Smart distance measurement line sensor with background light suppression and on-chip phase generation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7055, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Zach, G ^a   Nemecek, A ^a   Zimmermann, H ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Background illumination; Double correlator; Phase locked loop; PIN photodiode; Pixel detector; Range imager; Time of flight; Voltage controlled oscillator

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT THEORY; CORRELATION METHODS; DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; INFRARED DEVICES; NEGATIVE IONS; PHOTODIODES; POLARIZATION; SENSORS; SILICON; SILICON DETECTORS;

BACKGROUND ILLUMINATION; DOUBLE-CORRELATOR; PHASE-LOCKED-LOOP; PIN PHOTODIODE; PIXEL DETECTOR; RANGE IMAGER; TIME-OF-FLIGHT; VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED-OSCILLATOR;

PIXELS;

EID: 56249125987     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.793886     Document Type: Conference Paper

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