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New Mira220 image sensor’s high quantum efficiency enables operation with low-power emitter and in dim lighting conditions Stacked chip design uses ams OSRAM back side illumination technology to shrink package footprint to just 5.3mm x 5.3mm, giving greater design flexibility to manufacturers of smart glasses and other space-constrained products Low-power operation and ultra-small size make the Mira220 ideal for active stereo vision or structured lighting 3D systems in drones, robots and smart door locks, as well as mobile and wearable devices Press Release:  https://ams-osram.com/news/press-releases/mira220 Premstaetten, Austria (14th July 2022) -- ams OSRAM (SIX: AMS), a global leader in optical solutions, has launched a 2.2Mpixel global shutter visible and near infrared (NIR) image sensor which offers the low-power characteristics and small size required in the latest 2D and 3D sensing systems for virtual reality (VR) headsets, smart glasses, drones and other consumer and indust...

Press release from II-VI Inc. announces joint effort with Artilux on a SWIR 3D camera for the "metaverse". https://ii-vi.com/news/ii-vi-incorporated-and-artilux-demonstrate-a-3d-camera-for-enhanced-user-experience-in-the-metaverse/   PITTSBURGH and HSINCHU, TAIWAN, July 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – II‐VI Incorporated (Nasdaq: IIVI), a leader in semiconductor lasers, and Artilux, a leader in germanium silicon (GeSi) photonics and CMOS SWIR sensing technology, today announced a joint demonstration of a next-generation 3D camera with much longer range and higher image resolution to greatly enhance user experience in the metaverse. Investments in the metaverse infrastructure are accelerating and driving the demand for sensors that enable more realistic and immersive virtual experiences. II-VI and Artilux combined their proprietary technologies in indium phosphide (InP) semiconductor lasers and GeSi sensor arrays, respectively, to demonstrate a miniature 3D camera that operates in ...

C. Bamji et al. from Microsoft published a paper titled "A Review of Indirect Time-of-Flight Technologies" in IEEE Trans. Electron Devices (June 2022). Abstract: Indirect time-of-flight (iToF) cameras operate by illuminating a scene with modulated light and inferring depth at each pixel by combining the back-reflected light with different gating signals. This article focuses on amplitude-modulated continuous-wave (AMCW) time-of-flight (ToF), which, because of its robustness and stability properties, is the most common form of iToF. The figures of merit that drive iToF performance are explained and plotted, and system parameters that drive a camera’s final performance are summarized. Different iToF pixel and chip architectures are compared and the basic phasor methods for extracting depth from the pixel output values are explained. The evolution of pixel size is discussed, showing performance improvement over time. Depth pipelines, which play a key role in filtering and enhanc...

ams OSRAM VCSEL illuminator brings benefits of integrated eye safety to Melexis automotive in-cabin monitoring solution Premstaetten, Austria (11 May, 2022) – ams OSRAM (SIX: AMS), a global leader in optical solutions, announces that it is supplying a high-performance infrared laser flood illuminator for the latest automotive indirect Time-of-Flight (iToF) demonstrator from Melexis. The ams OSRAM vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) flood illuminator from the TARA2000-AUT family has been chosen for the new, improved version of the EVK75027 iToF sensing kit because it features an integrated eye safety interlock. This provides for a more compact, more reliable and faster system implementation than other VCSEL flood illuminators that require an external photodiode and processing circuitry. The Melexis evaluation kit demonstrates the combined capabilities of the new ams OSRAM 940nm VCSEL flood illuminator in combination with an interface board and a processor board and the MLX750...