Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 52, Issue 10, 20230094(2023)

Long distance single photon precision time digital conversion circuit based on FPGA

Da Xie1, Chunyang Wang1,2, Kai Yuan1, Xuyang Wei2, and Xuelian Liu2
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China
  • 2Xi'an Key Laboratory of Active Photoelectric Imaging Detection Technology, Xi'an Technological University, Xi'an 710021, China
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    Figures & Tables(20)
    Principle of GM-APD laser ranging
    Timing diagram of the ranging system
    Generation principle of equivalent high frequency counting clock
    Principle of two-stage TDC time quantization
    TDC timing of coarse and fine two stages
    Generation principle of equivalent high frequency counting clock
    Internal counter unit structure of TDC
    Work flow of laser ranging system
    RTL structure diagram of frequency division module
    RTL structure of fine time digital conversion circuit
    Timing results of TDC
    Timing results of TDC
    Laboratory experiment scene
    (a) 1457 m residential building; (b) Ranging results of the rangefinder
    (a) 2616.5 m residential building; (b) Ranging results of the rangefinder
    Ranging results at 1457 m
    Ranging results at 2616.5 m
    • Table 1. Laboratory experiment

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      Table 1. Laboratory experiment

      L/m L_Max/m L_Min/m Mean/mRMSE/mError/cm
      66.09385.90635.95120.09384.88
      77.12506.93756.96940.07683.06
      88.15637.96887.98560.05561.44
      99.09388.81258.98120.09191.88
      1010.21889.750010.05620.09675.62
    • Table 2. Relative position ranging experiment

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      Table 2. Relative position ranging experiment

      Relative position/mTruth/mMean/mRMSE/mError/cm
      6-711.01810.10841.81
      7-811.01630.09581.63
      8-910.99560.10170.44
      9-1011.00120.10680.12
    • Table 3. Outdoor experiment

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      Table 3. Outdoor experiment

      Reference range/mL_Max/m L_Min/m Mean/mVar/m
      14571457.06251456.87501457.02690.0048
      2616.52616.56252616.46872616.49300.0017
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    Da Xie, Chunyang Wang, Kai Yuan, Xuyang Wei, Xuelian Liu. Long distance single photon precision time digital conversion circuit based on FPGA[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2023, 52(10): 20230094

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    Paper Information

    Category: Photoelectric measurement

    Received: Feb. 26, 2023

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Nov. 21, 2023

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    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20230094

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