October 4, 2016

Santa Clara Convention Center

Mission City Ballroom

Time of Flight

Proximity/Ranging Sensor

Marcus Yang

FlightSense™ Breakthrough Technology 2

Measurement at the true speed of light !

Fully Integrated Time of Flight ModuleST #1 World Wide Supplier

Direct distance measurementIndependent of target size, color & reflectance

distance

Target

Photon

Measured

distance =Speed of

light xPhoton travel

time /2

FlightSense™ Principle

Emitter

Sensor

1cm round-trip at 67ps!

Very fast (few ms)

Low power

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ST Proprietary Time-of-Flight IP Best compromise of cost, complexity

& power vs performance

Optimised and reliable supply chain High volume & low cost

Compact integrated system Sensor, filters, optics, VCSEL and driver integrated

Fully calibrated system

Single Photon Avalanche DiodeUltra fast time resolution enabling Direct ToF

processed in ST CMOS SPAD process

FlightSense™Optical Time-of-Flight Product Family

ST is WWide

#1 ToF supplier

Over 3 years of proven track

record in manufacturing

>100M products shipped

300% AAGR

ST Time of Flight: FlightSense™

Technology advantages4

Color

independentTrue Distance

Fully

integrated

Texture

independent

Eye Safe

940nm

Detect

Glass/Transparent

Low Power

ST ToF vs. Traditional IR Proxy 5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NHKga3V6xo

Gesture control

FlightSense™ Limitless Applications 6

IoT/Smart HomeRobot cleaners, Appliance, Toys…

Wireless & ConsumerCamera Assist, Proximity, Power Saving …

IndustrialFaucet, Robotics, Drone…VR/AR, control, switch……

G4 Beat

VL6180, Laser Auto Focus, Worldwide Adoption 7

G3 & G3 Dual G3 Cat6 G3 Beat G Vista G3A AKA G Flex 2G4 & G4 Dual

Vibe Shot

ZenFone 2 LaserZE500KG

ZenFone SelfieZD551KL

ZenFone 2 LaserZE550KL

ZenFone 2 LaserZE500KL

ZenFone ZoomZX551ML

R7+ One+ 2 MX5 PRO5

M9+ Aurora EditionNexus 6PNexus 5X

ZenFone 2 LaserZE600KL & ZE601KL

V10

G4 Stylus

Blade 7

ZenFone MaxZX550KL & ZC550KL

R7S+

Elfie S8 Elephone P9000

VL53L0, Laser Auto-Focus Gen 2, Ramping-up 8

G5 PRO6

M10P9 P9 Plus Honor V8

moto G4+ moto Z moto Z Force Lenovo Phab2+

Honor 8

LIQUID ZEST PLUS

XZX Compact

V20

moto Z Play

“Laser AutoFocus”, a Recognized Brand 9

Advanced User DetectionLaptops & monitors

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Presence detection for screen on / off or security:

• Complies with EU Regulation 801/2013 (Lot 26): Networked standby losses of energy

• Fast detection (<30ms)

• Independent of target reflectance and color

• Robust to ambient light and backlight

Ranging ManagementBy setting up a certain distance criterion,

FlightSense™ enables system to turn off

display when user is getting too close to display

Display ManagementVL6180X allows system to adjust display

brightness per info from ALS

Gesture RecognitionFlightSense™ benefits versus traditional IR

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FlightSense™ allows to discriminate vertical gesture from horizontal gesture while traditional IR sensor cannot

FlightSense™

VL6180X: Used in a Wide Variety of Devices 12

Ococci ReadBoy

Eye protection on Educational tablet

Sony

Portable short throw projector

Ememe

Robot cleanerMacally

USB device for laptops User

detection std alone system

Automatic

Faucets Feichter

Glasses localization

FutureRobot

Home robot, movement

monitoring

Hobot 268

Glass cleaning robot

Blackberry Passpor & Priv

Proximity & ALS sensor

FlightSense™ unlocks endless new applications 13

Medical

Security

Entertainment

Industrial

Robotics

Education

Robot Vacuum

cleaner

AR/VR

Faucet

Liquid/Food

Drone

VL6180XAmbient Light Sensor (ALS) / Proximity Sensor

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• Small package

• OLGA 4.8 x 2.8 x 1mm

• Robust and accurate proximity detection

• Highly efficient ALS embedded

• Fully integrated

• Near-IR (850nm) VCSEL emitter

• Filters

• Receiver

• Advanced µC

• Low power

• Field-of-View : 25°

• Laser Class1 device (eye safe)

• Independent of reflectance/color/texture

• Complete API package and Android driver

Highlights Applications

Adjust the brightness of

the display subject to the

ambient light level

detected

• User detection to

safely power off

touch screen or

control white goods

• Obstacle detection

for robotics

• …

Ambient Light

Sensing

Reliable Proximity

detection

MASS

PRODUCTION

VL53L0XRanging sensor

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• World’s smallest ToF sensor

• OLGA 4.4 x 2.4 x 1mm

• Range up to 2 meters in less than 30ms

• High accuracy (up to +/- 3%)

• Fast ranging time (up to 50Hz)

• Fully integrated

• Near-IR (940nm) VCSEL emitter

• Filters

• Receiver

• Advanced µC

• Low power

• Field-of-View : 25°

• Laser Class1 device (eye safe)

• Independent of reflectance/color/texture

• Complete API package and Android driver

Applications

Power saving, zoom,

user detection and

counting, …

Take-off and landing

phase assistance.

Ceiling detection

User detection

& Smart interaction

Laser AF

WW #1 supplier, with

Focus in 1 frame

Drones

HighlightsMASS

PRODUCTION

VL53L0X NUCLEO expansion board

16

Arduino

Connectors

4-digit display

Cover Glass holder(Can hold Cover Glass and spacers)

VL53L0XRanging sensor

2x VL53L0X satellites

(plugged or hardwired)

PC GUI interface

Spacers3 spacers 0.25/0.5/1mm to create

various air gaps below CG

Cover Glass sample(PMMA material. Low XTalk)

VL53L0X Quick Start 17

Product Picture Order code

VL6180X proximity sensor VL6180XV0NR/1

Nucleo VL6180X Expansion board (Gen2) X-NUCLEO6180XA1/1

Nucleo Pack: VL6180X expansion board +

STM32F410 “Full features” Nucleo boardP-NUCLEO-6180X1/

VL6180X Satellites (2 units per delivery) VL6180X-SATEL/1

VL6180X: Module & Development Tools 18

Go to www.st.com/VL6180X or contact your usual distributor

VL53L0X: Module & Development Tools 19

Product Picture Order code

VL53L0Xmodule

VL53L0CXV0DH/1

VL53L0X Nucleo™ Expansion board X-NUCLEO-53L0A1/

Pack: VL53L0X Nucleo™ Expansion

board + STM32F401 NUCLEO boardP-NUCLEO-53L0A1/

VL53L0X Satellite boards to be hard-wired to customers PCBs

53L0-SATEL- I1/1

Delivered with a

protective liner

Go to www.st.com/VL53L0X or contact your usual distributor

FlightSense™ Technology Summary 20

Eye Safe

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