Throughput for Open-Source PET Applications
    H. Menninga; C. Favi; M.W. Fishburn; E. Charbon;
    In Proc. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS),
    October 2011.
    document

  12. Environmental Effects on Photomultiplication Propagation in Silicon
    M.W. Fishburn; E. Charbon;
    In Proc. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS),
    October 2011.
    document

  13. Characterization of Large-Scale Non-Uniformities in a 20k TDC/SPAD Array Integrated in a 130nm CMOS Process
    C. Veerappan; J. Richardson; R. Walker; D.U. Li; M.W. Fishburn; D. Stoppa; F. Borghetti; Y. Maruyama; M. Gersbach; R.K. Henderson; C. Bruschini; E. Charbon;
    In Proc. IEEE European Solid-State Electron Device Conference (ESSDERC),
    pp. 331-334, September 2011.
    document

  14. System Trade-Offs in Gamma-Ray Detection Utilizing SPAD Arrays and Scintillators
    M.W. Fishburn; E. Charbon;
    IEEE Trans. Nuclear Science,
    Volume 57, Issue 5, October 2010.
    document

  15. High frame-rate TCSPC-FLIM readout system using a SPAD-based image sensor
    M. Gersbach; R. Trimananda; Y. Maruyama; M. Fishburn; D. Stoppa; J. Richardson; R. Walker; R.K. Henderson; E. Charbon;
    In Proc. SPIE Optics+Photonics Single-Photon Imaging,
    San Diego (CA), August 2010.
    document

  16. A Variable Dynamic Range Single-Photon Imager Designed for Multi-Radiation Tolerance
    L. Carrara; M. Fishburn; C. Niclass; N. Scheidegger; H. Shea; E. Charbon;
    In World of Photonics Congress: EOS Conf. on Frontiers in Electronic Imaging: Single-photon Imaging,
    June 2009.
    document

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