Dark count rate and band to band tunneling optimization for single photon avalanche diode topologies

Haddadifam Taha, Azim Karami Mohammad^†

(a) Comparison between p⁺/pwell/nwell structure and p⁺/nwell^[5,16] at 3.5-V excess bias. (b) BTBT, SRH/TAT, and DCR of p⁺/pwell/nwell structure. At 3.5-V excess bias.