Patent ID: 11962346
Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 19:
20. An optical node comprising:
one or more optical transmitters, optical receivers, or optical transceivers;
wherein at least one of the one or more optical transmitters, optical receivers, or optical transceivers comprises:
a photonic integrated circuit comprising an optical phased array, the optical phased array comprising multiple unit cells, each unit cell comprising (i) an antenna element configured to transmit optical signals to an external node and receive optical signals from the external node and (ii) a phase modulator configured to modify phases of the optical signals being transmitted and received by the antenna element;
a gyroscopic sensor configured to sense movement of the photonic integrated circuit, wherein at least a portion of the gyroscopic sensor is integrated within the photonic integrated circuit; and
a phase controller configured to adjust the optical phased array based on (i) the sensed movement of the photonic integrated circuit from the gyroscopic sensor and (ii) samples of the optical signals that are received by the photonic integrated circuit from the external node.