CPC G01S 7/4814 (2013.01) [G01S 3/788 (2013.01); G01S 3/802 (2013.01); G01S 3/8022 (2013.01); G02F 1/292 (2013.01); G02F 1/313 (2013.01)] | 12 Claims |
1. A LIDAR system, comprising:
a LIDAR chip with a waveguide array configured to output a LIDAR output signal such that the LIDAR output signal is reflected by an object located off the LIDAR chip,
the waveguide array includes multiple steering waveguides that each outputs a different portion of the LIDAR output signal and more than half of the steering waveguides each excludes a phase tuner; and
electronics configured to tune a wavelength of the LIDAR output signal such that a direction that the LIDAR output signal travels away from the LIDAR chip changes in response to the tuning of the wavelength by the electronics.
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