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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2023
Aurora Operations, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Ashish Bhardwaj, Fremont, CA (US);
Sen Lin, Mountain View, CA (US);
Dong Liu, San Jose, CA (US);
Xue Liu, San Jose, CA (US);
Andrew Steil Michaels, Los Altos, CA (US);
AURORA OPERATIONS, INC., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) sensor system for a vehicle can include: a light source configured to output a beam; a photonics integrated circuit (PIC) including a semiconductor die, the semiconductor die including a substrate having two or more semiconductor stacks respectively associated with two or more semiconductor devices formed on the substrate, the two or more semiconductor devices respectively configured to receive the beam from the light source and modify one or more features of the beam; a transmitter configured to receive the beam from the semiconductor die; and one or more optics configured to receive the beam from the transmitter and emit the beam towards an object.