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- Patent Title: Time of flight sensor, a three-dimensional imaging device using the same, and a method for driving the three-dimensional imaging device
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Application No.: US17720837Application Date: 2022-04-14
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Publication No.: US12287404B2Publication Date: 2025-04-29
- Inventor: Min Sun Keel , Gal Bitan , Amit Eisenberg
- Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Morgan , Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Priority: KR10-2018-0032892 20180321
- Main IPC: G01S17/36
- IPC: G01S17/36 ; G01C3/08 ; G01S7/491 ; G01S17/894 ; H04N25/00

Abstract:
A time of flight (ToF) sensor includes: a first pixel including a first photogate to receive light reflected by an object and generate a first phase signal, and a second photogate to generate a second phase signal having a phase difference of 180 degrees with respect to the first phase signal; a second pixel including a third photogate to receive the reflected light and generate a third phase signal different from the first phase signal and a fourth photogate to generate a fourth phase signal having a phase difference of 180 degrees with respect to the third phase signal; a first signal output unit to output the first and second phase signals; and a second signal output unit to output the third and fourth phase signals, wherein the first, second, third and fourth photogates output the first to fourth phase signals during a frame period.
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