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Receiver device, sensor device and method for determining distances

US10754014B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

ESPROS Photonics AG · CH
VALEO SCHALTER UND SENSOREN GMBH · DE

Inventors

Martin Popp · Dresden, DE
Beat De Coi · Sargans, CH
Jan Simon · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
Peter Horvath · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
Lin Lin · Chicago, US
Thomas Schuler · Wiernsheim, DE
Felix Mueller · Wappenswil, CH
Heiko Hofmann · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 31, 2017
Grant date	Aug 25, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 8, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH10F39/812
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In order to measure distances precisely, a receiver device for determining a distance from an object is proposed, comprising: a receiver having a semiconductor structure with a photosensitive region for generating photo-induced charge carriers, which region faces the rear side, and having a transportation region, which faces the front side, wherein the photosensitive region and the transportation region are spatially separated from one another by a separation layer which has a passage between the photosensitive region and the transportation region, wherein the transportation region has an arrangement of at least two gates lying one next to the other, at least one of the gates thereof being located in the overlapping region of the passage.

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