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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025

320 × 240 SPAD Direct Time-of-Flight Image Sensor and Camera Based on In-Pixel Correlation and Switched-Capacitor Averaging.

Maarten Kuijk, Ayman Morsy, Thomas Lapauw, Thomas Van den Dries, Wannes Nevens, Mohamed A Bounouar, Hans Ingelberts, Daniel Van Nieuwenhove

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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8 authors.

Maarten KuijkETRO.RDI, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-2260-8960
Ayman MorsyETRO.RDI, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-1622-6317
Thomas LapauwETRO.RDI, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-3777-4662
Thomas Van den DriesETRO.RDI, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-2365-8334
Wannes NevensETRO.RDI, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0009-0000-6876-0565
Mohamed A BounouarSONY Depthsensing Solutions, Rue Jules Cockx 8, 1160 Brussel, Belgium.
Hans IngelbertsETRO.RDI, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-5144-4320
Daniel Van NieuwenhoveSONY Depthsensing Solutions, Rue Jules Cockx 8, 1160 Brussel, Belgium.

Funding

Vrije Universiteit Brussel SRP78
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Correlation-Assisted Direct Time-of-Flight (CA-dToF) is demonstrated for the first time on a large 320 × 240-pixel SPAD array sensor that includes on-chip high-speed timing support circuitry. SPAD events are processed in-pixel, avoiding data communication over the array and/or storage bottlenecks. This is accomplished by sampling two orthogonal triangle waves that are synchronized with short light pulses illuminating the scene. Using small switched-capacitor circuits, exponential moving averaging (EMA) is applied to the sampled voltages, delivering two analog voltages (VQ2, VI2). These contain the phase delay, or the time of flight between the light pulse and photon's time of arrival (ToA). Uncorrelated ambient photons and dark counts are averaged out, leaving only their associated shot noise impacting the phase precision. The QVGA camera allows for capturing depth-sense images with sub-cm precision over a 6 m range of detection, even with a small PDE of 0.7% at an 850 nm wavelength.

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3D-ToFCA-dToFdepth sensingexponential moving averageLIDARSPADswitched capacitors

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PMID41228997
PMCPMC12611039

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