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LIDAR with analog memory

  • US 9,069,061 B1
  • Filed: 07/19/2012
  • Issued: 06/30/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A LIDAR system, comprising:

  • a plurality of detectors;

    a plurality of optical inputs, wherein each detector in the plurality of detectors is associated with an optical input, and wherein the optical inputs are arranged to form a focal plane array;

    a plurality of analog memory units, wherein each analog memory unit is electrically interconnected to a detector, wherein each analog memory unit occupies an area that is larger than an area occupied by each detector, wherein an area of at least some of the analog memory units is not registered with an area of an electrically interconnected detector, wherein each analog memory has one analog input and one analog output, and wherein the detectors and the analog memory units are on separate substrates.

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