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Arrays of Single Photon Avalanche Diodes in CMOS Technology: Picosecond Timing Resolution for Range Imaging (INVITED)

Niclass, Cristiano  
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Besse, Pierre-André  
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Charbon, Edoardo  
2005
Proceedinds of 1st RIM
1st Range Imaging Research Day

A solid-state imager fabricated in CMOS technology is presented for depth information capture of arbitrary 3D objects with millimeter resolution. The system is based on an array of 32x32 pixels that independently measure the time-of-flight of a ray of light as it is reflected back from the objects in a scene. A single cone of pulsed laser light illuminates the scene, thus no complex mechanical scanning is required. Millimetric depth accuracies can be reached thanks to the rangefinder’s optical detectors that enable picosecond time discrimination. The detectors, based on a single photon avalanche diode operating in Geiger mode, utilize avalanche multiplication to enhance light detection. Optical power requirements on the light source can therefore be significantly relaxed. A number of standard performance measurements, conducted on the imager, are discussed in this paper. The 3D imaging system was also tested on real 3D subjects demonstrating the suitability of the approach.

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conference paper
Author(s)
Niclass, Cristiano  
Besse, Pierre-André  
Charbon, Edoardo  
Date Issued

2005

Published in
Proceedinds of 1st RIM
Subjects

CMOS SPAD arrays

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avalanche photodiodes

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single photon detectors

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photon timing

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range

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image

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time-of-flight

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range-imaging camera

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rangefinder

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3D vision.

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REVIEWED

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Event nameEvent placeEvent date
1st Range Imaging Research Day

Zurich, Switzerland

Sept., 2005

Available on Infoscience
March 9, 2006
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