| Committee |
Date Time |
Place |
Paper Title / Authors |
Abstract |
Paper # |
| IST |
2026-03-27
10:30 |
Tokyo |
Kikai-Shinko-Kaikan Bldg.
(Primary: On-site, Secondary: Online) |
A Novel Double Cathode SPAD for Drastic Reduction of Charge per Event and Dark Noise
Mahito Shinohara, Hiroshi Sekine, Daiki Shirahige, Hajime Ikeda, Takeru Sakamoto, Abdelghafar Aymantarek, Kizashi Mikami, Kazuma Inoue, Alice Ehara, Yoshiki Kato, Kazuhiro Morimoto, Junji Iwata, Yasushi Matsuno, Katsuhito Sakurai, Takeshi Ichikawa (Canon) |
(To be available after the conference date) [more] |
IST2026-15
pp.23-27 |
| IST |
2026-03-27
10:55 |
Tokyo |
Kikai-Shinko-Kaikan Bldg.
(Primary: On-site, Secondary: Online) |
A Back-illuminated 10 μm-pitch SPAD Depth Sensor with 42.5% PDE at 940 nm using an Optimized Doping Design
Shohei Shimada, Yusuke Otake, Junki Suzuki, Aoi Magori, Kenji Kurata, Tomonori Matsui, Ryoya Tsuchida (Sony Semiconductor Solutions), Mutsumi Okazaki (Sony), Kaito Yokochi, Toshihito Iwase, Hiroaki Takase, Fumihiko Koga, Jun Ogi (Sony Semiconductor Solutions), Hidenori Maeda, Koji Moriyama, Hideyuki Honda (Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing), Kaoru Fujisawa, Takahiro Miura, Hiroaki Kouketsu, Toshifumi Wakano (Sony Semiconductor Solutions) |
[more] |
IST2026-16
pp.28-31 |
| IST |
2026-03-27
15:55 |
Tokyo |
Kikai-Shinko-Kaikan Bldg.
(Primary: On-site, Secondary: Online) |
A 25M points/s Back-Illuminated Stacked SPAD Direct Time-of-Flight Depth Sensor with Equivalent Time Sampling and Pixel-Level Threshold Control for Automotive LiDAR
Katsuhiko Hanzawa, Tatsuya Yui, Masahiro Hosoya, Yuqing Liu, Tadashi Yasufuku, Yoshinori Tanaka, Yoshiaki Tashiro, Albert Tumewu (SSS), Masataka Yamane, Masatoshi Shibata, Toshiki Sakada (SCK), Kazuhisa Akatsuka, Yudai Matsushita (SSS), Koki Yamada, Kouji Mori (SCK), Takahiro Toyoshima, Yorito Sakano, Oichi Kumagai, Kenichi Tsunoji, Masayuki Takahashi (SSS) |
This paper presents technologies at Single Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD) direct Time-of-flight (ToF) depth sensor and Li... [more] |
IST2026-26
pp.74-78 |
| IST |
2026-03-27
16:20 |
Tokyo |
Kikai-Shinko-Kaikan Bldg.
(Primary: On-site, Secondary: Online) |
2/3-inch 2.1Megapixel SPAD Image Sensor with 156dB Single-Shot Dynamic Range and LED Flicker Mitigation Based on Weighted Photon Counting Technique
Yasuharu Ota, Hiroshi Sekine, Kazuhiro Morimoto, Wataru Endo, Tomoya Sasago, Ayman Tarek Abdelghafar, Satoru Mikajiri, Naoki Isoda, Daisuke Kobayashi, Mahito Shinohara, Kizashi Mikami, Kazuma Inoue, Hideaki Yasui, Kenzo Tojima, Masahi Niwa, Satoshi Omodani, Kazuma Chida, Kosei Uehira, Tetsuya Itano, Fumihiro Inui, Junji Iwata, Masanobu Ohmura, Yasushi Matsuno, Katsuhito Sakurai, Takeshi Ichikawa (Canon) |
We present a 2/3-inch 2.1Mpixel 3D backside-illuminated SPAD image sensor.
