Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Calibration and alignment of coherent lidar system
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Application No.: US16017278Application Date: 2018-06-25
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Publication No.: US10914821B2Publication Date: 2021-02-09
- Inventor: Pamela R. Patterson , Keyvan Sayyah , Oleg Efimov , Raymond Sarkissian , James H. Schaffner , Biqin Huang , David Hammon
- Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit
- Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Main IPC: G01S7/00
- IPC: G01S7/00 ; G01S7/481 ; G01S7/4911 ; G01S17/58 ; G01S17/42 ; G01S17/34 ; G01S17/86 ; G01S17/931 ; G01S7/499 ; G01S17/02 ; G02B6/122 ; G02B6/27 ; G02B6/42 ; H01L23/544 ; H01L31/0232 ; H01L31/16 ; G01S17/00 ; G01S17/32 ; G01S7/4914 ; G01S7/491 ; G01S7/497 ; B81B7/02 ; G02B27/30 ; H01S5/125 ; G01S7/4913 ; G02B6/00

Abstract:
A lidar system includes a light source to generate a frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) signal, and a waveguide splitter to split the FMCW signal into an output signal and a local oscillator (LO) signal. A transmit coupler provides the output signal for transmission. A receive lens obtains a received signal resulting from reflection of the output signal by a target. A waveguide coupler combines the received signal and the LO signal into a first combined signal and a second combined signal. A first phase modulator and second phase modulator respectively adjust a phase of the first combined signal and the second combined signal to provide a first phase modulated signal and a second phase modulated signal to a first photodetector and a second photodetector. A processor processes a first electrical signal and a second electrical signal from the first and second photodetectors to obtain information about the target.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190018121A1 CALIBRATION AND ALIGNMENT OF COHERENT LIDAR SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2019-01-17
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