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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2010
Applicants:
Cyrus Bamji, Fremont, CA (US);
Swati Mehta, Fremont, CA (US);
Tamer Ahmed Taha Elkhatib, Troy, NY (US);
Inventors:
Cyrus Bamji, Fremont, CA (US);
Swati Mehta, Fremont, CA (US);
Tamer Ahmed Taha Elkhatib, Troy, NY (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A CMOS-implementable TOF detector promptly collects charge whose creation time can be precisely known, while rejecting collection of potentially late arriving charge whose creation time may not be precisely known. Charges created in upper regions of the detector structure are ensured to be rapidly collected, while charges created in the lower regions of the detector structure, potentially late arriving charges, are inhibiting from being collected.