SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

An optical chip packaging module, an optical module, and a LiDAR are provided. The optical chip packaging module includes a carrier board and a light-transmitting cover plate covering the carrier board, forming a hermetic space between the carrier board and the light-transmitting cover plate. Within the hermetic space, an optical chip is fixed on the carrier board. The carrier board includes a thermally conductive material in contact with the optical chip, where the thermally conductive material includes ceramic material and/or metal material.

An optical chip packaging module, an optical module, and a LiDAR are provided. The optical chip packaging module includes: a substrate provided with an optical region and a non-optical region; an optical chip fixed in the optical region of the substrate; a barrier member fixed on the substrate for isolating the optical region from the non-optical region, so as to separate the optical chip in the optical region from a device in the non-optical region; and a light-transmitting area located above the optical region, from which an outgoing light beam of the optical chip is emitted.

Embodiments of the present application disclose a photonic chip, a LiDAR, and a mobile device. The photonic chip has a substrate, a cladding layer, a first coupler, a first beam splitter, an emitting waveguide module, and a first optical adjusting monitoring module. The first beam splitter includes a first port, a second port, a third port, and a fourth port. The first beam splitter is configured to output the optical signal input through the first port through the third port and the fourth port, and to output the optical signal input through the third port through the first port and the second port. The first optical adjusting monitoring module includes a first photodetector. Monitors the optical power of the return light received by the emitting waveguide module through the first optical adjusting monitoring module integrated on the photonic chip, making the process more time-saving and labor-saving.

An embodiment of this application discloses a laser emitting circuit and a LiDAR, and belongs to the field of the LiDAR. The structure of the laser emitting circuit is changed so that for the laser emitting circuit in an energy transfer stage, the energy transfer current from an energy storage element does not pass through a laser diode, and the laser diode is in a reverse-biased state relative to the energy transfer current. Therefore, the parasitic capacitance of an energy releasing switch element does not cause the laser diode to emit light in advance during an energy transfer charging process, which prevents the laser diode from emitting light at an unanticipated time, thereby solving the problem of laser leakage.

Embodiments of the present application disclose a photonic chip, a LiDAR, and a mobile device. The photonic chip has a substrate, a cladding layer, a first coupler, a first beam splitter, an emitting waveguide module, and a first optical adjusting monitoring module. The first beam splitter includes a first port, a second port, a third port, and a fourth port. The first beam splitter is configured to output the optical signal input through the first port through the third port and the fourth port, and to output the optical signal input through the third port through the first port and the second port. The first optical adjusting monitoring module includes a first photodetector. Monitors the optical power of the return light received by the emitting waveguide module through the first optical adjusting monitoring module integrated on the photonic chip, making the process more time-saving and labor-saving.

Embodiments of the present application disclose a photonic chip module, a LiDAR and a movable device. The photonic chip module includes a photonic chip and a reflection module. The photonic chip includes a plurality of transceiving waveguide modules. A plurality of accommodating grooves are provided on a first surface of the photonic chip. The reflection module has a plurality of reflecting surfaces, and each reflecting surface is arranged at intervals along the second preset direction. The reflection surface is used to reflect the detection light so that the detection light is emitted in a direction that is not perpendicular to the thickness direction. The photonic chip module is conducive to improving the detection field of view of the LiDAR under the condition of the same resolution, or improving the resolution under the condition of the same total detection field of view.

Embodiments of this application disclose a laser diode drive circuit and a LiDAR. The laser diode drive circuit includes a laser diode and a charging and discharging circuit. A cathode of the laser diode is grounded. The charging and discharging circuit is in a one-to-one correspondence with the laser diode, and includes an energy storage element, a first switch element, and a second switch element. The energy storage element is connected to an anode of the laser diode via the first switch element, and the energy storage element is grounded via the first switch element and the second switch element in sequence.

A packaging structure and a packaging method of edge couplers and a fiber array are provided. The packaging structure includes a silicon substrate, an edge coupler, and a fiber array. Multiple edge couplers are arranged in a main body portion of the silicon substrate, and an end of the edge coupler extends to a step groove of the silicon substrate. At least a part of the cover of the fiber array is accommodated in the step groove. Multiple fibers in the fiber array correspondingly pass through multiple lead channels of the cover and are then coupled with the edge couplers in the step groove. The edge couplers butt the fibers in the fiber array. The cover is moved until a part of the cover is accommodated in the step groove, so that the fibers can be aligned with the edge couplers in the step groove.

The present disclosure provides a laser emitting module and a LiDAR apparatus. The laser emitting module includes at least two groups of laser emitting circuits. Each group of the laser emitting circuits includes one charging energy storage circuit and at least one energy releasing circuit. The energy releasing circuit includes an energy releasing switch and at least one laser. The energy releasing switch is turned on to drive at least one laser to work correspondingly. The charging energy storage circuit and the energy releasing circuit are arranged one-to-one or one-to-multiple. Any two adjacent emissions correspond to different groups of the laser emitting circuits.

The present application discloses a laser emitting circuit and a LiDAR. The laser emitting circuit includes an energy charging circuit, an energy transfer circuit, and a plurality of energy release circuits. The plurality of energy release circuits are connected in parallel. The energy charging circuit is connected to the energy transfer circuit to store electrical energy. The energy transfer circuit is connected to the energy charging circuit and the plurality of energy release circuits to transfer the electrical energy stored in the energy charging circuit to the energy transfer circuit. The energy transfer circuit includes an energy storage capacitor and a floating-ground diode. Each energy release circuit is configured to drive a laser diode to emit light by using the electrical energy stored in the energy transfer circuit, and the energy release circuit includes an energy release switch element, the laser diode, and a clamping diode.