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- Patent Title: Silicon-opa-based lidar for measuring distance using quasi-frequency modulation
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Application No.: US16839277Application Date: 2020-04-03
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Publication No.: US11609330B2Publication Date: 2023-03-21
- Inventor: Hyo-Hoon Park , Hyeonho Yoon , Nam-Hyun Kwon , Kyeongjin Han , Hyun-Woo Rhee , Geum-Bong Kang
- Applicant: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Applicant Address: KR Daejeon
- Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Current Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Current Assignee Address: KR Daejeon
- Agency: Hoffman Warnick LLC
- Priority: KR10-2020-0038027 20200330
- Main IPC: G01S7/481
- IPC: G01S7/481 ; G01S17/32 ; G01S7/4913

Abstract:
A silicon phased array based LiDAR device that measures a distance using a quasi-frequency modulation is disclosed. A LiDAR device according to an exemplary embodiment of the inventive concept includes a light source that generates an optical signal, an optical modulator that generates a first optical signal having a quasi-frequency whose a modulation frequency constantly varies with time by modulating a light intensity of the optical signal, an optical splitter that splits optical power of the first optical signal into a reference optical signal and a transmit (Tx) optical signal, an optical transmitter that receives and emits the Tx optical signal toward an object, an optical receiver that receives a receive (Rx) optical signal reflected from the object and transfers the Rx optical signal, an optical coupler that mixes the reference optical signal and the Rx optical signal, a balanced photodetector that detects an intermediate frequency from the optical signal transferred from the optical coupler and a distance calculator that obtains distance information by measuring the intermediate frequency.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210302577A1 SILICON-OPA-BASED LIDAR FOR MEASURING DISTANCE USING QUASI-FREQUENCY MODULATION Public/Granted day:2021-09-30
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