Reconfigurable, large-format D-ToF/photon-counting SPAD image sensors with embedded FPGA for scene adaptability
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| author | Milanese, Tommaso Efe, Baris Can Bruschini, Claudio Teranishi, Nobukazu Charbon, Edoardo |
| author_facet | Milanese, Tommaso Efe, Baris Can Bruschini, Claudio Teranishi, Nobukazu Charbon, Edoardo |
| contents | CMOS-compatible single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) have emerged in many systems as the solution of choice for cameras with photon-number resolution and photon counting capabilities. Being natively digital optical interfaces, SPADs are naturally drawn to in situ logic processing and event-driven computation; they are usually coupled to discrete FPGAs to enable reconfigurability. In this work, we propose to bring the FPGA on-chip, in direct contact with the SPADs at pixel or cluster level. To demonstrate the suitability of this approach, we created an architecture for processing timestamps and photon counts using programmable weighted sums based on an efficient use of look-up tables. The outputs are processed hierarchically, similarly to what is done in FPGAs, reducing power consumption and simplifying I/Os. Finally, we show how artificial neural networks can be designed and reprogrammed by using look-up tables in an efficient way. |
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| spellingShingle | Reconfigurable, large-format D-ToF/photon-counting SPAD image sensors with embedded FPGA for scene adaptability Milanese, Tommaso Efe, Baris Can Bruschini, Claudio Teranishi, Nobukazu Charbon, Edoardo Image and Video Processing CMOS-compatible single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) have emerged in many systems as the solution of choice for cameras with photon-number resolution and photon counting capabilities. Being natively digital optical interfaces, SPADs are naturally drawn to in situ logic processing and event-driven computation; they are usually coupled to discrete FPGAs to enable reconfigurability. In this work, we propose to bring the FPGA on-chip, in direct contact with the SPADs at pixel or cluster level. To demonstrate the suitability of this approach, we created an architecture for processing timestamps and photon counts using programmable weighted sums based on an efficient use of look-up tables. The outputs are processed hierarchically, similarly to what is done in FPGAs, reducing power consumption and simplifying I/Os. Finally, we show how artificial neural networks can be designed and reprogrammed by using look-up tables in an efficient way. |
| title | Reconfigurable, large-format D-ToF/photon-counting SPAD image sensors with embedded FPGA for scene adaptability |
| topic | Image and Video Processing |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.17651 |