Manufacturing Process for Semiconductor-Based Lidar Sensor System with Improved Optical Alignment

An alignment system for manufacturing a semiconductor-based LIDAR sensor system for a vehicle, the alignment system comprising:

• a semiconductor optical device provided in a first alignment position within the LIDAR sensor system;
• a sensor configured to obtain an interference pattern associated with a first light beam that passes through the semiconductor optical device at a first location and a second light beam that passes through the semiconductor optical device at a second location, and to determine a position of the first location relative to the second location based on the interference pattern;
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• an alignment device configured to align the semiconductor optical device in a second alignment position within the LIDAR sensor system, based on the position of the first location relative to the second location.