Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lidar transmit/receive system
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Application No.: US17228346Application Date: 2021-04-12
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Publication No.: US11280909B2Publication Date: 2022-03-22
- Inventor: Zeb Barber , Stephen Crouch , Emil Kadlec
- Applicant: Aurora Innovation, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: Aurora Innovation, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Aurora Innovation, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Main IPC: G01S17/931
- IPC: G01S17/931 ; G01S17/34 ; G01S7/481 ; G05D1/00 ; G01S7/4912 ; G05D1/02

Abstract:
A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system includes a transceiver, a laser source coupled to the transceiver, a time-division multiplexing (TDM) circuit, and one or more processors. The TDM circuit is configured to generate a plurality of first signals. The one or more processors are configured to control the laser source to provide an optical beam to a first input optical channel of a plurality of input optical channels of the transceiver during a first time slot, based on the optical beam provided to the first input optical channel, control the transceiver to send a first reflected beam and a second reflected beam to the TDM circuit through a first output optical channel of a plurality of output optical channels of the transceiver, and based on a control signal provided to the TDM circuit, control the TDM circuit to select the plurality of first signals during the first time slot.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210405204A1 LIDAR TRANSMIT/RECEIVE SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2021-12-30
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