Patent ID: 11888530
Assignee: X DEVELOPMENT LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 13:
14. A system comprising:
a plurality of communication terminals in a network arrangement including a plurality of point-to-point relay links; and
wherein each of the plurality of communication terminals includes an optical tracking module that has:
an optical phased array (OPA) including:
a plurality of array elements, and
a plurality of phase shifters;

an analog drive configured to adjust the plurality of phase shifters;
an integrated photodetector configured to receive light from the OPA; and
one or more processors configured to:
extract signal information of an incoming beam via the OPA, and
control an outgoing beam using the analog drive based on the signal information; and

wherein each of the plurality of communication terminals is lensless apart from the OPA.