Patent ID: 11880000
Assignee: AURORA OPERATIONS, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 17:
18. A LIDAR chip, comprising:
a plurality of LIDAR transceivers, wherein at least one LIDAR transceiver of the plurality of LIDAR transceivers includes:
a source input configured to receive a laser signal;
at least one coherent cell; and
an optical switch configured to switchably couple the source input to the at least one coherent cell, wherein the at least one coherent cell includes:
an input port coupled to the optical switch;
an optical antenna; and
a splitter coupled between the input port and the optical antenna, wherein the splitter is configured to:
split a received portion of the laser signal into a local oscillator signal and a transmit signal, wherein the transmit signal is emitted through the optical antenna and a reflection of the transmit signal is received through the optical antenna as a reflected signal; and
output a return signal that is a portion of the reflected signal.