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Device for receiving light for the detection of an object

US11493607B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Oliver Kern · Renningen, DE
Jan Niklas Caspers · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 26, 2019
Grant date	Nov 8, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 3, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B27/0087
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device for receiving light having at least one wavelength for the detection of an object, includes: an optical phased array including a plurality of optical phased sub-arrays, each optical phased sub-array including (a) a plurality of antennas and (b) a detector for coherently receiving light; and an evaluation unit connected to the optical phased sub-arrays and configured to determine the angle at which the object is detected.

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