An apparatus includes a pixelated photodiode array (PDA). Each pixel in the PDA includes a radiation detector, a memory configured to store a negative bias voltage for the PDA and a nominal breakdown voltage for each pixel in the PDA, and a read out integrated circuit (ROIC) communicatively coupled to the PDA and the memory. The ROIC is configured to read, from the memory, the negative bias voltage for the PDA and the nominal breakdown voltage for each pixel in the PDA, determine a difference between the negative bias voltage for the PDA and the nominal breakdown voltage for each pixel in the PDA, and adjust an arm/disarm bias voltage for each pixel in the PDA based on the difference between the negative bias voltage for the PDA and the nominal breakdown voltage for each pixel in the PDA.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BREAKDOWN VOLTAGE CORRECTION IN GEIGER-MODE AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE (APD) FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS (FPA)
SYSTEME UND VERFAHREN ZUR KORREKTUR DER DURCHBRUCHSPANNUNG IN GEIGER-MODUS-LAWINENFOTODIODEN (APD)-FOKALEBENENARRAYS (FPA)
SYSTÈMES ET PROCÉDÉS DESTINÉS À LA CORRECTION DE TENSION DE CLAQUAGE DANS DES RÉSEAUX DE PLANS FOCAUX (FPA) DE PHOTODIODE À AVALANCHE EN MODE GEIGER (APD)
2025-04-09
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | G01S RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING , Funkpeilung / B60W CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION , Gemeinsame Steuerung oder Regelung von Fahrzeug-Unteraggregaten verschiedenen Typs oder verschiedener Funktion / G01J Messen der Intensität, der Geschwindigkeit, der spektralen Zusammensetzung, der Polarisation, der Phase oder der Pulscharakteristik von infrarotem, sichtbarem oder ultraviolettem Licht , MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRA-RED, VISIBLE OR ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT |
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