CMOS buried Quad p-n junction photodetector for multi-wavelength analysis

doi:10.1364/OE.20.002053

CMOS buried Quad p-n junction photodetector for multi-wavelength analysis

Charles Richard, Thierry Courcier, Patrick Pittet, Stéphane Martel, Luc Ouellet, Guo-Neng Lu, Vincent Aimez, and Paul G. Charette »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 3, pp. 2053-2061 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.002053

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This paper presents a buried quad p-n junction (BQJ) photodetector fabricated with a HV (high-voltage) CMOS process. Multiple buried junction photodetectors are wavelength-sensitive devices developed for spectral analysis applications where a compact integrated solution is preferred over systems involving bulk optics or a spectrometer due to physical size limitations. The BQJ device presented here is designed for chip-based biochemical analyses using simultaneous fluorescence labeling of multiple analytes such as with advanced labs-on-chip or miniaturized photonics-based biosensors. Modeling and experimental measurements of the spectral response of the device are presented. A matrix-based method for estimating individual spectral components in a compound spectrum is described. The device and analysis method are validated via a test setup using individually modulated LEDs to simulate light from 4-component fluorescence emission.

OCIS Codes
(040.5160) Detectors : Photodetectors
(170.6280) Medical optics and biotechnology : Spectroscopy, fluorescence and luminescence
(330.6180) Vision, color, and visual optics : Spectral discrimination
(110.4234) Imaging systems : Multispectral and hyperspectral imaging

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History
Original Manuscript: September 20, 2011
Revised Manuscript: December 21, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: January 4, 2012
Published: January 17, 2012

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Vol. 7, Iss. 3 Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics

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Charles Richard, Thierry Courcier, Patrick Pittet, Stéphane Martel, Luc Ouellet, Guo-Neng Lu, Vincent Aimez, and Paul G. Charette, "CMOS buried Quad p-n junction photodetector for multi-wavelength analysis," Opt. Express 20, 2053-2061 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-3-2053

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K. Liang, W. Li, H. R. Ren, X. L. Liu, W. J. Wang, R. Yang, and D. J. Han, “Color measurement for RGB white LEDs in solid-state lighting using a BDJ photodetector,” Displays30(3), 107–113 (2009). [CrossRef]
D. L. Gilblom, S. K. Yoo, and P. Ventura, “Real-time color imaging with a CMOS sensor having stacked photodiodes,” Proc. SPIE5210, 105–115 (2004). [CrossRef]
T. Ross, R. K. Henderson, B. Rae, and D. Renshaw, “A buried triple-junction self-reset pixel in a 0.35µm high voltage CMOS process,” in Proceedings of International Image Sensor Workshop (Cliffhouse Resort Ogunquit, Maine USA, 2007), pp. 279–282.
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R. F. Lyon and P. M. Hubel, “Eyeing the camera: into the next century,” in Proceedings of IS&T/SID 10th Color Imaging Conference (The Society for Imaging Science and Technology, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, 2002), pp. 349–355.
R. Lansford, G. Bearman, and S. E. Fraser, “Resolution of multiple green fluorescent protein color variants and dyes using two-photon microscopy and imaging spectroscopy,” J. Biomed. Opt.6(3), 311–318 (2001). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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C. Richard, A. Renaudin, V. Aimez, and P. G. Charette, “An integrated hybrid interference and absorption filter for fluorescence detection in lab-on-a-chip devices,” Lab Chip9(10), 1371–1376 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
G. N. Lu, “A dual-wavelength method using the BDJ detector and its application to iron concentration measurement,” Meas. Sci. Technol.10(4), 312–315 (1999). [CrossRef]

Aimez, V.
Bearman, G.
Ben Chouikha, M.
Charette, P. G.
Chouikha, M. B.
Fraser, S. E.
Gilblom, D. L.
Han, D. J.
Hattori, S.
Hirose, S.
Lansford, R.
Li, W.
Liang, K.
Liu, X. L.
Lu, G. N.
Nishimura, H.
Okumura, K.
Ren, H. R.
Renaudin, A.
Richard, C.
Sedjil, M.
Shirai, T.
Sou, G.
Titus, A. H.
Tsurui, H.
Ventura, P.
Wang, W. J.
Yang, F.
Yang, R.
Yoo, S. K.

Displays

K. Liang, W. Li, H. R. Ren, X. L. Liu, W. J. Wang, R. Yang, and D. J. Han, “Color measurement for RGB white LEDs in solid-state lighting using a BDJ photodetector,” Displays30(3), 107–113 (2009). [CrossRef]

Electron. Lett.

G. N. Lu, M. B. Chouikha, G. Sou, and M. Sedjil, “Colour detection using a buried double p-n junction structure implemented in the CMOS process,” Electron. Lett.32(6), 594–596 (1996). [CrossRef]
F. Yang and A. H. Titus, “Integrated colour detectors in 0.18 µm CMOS technology,” Electron. Lett.43(23), 1279–1281 (2007). [CrossRef]
M. Ben Chouikha, G. N. Lu, M. Sedjil, and G. Sou, “Colour detection using buried triple pn junction structure implemented in BiCMOS process,” Electron. Lett.34(1), 120–122 (1998). [CrossRef]

J. Biomed. Opt.

R. Lansford, G. Bearman, and S. E. Fraser, “Resolution of multiple green fluorescent protein color variants and dyes using two-photon microscopy and imaging spectroscopy,” J. Biomed. Opt.6(3), 311–318 (2001). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

J. Histochem. Cytochem.

H. Tsurui, H. Nishimura, S. Hattori, S. Hirose, K. Okumura, and T. Shirai, “Seven-color fluorescence imaging of tissue samples based on Fourier spectroscopy and singular value decomposition,” J. Histochem. Cytochem.48(5), 653–662 (2000). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Lab Chip

C. Richard, A. Renaudin, V. Aimez, and P. G. Charette, “An integrated hybrid interference and absorption filter for fluorescence detection in lab-on-a-chip devices,” Lab Chip9(10), 1371–1376 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Meas. Sci. Technol.

G. N. Lu, “A dual-wavelength method using the BDJ detector and its application to iron concentration measurement,” Meas. Sci. Technol.10(4), 312–315 (1999). [CrossRef]

Proc. SPIE

D. L. Gilblom, S. K. Yoo, and P. Ventura, “Real-time color imaging with a CMOS sensor having stacked photodiodes,” Proc. SPIE5210, 105–115 (2004). [CrossRef]

Other

T. Ross, R. K. Henderson, B. Rae, and D. Renshaw, “A buried triple-junction self-reset pixel in a 0.35µm high voltage CMOS process,” in Proceedings of International Image Sensor Workshop (Cliffhouse Resort Ogunquit, Maine USA, 2007), pp. 279–282.
R. F. Lyon and P. M. Hubel, “Eyeing the camera: into the next century,” in Proceedings of IS&T/SID 10th Color Imaging Conference (The Society for Imaging Science and Technology, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, 2002), pp. 349–355.

2009, Liang, Displays
2009, Richard, Lab Chip
2007, Yang, Electron. Lett.
2004, Gilblom, Proc. SPIE
2001, Lansford, J. Biomed. Opt.
2000, Tsurui, J. Histochem. Cytochem.
1999, Lu, Meas. Sci. Technol.
1998, Ben Chouikha, Electron. Lett.
1996, Lu, Electron. Lett.

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