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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2022
Infineon Technologies Ag, Neubiberg, DE;
Caterina Nahler, Thondorf, AT;
Hannes Plank, Graz, AT;
Armin Josef Schoenlieb, Seiersberg-Pirka, AT;
Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, DE;
Abstract
A time-of-flight (ToF) imaging system includes a photonic mixer device configured to perform ToF measurements using at least one photo-sensitive element. Each photo-sensitive element includes at least a first element with a modifiable first charge level, a second element with a modifiable second charge level, and a gate for transferring charges to a fixed potential. The ToF imaging system includes control circuitry configured to provide a control signal for the photonic mixer device. The control signal is configured to drive the at least one photo-sensitive element such that charge carriers generated in the at least one photo-sensitive element by received light are directed either to the first element, the second element or the gate, or such that charge carriers generated in the at least one photo-sensitive element by received light are directed either to the first element, the second element, the gate, or to the first and the second element.