AMS is claiming operation through smudged and dirty glass for a miniature time-of-flight auto-focus sensor intended for phones. “TMF8801 maintains high accuracy through use of its on-chip histogram processing”, according to the firm – which includes automated dirt and smudge detection and compensation – and the circuit “enables dark and sunlight environment distance measurement within ...

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