Robert Boschgmbh

Georgia Tech Research Corporation

Aeva, Inc.

Integrated Device Technology, Inc.

Other

Aptiv Technologies Limited

Ashwin K Samarao

Gary O'Brien

Gary Yama

Fabian Purkl

Ando Feyh

Ando Lars Feyh

Farrokh Ayazi

Andrew Graham

Bongsang Kim

Pradeep Srinivasan

Thomas Rocznik

Seow Yuen Yee

Harmeet Bhugra

Brian J Roxworthy

Franz Laermer

Behsan Behzadi

Oguzhan Avci

Seungbae Lee

Seow Yeun Yee

Colin De Vrieze

A system including one or more waveguides to receive a first returned reflection having a first lag angle and generate a first waveguide signal, receive a second returned reflection having a second lag angle different from the first lag angle, and generate a second waveguide signal. The system includes one or more photodetectors to generate a first output signal within a first frequency range, and generate, based on the second waveguide signal and a second LO signal, a second output signal within a second frequency range. The system includes an optical frequency shifter (OFS) to shift a frequency of the second LO signal to cause the second output signal to shift from within the second frequency range to within the first frequency range to generate a shifted signal. The system includes a processor to receive the shifted signal to produce one or more points in a point set.

Techniques for enhanced detection of distant objects

A LiDAR system includes an optical source to emit an optical beam, an optical window to reflect a first portion of the optical beam to generate an LO signal, and an optical scanner to transmit a second portion of the optical beam to a target to scan the target to generate a target return signal. The LiDAR system includes a birefringent crystal plate to transmit the LO signal and the target return signal to a PD and shift the LO signal and the target return signal by different displacements to increase a percentage of an overlap of the LO signal and the target return signal on a detection plane of the PD. The LiDAR system includes the PD to mix the target return signal with the LO signal on the detection plane of the PD to generate a heterodyne signal to extract range and velocity information of the target.

Techniques for enhancing LO and RX overlap in FMCW lidars using birefringent crystals

FMCW LIDAR using array waveguide receivers and optical frequency shifting

Machine-readable media, methods, apparatus and system for automated vehicle with target localization are disclosed. In some embodiments, the system may comprise at least three receivers on a first vehicle, wherein each of the at least three receivers is to receive a first signal of a first wavelength from a transmitter of a second vehicle; and a controller to calculate one or more first location candidate of the second vehicle with respect to the first vehicle, at least in part based on differences among first signal path lengths for the first signal to travel from the transmitter to each of the at least three receivers.

Method, apparatus and system for automated vehicle with target localization

A nanostructured environmental sensor includes a silicon based substrate, a structural base located above the substrate, and a sensor portion suspended above the structural base. A top surface of the sensor portion is formed from nickel oxide using atomic layer deposition. The nanostructured thin film nickel oxide environmental sensor is provided in a housing to form an environmental sensor package for sensing attributes of the environment to which the environmental sensor package is exposed.

Nanostructured nickel oxide environmental sensor device and a package for encapsulating the device

A modular deformable electronics platform is attachable to a deformable surface, such as skin. The platform is tolerant to surface deformation and motion, can flex in and out of a plane of the platform without hindering operability of electrical components included on the platform, and is formed via arrangement of discrete flexible tiles, with corners of adjacent tiles connected by a flexible connection material so that individual tiles can translate and rotate relative to each other. Interconnects disposed on bases of separate tiles electrically connect adjacent tiles via their connected corners, and electrically connect components disposed on different tiles. Each pair of adjacent corner connections defines an axis about which at least a portion of the platform can flex without deformation and without hindering connections between tiles. The flexible material and/or bases of the tiles can include Parylene.

Modular deformable platform

A surface acoustic wave (SAW) device includes a silicon substrate, a piezoelectric substrate formed of lithium niobate, an alumina layer interposed between the silicon substrate and the piezoelectric substrate, and at least one electrode on the piezoelectric substrate.

