Modular Optical Phased Array

A phased array comprising at least first and second phased array sub-blocks, each phased array sub-block comprising M×N photonic chips, each chip comprising an array of transmitters and an array of receivers, wherein the transmitter arrays in each pair of adjacent photonics chips in each phased array sub-block are spaced apart by a first distance and wherein the receiver arrays in each pair of adjacent photonics chips in each phased array sub-block are spaced apart by a second distance, wherein first and second distances are co-prime numbers, and wherein at least one of M or N is an integer greater than one.

A phased array comprising:

• a first M transceivers disposed along a first plurality of rows and columns, wherein each pair of adjacent transceivers of the first M transceivers is spaced apart by a first distance;
• a second N transceiver arrays disposed along a second plurality of rows and columns, wherein each pair of adjacent transceivers of the first second N transceivers is spaced apart by a second distance, wherein the first and second distances are co-prime numbers, and wherein the first M transceivers and the second N transceivers include at least one common transceiver, and wherein at least one of M or N is an integer greater than one.

A method of forming a phased array, the method comprising:

• forming a first array of photonic chips each comprising an array of transmitters and an array of receivers, wherein the transmitter arrays in each pair of adjacent photonics chips are spaced apart by a first distance and wherein the receiver arrays in each pair of adjacent photonics chips are spaced apart by a second distance, wherein first and second distances are co-prime numbers.

A method of forming a phased array, the method comprising:

• forming a first array of photonic chips each comprising an array of transmitters and an array of receivers, wherein the transmitter arrays in each pair of adjacent photonics chips in the first array are spaced apart by a first distance and wherein the receiver arrays in each pair of adjacent photonics chips in the first array are spaced apart by a second distance, wherein first and second distances are co-prime numbers;
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• forming a second array of photonic chips each comprising an array of transmitters and an array of receivers, wherein the transmitter arrays in each pair of adjacent photonics chips across the first or second array are spaced apart by the first distance and wherein the receiver arrays in each pair of adjacent photonics chips across the first and second array are spaced apart by the second distance.

A method of forming a phased array the method comprising:

• disposing a first M transceivers along a first plurality of rows and columns, wherein each pair of adjacent transceivers of the first M transceivers is spaced apart by a first distance;
• disposing a second N transceiver arrays along a second plurality of rows and columns, wherein each pair of adjacent transceivers of the first second N transceivers is spaced apart by a second distance, wherein the first and second distances are co-prime numbers, and wherein the first M transceivers and the second N transceivers include at least one common transceiver, and wherein at least one of M or N is an integer greater than one.

A phased array comprising M transmitters forming a first array, and N receivers forming a second array, said phased array further comprising a transceiver disposed in and common to both the first and second arrays, wherein each transmitter in the first array is spaced apart from an adjacent transmitter in the first array by a first distance, and wherein each receiver in the second array is spaced apart from an adjacent receiver in the second array by a second distance, wherein the first and second distances are co-prime numbers.