Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Time of flight illumination circuit
- Patent Title (中): 飞行时间照明电路
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Application No.: US13866461Application Date: 2013-04-19
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Publication No.: US09185762B2Publication Date: 2015-11-10
- Inventor: Michael Mark , Markus Dielacher , Martin Flatscher , Josef Prainsack
- Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
- Applicant Address: DE Neubiberg
- Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
- Current Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
- Current Assignee Address: DE Neubiberg
- Agency: Eschweiler & Associates, LLC
- Main IPC: G01J5/02
- IPC: G01J5/02 ; H05B33/08 ; G01J5/10 ; G01J1/46

Abstract:
Some aspects of the present disclosure provide system and method of operation of a driving circuit for a light emitting element in a Time-of-Flight (ToF) camera. A DC-DC converter is configured to emit a constant current, and is coupled in parallel to a first modulation switch configured to connect the driving circuit to ground. The first modulation switch is further configured to alternate connections between the current source and ground at a frequency in a desired range of operation to produce an AC current. In some embodiments, an RC circuit element is coupled to an output electrode of the light emitting element and configured to apply a reverse bias to decrease turn-off time of the light emitting element. In some embodiments, a second modulation switch is coupled to the output electrode and configured to apply the reverse bias across the light emitting element. Other systems and methods are also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140312233A1 TIME OF FLIGHT ILLUMINATION CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2014-10-23
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