Systems and methods for mitigating avalanche photodiode (apd) blinding

Described herein are systems and methods that that mitigate avalanche photodiode (APD) blinding and allow for improved accuracy in the detection of a multi-return light signal. A blinding spot may occur due to saturation of a primary APD. The systems and methods include the incorporation of a redund...

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Hauptverfasser:	GAO Kanke, RAMALINGAM VARADHARAJAN Rajesh, PINTO Roger Jullian, BAROT Nitinkumar Sagarbhai, GUNNAM Kiran Kumar
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; heb
Schlagworte:	ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ELECTRICITY LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES MEASURING PHYSICS RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING RADIO NAVIGATION SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES TESTING
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Zusammenfassung:	Described herein are systems and methods that that mitigate avalanche photodiode (APD) blinding and allow for improved accuracy in the detection of a multi-return light signal. A blinding spot may occur due to saturation of a primary APD. The systems and methods include the incorporation of a redundant APD and the utilization of time diversity and space diversity. Detection by the APDs is activated by a bias signal. The redundant APD receives a time delayed bias signal compared to the primary APD. Additionally, the redundant APD is positioned off the main focal plane in order to attenuate an output of the redundant APD. With attenuation, the redundant APD may not saturate and may have a successful detection during the blinding spot of the primary APD. Embodiments may include multiple primary APDs and multiple secondary APDs.