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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 29, 2019
Applicant:

Suteng Innovation Technology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;

Inventors:

Yalin Ren, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Guangbin Zhang, Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/374 (2011.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); G01S 7/4863 (2020.01); G01S 17/10 (2020.01); H04N 5/341 (2011.01); H04N 5/353 (2011.01); G01S 17/894 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/37455 (2013.01); G01S 7/4863 (2013.01); G01S 17/10 (2013.01); G01S 17/894 (2020.01); H04N 5/341 (2013.01); H04N 5/353 (2013.01); H04N 5/3745 (2013.01);
Abstract

A pToF sensor, a pToF pixel array and an operation method therefor are provided. The pToF pixel array includes a plurality of pToF pixels distributed in an array, a control circuit, and a conversion circuit. Each of the pToF pixels includes a photo sensitive unit configured to detect a return signal of a light pulse signal, and a first conversion unit configured to convert a time signal corresponding to each of the pToF pixels to an analog signal. The control circuit is connected to each of the pToF pixels, and configured to control an operation mode of each of the pToF pixels. The conversion circuit is connected to each of the pToF pixels, and configured to calculate a time-of-fight corresponding to each of the pToF pixels according to the analog signal corresponding to each of the pToF pixels.


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