BiCMOS and CMOS timing detectors for the receiver of a portable laser rangefinding device

Author

Ruotsalainen, Tarmo ; Palojärvi, Pasi ; Kostamovaara, Juha

Author_Institution

Electron. Lab., Oulu Univ., Finland

Volume

2

fYear

1995

fDate

13-16 Aug 1995

Firstpage

1022

Abstract

Integrated CMOS and BiCMOS timing detectors have been designed for the receiver of a portable laser radar. The timing detectors produce accurately timed logic level pulses from noisy analog pulses, whose amplitude varies in a wide range. The distance measurement result of the designed BiCMOS (CMOS) detector varies +/-4 mm (+/-9 mm) with an input amplitude range of 55 mV-3.3 V (0.5 V-2.2 V). The single shot resolution with SNR=250 is better than 6 mm (10.5 mm)

Keywords

BiCMOS analogue integrated circuits; CMOS analogue integrated circuits; comparators (circuits); detector circuits; laser ranging; optical radar; optical receivers; timing circuits; 55 mV to 3.3 V; BiCMOS timing detectors; CMOS timing detectors; laser radar; logic level pulses; noisy analog pulses; optical receiver; portable laser rangefinding device; BiCMOS integrated circuits; CMOS logic circuits; Detectors; Distance measurement; Gunshot detection systems; Laser radar; Noise level; Optical design; Radar detection; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 1995., Proceedings., Proceedings of the 38th Midwest Symposium on

Conference_Location

Rio de Janeiro

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2972-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSCAS.1995.510267

Filename

510267