As early part of my doctorate studies at Oxford, I developed an analogue SPAD pixel which utilised the small gap between circular SPADs. The readout was compatible with conventional CMOS pixels. Digital SPAD pixels used a counter to store the number of detected photons. However, this counter occupied a large space relative to the diode. Instead the analogue pixel, stored the number of detected photons as a charge on the integrated metal capacitor which was placed above the quenching circuit. The stored charge was readout as an analogue voltage similar to CMOS pixel arrays.