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US 11,703,598 B2Granted
Steering of LIDAR output signals
AssigneeSiLC Technologies, Inc.
InventorsBradley Jonathan Luff, Mehdi Asghari
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Abstract
A LIDAR system includes a LIDAR chip configured to output a LIDAR output signal. The LIDAR chip includes a redirection component and alternate waveguides. The redirection component receives an outgoing LIDAR signal from any one of multiple alternate waveguides. The LIDAR output signal includes light from the outgoing LIDAR signal. A direction that the LIDAR output signal travels away from the LIDAR chip is a function of the alternate waveguide from which the redirection component receives the outgoing LIDAR signal.
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A LIDAR system, comprising:
- a LIDAR chip configured to output a LIDAR output signal;
- the LIDAR chip including a redirection component, alternate waveguides, and an optical switch configured to direct an outgoing LIDAR signal to any one of the alternate waveguides,
- the redirection component having a return surface and being configured to receive the outgoing LIDAR signal from any one of multiple alternate waveguides such that the outgoing LIDAR signal is reflected at the return surface,
- the LIDAR output signal including light from the outgoing LIDAR signal, and
- the redirection component being configured such that a direction that the LIDAR output signal travels away from the LIDAR chip changes in response to a change in the alternate waveguide from which the redirection component receives the outgoing LIDAR signal.
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