US Patent Issued to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS on July 28 for "Non-moving optical beam steering using non-pixelated liquid crystal optical phased arrays" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,573, issued on July 28, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Non-moving optical beam steering using non-pixelated liquid crystal optical phased arrays" was invented by Sajjad A. Khan (Plano, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for directing light beams includes generating a light beam along a light path. A voltage differential is created by generating a voltage in a first and second linear electrode contacts arranged such that the first and second linear electrical contacts alternate with each other. The light path is altered by passing the light beam through a liquid crystal device coupled to the first and sec...