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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2017
Applicant:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Inventors:
Seyed Mohammadreza Fatemi, Pasadena, CA (US);
Seyed Ali Hajimiri, La Canada, CA (US);
Behrooz Abiri, Alhambra, CA (US);
Aroutin Khachaturian, Glendale, CA (US);
Assignee:
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 3/782 (2006.01); G01S 3/785 (2006.01); H04B 10/11 (2013.01); H04B 10/60 (2013.01); H04B 10/61 (2013.01); H04B 10/67 (2013.01); H04B 10/40 (2013.01); H04B 10/50 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/613 (2013.01); G01S 3/782 (2013.01); G01S 3/785 (2013.01); H04B 10/11 (2013.01); H04B 10/616 (2013.01); H04B 10/40 (2013.01); H04B 10/50 (2013.01); H04B 10/504 (2013.01); H04B 10/60 (2013.01); H04B 10/673 (2013.01); H04B 10/674 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sparse optical phased array transmitter/receiver includes, in part, a multitude of transmitting/receiving elements that are sparsely positioned. Accordingly, the transmitting/receiving elements are not uniformly distributed at equal distance intervals along a one-dimensional, two-dimensional, or a three-dimensional array. The positions of the transmitting/receiving elements may or may not conform to an ordered pattern.