A 100-m range 10-Frame/s 340×, 96-pixel time-of-flight depth sensor in 0.18-μm CMOS

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 559-572

  Niclass, Cristiano ^a   Soga, Mineki ^a   Matsubara, Hiroyuki ^a   Kato, Satoru ^a   Kagami, Manabu ^a  

^a Rd Management Section   (Japan)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiodes; depth sensor; laser radar; range imaging; rangefinder; single photon avalanche diode (SPAD); single photon detector; three dimensional (3 D) imaging; time of flight (TOF) imaging

Indexed keywords

DEPTH SENSORS; RANGE IMAGING; SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODE; SINGLE-PHOTON DETECTORS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); TIME OF FLIGHT;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; OPTICAL RADAR; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; RANGE FINDERS; SENSORS;

PIXELS;

EID: 84873289461     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2012.2227607     Document Type: Article

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