Clock management in high range resolution Time-of-Flight range imagers
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In time-of-flight range imagers, as the range resolution increases, a gating clock skew becomes a serious problem. This paper describes two skew calibration techniques implemented in column-parallel circuits for TOF range imagers. Skew calibration technique with optical response is simple but the long calibration time is required. To reduce the calibration time, self-calibration technique with a bang-bang digital DLL has been developed.
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