Receiver channel with resonance-based timing detection for a laser range finder

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 569-577

  Pehkonen, Jani ^a   Palojar̈vi, Pasi ^a   Kostamovaara, Juha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Comparator; Laser range finding; Optical distance measurement; Timing discrimination

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT RESONANCE; COMPARATORS (OPTICAL); OPTICAL DEVICES; RANGE FINDERS; RESONANT CIRCUITS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

LASER RANGE FINDER; OPTICAL DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; RECEIVER CHANNEL; TIMING DISCRIMINATION;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY);

EID: 33645827149     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2005.858758     Document Type: Article

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