LIDAR system with solid state spectral scanning

US11486986B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Aeva, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Mina Rezk · Haymarket, US
• Omer P. Kocaoglu · Fremont, US
• Oguzhan Avci · Cupertino, US
• Neal N. Oza · Palo Alto, US
• Keith Gagne · Santa Clara, US
• Behsan Behzadi · Menlo Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 21, 2019
• Grant date: Nov 1, 2022
• Expiry date: Jul 28, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01S17/89
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) apparatus is provided that includes an optical source to emit a first optical beam having a first frequency and a second optical beam having a second frequency and a dispersive element to deflect the first optical beam having the first frequency at a first angle and the second optical beam having the second frequency at a second angle.