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Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 03, 2020
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Kwang Oh Kim, Cerritos, CA (US);

Yibing Michelle Wang, Temple City, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4915 (2020.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 17/06 (2006.01); G01S 17/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4915 (2013.01); G01S 7/4816 (2013.01); G01S 7/4817 (2013.01); G01S 17/06 (2013.01); G01S 17/58 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is a readout integrated circuit of a FMCW LiDAR system includes a transimpedance amplifier to receive an optical signal of optical mixer output from balanced PIN photo diode, convert the received optical signal into a current signal including a mixed signal of high and low frequencies, and convert the current signal into a voltage signal including a low frequency sinusoidal waveform, a comparator to receive the voltage signal, and generate a pulse signal from the voltage signal, a primary counter to receive a primary signal corresponding to the pulse signal, and count a number of pulses to generate primary counter data, a reference counter to receive a reference signal, and count a number of pulses to generate reference counter data, and an arithmetic logic unit to receive the primary and reference counter data, and calculate depth information corresponding to a distance of a target.


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