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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2020
Beijing Voyager Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, CN;
Youmin Wang, Mountain View, CA (US);
Yufeng Wang, Mountain View, CA (US);
Gary Li, Mountain View, CA (US);
Beijing Voyager Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, CN;
Abstract
In one example, an apparatus being part of a Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) module of a vehicle and comprises: a semiconductor integrated circuit comprising a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) and a substrate, the MEMS comprising an array of micro-mirror assemblies, each micro-mirror assembly comprising: a micro-mirror; and an actuator directly connected to the substrate and mechanically connected to an end portion of the micro-mirror and deformable in response to an electrical signal to generate a torque to rotate the micro-mirror around a rotation axis to reflect light emitted by a light source out of the LiDAR module or to reflect light received by the LiDAR module to a receiver.