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.