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Daniël Van Nieuwenhove, Ward van der Tempel, Riemer Grootjans, Maarten Kuijk
 

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Abstract 

The presented optical ranging sensor utilizes a current assisted photonic demodulator (CAPD) in combination with an integrating circuit to measure time-of-flight. The distance information is obtained by correlating received modulated light with the sentout signal. Simulations and measurements show that the structure is suitable as a pixel in a real-time 3D-camera setup. A CMOS prototype is presented showing 0.25 A/W infrared photo-responsivity, nearly 100% detector demodulation efficiency and good linearity. Different design aspects and possibilities are discussed and evaluated. With averaging, real time sub-cm resolution is achieved at a modulation speed of 20 MHz and using NIR 860 nm light.

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