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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2012
Priyanka Kumar, Eindhoven, NL;
Robert Staszewski, PA Delft, NL;
Edoardo Charbon, The Hague, NL;
FASTREE 3D BV, The Hague, NL;
Abstract
Time-to-digital converter system including: an event detector configured for detecting an event and generating an event detection signal upon detection of the event; and a time-to-digital converter coupled or connectable to the event detector and including a fine resolution part configured for counting fine time intervals, organized such that the fine resolution part is activated in response to the event detection signal and deactivated in response to a reference clock. 3D imager including an array of pixels, with in each pixel such a time-to-digital converter system, and further including a reference clock generator.