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1 (19) United States US 2016O161600A1 (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2016/ A1 ELDADA et al. (43) Pub. Date: Jun. 9, 2016 (54) OPTICAL PHASED ARRAY LIDAR SYSTEM (52) U.S. Cl. AND METHOD OF USING SAME CPC... G0IS 7/4865 ( ); G0IS 17/023 ( ); G0IS 7/4816 ( ); G0IS (71) Applicants: LOUAY ELDADA, SUNNYVALE, CA 7/4818 ( ) (US); TIANYUE YU, SUNNYVALE, CA (US); ANGUS PACALA, MENLO (57) ABSTRACT PARK, CA (US) Alidar-based system and method are used for the solid state beam forming and steering of laser beams using optical (72) Inventors: LOUAY ELDADA, SUNNYVALE, CA phased array (OPA) photonic integrated circuits (PICs) and (US); TIANYUE YU, SUNNYVALE, the detection of laser beams using photodetectors. Transmit CA (US); ANGUS PACALA, MENLO PARK, CA (US) (73) Assignee: QUANERGY SYSTEMS, INC., method. SUNNYVALE, CA (US) ter and receiver electronics, power management electronics, control electronics, data conversion electronics and process ing electronics are also included in the system and used in the Laser pulses beam formed by the OPA PIC reflect from objects in the field of view (FOV) of said OPA, and are (21) Appl. No.: 14/279,348 Sea by a detector or a set s R (22) Filed: May 16, 2014 Alidar system includes at least one lidar, and any subset and any number of complementary sensors, data processing/com munication/ Supplying power, Storage protecting, modules, connecting, and a balance and of mounting system the for Related U.S. Application Data (60) Provisional application No. 61/867,574, filed on Aug. components of said system. 19, Direct correlation between the 3D point cloud generated by the lidar and the color images captured by an RGB (Red, Publication Classification Green, Blue) video camera can be achieved by using an optical beam splitter that sends optical signals simultaneously (51) Int. Cl. to both sensors. GOIS 7/486 ( ) Alidar system may contain a plurality of lidar sensors, a lidar GOIS 7/48 ( ) sensor may contain a plurality of optical transmitters, and an GOIS 17/02 ( ) optical transmitter may contain a plurality of OPA PICs.
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7 US 2016/ A1 Jun. 9, 2016 OPTICAL PHASED ARRAY LIDAR SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING SAME PRIORITY CLAIM The present application claims the benefit of priority from U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/867,574, filed Aug. 19, REFERENCES CITED U.S. Patent Documents 7,339,727 B1 March 2008 Rothenberg 7.406,220 B1 July 2008 Christensen 7,428,100 B2 September 2008 Smith 7,436,588 B2 October 2008 Rothenberg 7,489,870 B2 February 2009 Hillis 7,532,311 B2 May 2009 Henderson 7,555,217 B2 July 2009 Hillis FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates generally to the field of environment sensing, and more particularly to the use of Time of Flight (ToF) lidar sensors for real-time three-dimensional mapping and object detection, tracking, identification and/or classification. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 0004 Alidar sensor is a light detection and ranging sensor. It is an optical remote sensing module that can measure the distance to a target or objects in a scene, by irradiating the target or scene with light, using pulses (or alternatively a modulated signal) from a laser, and measuring the time it takes photons to travel to said target or landscape and return after reflection to a receiver in the lidar module. The reflected pulses (or modulated signals) are detected, with the time of flight and the intensity of the pulses (or modulated signals) being measures of the distance and the reflectivity of the sensed object, respectively Conventional lidar sensors utilize mechanically moving parts for Scanning laser beams. In some systems, including certain systems used in automotive applications, Such as advanced driver assist systems (ADAS) and autono mous driving systems, it is preferred to use solid state sensors for a variety of potential advantages including but not limited to higher sensor reliability, longer sensor lifetime, Smaller sensor size, lower sensor weight, and lower sensor cost Radio frequency (RF) delay lines used for the cre ation of radar phased arrays were used several decades ago for the solid State steering of radar signals. Photonic integrated circuit (PIC) based delay lines combined with detectors and RF antenna arrays were used two decades ago to improve the precision of delays in the solid state steering of radar signals. PICs with microscale and nanoscale devices can be used to produce optical phased arrays (OPAS), comprising tunable optical delay lines and optical antennas, for the Solid state steering of laser beams. Phased Arrays in the optical domain that are produced to date are complex, costly and/or have a different purpose than beam forming and beam steering; Some combine spatial filters, optical amplifiers and ring lasers (U.S. Pat. No. 7,339,727), some involve a plurality of optical input beams (U.S. Pat. No. 7, ), some involve volume diffraction gratings and a plurality of input directions (U.S. Pat. No. 7,428,100), some combine beams of a plurality of wavelengths (U.S. Pat. No. 7,436,588), some have optical phase reference sources and gain elements (U.S. Pat. No. 