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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2020
Applicant:
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventor:
Mirko Hattass, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/48 (2006.01); G01S 7/486 (2020.01); G01S 7/4861 (2020.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); H10F 30/225 (2025.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4868 (2013.01); G01S 7/4861 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); H10F 30/225 (2025.01);
Abstract
A method for operating a photodiode. In the method, a voltage made up of a sum of a constant first voltage and a second voltage having a fixed frequency is applied to the photodiode and an output signal of the photodiode is detected. A spectral composition of the output signal is subsequently detected and at least one coefficient of a non-linear term of a gain of the photodiode is ascertained on the basis of the spectral composition. An adapted first voltage is then applied to the photodiode, the first voltage being adapted based on the coefficient.