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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:
Mar. 25, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 27, 2023
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Sen Lin, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Andrew Steil Michaels, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G01S 7/484 (2006.01); G01S 7/4863 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G01S 7/484 (2013.01); G01S 7/4863 (2013.01);
Abstract

A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) sensor system includes a plurality of LIDAR pixels and a local oscillator module. The local oscillator module is coupled to the plurality of LIDAR pixels. The local oscillator module includes a first local oscillator input configured to receive a first local oscillator signal and a second local oscillator input configured to receive a second local oscillator signal. The local oscillator module is configured to provide the first local oscillator signal or the second local oscillator signal to a first LIDAR pixel of the plurality of LIDAR pixels.


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