7,489,870), some have predetermined areas in the field of view and a plurality of beam forming elements (U.S. Pat. No ), and some have multiple frequencies and multiple optical phase reference sources (U.S. Pat. No. 7,555,217). SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A lidar-based system and method are used for the Solid state beam forming and steering of laser beams using OPA PICs and the detection of laser beams using photode tectors. Transmitter and receiver electronics, power manage ment electronics, control electronics, data conversion elec tronics and processing electronics are also included in the system and used in the method Laser pulses beamformed by the OPA PIC reflect from objects in the field of view (FOV) of said OPA, and are detected by a detector or a set of detectors A lidar system includes at least one lidar, and any Subset and any number of complementary sensors, data pro cessing/communication/storage modules, and a balance of system for Supplying power, protecting, connecting, and mounting the components of said system Direct correlation between the 3D point cloud gen erated by the lidar and the color images captured by an RGB (Red, Green, Blue) video camera can beachieved by using an optical beam splitter that sends optical signals simultaneously to both sensors Alidar system may contain a plurality of lidar sen sors, a lidar sensor may contain a plurality of optical trans mitters, and an optical transmitter may contain a plurality of OPA PICS. DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The following drawings are illustrative of embodi ments of the present invention and are not intended to limit the invention as encompassed by the claims forming part of the application The schematic diagram of FIG. 1 provides a frontal view of a solid state lidar sensor 10 that can be implemented using the present invention, depicting an OPA-comprising transmitter 20, a receiver 30, a processor 40 and one or a plurality of printed circuit boards 50 comprising control elec tronics. A Solid state lidar sensor 10 may contain a plurality of optical transmitters 20, and an optical transmitter 20 may contain a plurality of OPA PICs The schematic diagram of FIG.2 provides an angled view of a solid state lidar sensor 10 that can be implemented using the present invention, depicting an OPA-comprising transmitter 20, a receiver 30, a processor 40 and one or a plurality of printed circuit boards 50 including control elec tronics The schematic diagram of FIG. 3 provides a top view of a solid state lidar sensor 10 that can be implemented using the present invention, depicting an OPA-comprising transmitter 20, a receiver 30, a processor 40 and one or a plurality of printed circuit boards 50 including control elec tronics The schematic diagram of FIG. 4 provides a side view of a solid state lidar sensor 10 that can be implemented
8 US 2016/ A1 Jun. 9, 2016 using the present invention, depicting an OPA-comprising transmitter 20, a receiver 30, a processor 40 and one or a plurality of printed circuit boards 50 including control elec tronics The schematic diagram of FIG. 5 provides a view of a vehicle-mounted lidar system 60 that contains a plurality of lidar sensors 10. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION A lidar-based system and method are used for the Solid state beam forming and steering of laser beams using OPA PICs and the detection of laser beams using photode tectors. Transmitter and receiver electronics, power manage ment electronics, control electronics, data conversion elec tronics and processing electronics are also included in the system and used in the method Microfabrication and/or nanofabrication techniques are used for the production of OPA PICs that include optical power splitters that distribute an optical signal from a laser, optical-fiber-coupled to the chip or integrated on the chip, to tunable optical delay lines for phase control, and said delay lines direct their output optical signals to optical antennas for out-of-plane coupling of light For each set of settings for the tuning elements (e.g., ohmic heating electrodes) of said delay lines, said optical antennas emit light beams with specific phase delays, forming a desired far-field radiation pattern through the interference of said emitted beams Settings of said tuning elements of said delay lines can be varied to generate by random access any sequence of far-field radiation patterns. In a specific embodiment, the far-field radiation pattern essentially maintains its shape as it is moved to any desired sequence of locations; in a more specific embodiment, said far-field radiation pattern whose shape is kept essentially constant is swept in the far field to form a rastered line (e.g., a serpentine line) In a TOF lidar application, a OPA-based lidar includes an optical transmitter (including laser, laser driver, laser controller, OPA PIC, and OPA controller), an optical receiver (including photodetector(s), photodetector driver(s), and receiver electronics), and electronics for power regula tion, control, data conversion, and processing Photodetector types include avalanche photodiodes (APD) and PIN diodes (PIN diodes are positive-intrinsic negative diodes, as they comprise a lightly-doped intrinsic semiconductor region