PHOTON DETECTOR WITH AN IMMOBILISABLE PHOTON-SENSITIVE ELEMENT, IN PARTICULAR SPAD, AND DISTANCING MEASURING DEVICE COMPRISING SAID TYPE OF PHOTON DETECTOR

A photon detector is disclosed that includes, in addition to an immobilizable photon-sensitive element, a photon transmission element. The photon detector is configured such that it can vary photon intensities impacting upon the photon-sensitive element and transmitted by the photon transmission ele...

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Main Authors WOLST, Oliver, SCHMIDTKE, Bernd, EISELE, Andreas
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 20.02.2019
Subjects
ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
COLORIMETRY
DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES
ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
ELECTRICITY
LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES
MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT,POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRA-RED,VISIBLE OR ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT
MEASURING
PHYSICS
RADIATION PYROMETRY
RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING
RADIO NAVIGATION
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
TESTING
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Summary:A photon detector is disclosed that includes, in addition to an immobilizable photon-sensitive element, a photon transmission element. The photon detector is configured such that it can vary photon intensities impacting upon the photon-sensitive element and transmitted by the photon transmission element, for example, by modifying an absorption property or a defocusing property of the photon transmission element. Also, the immobile photon-sensitive element, which can be, for example a SPAD (Single Photon Avalanche Diode), always operates close to the optimal operating range and below an immobilization range. A distancing device that includes this type of photo detector is also disclosed.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20100732383