High-dynamic-range laser range finders based on a novel multimodulated frequency method

Ou-Yang Mang; Chen-Yi Huang; Junewen Chen

doi:10.1117/1.2402517

1 December 2006 High-dynamic-range laser range finders based on a novel multimodulated frequency method

Ou-Yang Mang, Chen-Yi Huang, Junewen Chen

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 45, Issue 12, 123603 (December 2006). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2402517

Abstract

A continuous-wave phase-shift laser range finder employs a novel multimodulation frequency method associating an undersampling analog-digital converter (ADC) with digital synchronous detection. This presentation greatly improves measured phase accuracy and reduces prior art scheme complexities. The novel patented design includes one phase-lock-loop (PLL) chip to produce a multimodulation frequency, one analog-to-digital converter operating at a low sampling rate, and an effective algorithm to calculate the final distance, which has encoded computing codes, and is implemented into compact computing circuits but without mixers and redundant components. The experimental results prove that a nonambiguity range is easily achieved to 1.5 Km when the modulation frequency is operated at 0.1 MHz. The measured accuracy approaches 2.9 mm using the same apparatus when the modulation frequency is tuned to 14.5 MHz. Dynamic range can reach 5.2×10⁵ without a very high modulation frequency below 15 MHz, as revealed by a detailed analysis.

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Ou-Yang Mang, Chen-Yi Huang, and Junewen Chen "High-dynamic-range laser range finders based on a novel multimodulated frequency method," Optical Engineering 45(12), 123603 (1 December 2006). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2402517

Published: 1 December 2006

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