Geiger-mode Three Dimensional Image Sensor for Flash LIDAR

Takahide Mizuno, Hirokazu Ikeda, Kenji Makino, Yusei Tamura, Yoshihito Suzuki, Tatsuya Hashi, Takashi Baba, Shunsuke Adachi, Ryuji Okumura

doi:https://doi.org/10.36463/idw.2021.0625

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[PRJ1/AIS4-3(Invited)] Geiger-mode Three Dimensional Image Sensor for Flash LIDAR

*Takahide Mizuno¹, Hirokazu Ikeda¹, Kenji Makino², Yusei Tamura², Yoshihito Suzuki², Tatsuya Hashi², Takashi Baba², Shunsuke Adachi², Ryuji Okumura² (1.Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan), 2.Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. (Japan))

3D image sensor, LIDAR, Autonomous driving, Eye-safe, Planetary lander

https://doi.org/10.36463/idw.2021.0625

JAXA has been developing Flash LIDAR as a sensor for obstacle detection by lunar and planetary landers and for on-orbit rendezvous and docking. This paper describes a 3D image sensor with Geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes and its pixel circuit for Flash LIDAR.

Proceedings of the International Display Workshops Volume 28 (IDW '21)

[PRJ1/AIS4-3(Invited)] Geiger-mode Three Dimensional Image Sensor for Flash LIDAR