between aa-type or positive-type semi conductor region and an n-type or negative-type semiconduc tor region) Laser pulses beamformed by the OPA PIC reflect from objects in the field of view (FOV) of said OPA, and are detected by a detector or a set of detectors (including 1 Dand 2D detector arrays). Detector arrays include staring arrays, staring-plane arrays, or focal-plane arrays (FPA), which con sist of an array (typically 2D) of light-sensing pixels at the focal plane of a lens. The light-sensing pixels can be single photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) The OPA PIC is preferably compatible with a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) pro cess, and is preferably based on a silicon on insulator (SOI) structure. The OPA PIC may contain optical waveguiding elements composed of crystalline silicon, amorphous silicon and/or silicon nitride When the OPA PIC is based on a CMOS (comple mentary metal-oxide-semiconductor) process, it can be inte grated with optoelectronics and/or electronics that are part of the same lidar (including but not limited to any number of lasers, laser drivers, laser controllers, optical amplifiers, opti cal detectors, receiver electronics, power regulation electron ics, control electronics, data conversion electronics, data pro cessing electronics) and are based on a CMOS process or can be hybridly integrated with CMOS technology A lidar system includes at least one lidar, and any subset and any number of the following: 0028 Complementary sensors (0029 GPS (Global Positioning System) or GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) receiver 0030) IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) 0031 Wheel encoder 0032) Video camera (visible and/or IR) 0033 Radar Ultrasonic sensor 0035 Data processing/communication/storage mod ules 0036) Embedded processor 0037 Ethernet controller 0038 Cell modem 0039 Wi-Fi controller 0040 Data storage drive 0041 HMI (Human Machine Interface) e.g., display, audio, buzzer Balance of system 0043 Power supply 0044) Enclosure 0045 Cabling 0046 Mounting hardware 0047 Direct correlation between the 3D point cloud gen erated by the lidar and the color images captured by an RGB (Red, Green, Blue) video camera can be achieved by using an optical beam splitter that sends optical signals simultaneously to both sensors, simplifying the sensor fusion that generates a color point cloud or RGBD data (Red, Green, Blue and Depth). The OPA PIC, optical receiver and/or RGB video camera can be integrated on a single printed circuit board (PCB) For reasons including but not limited to redundancy and widening the field of view, a lidar system may contain a plurality of lidar sensors, a lidar sensor may contain a plural ity of optical transmitters, and an optical transmitter may contain a plurality of OPA PICs. What is claimed is: 1. A time-of-flight lidar ranging apparatus comprising an optical transmitter comprising an optical phased array photonic integrated circuit, an optical receiver assembly, power regulation electronics, control electronics, data conversion electronics, and processing electronics 2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said optical receiver assembly utilizes avalanche photodiode detection 3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said optical receiver assembly utilizes positive-intrinsic-negative diode detection 4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said optical receiver assembly contains one photodetector 5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said optical receiver assembly contains a plurality of photodetectors 6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein said plurality of pho todetectors are single-photonavalanche diodes
9 US 2016/ A1 Jun. 9, The apparatus of claim 5 wherein said plurality of pho todetectors are electrically coupled to a read-out integrated circuit 8. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein said plurality of pho todetectors are part of a focal-plane array 9. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said optical phased array photonic integrated circuit is compatible with a comple mentary metal-oxide-semiconductor process 10. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein said optical phased array photonic integrated circuit is preferably based on a silicon on insulator structure 11. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein said optical phased array photonic integrated circuit contains optical waveguid ing elements composed ofat least a Subset of a set of materials comprising crystalline silicon amorphous silicon silicon nitride 12. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein said optical phased array photonic integrated circuit is integrated monolithically or hybridly with at least a subset of a set of components comprising a single or a plurality of lasers, laser drivers, laser controllers, optical amplifiers, optical detectors, receiver electronics, power regulation electronics, control electronics, data conversion electronics, and data processing electronics 13. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein said integration comprises a multi-chip module 14. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein said integration comprises monolithic integration and hybrid integration 15. