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- Patent Title: Time-of-light sensing device and method thereof
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Application No.: US16454091Application Date: 2019-06-27
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Publication No.: US11644547B2Publication Date: 2023-05-09
- Inventor: Chin Yin , Shang-Fu Yeh , Calvin Yi-Ping Chao , Chih-Lin Lee , Meng-Hsiu Wu
- Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: JCIPRNET
- Main IPC: G01S7/48
- IPC: G01S7/48 ; G01S7/4861 ; G01S7/4865 ; G01S17/10 ; H03L7/089 ; H03L7/081 ; G04F10/00

Abstract:
A sensing device that is configured to determine a depth result based on time-of-flight value is introduced. The sensing device includes a delay locked loop circuit, a plurality of time-to-digital converters, a multiplexer and a digital integrator. The delay locked loop circuit is configured to output a plurality of delay clock signals through output terminals of the delay locked loop circuit. The plurality of time-to-digital converters include a plurality of latches. The multiplexer is configured to select a sub-group of m latches among the latches of the plurality of time-to-digital converters to be connected to the output terminals of the delay locked loop circuit according to a control signal. The digital integrator is coupled to the plurality of time-to-digital converters and is configured to integrate digital outputs generated by the time-to-digital converters in each of n cycles to generate n raw data frames, wherein m and n are natural numbers, and the n raw data frames are used to generate the depth result.
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