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Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 02, 2022
Applicant:

Aeva, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Esha John, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Jose Krause Perin, Mountain View, CA (US);

Kumar Bhargav Viswanatha, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Rajendra Tushar Moorti, Mountain View, CA (US);

Mina Rezk, Haymarket, VA (US);

Assignee:

Aeva, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/08 (2006.01); G01S 17/10 (2020.01); G01S 7/493 (2006.01); G01S 7/487 (2006.01); G01S 7/4865 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/10 (2013.01); G01S 7/4865 (2013.01); G01S 7/4873 (2013.01); G01S 7/493 (2013.01);
Abstract

A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system to transmit an optical beam toward a target and receive a returned optical beam. The optical beam includes an up-chirp frequency and a down-chirp frequency, and is modulated to have phase non-linearities. The LIDAR system generates a baseband signal from the returned optical beam, which includes a plurality of peaks corresponding with the up-chirp frequency and the down-chirp frequency. The LIDAR system identifies a first true peak in the baseband signal, and identifies a second true peak in the baseband signal based, at least in part, on a spectral shape of the second true peak caused by the phase non-linearities. The LIDAR system is to determine the location of the target using the first true peak and the second true peak.


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