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Planar beam forming and steering optical phased array chip and method of using same

  • US 9,964,833 B2
  • Filed: 09/05/2017
  • Issued: 05/08/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus, comprising:

  • a first optical phased array one-dimensional beam forming and steering integrated circuit with a first field of view steering range adjacent to a second optical phased array one-dimensional beam forming and steering integrated circuit with a second field of view steering range, the first field of view steering range and the second field of view steering range establishing an increased horizontal field of view steering range in a common direction, the first optical phased array one-dimensional beam forming and steering integrated circuit and the second optical phased array one-dimensional beam forming and steering integrated circuit each being a building block of a solid-state lidar, and each including;

    at least one optical power splitter, andat least one optical phase shifter controlled with at least one phase shifting device.

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