A survey on ground segmentation methods for automotive LiDAR sensors

T Gomes, D Matias, A Campos, L Cunha, R Roriz - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the near future, autonomous vehicles with full self-driving features will populate our public
roads. However, fully autonomous cars will require robust perception systems to safely …

Automotive LiDAR technology: A survey

R Roriz, J Cabral, T Gomes - IEEE Transactions on Intelligent …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nowadays, and more than a decade after the first steps towards autonomous driving, we
keep heading to achieve fully autonomous vehicles on our roads, with LiDAR sensors being …

Modeling for single-photon avalanche diodes: State-of-the-art and research challenges

X Qian, W Jiang, A Elsharabasy, MJ Deen - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
With the growing importance of single-photon-counting (SPC) techniques, researchers are
now designing high-performance systems based on single-photon avalanche diodes …

High-resolution time-to-digital converters (TDCs) with a bidirectional encoder

Y Wang, W Xie, H Chen, DDU Li - Measurement, 2023 - Elsevier
A high-resolution time-to-digital converter (TDC) based on wave union (four-edge WU A),
dual-sampling, and sub-TDL methods is proposed and implemented in a 16-nm Xilinx …

Single Photon Detectors for Automotive LiDAR Applications: State-of-the-Art and Research Challenges

X Qian, W Jiang, MJ Deen - IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to the fast growth of the autonomous vehicles industry, there is a growing need for
distance sensing systems. Among such systems, the light detection and ranging (LiDAR) …

A 16-channel analog CMOS SiPM with on-chip front-end for D-ToF LiDAR

M Liu, B Liu, J Hu, D Li, J Ma, Z Chu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a 16-channel analog silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) with on-chip front-
end for direct time-of-flight (D-ToF) LiDAR applications. The proposed receiver is mainly …

A review of ToF-based LiDAR

J Ma, S Zhuo, L Qiu, Y Gao, Y Wu… - Journal of …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
In recent years, propelled by the rapid iterative advancements in digital imaging technology
and the semiconductor industry, encompassing microelectronic design, manufacturing …

A 50-ps gated VCRO-based TDC with compact phase interpolators for flash LiDAR

J Hu, X Wang, D Li, Y Liu, R Ma… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article describes a small footprint, low power gated voltage-controlled ring oscillator
(VCRO)-based Time-To-Digital converter (TDC) for Flash Light Detection and Ranging …

High-speed and high-power 940 nm flip-chip VCSEL array for LiDAR application

KB Hong, WT Huang, HC Chung, GH Chang, D Yang… - Crystals, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this paper, we demonstrate the design and fabrication of a high-power, high-speed flip-
chip vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) for light detection and ranging (LiDAR) …

Subthreshold modeling of a tunable CMOS Schmitt trigger

A Nowbahari, L Marchetti, M Azadmehr - IEEE Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, the subthreshold characteristics of a tunable single input CMOS Schmitt trigger
(ST) are modeled for the first time. The high-to-low and low-to-high hysteresis transition …