Three-channel CMOS transimpedance amplifier for LiDAR sensor receiver

doi:10.23919/JSEE.2023.000058

Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2024, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (1): 74-80.doi: 10.23919/JSEE.2023.000058

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Three-channel CMOS transimpedance amplifier for LiDAR sensor receiver

Ruqing LIU(), Jingguo ZHU(), Yan JIANG(), Feng LI(), Chenghao JIANG, Zhe MENG

¹ Photoelectric R & D Center, Academy of Opto-Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China

Received:2021-11-08 Online:2024-02-18 Published:2024-03-05
Contact: Jingguo ZHU E-mail:liuruqing@ime.ac.cn;zhujingguo@ime.ac.cn;Jiangyan@ime.ac.cn;lifeng1@ime.ac.cn
About author:
LIU Ruqing was born in 1987. She received her M.S. degree in microeletronics and solid state electronics from Beijing Institute of Technology. She is an engineer in Microelectronics Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Her research interest is LiDAR field progrmmable gate array signal processing. E-mail: liuruqing@ime.ac.cn

ZHU Jingguo was born in 1977. He received his Ph.D. degree in computer application technology from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, where he is the leader of the lidar team. His research interests are lidar, intelligent sensing, and photoelectric countermeasure. E-mail: zhujingguo@ime.ac.cn

JIANG Yan was born in 1985. He received his M.S. degree in microeletronics and solid state electronics from Beijing Institute of Technology. He is an engineer of Microelectronics Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research interest is lidar signal processing. E-mail: jiangyan@ime.ac.cn

LI Feng was born in 1976. He received his Ph.D. degree in microeletronics and solid state electronics from Beihang University. He is an associate researcher in the Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research interests are signal detection, embedded system, and electromechanical control. E-mail: lifeng1@ime.ac.cn

JIANG Chenghao was born in 1987. He received his Ph.D. degree in instrument science and technology from Changchun University of Science and Technology. He is a researcher in the Institute of Microelectronics of Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research interests are laser detection technology and visual detection. E-mail: Jiangchenghao@ime.ac.cn

MENG Zhe was born in 1979. He received his M.S. degree in software engineering from Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is an engineer in Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research interests are software engineering. E-mail: mengzhe@ime.ac.cn

Abstract

Abstract:

For time-of-flight (TOF) light detection and ranging (LiDAR), a three-channel high-performance transimpedance amplifier (TIA) with high immunity to input load capacitance is presented. A regulated cascade (RGC) as the input stage is at the core of the complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) circuit chip, giving it more immunity to input photodiode detectors. A simple smart output interface acting as a feedback structure, which is rarely found in other designs, reduces the chip size and power consumption simultaneously. The circuit is designed using a 0.5 μm CMOS process technology to achieve low cost. The device delivers a 33.87 dB? transimpedance gain at 350 MHz. With a higher input load capacitance, it shows a ?3 dB bandwidth of 461 MHz, indicating a better detector tolerance at the front end of the system. Under a 3.3 V supply voltage, the device consumes 5.2 mW, and the total chip area with three channels is 402.8×597.0 μm² (including the test pads).

Key words: transimpedance amplifier (TIA), three-channel, regulated cascade (RGC), light detection and ranging (LiDAR)

Ruqing LIU, Jingguo ZHU, Yan JIANG, Feng LI, Chenghao JIANG, Zhe MENG. Three-channel CMOS transimpedance amplifier for LiDAR sensor receiver[J]. Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics, 2024, 35(1): 74-80.

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Channel	Input C_s/pF	Bandwidth/ MHz	Output voltage/V	Noise/ (pA·s⁻¹)	Gain/ dBΩ
1	5	739.9	0.4−2	3.051	41.01
2	5	750.7	0.4−2	3.058	40.09
3	5	827.7	0.4−2	3.049	41.03
1	10	612.8	0.5−2	3.749	40.09

Channel	The proposed circuit	[12]	[22]	[23]
Input C_s/pF	5	5	1.5	2
f_−3dB/MHz	461	170	150	50
Gain/dBΩ	33.92	113	106	106
Power/mW	5.2	250	165	12.6
Chip size/mm²	0.4×0.6	3×3	0.9	−

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