A Background Light Resistant TOF Range Finder with Integrated PIN Photodiode in 0.35μm CMOS

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8791, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Davidovic, Milos ^a   Seiter, Johannes ^b   Hofbauer, Michael ^b   Gaberl, Wolfgang ^b   Zimmermann, Horst ^b  

^a BROADCOM CORPORATION   (United States)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

3D camera; Distance sensor; PIN photodiode; Time of Flight

Indexed keywords

3D CAMERA; DISTANCE SENSORS; INTEGRATED PIN PHOTODIODES; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; MODULATION SIGNALS; PIN PHOTODIODE; STANDARD DEVIATION; TIME OF FLIGHT;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; RADAR EQUIPMENT; SENSORS;

PHOTODIODES;

EID: 84880444163     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2021021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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