US Patent Issued to AURORA OPERATIONS on Nov. 11 for "Manufacturing process for semiconductor optical device for LIDAR sensor system" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,393, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to AURORA OPERATIONS INC. (Pittsburgh).

"Manufacturing process for semiconductor optical device for LIDAR sensor system" was invented by Lei Wang (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor optical device for a LIDAR sensor system for a vehicle includes a first portion and a second portion bonded to the first portion. The first portion includes a first microlens structure configured to receive a first beam. The first portion also includes a first notch structure coupled to the first microlens structure, the first notch structure configured to receive the first beam and direct t...