Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reconfigurable high voltage generation circuit for SPAD sensors
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Application No.: US17954957Application Date: 2022-09-28
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Publication No.: US12063040B2Publication Date: 2024-08-13
- Inventor: Neale Dutton , Steven Collins
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics International N.V.
- Applicant Address: CH Geneva
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Marlow
- Agency: Crowe & Dunlevy LLC
- Main IPC: H03K3/017
- IPC: H03K3/017 ; H03H11/28

Abstract:
A system-on-a-chip (SOC) within a package includes a reference generator, a matching circuit, a programmable current generator, a PWM controller, an overvoltage/undervoltage detector receiving a high voltage from a third output pad, a multiplexer passing an input signal to a second output pad, and a SPAD receiving the high voltage. Switching circuitry includes a first switch between the reference generator and an input of the programmable current generator, a second switch between the input of the current generator and the output of the matching circuit, a third switch between the reference generator and an input of the matching circuit, a fourth switch between an output of the current generator and a tap of a ladder within the overvoltage/undervoltage detector, a fifth switch between an output of the current generator and the first output pad, and a sixth switch between the output of the PWM controller and the first output pad.
Public/Granted literature
- US20240106419A1 RECONFIGURABLE HIGH VOLTAGE GENERATION CIRCUIT FOR SPAD SENSORS Public/Granted day:2024-03-28
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