Newly proposed pixel architecture based on ... [more] |
IST2026-27
pp.79-83 |
| IST |
2025-09-18
14:30 |
Tokyo |
Kikai-Shinko-Kaikan Bldg. |
3D-Stacked 1Megapixel Dual-Time-Gated Color SPAD Image Sensor with Simultaneous Dual Image Output Architecture for Efficient Sensor Fusion
Kazuma Chida, Kazuhiro Morimoto, Naoki Isoda, Hiroshi Sekine, Tomoya Sasago, Yu Maehashi, Satoru Mikajiri, Kenzo Tojima, Mahito Shinohara, Ayman Abdelghafar, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya, Kazuma Inoue, Satoshi Omodani, Alice Ehara, Junji Iwata, Tetsuya Itano, Yasushi Matsuno, Katsuhito Sakurai, Takeshi Ichikawa (Canon) |
We present a 5µm-pitch, 3D-BSI 1Megapixel dual-time-gated color SPAD image sensor enabling a simultaneous output of dual... [more] |
IST2025-42
pp.25-28 |
| IST |
2024-09-25
11:00 |
Tokyo |
Kikai-Shinko-Kaikan Bldg.
(Primary: On-site, Secondary: Online) |
[Tutorial Lecture]
Trends in Research and Development of SPAD Sensors
Daiki Shirahige (Canon) |
In recent decades, the development of photon counting image sensors have attracted great attention. In particular, SPAD ... [more] |
IST2024-44
pp.5-8 |
| IST |
2024-09-25
14:20 |
Tokyo |
Kikai-Shinko-Kaikan Bldg.
(Primary: On-site, Secondary: Online) |
3D-Stacked 1Megapixel Time-Gated SPAD Image Sensor with 2D Interactive Gating Network for Image Alignment-Free Sensor Fusion
Morimoto Kazuhiro, Naoki Isoda, Hiroshi Sekine, Tomoya Sasago, Yu Maehashi, Satoru Mikajiri, Kenzo Tojima, Mahito Shinohara, Ayman Abdelghafar, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya, Kazuma Inoue, Satoshi Omodani, Kazuma Chida, Alice Ehara, Junji Iwata, Tetsuya Itano, Yasushi Matsuno, Katsuhito Sakurai, Takeshi Ichikawa (Canon) |
We present a 5um-pitch, 3D-BSI 1Mpixel time-gated SPAD image sensor with 2D interactive gating network, enabling image a... [more] |
IST2024-47
pp.18-21 |
| IST |
2024-03-27
15:30 |
Tokyo |
Kikai-Shinko-Kaikan Bldg.
(Primary: On-site, Secondary: Online) |
A 3.36 µm-pitch SPAD photon-counting image sensor using clustered multi-cycle clocked recharging technique with intermediate most-significant-bit readout
Takafumi Takatsuka, Jun Ogi, Yasuji Ikeda, Kazuki Hizu, Yutaka Inaoka, Shunsuke Sakama, Iori Watanabe, Tatsuya Ishikawa, Shohei Shimada, Junki Suzuki (SSS), Hidenori Maeda, Kenji Toshima (SCK), Yusuke Nonaka, Akifumi Yamamura, Hideki Ozawa, Fumihiko Koga, Yusuke Oike (SSS) |
This paper introduces the pixel front-end (PFE) circuit pitch reduction of SPAD photon count image sensor, which was rep... [more] |
IST2024-21
pp.42-45 |
| IST |
2023-09-15
15:10 |
Tokyo |
Kikai-Shinko-Kaikan Bldg.