Tunable lithium niobate resonators and filters via lithiation and delithiation

A thin film gas sensor device includes a substrate, a first electrode supported by the substrate, a second electrode supported by the substrate, and a gas-sensitive structure. The gas-sensitive structure is supported by the substrate and is electrically connected to the first and second electrodes. The gas sensitive structure includes a plurality of thin film layers of a first material vertically interleaved with a plurality of thin film layers of a second material. The first and second materials are mutually catalytic materials.

Nanolaminate gas sensor and method of fabricating a nanolaminate gas sensor using atomic layer deposition

A thin film gas sensor device includes a substrate, a first pillar, a second pillar, a nanostructured thin film layer, and a first and a second electrical contact. The first and second pillars are supported by the substrate. The nanostructured thin film layer is formed with a semi-conductor material including holes. The semiconductor material is configured to undergo a reduction in a density of the holes in the presence of a target gas, thereby increasing an electrical resistance of the nanostructured thin film layer. The first and the second electrical contacts are operably connected to the nanostructured thin film layer, such that the increase in electrical resistance can be detected.

Nanostructured gas sensor

A flexible electronic device includes a flexible electronic circuit and a flexible microfluidic sensor homogeneously integrated into the flexible circuit. The flexible sensor includes a flexible microfluidic structure, a first material, a second material, and an electrode arrangement. At least one of the first and second materials is a fluid. The structure defines at least one microfluidic chamber. The first and second materials are disposed in the chamber. The second material has a physical property and an electrical property different from the first material. The electrode arrangement includes at least one pair of electrodes spaced apart from each other with at least a portion of the at least one chamber located functionally directly therebetween such that at least one electronic property measured across the pair is based on a relationship between the second material and the electrode pair. The relationship is based on a physical condition of the microfluidic structure.

Flexible microfluidic motion sensors

A Li-ion battery in one embodiment includes a lithium based compound in a cathode, a first porous silicon portion in an anode, and a layer of atomic layer deposited (ALD) alumina coating the first porous silicon portion and contacting the cathode.

Li-ion battery with alumina coated porous silicon anode

A trenched base capacitive humidity sensor includes a plurality of trenches formed in a conductive layer, such as polysilicon or metal, on a substrate. The trenches are arranged parallel to the each other and partition the conductive layer into a plurality of trenched silicon electrodes. At least two trenched silicon electrodes are configured to form a capacitive humidity sensor. The trenches that define the trenched silicon electrodes can be filled partially (e.g., sidewall coverage) or completely with polyimide (Pl) or silicon nitride (SiN). A polyimide layer may also be provided on the conductive layer over the trenches and trenched electrodes. The trenches and the trenched silicon electrodes may have different widths to enable different sensor characteristics in the same structure.

Trench based capacitive humidity sensor

A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) structure includes a substrate, an epitaxial polysilicon cap located above the substrate, a first cavity portion defined between the substrate and the epitaxial polysilicon cap, and a first graphene component having at least one graphene surface immediately adjacent to the first cavity portion.

MEMS structure with graphene component

A method of fabricating a MEMS device includes depositing an expandable material into a first recess of a cap wafer. The cap wafer includes a plurality of walls that surround and define the first recess and a second recess. The cap wafer is bonded to a MEMS wafer including a first MEMS device and a second MEMS device. The first MEMS device is encapsulated in the first recess, and the second MEMS device is encapsulated in the second recess. The expandable material is then heated to at least an activation temperature to cause the expandable material to expand after the first recess has been sealed. The expansion of the expandable material causes a reduction in volume of the first recess.

Anti-getter: expandable polymer microspheres for MEMS devices

A thin film gas sensor device includes a substrate, a nanostructured thin film layer, and a first and a second electrode. The nanostructured thin film layer is supported by the substrate and is formed with a semi-conductor material including holes. The semiconductor material is configured to undergo an increase in a density of the holes in the presence of a target gas, thereby decreasing an electrical resistance of the nanostructured thin film layer. The first and the second electrodes are supported by the substrate and are operably connected to the nanostructured thin film layer, such that the decrease in electrical resistance can be detected.

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Ashwin K Samarao