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    • 5. 发明授权
    • Demodulation pixel with daisy chain charge storage sites and method of operation therefor
    • 具有菊花链电荷存储位点的解调像素及其操作方法
    • US08760549B2
    • 2014-06-24
    • US12549649
    • 2009-08-28
    • Michael LehmannBernhard Buttgen
    • Michael LehmannBernhard Buttgen
    • H04N3/14H04N5/335H01L27/148
    • H04N5/335G01S7/4914H01L27/14603H01L27/14609H04N5/369
    • A demodulation pixel architecture allows for demodulating an incoming modulated electromagnetic wave, normally visible or infrared light. It is based on a charge coupled device (CCD) line connected to a drift field structure. The drift field is exposed to the incoming light. It collects the generated charge and forces it to move to the pick-up point. At this pick-up point, the CCD element samples the charge for a given time and then shifts the charge packets further on in the daisy chain. After a certain amount of shifts, the multiple charge packets are stored in so-called integration gates, in a preferred embodiment. The number of integration gates gives the number of simultaneously available taps. When the cycle is repeated several times, the charge is accumulated in the integration gates and thus the signal-to-noise ratio increases. The architecture is flexible in the number of taps. A dump node can be attached to the CCD line for dumping charge with the same speed as the samples are taken. Different implementations are described herein, which allow for smaller design or faster speed. The pixel structure can be exploited for e.g. 3D time-of-flight imaging. Both heterodyne and homodyne measurements are possible. Due to the highly-efficient charge transport enabled by static drift fields in the photo-sensitive region and small-sized gates in the CCD chain, high frequency bandwidth from just a few Hertz (Hz) up to greater GHz is supported. Thus, the pixel allows for highly-accurate optical distance measurements. Another possible application of this pixel architecture is fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM), where short laser pulses for triggering the fluorescence have to be suppressed.
    • 解调像素架构允许解调通常可见或红外光的输入调制电磁波。 它是基于连接到漂移场结构的电荷耦合器件(CCD)线。 漂移场暴露于入射光。 它收集产生的电荷并迫使其移动到接收点。 在该拾取点,CCD元件对给定时间的电荷进行采样,然后在菊花链中进一步移动电荷分组。 在优选实施例中,在一定量的位移之后,多个电荷包被存储在所谓的积分门中。 集成门数提供同时可用的抽头数。 当周期重复多次时,电荷积聚在积分门中,因此信噪比增加。 该体系结构灵活的抽头数量。 转储节点可以连接到CCD线,以与采样相同的速度倾倒电荷。 这里描述了不同的实施方式,其允许更小的设计或更快的速度。 像素结构可以被利用来实现。 3D飞行时间成像。 外差和零差测量都是可能的。 由于光敏区域的静态漂移场和CCD链中的小尺寸栅极实现了高效率的电荷传输,因此支持从几赫兹(Hz)到更高GHz的高频带宽。 因此,像素允许高精度的光学距离测量。 该像素架构的另一可能应用是荧光寿命成像显微镜(FLIM),其中必须抑制用于触发荧光的短激光脉冲。
    • 7. 发明授权
    • Photon detection device
    • 光子检测装置
    • US07547889B2
    • 2009-06-16
    • US12075815
    • 2008-03-14
    • Michael LehmannRolf KaufmannMax Erick Busse-Grawitz
    • Michael LehmannRolf KaufmannMax Erick Busse-Grawitz
    • G01T1/24H03F1/34
    • G01T1/17G01T1/2018
    • The present invention discloses a photon detection device that is adapted to detect at least one packet of photons. The photon detection device may include a photon-sensitive element having an output, an amplifier; and a non-linear feedback (NLF) element. The photon-sensitive element generates charges upon the engagement of at least one photon packet therewith. An increase from a first number of charges in the photon-sensitive element to a second number of charges, results in a corresponding increase of a first reset time required to reset the first number of charges to a respective second reset time required to reset the second number of charges in the photon-sensitive element, whereby the reset time is non-linear to with respect to an increase in the charges. Additional and alternative embodiments are described and claimed.
    • 本发明公开了一种适于检测至少一个光子包的光子检测装置。 光子检测装置可以包括具有输出的光敏元件,放大器; 和非线性反馈(NLF)元素。 光敏元件在与至少一个光子分组的接合时产生电荷。 从光敏元件中的第一数量的电荷增加到第二数量的电荷导致将第一数量的电荷复位到复位第二个所需的相应的第二复位时间所需的第一复位时间的相应增加 光子敏感元件中的电荷数,由此复位时间相对于电荷的增加是非线性的。 描述和要求保护附加和替代实施例。
    • 10. 发明申请
    • Highly sensitive, fast pixel for use in an image sensor
    • 用于图像传感器的高灵敏度,快速像素
    • US20070034779A1
    • 2007-02-15
    • US11503524
    • 2006-08-11
    • Thierry OggierMichael LehmannBernhard Buttgen
    • Thierry OggierMichael LehmannBernhard Buttgen
    • H01L27/00
    • H01L31/02024G01J3/2803H01L27/14603
    • The pixel (1) for use in an image sensor comprises a plurality of small-sized radiation-sensitive elements (2.1-2.9) for converting incident radiation into electric signals, the radiation-sensitive elements (2.1-2.9) being properly interconnected to form a larger radiation-sensitive area. The pixel (1) further comprises a plurality of storage elements (3A-3D) for storing the electric signals. The pixel further comprises transfer means for transferring the electric signals from the radiation-sensitive elements (2.1-2.9) to any selected one of the storage elements (3A-3D). The pixel (1) exhibits a high optical sensitivity and a high demodulation speed, and is especially suited for distance-measuring sensors based on the time-of-flight (TOF) principle or interferometry.
    • 用于图像传感器的像素(1)包括用于将入射辐射转换成电信号的多个小尺寸的辐射敏感元件(2.1-2.9),所述辐射敏感元件(2.1-2.9)被正确互连以形成 更大的辐射敏感区域。 像素(1)还包括用于存储电信号的多个存储元件(3A-3D)。 像素还包括用于将来自辐射敏感元件(2.1-2.9)的电信号传送到存储元件(3A-3D)中的任何选定的一个的传送装置。 像素(1)具有高的光学灵敏度和高的解调速度,并且特别适用于基于飞行时间(TOF)原理或干涉测量的距离测量传感器。