ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,568, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SiLC Technologies Inc. (Monrovia, Calif.).

"Enhancing light source stability in integrated LIDAR systems" was invented by Ricky Tran (San Gabriel, Calif.) and Chen Chen (Arcadia, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A LIDAR system includes a light source configured to output a source signal. The LIDAR chip is also configured to output a LIDAR output signal that exits from the LIDAR chip. The LIDAR system also includes an isolator adapter that includes an optical isolator configured to receive an adapter signal. The adapter signal includes light that is from the source signal and that has exited ...