The invention discloses an 
ultraviolet focal plane readout circuit and method based on pixel level analog-to-
digital conversion. The 
ultraviolet focal plane readout circuit comprises a front end 
electric charge integrator, a pixel level analog-to-
digital conversion module, a row / column selecting 
control circuit, an induction 
amplifier and an output level buffering device, wherein the front end 
electric charge integrator is used for integrating a weak photo-generated current of an 
ultraviolet detector so as to convert the current into a 
voltage; the pixel level analog-to-
digital conversion module can quantitatively simulate the 
voltage in a pixel, and a 
quantitative result can be latched; each unit on a focal plane can be selected by the row / column selecting 
control circuit; the induction 
amplifier inducts and amplifies the 
quantitative result in the pixel and sends the amplified 
quantitative result into an output 
bus; the output level buffering device is used for increasing output driving capacity of a circuit, and output signals are sequentially output in a serial mode. According to the readout circuit, signals of the ultraviolet 
detector are directly converted into digital signals, interference of 
noise to the signals is reduced by reducing a 
simulation signal transmission path, on-
chip analog-to-digital conversion is achieved, the 
signal to 
noise ratio of an ultraviolet focal plane 
chip is effectively improved, and the readout circuit can be applied to detection and imaging of the weak ultraviolet signals.