US Patent Issued to nEYE Systems on Nov. 4 for "Pseudo monostatic LiDAR with two-dimensional silicon photonic MEMS switch array" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,209, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to nEYE Systems Inc. (Emeryville, Calif.).

"Pseudo monostatic LiDAR with two-dimensional silicon photonic MEMS switch array" was invented by Tae Joon Seok (El Cerrito, Calif.) and Ming Chiang A. Wu (Piedmont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to imaging LiDARs with separate transmit (Tx) and receive (Rx) optical antennas fed by different optical waveguides. This pair of optical antennas can be activated at the same time through a dual-channel optical switch network, with the Tx antenna connected to a laser source and the Rx antenna connected to a receiver. The ...