Photon Counting Cameras for LIDARs, Nuclear Medicine, and Molecular Imaging
Event details
| Date | 09.12.2014 |
| Hour | 14:00 |
| Speaker | Prof. Edoardo Charbon, EPFL/TU Delft |
| Location |
INM200
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| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
The recent availability of miniaturized photon counting pixels in standard CMOS processes has paved the way to the introduction of photon counting in low-cost time-of-flight cameras, robotics vision, mobile phones, and consumer electronics, but has also enabled advanced medical diagnostics and molecular imaging tools. In this talk we describe the technology at the core of this revolution: single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) and the architectures enabling SPAD based image sensors. We discuss tradeoffs and design trends, often referring to specific sensor chips, and the emergence of new materials for extended spectra of detection and ultra-high speed of operation.
Bio: Edoardo Charbon (SM’10) received the Diploma from ETH Zürich in 1988, the M.S. degree from UCSD in 1991, and the Ph.D. degree from UC-Berkeley in 1995, all in Electrical Engineering and EECS. From 1995 to 2000, he was with Cadence Design Systems, where he was the architect of the company’s intellectual property protection and on-chip information hiding tools; from 2000 to 2002, he was Canesta Inc.’s Chief Architect, leading the design of consumer time-of-flight 3D cameras; Canesta was sold to Microsoft Corp. in 2010. Since November 2002, he has been a member of the Faculty of EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland and in Fall 2008 he joined the Faculty of TU Delft, Chair of VLSI Design, succeeding Patrick Dewilde. Dr. Charbon is the initiator and coordinator of MEGAFRAME and SPADnet, two major European projects for the creation of CMOS photon counting image sensors in biomedical diagnostics. He has published over 250 articles in technical journals and conference proceedings and two books, and he holds 17 patents. Dr. Charbon is the co-recipient of the European Photonics Innovation Village Award and has served as guest and associated editor in over a dozen journals.
Bio: Edoardo Charbon (SM’10) received the Diploma from ETH Zürich in 1988, the M.S. degree from UCSD in 1991, and the Ph.D. degree from UC-Berkeley in 1995, all in Electrical Engineering and EECS. From 1995 to 2000, he was with Cadence Design Systems, where he was the architect of the company’s intellectual property protection and on-chip information hiding tools; from 2000 to 2002, he was Canesta Inc.’s Chief Architect, leading the design of consumer time-of-flight 3D cameras; Canesta was sold to Microsoft Corp. in 2010. Since November 2002, he has been a member of the Faculty of EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland and in Fall 2008 he joined the Faculty of TU Delft, Chair of VLSI Design, succeeding Patrick Dewilde. Dr. Charbon is the initiator and coordinator of MEGAFRAME and SPADnet, two major European projects for the creation of CMOS photon counting image sensors in biomedical diagnostics. He has published over 250 articles in technical journals and conference proceedings and two books, and he holds 17 patents. Dr. Charbon is the co-recipient of the European Photonics Innovation Village Award and has served as guest and associated editor in over a dozen journals.
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- General public
- Free
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- sylvie moreau
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