SPADs and SiPMs arrays for long-range high-speed light detection and ranging (LiDAR)

F Villa, F Severini, F Madonini, F Zappa - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) is a 3D imaging technique, widely used in many
applications such as augmented reality, automotive, machine vision, spacecraft navigation …

Data processing approaches on SPAD-based d-TOF LiDAR systems: A review

G Chen, C Wiede, R Kokozinski - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the rise of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), range sensors and their data
processing methods are becoming more and more important. Light detection and ranging …

Photon-efficient imaging with a single-photon camera

D Shin, F Xu, D Venkatraman, R Lussana… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Reconstructing a scene's 3D structure and reflectivity accurately with an active imaging
system operating in low-light-level conditions has wide-ranging applications, spanning …

Full waveform LiDAR for adverse weather conditions

AM Wallace, A Halimi, GS Buller - IEEE transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present and discuss the case for full waveform pixel and image acquisition and
processing to enable LiDAR sensors to penetrate and reconstruct 3D surface maps through …

Time-to-digital converter IP-core for FPGA at state of the art

F Garzetti, N Corna, N Lusardi, A Geraci - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) structure poses several constraints that make
the implementation of complex asynchronous circuits such as Time-Mode (TM) circuits …

Sub-picosecond photon-efficient 3D imaging using single-photon sensors

F Heide, S Diamond, DB Lindell, G Wetzstein - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Active 3D imaging systems have broad applications across disciplines, including biological
imaging, remote sensing and robotics. Applications in these domains require fast acquisition …

Background light rejection in SPAD-based LiDAR sensors by adaptive photon coincidence detection

M Beer, JF Haase, J Ruskowski, R Kokozinski - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) systems based on silicon single-photon avalanche
diodes (SPAD) offer several advantages, like the fabrication of system-on-chips with a co …

A CDMA modulation technique for automotive time-of-flight LiDAR systems

T Fersch, R Weigel, A Koelpin - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present the application of optical code division multiple access (OCDMA) modulation
based on optical orthogonal codes for automotive time-of-flight light detection and ranging …

A 32× 128 SPAD-257 TDC receiver IC for pulsed TOF solid-state 3-D imaging

S Jahromi, JP Jansson, P Keränen… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A single-chip receiver for pulsed laser direct time-of-flight 3-D imaging applications has
been realized in a 0.35-μm HV CMOS technology. The chip includes a 32× 128 single …

Gated2depth: Real-time dense lidar from gated images

T Gruber, F Julca-Aguilar, M Bijelic… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - openaccess.thecvf.com
We present an imaging framework which converts three images from a gated camera into
high-resolution depth maps with depth accuracy comparable to pulsed lidar measurements …