Invention Application
- Patent Title: RANGING APPARATUS
-
Application No.: US15168535Application Date: 2016-05-31
-
Publication No.: US20170176578A1Publication Date: 2017-06-22
- Inventor: Bruce Rae , Pascal Mellot , John Kevin Moore , Graeme Storm
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited , STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS
- Applicant Address: GB Marlow FR Grenoble
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited,STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited,STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS
- Current Assignee Address: GB Marlow FR Grenoble
- Priority: EP15307058.6 20151218
- Main IPC: G01S7/486
- IPC: G01S7/486 ; H01L31/16 ; H01L31/107 ; H01L27/144 ; G01S17/10 ; G01S17/88

Abstract:
A ranging apparatus includes an array of light sensitive detectors configured to receive light from a light source which has been reflected by an object. The array includes a number of different zones. Readout circuitry including at least one read out channel is configured to read data output from each of the zones. A processor operates to process the data output to determine position information associated with the object.
Information query