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Optical switching for tuning direction of LIDAR output signals

US11536805B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SiLC Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

Mehdi Asghari · Pasadena, US
Dazeng Feng · Arcadia, US
Bradley Jonathan Luff · San Marino, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 15, 2019
Grant date	Dec 27, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 3, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B2006/12164
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical system has a LIDAR chip that includes a switch configured to direct an outgoing LIDAR signal to one of multiple different alternate waveguides. The system also includes a redirection component configured to receive the outgoing LIDAR signal from any one of the alternate waveguides. The redirection component is also configured to redirect the received outgoing LIDAR signal such that a direction that the outgoing LIDAR signal travels away from the redirection component changes in response to changes in the alternate waveguide to which the optical switch directs the outgoing LIDAR signal.

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