Invention Publication
- Patent Title: LiDAR array with vertically-coupled transceivers
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Application No.: US17742419Application Date: 2022-05-12
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Publication No.: US20230366986A1Publication Date: 2023-11-16
- Inventor: Nurul Taimur Islam , Malcolm J. Northcott , Christopher M. Rogers , Helen H. Liang , Ehsan Shah-Hosseini , Jack E. Graves , Ariel Lipson , Daniel Kravitz
- Applicant: APPLE INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Main IPC: G01S7/481
- IPC: G01S7/481 ; G01S17/42 ; G01S17/89 ; G02B26/10

Abstract:
An optical sensing device includes a planar substrate and an array of optical transceivers disposed on the planar substrate. Each optical transceiver includes a photodetector, at least one turning mirror having a reflective surface disposed diagonally relative to the substrate, and multiple waveguides disposed parallel to the substrate. The waveguides include a transmit waveguide, which is coupled to convey outgoing light from a coherent light source to the at least one turning mirror for output from the optical transceiver, and a receive waveguide, which is coupled to receive incoming light reflected by the at least one turning mirror and to convey the incoming light to the photodetector.
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