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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025

Filed:

May. 10, 2019
Applicant:

Aurora Operations, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Inventors:

Phillip Sandborn, Mountain View, CA (US);

Sen Lin, Mountain View, CA (US);

James Ferrara, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

AURORA OPERATIONS, INC., Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/34 (2020.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 7/491 (2020.01); G01S 17/58 (2006.01); G01S 17/95 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/34 (2020.01); G01S 7/4817 (2013.01); G01S 7/491 (2013.01); G01S 17/58 (2013.01); G01S 17/95 (2013.01); G01S 7/4815 (2013.01);
Abstract

A FMCW LIDAR system for simultaneous beam scanning of the target environment. The system can include a photonics assembly couplable to a beam steering module. The photonics assembly is configured to receive a frequency modulated laser beam and can include an optical splitter and a coherent receiver. The optical splitter can be configured to optically split the frequency modulated laser beam into a local laser beam and a target laser beam, deliver the target laser beam to the beam steering module, and receive the target laser beam reflected by a target from the beam steering module. The coherent receiver can be configured to mix the local laser beam and the target laser beam to produce an output signal.


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