MEMS-based “sonar on a silicon chip” ultrasonic time-of-flight sensors


https://www.electronics-lab.com/mems-based-sonar-silicon-chip-ultrasonic-time-flight-sensors/

TDK Corporation’s announces the immediate worldwide availability of the Chirp CH-101 MEMS-based ultrasonic Time-of-Flight (ToF) sensor. This ToF sensor utilizes a tiny ultrasonic transducer chip to send out a pulse of ultrasound and then listen for echoes returning from targets in the sensor’s field-of-view. By calculating the ToF, the sensor can determine the location of […]

LG and Infineon to introduce LG G8ThinQ with front-facing Time-of-Flight camera


https://www.electronics-lab.com/lg-infineon-introduce-lg-g8thinq-front-facing-time-flight-camera/

With Infineon’s REAL3™ Image Sensor Chip, LG Offers Enhanced Security and Depth Measuring Selfie Camera LG Electronics and Infineon Technologies AG have teamed up to introduce leading edge Time-of-Flight (ToF) technology to smartphone selfie photo lovers world over. Infineon’s REAL3™ image sensor chip will play a key role in the front-facing camera of the upcoming […]

REAL3™ Time-of-Flight image sensor: fourth generation with HVGA resolution


https://www.electronics-lab.com/real3-time-flight-image-sensor-fourth-generation-hvga-resolution/

Infineon Technologies AG is presenting the fourth generation of its REAL3™ image sensor IRS2771C at Mobile World Congress 2019 in Barcelona, Spain. The 3D Time-of-Flight (ToF) single chip is especially designed to meet the requirements of the mobile consumer device market and, in particular, demand for higher resolutions with small lenses. The wide range of […]

VL53L1X Time-of-Flight (ToF) Long Distance Ranging Sensor


https://www.electronics-lab.com/vl53l1x-time-flight-tof-long-distance-ranging-sensor/

STMicroelectronics’ VL53L1X is a state-of-the-art ToF laser-ranging sensor, enhancing the ST FlightSense product family. It is the fastest miniature ToF sensor currently on the market with accurate ranging up to 4 m and fast ranging frequency (up to 100 Hz). Housed in a miniature and reflowable package, it integrates a single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) […]

Chirp Microsystem Made The Smallest And Most Accurate Ultrasonic Time-of-Flight Sensors


https://www.electronics-lab.com/70595-2/

Recently Californian startup Chirp Microsystems officially announced two discrete ultrasonic Time-of-Flight (ToF) sensors, the CH-101 and CH-201, with maximum sensing ranges of 1m and 5m, respectively. Both chips have a 3.5×3.5mm package and they are powered by same ASIC or application-specific integrated circuit for signal processing. To achieve different sensing ranges, the Piezoelectric Micro-machined Ultrasonic Transducers (PMUT), the […]