Robert Boschgmbh

Rene Adams

Reiner Schnitzer

Hans-Jochen Schwarz

Jan Sparbert

Klaus Stoppel

Mustafa Kamil

Martin Wrede

Joern Ostrinsky

The invention relates to a monitoring device () of a LIDAR system (), including a detector () for detecting laser light and for generating a reference signal () from the laser light, and a control loop () for minimizing a difference between an amplitude of the reference signal () and an amplitude of an actuating signal () by varying the actuating signal ().

Monitoring device of a LIDAR system

A time-to-digital converter includes a self-calibrating, n-stage chain of a number n of gate delay elements connected in parallel and series between a clock signal line for supplying a clock signal and a stop signal line for supplying a stop signal; and a charge-pump and phase-detector unit for the feedback control of the gate delay elements, having a first input as a controlled-variable input, a second input as a reference-variable input, and an output as a correcting-variable output. The clock signal line is connected to the first input of the charge-pump and phase-detector unit, a push-pull line for supplying a push-pull signal is connected to the second input, and, for feedback, the gate delay elements are connected to the output of the charge-pump and phase-detector unit.

Time-to-digital converter, lidar system and device

A lidar scanning device for use in a motor vehicle includes a lidar sensor having a predefined scanning field, the lidar sensor being configured for determining the distance of an object within the scanning field, and a pivot device for varying an alignment of the scanning field of the lidar sensor as a function of a driving direction of the motor vehicle.

Lidar scanning device on a motor vehicle

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Nuertingen, Germany

Rene Adams