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P. Denes
Engineering Division
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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Standard
Standard Detector
Detector
CCD
Fi plin
Co
be g
u
r
Phosphor
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Scientific
Scientific CCDs
CCDs
FD
Out
ϕ1 ΔV
ϕ2 RST VDD
ϕ3
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Many
Many ways
ways to
to do
do this
this
Q1 Q2 Q1 Q2
Q1 Q2
Q1 Q2 Q1 Q2 Q1 Q2
Q0
Implant – Q1 Q2 Q1 Q2
modifies potential
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Several
Several architectures
architectures
Vertical clocks
Vertical clocks
Vertical clocks
Horizontal clocks Horizontal clocks
Horizontal clocks
Depth
maximum at Si –
SiO2 interface
CTE < 1 due to
trapping at xd
interface
VG
Potential
maximum not at Si Potential
– SiO2 interface
CTE typically >
Depth
99.9999%
xd
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Frontside/Backside
Frontside/Backside Illumination
Illumination
ε ∝ (1 − e −T
EPI / λA
)
TEPI
TEPI
ε ∝ e −T POLY / λA
(1 − e −TEPI / λ A
) λA
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Imaging
Imaging Detectors
Detectors
Sensor
Monolithic Hybrid +
sensor+readout
on same substrate Readout
SELECT RESET
SELECT
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CCD
CCD vs
vs APS
APS
RESET
PG like CCD X
OTG
SELECT
FD
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Glossary
Glossary Sensor with
pixel pitch P
Sensor
“Quantum efficiency”
Probability of detection
Energy spread
Point spread function (PSF)
Conversion gain (may be in readout) – Volts / ___ (electron, eV, …)
“Well depth” - QMAX
Noise contribution, σSENSOR
Front-end readout
Noise contribution, σELEC
Readout
Full-scale - VMAX
Speed – MPix/s (less ambiguous than fps)
System “dB” = 20 log10 (DR)
Frequency-dependent DQE or equivalent “bits” = log2 (DR)
⇒ Dynamic Range = min(QMAX, VMAX) / σSENSOR ⊕ σELEC
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CMOS,
CMOS, CMOS
CMOS “opto”
“opto” and
and CCD
CCD processes
processes
CMOS driven by
constant field scaling CCD CMOS
V→V /κ 500 -
tOX → tOX /κ tOX (Å)
1000
50
~1 0.1
n+ S n+ D Implant (µm) channel
S/D implants
stop
WD <3.3
p substrate
V ≥10 <2.5
Doping - NA→ κ NA
<1.x …
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Triple
Triple Poly
Poly CCD
CCD Process
Process
ILD
Gate oxide
Poly 2
Poly 1
Poly 3
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Why
Why CCDs?
CCDs?
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Very
Very Large
Large Format
Format CCDs
CCDs (and
(and CMOS
CMOS imagers)
imagers)
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Electron-Multiplying
Electron-Multiplying CCDs
CCDs
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EM
EM CCD
CCD
TI-TC285 1004x1002
~12 bits
e2v-97 512x512
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Personal
Personal Prejudice
Prejudice
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Direct
Direct x-ray
x-ray detection
detection
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☺ and
☺ and
50
Intrinsic resolution in Si 45
FWHM [eV]
40
35
30
25
400 500 600 700 800 900 1000
”
80%
ow
nd
Transmission [SiO2]
70%
n
wi
atio
60%
n
hi
min
“T
50%
illu
40% 1.5 nm
nt
10 nm
30%
Fro
100 nm
20% 1,000 nm
10% 10,000 nm
0%
10 100 1000 10000
Eγ [eV]
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Thick
Thick Silicon
Silicon
100%
90%
80%
70%
t
Transmission
60%
50%
200 um
40%
300 um
30% 600 um
20 um
20%
10%
0%
0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000
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Radiation
Radiation Damage
Damage
Ionization damage
⊕ Charge trapping in gate oxide
Threshold shift
⊕
⊕ Damage at the SiO2 – Si
interface
⊕ Surface dark current
Surface mobility loss
⊕ CCDs have thick oxides
⊕
⊕
⊕
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Flux
Flux for
for 11 Rad
Rad in
in gate
gate oxide
oxide
1.E+20
1.E+19
1.E+18
1.E+17
1.E+16
γ/cm for 1 Rad
1.E+15
1.E+14
20 um
2
1.E+13
200 um
1.E+12 600 um
1.E+11
1.E+10
1.E+09
1.E+08
100 1000 10000
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LBNL
LBNL CCD
CCD
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PSF
PSF –– measured
measured with
with pinholes
pinholes at
at UCO
UCO Lick
Lick
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11stst x-ray
x-ray images
images in
in LBNL
LBNL CCD
CCD
Spectrum of Row 1200
3,512 x 3,512 x 10.5µm pixel CCD
200 µm thick
Cu anode, 140K, 70 kHz
5 µm slit in semi-transparent
stainless steel
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650
650 µm
µm thick
thick CCD
CCD
55Fe Kα and Kβ. Resolution ~ 126 eV at 5.6 keV
Be window
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Back-illuminated
Back-illuminated CCDs
CCDs for
for low-energy
low-energy ee−−
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10
10 keV
keV ee−−
100Å (typ.)
