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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2020
Aeva, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Keith Gagne, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Oguzhan Avci, Cupertino, CA (US);
Behsan Behzadi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mina Rezk, Haymarket, VA (US);
Kevin Pollock, Mountain View, CA (US);
Pierre Hicks, Mountain View, CA (US);
Gautam Prabhakar, Mountain View, CA (US);
Aeva, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system includes an optical source to emit an optical beam, where a local oscillator (LO) signal is generated from a partial reflection of the optical beam from a partially-reflecting surface proximate to the first focal plane, and where a transmitted portion of the optical beam is directed toward a scanned target environment. LIDAR system to focus the LO signal and a target return signal at a second focal plane comprising a conjugate focal plane to the first focal plane. The system may also include a photodetector with a photosensitive surface proximate to the conjugate focal plane to mix the LO signal with the target return signal to generate target information.