Waymo LLC

Daiwei Li

Pierre-yves Droz

James C Dunphy

Samuel William Lenius

David Neil Hutchison

Caner Onal

Ralph Hamilton Shepard

Drew Eugene Ulrich

Kelvin Kwong

Augusto Tazzoli

Robert J Lockwood

David Schleuning

Simon Ellgas

Chandra Kakani

Justin Matthew Andrade

Nathaniel Golshan

Erin Eppard

Andrew Abo

Michael Tom

Nathaniel Quillin

Example embodiments relate to light detection and ranging (lidar) devices having a light-guide manifold. An example lidar device includes a transmit subsystem. The transmit subsystem includes a light emitter. The transmit subsystem also includes a light-guide manifold optically coupled to the light emitter. Further, the transmit subsystem includes a telecentric lens assembly optically coupled to the light-guide manifold. The lidar device also includes a receive subsystem. The receive subsystem includes the telecentric lens assembly. The receive subsystem also includes an aperture plate having an aperture defined therein. The aperture plate is positioned at a focal plane of the telecentric lens assembly. Further, the receive subsystem includes a silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) positioned to receive light traveling through the aperture.

Light detection and ranging (lidar) device having a light-guide manifold

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