Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Time-of-flight sensor with reduced transistor count pixels
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Application No.: US16362314Application Date: 2019-03-22
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Publication No.: US11159755B2Publication Date: 2021-10-26
- Inventor: Markus Dielacher , Martin Flatscher
- Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
- Applicant Address: DE Neubiberg
- Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
- Current Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
- Current Assignee Address: DE Neubiberg
- Agency: Murphy, Bilak & Homiller, PLLC
- Main IPC: H04N5/369
- IPC: H04N5/369 ; H04N5/374 ; H04N5/378

Abstract:
A time-of-flight (TOF) sensor includes an array of pixels. Each pixel includes: a differential pixel configured to output a differential voltage signal between first and second nodes, based on an electrical modulation signal applied to different regions of the differential pixel and an incoming correlated light signal; a first readout circuit coupled to the first node; a second readout circuit coupled to the second node; and a compensation circuit coupled to the first and second readout circuits and configured to compensate for offset caused by incoming uncorrelated light. Each readout circuit has a storage device configured to be discharged by photo current during an exposure phase, sensed during a readout phase and recharged during a reset phase. Recharging of each storage device is controlled by a single reset transistor included in each compensation circuit or by one or more global reset transistors located outside the array of pixels.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200304741A1 Time-of-Flight Sensor with Reduced Transistor Count Pixels Public/Granted day:2020-09-24
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