Patent ID: 11906667
Assignee: AURORA OPERATIONS, INC.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 12:
13. An autonomous vehicle control system, comprising:
a LIDAR device comprising an integrated chip that includes:
a substrate layer;
a cladding layer disposed on the substrate layer to form an interface with the substrate layer, wherein the cladding layer includes a surface;
a waveguide disposed within the cladding layer and configured to route an infrared optical field;
a scattering array disposed within the cladding layer between the waveguide and the interface, wherein the scattering array is configured to perturb the infrared optical field and scatter the infrared optical field into a first beam propagating toward the surface of the cladding layer and into a second beam propagating towards the interface; and
a reflector layer disposed within the cladding layer between the waveguide and the surface of the cladding layer, wherein the reflector layer is configured to reflect the first beam towards the interface; and

one or more processors coupled to the LIDAR device and configured to generate control signals for control of an autonomous vehicle in response the LIDAR device.