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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2023
Opsys Tech Ltd., Holon, IL;
Mark J. Donovan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Raphael Harel, Beer Yaakov, IL;
Noam Tziony, Petah Tikva, IL;
Mordehai Caspi, Rishon Leziyyon, IL;
Meir Fogel, Rehovot, IL;
Opsys Tech Lid., Holon, IL;
Abstract
A solid state LIDAR transmitter includes a two dimensional array of laser devices having columns and rows and configured such that anodes of laser devices in a column are connected to a common anode connection and cathodes of laser devices in a row are connected to a common cathode connection. A capacitive discharge circuit comprises a first switch configured so the capacitive discharge circuit charges to a voltage potential when the first switch is open and discharges when the first switch is closed. A second switch is configured such that the common cathode connection is coupled to ground when the second switch is closed. A controller is configured to instruct the first switch and the second switch to close at a time tsuch that the capacitive discharge circuit charges to the voltage potential at a time, t, thereby causing a laser device connected between the capacitive discharge circuit and the second switch to generate an optical pulse.