A simple and reliable counting and display circuit for laser rangefinder

Khaled Gasmi

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A simple and reliable counting and display circuit for laser rangefinder

Khaled Gasmi^*

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Abstract

A digital counting and display circuit for long distance laser rangefinder is presented. The laser rangefinder uses a pulsed Nd:YAG laser emitting in the near-infrared spectral region at the wavelength of 1.06 μm to measure distances to targets with a resolution of 5 m, an accuracy of ±1.5 m, and a maximum range of 15 km based on a direct time-of-flight method. The detection is achieved with a probability of detection of 0.99 and a probability of false alarm of 1.5×10^-7. The digital circuit is characterized by its simplicity, versatility and reliability. It is placed at the end of an optoelectronic detection chain formed by a silicon avalanche photodiode, a low-noise and fast multistage amplifier, and a fast analog-to-digital converter.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Optical Sensors 2021
Editors	Francesco Baldini, Jiri Homola, Robert A. Lieberman
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510643789
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2588197
State	Published - 2021

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	11772
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Keywords

Avalanche photodiode
Counting
Display
Laser
Range finder
Time-of-flight

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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A simple and reliable counting and display circuit for laser rangefinder. / Gasmi, Khaled.
Optical Sensors 2021. ed. / Francesco Baldini; Jiri Homola; Robert A. Lieberman. SPIE, 2021. 1177219 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 11772).

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