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein said integration comprises hybrid integration for said one or plurality of lasers, and monolithic complementary metal-oxide-semicon ductor integration for the remaining elements in said Subset of components 16. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein said integration consists of monolithic complementary metal-oxide-semicon ductor integration for the components in said Subset 17. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein said integration consists of monolithic complementary metal-oxide-semicon ductor integration for all components in said set 18. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said optical transmit ter comprises a plurality of said optical phased array photonic integrated circuits 19. The apparatus of claim 1 comprising a plurality of said optical transmitters 20. A three-dimensional lidar sensing system comprising the time-of-flight lidar ranging apparatus of claim 1 and at least a Subset of a set of modules comprising a single or a plurality of global positioning system receiver, global navigation satellite system receiver, inertial measurement unit, wheel encoder, visible video camera, infrared video camera, radar, ultrasonic sensor, embedded processor, Ethernet controller, cell modem, Wi-Fi controller, data storage drive, human machine interface, power Supply, enclosure, cabling, and mounting hardware 21. The system of claim 20 wherein an optical intensity beam splitter is used to split and send optical signals simul taneously to the optical receiver assembly of said lidar and to said visible video camera 22. The system of claim 21 wherein said optical beam splitter is a visible and near-infrared beam splitter based on at least one of the beam splitters in a set comprising plate beam splitter cube beam splitter prism beam splitter pellicle beam splitter partially-metallized mirror 23. The system of claim 21 wherein said optical receiver assembly of said lidar and said visible video camera are integrated on a single printed circuit board 24. The system of claim 23 wherein said printed circuit board has additionally integrated on it an optical phased array photonic integrated circuit of said lidar 25. The system of claim 20 comprising a plurality of said lidar ranging apparatuses 26. A method for time-of-flight lidar ranging utilizing an apparatus comprising an optical transmitter comprising an optical phased array photonic integrated circuit, an optical receiver assembly, power regulation electronics, control electronics, data conversion electronics, and processing electronics 27. The method of claim 26 wherein said optical receiver assembly contains one photodetector 28. The method of claim 26 wherein said optical receiver assembly contains a plurality of photodetectors 29. The method of claim 28 wherein said plurality of pho todetectors are single-photonavalanche diodes 30. The method of claim 28 wherein said plurality of pho todetectors are electrically coupled to a read-out integrated circuit 31. The method of claim 28 wherein said plurality of pho todetectors are part of a focal-plane array 32. The method of claim 28 wherein said optical phased array photonic integrated circuit is compatible with a comple mentary metal-oxide-semiconductor process 33. The method of claim 32 wherein said optical phased array photonic integrated circuit is integrated monolithically or hybridly with at least a subset of a set of components comprising a single or a plurality of lasers, laser drivers, laser controllers, optical amplifiers, optical detectors, receiver electronics, power regulation electronics,
10 US 2016/ A1 Jun. 9, 2016 control electronics, data conversion electronics, and data processing electronics 34. The method of claim 26 wherein said optical transmit ter comprises a plurality of said optical phased array photonic integrated circuits 35. The method of claim 26 wherein said apparatus com prises a plurality of said optical transmitters 36. A method for three-dimensionallidar sensing utilizing a system comprising said apparatus of claim 26 and at least a Subset of a set of modules comprising a single or a plurality of global positioning system receiver, global navigation satellite system receiver, inertial measurement unit, wheel encoder, visible video camera, infrared video camera, radar, ultrasonic sensor, embedded processor, Ethernet controller, cell modem, Wi-Fi controller, data storage drive, human machine interface, power Supply, enclosure, cabling, and mounting hardware 37. The method of claim 36 wherein said system comprises an optical intensity beam splitter used to split and send optical signals simultaneously to the optical receiver assembly of said lidar and to said visible video camera 38. The method of claim 37 wherein said optical receiver assembly of said lidar and said visible video camera are integrated on a single printed circuit board 39. The method of claim 37 wherein said printed circuit board has additionally integrated on it an optical phased array photonic integrated circuit of said lidar 40. The method of claim 36 wherein said system comprises a plurality of said lidar ranging apparatuses k k k k k
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