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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
May. 02, 2025
Aurora Operations, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Colin Delaney, Bozeman, MT (US);
James Ferrara, Oakland, CA (US);
Yongxuan Liang, Fremont, CA (US);
Sen Lin, Mountain View, CA (US);
Andrew Steil Michaels, Los Altos, CA (US);
Lei Wang, Fremont, CA (US);
AURORA OPERATIONS, INC., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A method for coupling semiconductor optical components for a Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) system includes providing a first semiconductor optical component and a second semiconductor optical component; optically coupling a fiber array unit to the second semiconductor optical component; applying, by a vacuum component, a suction force to the second semiconductor optical component to couple the vacuum component to the second semiconductor optical component, wherein the fiber array unit is coupled to the vacuum component; and aligning the first semiconductor optical component with the second semiconductor optical component based on a measurement of light transmitted between the first semiconductor optical component and the fiber array unit via the second semiconductor optical component.