High dynamic range background light suppression for a TOF distance measurement sensor in 180nm CMOS

Proceedings of IEEE Sensors

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 359-362

  Davidovic, Milos ^a   Hofbauer, Michael ^a   Schneider Hornstein, Kerstin ^a   Zimmermann, Horst ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

3D camera; background light suppression; Depth sensor

Indexed keywords

3D CAMERA; BACKGROUND LIGHT; BACKGROUND LIGHT SUPPRESSION; CMOS PROCESSS; DEPTH SENSOR; FILL FACTOR; HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE; KEY ELEMENTS; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; STANDARD DEVIATION; TIME OF FLIGHT;

CIRCUIT THEORY; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

SENSORS;

EID: 84856856681     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2011.6127060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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