Patent ID: 11933901
Assignee: AURORA OPERATIONS, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A light detection and ranging (lidar) system for a vehicle, the lidar system comprising:
a receiver layer;
a transmitter layer coupled to on the receiver layer through an adhesive layer in a first direction; and
one or more optics, wherein
the transmitter layer is configured to receive, at a first side surface of the transmitter layer, a transmit signal from a laser source, and transmit the transmit signal through the one or more optics,
the receiver layer is configured to receive, through the one or more optics, a return signal reflected by an object in an environment of the vehicle, and output the return signal at a first side surface of the receiver layer, and
the first side surface of the transmitter layer and the first side surface of the receiver layer are apart from each other in a second direction crossing the first direction, and each of the first side surface of the transmitter layer and the first side surface of the receiver layer extends in a third direction crossing the first direction and the second direction.