An Active Demodulation Pixel using a Current Assisted Photonic Demodulator Implemented in 0.6μm Standard CMOS

Author

van der Tempel, W. ; Van Nieuwenhove, D. ; Grootjans, R. ; Kuijk, M.

Author_Institution

Lab. for Micro- & Photonelectron., Vrije Univ., Brussels

fYear

2006

fDate

13-15 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

116

Lastpage

118

Abstract

With the ever increasing automation of industrial processes, and the growing need for intelligent systems in, for example, auto-motive and safety/security applications, the demand for adequate artificial three-dimensional (3D) vision increases. It is still the weakest link between intelligent systems in general and the real world. Systems based on the Time-of-Flight (TOF) principle provide an elegant solution to these needs. The key structure to enable wide scale use of TOF ranging systems is a photonic demodulator with high responsivity and high demodulation bandwidth. This paper intends to highlight one of the most promising Standard CMOS photonic demodulator architecture

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; demodulators; integrated optics; optical modulation; 0.6 micron; CMOS; active demodulating pixel; artificial 3D vision; current assisted photonic demodulator; intelligent system; photonic demodulator; time-of-flight principle; Artificial intelligence; Bandwidth; CMOS technology; Conductivity; Demodulation; Detectors; Electrons; Intelligent systems; Optical modulation; Smart pixels;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Group IV Photonics, 2006. 3rd IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Ottawa, Ont.

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0096-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GROUP4.2006.1708184

Filename

1708184