ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,461, issued on June 16, was assigned to STMicroelectronics S.r.l. (Agrate Brianza, Italy).
"Microprism and microlens array for use in LIDAR system" was invented by Antonio Fincato (Cameri, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A LIDAR optical unit includes a photonic-integrated-circuit (PIC) affixed to a carrier. The PIC includes an input coupler and an array of output couplers, with a switchable optical network connecting the input coupler to different selected ones of the array of output couplers. A laser source is mounted to the PIC adjacent the input coupler such that laser light generated by the laser source is injected into the ...