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LIDAR adapter for use with LIDAR chip

US11714167B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SiLC Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

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

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 21, 2019
Grant date	Aug 1, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 17, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01S17/58
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A LIDAR system includes a LIDAR chip configured that outputs a LIDAR output signal. The LIDAR system also includes a LIDAR adapter that receives the LIDAR output signal from the LIDAR chip and also outputs the LIDAR output signal from the LIDAR system and toward a sample region in a field of view. The LIDAR adapter also receives a LIDAR return signal that includes light from the LIDAR output signal after the LIDAR output signal is reflected by an object located in the sample region. The LIDAR output signal and the LIDAR return signal travel the same optical pathway between the LIDAR adapter and the object. The LIDAR adapter is also configured to output a LIDAR input signal that is received by the LIDAR chip and includes or consists of light from the LIDAR return signal. The LIDAR input signal and the LIDAR output signal travel different optical pathways between the LIDAR adapter and the LIDAR chip.

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