(Primary: On-site, Secondary: Online) |
A 3.06 μm SPAD Pixel with Embedded Metal Contact and Power Grid on Deep Trench Pixel Isolation for High-resolution Photon-counting
Tatsuya Nakata, Jun Ogi, Fumiaki Sano, Yoshiki Kubo, Wataru Onishi, Charith Koswaththaghe, Takeya Mochizuki, Yoshiaki Tashiro, Kazuki Hizu, Takafumi Takatsuka, Fumihiko Koga, Tomoyuki Hirano, Yusuke Oike (SSS) |
This paper presents a 3.06-μm-pitch SPAD pixel with the embedded metal contact and power grid on two-step deep trench is... [more] |
IST2023-44
pp.37-40 |
| IST |
2022-12-12
14:20 |
Shizuoka |
Sanaru Hall |
[Poster Presentation]
Light-induced reliability issue of NMOS using in CMOS image sensor and single-photon avalanche diode
Chun-Hsien Liu, Sheng. Di. Lin (Institute of Electronics, NYCU) |
We present the NMOS reliability issue of increased off-current after white-light illumination. Experimental results sugg... [more] |
IST2022-52
pp.39-40 |
| IST |
2022-03-28
15:40 |
Online |
|
A Back Illuminated 6 μm SPAD Pixel Array with High PDE and Timing Jitter Performance
Shohei Shimada, Yusuke Otake, Satoru Yoshida, Suzunori Endo, Ryoichi Nakamura, Hidenobu Tsugawa, Tomohiro Ogita, Takayuki Ogasahara, Kaito Yokochi, Yuji Inoue, Kosaku Takabayashi, Hidenori Maeda, Koji Yamamoto, Makoto Ono, Shizunori Matsumoto, Hiroki Hiyama, Toshifumi Wakano (Sony) |
We present a high-performance Single Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD) pixel array sensor with 3D-stacked Back Illumination ... [more] |
IST2022-20
pp.43-46 |
| IST |
2022-03-28
16:10 |
Online |
|
3.2 Megapixel 3D-Stacked Charge Focusing SPAD for Low-Light Imaging and Depth Sensing
Ayman Abdelghafar, Kazuhiro Morimoto, Junji Iwata, Mahito Shinohara, Hiroshi Sekine, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya, Yukihiro Kuroda, Kenzo Tojima, Wataru Endo, Yu Maehashi, Yasuharu Ota, Tomoya Sasago, Shintaro Maekawa, Shingo Hikosaka, Taikan Kanou, Aiko Kato, Tomoyuki Tezuka, Satoshi Yoshizaki, Toshiyuki Ogawa, Kosei Uehira, Alice Ehara, Fumihiro Inui, Yasushi Matsuno, Katsuhito Sakurai, Takeshi Ichikawa (Canon) |
A new generation of scalable photon counting image sensors, featuring zero read noise and 100ps temporal resolution. New... [more] |
IST2022-21
pp.47-51 |
| IST |
2022-03-28
16:40 |
Online |
|
0.37 W, 143 dB Dynamic Range 1 Megapixel Backside-Illuminated Charge Focusing SPAD Image Sensor with Pixel-Wise Exposure Control and Adaptive Clocked Recharging
Yu Maehashi, Yasuharu Ota, Kazuhiro Morimoto, Tomoya Sasago, Mahito Shinohara, Yukihiro Kuroda, Wataru Endo, Shintaro Maekawa, Masanao Motoyama, Kenzo Tojima, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya, Ayman Abdelghafar, Shingo Hikosaka, Kosei Uehira, Junji Iwata, Fumihiro Inui, Yasushi Matsuno, Katsuhito Sakurai, Takeshi Ichikawa (Canon) |
In this paper, we proposed SPAD image sensor with pixel-wise exposure control that satisfies both high dynamic range and... [more] |
IST2022-22
pp.53-56 |
| IST |
2021-03-26
12:50 |
Tokyo |
Online |
A Back Illuminated 10μm SPAD Pixel Array Comprising Full Trench Isolation and Cu-Cu Bonding with Over 14% PDE at 940nm
Kyosuke Ito, Yusuke Otake, Yoshiaki Kitano, Akira Matsumoto, Junpei Yamamoto, Takayuki Ogasahara, Hiroki Hiyama, Ryusei Naito, Kohei Takeuchi, Takanori Tada, Kosaku Takabayashi, Hajime Nakayama, Keiji Tatani, Tomoyuki Hirano, Toshifumi Wakano (SONY) |
A state of the art Back Illuminated (BI) Single Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD) array sensor realized via a 90nm CMOS proc... [more] |
IST2021-14
pp.25-28 |
| IST |
2018-03-09
13:30 |
Tokyo |
NHK Housou-Gijyutu Lab. |
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(To be available after the conference date) [more] |
IST2018-18
pp.31-34 |
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