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Measuring time-of-flight using a plurality of detector subsystems and histogram storage

US11686826B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AMS AG · AT

Inventors

Kerry Glover · Premstätten, AT
Manfred Lueger · Eindhoven, NL
Robert Kappel · Sinsheim, DE
Christian Mautner · Graz, AT
Mario Manninger · Graz, AT
Georg Roehrer · Lebring, AT

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 21, 2018
Grant date	Jun 27, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 10, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG04F10/005
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A semiconductor body includes a driver for driving a light source, at least two detectors each including an avalanche diode, a time-to-digital converter arrangement coupled to outputs of the at least two detectors, a memory that is coupled to the time-to-digital converter arrangement and is configured to store at least one histogram, and an evaluation unit coupled to the driver and to the memory.

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