Patent ID: 11960006
Assignee: ANALOG PHOTONICS LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. A wavelength division multiplexed LiDAR system comprising:
a substrate;
a light source integrated with the substrate providing a multiwavelength optical signal;
an active optical phased array formed on the substrate, said active optical phased array including phase shifters and emitter elements;
an optical splitter network formed on the substrate, said optical splitter network optically connecting the multiwavelength optical signal to the active optical phased array; and
driver electronics configured to control phase shifts applied by the phase shifters to steer individual beams exhibiting different wavelengths emitted in individual directions that span an emission plane such that said individual beams are collectively steered about an axis substantially parallel to the emission plane.