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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2022
Silc Technologies, Inc., Monrovia, CA (US);
Mehdi Asghari, La Canada Flintridge, CA (US);
Prakash Koonath, La Crescenta, CA (US);
SiLC Technologies, Inc., Monrovia, CA (US);
Abstract
The imaging system has a photonic circuit chip that includes multiple cores that each includes a port through which an outgoing optical signal exits the photonic circuit chip. Each of the cores is configured such that the outgoing signal exits the photonic circuit chip traveling toward a location that is above or below the photonic circuit chip. Additionally, each of the cores is configured to combine light from one of the outgoing signals with a reference signal so as to generate a signal beating at a beat frequency. The imaging system also includes electronics that use the beat frequencies from the cores to calculate data that indicates a radial velocity and/or distance between the system and one or more objects located outside of the system.