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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2022
Aeva, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Shijun Xiao, Foster City, CA (US);
Aeva, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system includes a beam collimator, a plurality of first lenses, a plurality of tunable lenses, and one or more optical sources to generate a plurality of optical beams. Each tunable lens may be disposed adjacent a respective one of the plurality of first lenses such that the respective one of the plurality of first lenses is between the tunable lens and the beam collimator. Each of the plurality of optical beams may pass through one of the tunable lenses and one of the first lenses towards the beam collimator. Each of the plurality of tunable lenses may be separately controllable by selectively applying voltage to the tunable lens to adjust a focal length of the tunable lens to compensate for a variation in focus positions of the plurality of first lenses.