Invention Grant
US09171985B2 Pixel circuit with controlled capacitor discharge time of flight measurement
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像素电路具有受控电容放电时间的飞行测量
- Patent Title: Pixel circuit with controlled capacitor discharge time of flight measurement
- Patent Title (中): 像素电路具有受控电容放电时间的飞行测量
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Application No.: US14066771Application Date: 2013-10-30
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Publication No.: US09171985B2Publication Date: 2015-10-27
- Inventor: Neale Dutton , Robert K. Henderson
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited , The University Court of the University of Edinburgh
- Applicant Address: GB Marlow, Buckinghamshire
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Marlow, Buckinghamshire
- Agency: Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
- Priority: GB1219782.8 20121102
- Main IPC: H01L31/107
- IPC: H01L31/107 ; H01L27/146 ; G01S17/10 ; G01S17/89 ; G01S7/486 ; G01J1/44 ; H04N5/3745

Abstract:
A pixel circuit includes a single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) and a measurement circuit including a capacitance. The SPAD detects an incident photon and the measurement circuit discharges the capacitance at a known rate during a discharge time period. The length of the discharge time period is determined by the time of detection of the photon, such that the final amount of charge on the capacitance corresponds to the time of flight of the photon. The pixel circuit may be included in a time resolved imaging apparatus. A method of measuring the time of flight of a photon includes responding to an incident photon detection by discharging a capacitance at a known rate and correlating final capacitance charge to time of flight.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140124652A1 PIXEL CIRCUIT WITH CONTROLLED CAPACITOR DISCHARGE TIME OF FLIGHT MEASUREMENT Public/Granted day:2014-05-08
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