ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,717, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Aeva Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Techniques for configurable transimpedance amplifier for FMCW LIDAR systems" was invented by Mark Pude (Honeoye Falls, N.Y.) and Murat Ozbas (Penfield, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a configurable TIA circuit that can be used as both a single-ended "target TIA" and a differential "reference TIA". The configurable TIA may include a first circuit to receive an input from a first photodiode (PD), the first circuit comprising a first switch and a first output buffer. The configurable TIA may also include a secon...