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US 9,851,556 B2Granted
Avalanche photodiode based imager with increased field-of-view
AssigneeArgo Al, LLC
InventorsEvgenii Yuryevich Kotelnikov, Igor Kudryashov, Samuel Richard Wilton, Sabbir Sajjad Rangwala
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Abstract
A GmAPD imager with an increased field of view includes at least one array of movable mirrors. Each movable mirror in the array switches between at least two positions (states). The movable mirrors receive light coming from a first direction when the mirror is in the first state and a second direction when the mirror is in the second state, thus increasing the field of view of the imager.
Claims4
A device for increasing a field-of-view of an imager, the device comprising:
- an array of GmAPDs, the array having a field-of-view;
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- optics for switching the field-of-view of the array of GmAPDs from a first direction to a second direction, wherein the optics comprise:
- (a) a first array of micro-mirrors having a first state and a second state, wherein in the first state all micro-mirrors in the first array tilt in third direction and in the second state all micro-mirrors in the first array tilt in a fourth direction, wherein an angle subtended between the third and fourth directions is greater than the field-of-view of the array of GmAPDs;
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- (b) a first static mirror, wherein the first static mirror is positioned with respect to the first array of micro-mirrors so that a second angle subtended between the first direction and the second direction is less than the field-of-view of the array of GmAPDs.
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