700
600
500
10 nm
400
300
Backscattered
200
100
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
EDeposited [keV]
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δ-doping
δ-doping ~15
~15 Å
Å
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Nikzad et al SPIE 97
CCDs
CCDs are
are wonderful
wonderful
Vertical clock
Horizontal clock
External, high resolution ADC
ADC
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Easy
Easy
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Increase
Increase ADC
ADC speed
speed
N ⎛ ⎡ ⎤⎞
Tf = V ⎜T + 1 ⎢B T + N H T ⎟ ADC ADC
CONV ⎥
2 ⎜ V
BV ⎢⎣
H H
BH N port ⎥⎦ ⎟⎠
⎝
top+bottom readout
NV, NH = # H, V pixels
BV, BH = H, V binning
TV, TH = H, V shift time
Nport = # ports
TCONV = total conversion
time including reset,
summing well, …
ADC ADC
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For
For example
example
S/F Limitations
VDD
VDD gm~W/L ⇑
RST VDD CG~WL ⇓ RST VDD
τ~CL/gm ⇓ VDD
Out
Out
CL
FD FD
CL
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Limitations
Limitations VDD
RST MR V
DD
MS Out
Hϕ1 Hϕ2 Hϕ3 OSW OTG
FD
K 1
COX WL ∫
2
1/f noise Vn ~
2
H ( f ) df
f ↑ ~ √rate
Noise from current source
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VDD
Add
Add more
more ports
ports
RST
VDD
FD
Reset and output
transistors need
room
Want to minimize CFD
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One
One way
way to
to gain
gain space
space
Fairchild 456
512 x 512 x 8.7 µm pixel
Interline transfer / 32 ports
1000 fps = 250 MPix/s
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Fully
Fully column-parallel
column-parallel
1 ADC/column
Bump bonding required
No source-follower
Custom IC
RAL et al.
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Precedent
Precedent
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(Almost)
(Almost) Column
Column Parallel
Parallel CCDs
CCDs
ADC
Solution chosen
ADC
ADC
ADC
Speed increased by NPORTS
NH large enough to
minimize the number of
ADCs needed
NH small enough to ensure
fast readout
Wire bonding still possible
ADC
ADC
ADC
ADC
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Prototype
Prototype –– 480
480 xx 480
480 xx 30
30 µm
µm pixels
pixels
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LBNL
LBNL Fast
Fast CCD
CCD Camera
Camera
Goals:
200 MPix / s
≥ 14 bits (84 dB)
Proof-of-concept
LDRD (internal lab R&D)
30 µm pixels
funding limited 480 x 480
device slipped onto 4k
CCD run
custom readout IC
SNAP requirements
16 bit dynamic range at 100 kHz
4 channels per chip
low power
space qualified
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Floating
Floating Point
Point Readout
Readout
1.0E+00
Ph
ot o
sta
1.0E-01 tist
Qu ics
a √N
nt
Resolution
iz
at
1.0E-02 io
n
Er
ro
r
1.0E-03
1.0E-04
1.0E+00 1.0E+01 1.0E+02 1.0E+03 1.0E+04 1.0E+05
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Incident Photons
Digitize
Digitize cycle
cycle
VDD
CDS/∫
FD Out
V
ϕ1
ϕ2 RST VDD
ϕ3 On +/-
RST
ϕ3
Out
On
±
V
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∫VR dt ∫(VR –VS)dt
CCD
CCD Readout
Readout IC
IC (“CRIC”)
(“CRIC”)
4x
Preamp 4 x 13 Bit
Multislope ADC
CDS
Logic
Voltage I/O
Reference
0.25 µm CMOS
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Full-scale
Full-scale signal
signal in
in CRIC
CRIC
On spec
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FCCD
FCCD Plan
Plan
Phosphor development
16xADC 16xADC 16xADC
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In
In general
general –– what
what is
is needed
needed to
to make
make CCDs
CCDs fast?
fast?
network of RPOLYxCOVERALP
Pixel dominates speed of
clock propagation
Metal strapping needed
for high speed
opaque for front
illumination
topological
considerations
Channels
etc
etc
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Speed
Speed Limit
Limit
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Conclusions
Conclusions (2)
(2)
(not just for CCDs – more general)
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