TY - GEN
T1 - A 2D-SPAD Array and Read-Out AFE for Next-Generation Solid-State LiDAR
AU - Ta, Tuan Thanh
AU - Kubota, Hiroshi
AU - Kokubun, Koichi
AU - Sugimoto, Toshiki
AU - Hirono, Masatoshi
AU - Sengoku, Mitsuhiro
AU - Katagiri, Hisaaki
AU - Okuni, Hidenori
AU - Kondo, Satoshi
AU - Ohtsuka, Shinichi
AU - Kwon, Honam
AU - Sasaki, Keita
AU - Ota, Yutaka
AU - Suzuki, Kazuhiro
AU - Kimura, Katsuyuki
AU - Yoshioka, Kentaro
AU - Sai, Akihide
AU - Matsumoto, Nobu
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 IEEE.
PY - 2020/6
Y1 - 2020/6
N2 - This paper introduces several key RX techniques to realize a 200m-range and low-cost high-pixel-resolution solid-state LiDAR for autonomous self-driving systems. In-Sensor Scanning 2D-SPAD array can remove the mechanical mirror and improve the pixel-resolution by implying short dead time active-quenching SPADs. For ToF calculating SoC, we adopt the world first dual-data converter (DDC) which consolidates the functions of ADC and TDC into a single circuitry, achieving the acquisition of both high-precision time/voltage data from a single input. Such innovations lead us to 200m-range 300×80-pixel solid-state LiDAR RX under 70klux solar radiation.
AB - This paper introduces several key RX techniques to realize a 200m-range and low-cost high-pixel-resolution solid-state LiDAR for autonomous self-driving systems. In-Sensor Scanning 2D-SPAD array can remove the mechanical mirror and improve the pixel-resolution by implying short dead time active-quenching SPADs. For ToF calculating SoC, we adopt the world first dual-data converter (DDC) which consolidates the functions of ADC and TDC into a single circuitry, achieving the acquisition of both high-precision time/voltage data from a single input. Such innovations lead us to 200m-range 300×80-pixel solid-state LiDAR RX under 70klux solar radiation.
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U2 - 10.1109/VLSICircuits18222.2020.9162831
DO - 10.1109/VLSICircuits18222.2020.9162831
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85090224674
T3 - IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits, Digest of Technical Papers
BT - 2020 IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits, VLSI Circuits 2020 - Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2020 IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits, VLSI Circuits 2020
Y2 - 16 June 2020 through 19 June 2020
ER -