Distance measurement sensor with PIN-photodiode and bridge circuit

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 391-397

  Nemecek, Alexander ^b,c   Oberhauser, Klaus ^a,b,c   Zimmermann, Horst ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c VUT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Correlation sensor; Optical distance measurement; Optical radar; Time of flight (TOF)

Indexed keywords

BICMOS PROCESS; CORRELATION SENSOR; FILL-FACTOR; OPTICAL DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; PIN-PHOTODIODE; TIME-OF-FLIGHT (TOF);

BANDWIDTH; BRIDGE CIRCUITS; CAPACITORS; CORRELATION METHODS; OPTICAL RADAR; PHOTODIODES;

SENSORS;

EID: 33645143673     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2006.870164     Document Type: Article

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