Abstract: A scanning system, a detection system, and a terminal device are provided, and may be applied to fields such as autonomous driving, intelligent driving, assisted driving, or surveying and mapping. The scanning system includes a scanning module and an optical processing module. The optical processing module includes a light isolation component. The light isolation component includes a first flange and/or a second flange. The scanning module includes a scanner that is divided into a first sub-scanner and a second sub-scanner based on the light isolation component. The first flange faces a side of the first sub-scanner, and the second flange faces a side of the second sub-scanner. The first sub-scanner is configured to reflect, to a detection area, detection light from an emitting module, and the second sub-scanner is configured to reflect an echo signal to a receiving module.

Abstract: A transceiver optical system is configured to suppress a stray light signal in the optical field. The transceiver optical system includes a first emitter optical system and a first receiver optical system. An optical axis of the first emitter optical system and an optical axis of the first receiver optical system have a specific included angle (?), so that an echo signal transmitted into the first receiver optical system and the optical axis of the first receiver optical system also have a specific included angle.

Abstract: A receiving optical system includes a receiving lens group and a detection module. The receiving module is configured to receive an echo signal obtained by reflecting signal light by a target in a detection region, and a horizontal focal plane and a vertical focal plane of the echo signal are separated. The detection module is configured to perform optical-electrical conversion on the echo signal in order to obtain an electrical signal used to determine association information (such as a distance, a speed, or a grayscale) of the target.

Abstract: An optical system may include a light source to provide a beam of light. The optical system may include a reflector to receive and redirect the beam of light. The optical system may include a light gate having an opening to permit the beam of light, from the reflector, to travel through the opening. The optical system may include a light sensor to receive a portion of the beam of light after the beam of light travels through the opening, and convert the portion of the beam of light to a signal. The optical system may include a processing device to determine whether a notch of a wafer is in an allowable position based on the signal.

Abstract: A detection system, a terminal device, and a detection control method are provided, to resolve a problem of low detection accuracy of a detection system in the conventional technology, and are used in fields such as autonomous driving, intelligent driving, assisted driving, or networked vehicles. The detection system includes a transmit module, a receive module, a first scanning module, and a second scanning module. An included angle between a first normal vector of a first reflective surface of the first scanning module and a second normal vector of a second reflective surface of the second scanning module is a first angle greater than 0 degrees. The first reflective surface and the second reflective surface are adjacent reflective surfaces. An included angle between an optical axis of the transmit module and an optical axis of the receive module is a second angle greater than 0 degrees.

Abstract: A digital-to-analog converter (DAC)-based voltage-mode transmit driver architecture. One example transmit driver circuit generally includes an impedance control circuit coupled to a plurality of DAC driver slices. The impedance control circuit generally includes a tunable impedance configured to be adjusted to match a load impedance for the transmit driver circuit. Another example transmit driver circuit generally has an output impedance that is smaller than the load impedance for the transmit driver circuit, such that an output voltage swing at differential output nodes of the transmit driver circuit is greater than a voltage of a power supply rail. Another example transmit driver circuit generally includes a predriver circuit with a first inverter coupled to a first output of the predriver circuit and a second inverter coupled to a second output of the predriver circuit, the transistors in at least one of the first inverter or the second inverter having different strengths.

Abstract: An optical system may include a light source to provide a beam of light. The optical system may include a reflector to receive and redirect the beam of light. The optical system may include a light gate having an opening to permit the beam of light, from the reflector, to travel through the opening. The optical system may include a light sensor to receive a portion of the beam of light after the beam of light travels through the opening, and convert the portion of the beam of light to a signal. The optical system may include a processing device to determine whether a notch of a wafer is in an allowable position based on the signal.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to light detection and ranging (LiDAR) systems, such as LiDAR sensors detecting objects with various reflectivities at various distances. An optical detection system includes a transmitter for emitting at least one beam of optical radiation, a receiver including an imaging processor and an anamorph prism system, and at least one scanner for guiding the at least one beam along a scan direction across a target scene and/or guiding a reflected optical radiation of the at least one beam from the target scene to the receiver. The anamorph prism system is configured to produce a processed beam by compressing the reflected optical radiation in a predefined direction by a predefined factor. The imaging processor includes a two-dimensional detector and is configured to generate an image based on the processed beam on the two-dimensional detector, the image having an aspect ratio that is based on the predefined factor.

Abstract: A poling apparatus for poling a polymer thin film formed on a workpiece carried by a workpiece carrier. The workpiece has grounding electrodes and grounding pads located at edges, and a thin film covering the grounding electrodes but exposing the grounding pads. The workpiece carrier has carrier electrodes located around the workpiece and inside grounding ports at the bottom. The poling apparatus includes, in a poling chamber, a poling source generating a plasma, a Z-elevator to raise the workpiece carrier toward the poling source using the grounding ports, and grounding mechanisms including downwardly biased electrical contacts which, when the workpiece carrier is raised by the Z-elevator, connect the grounding pads of the workpiece with the carrier electrodes, to ground the workpiece. The poling apparatus additionally includes preparation platform and transfer platform with conveyer systems with rollers and Z-elevators to move the workpiece carrier in and out of the poling chamber.

Abstract: A poling apparatus for poling a polymer thin film formed on a workpiece carried by a workpiece carrier. The workpiece has multiple grounding electrodes, grounding pads located at its edges, and a polymer thin film including multiple areas each covering only one grounding electrode. The poling apparatus includes, in a poling chamber, a poling source generating a plasma, a shadow mask below the poling source, and a Z-elevator to raise the workpiece carrier toward the shadow mask and poling source. When the workpiece in the workpiece carrier is raised to contact the underside of the shadow mask, multiple openings of the shadow mask expose only the corresponding multiple thin film areas of the workpiece to the plasma; meanwhile, conductive grounding terminals on the underside of the shadow mask electrically connect the grounding pads of the workpiece with carrier electrodes on the workpiece carrier, to ground the workpiece.

Abstract: In a detection apparatus, in addition to a laser transceiver module configured to perform target detection, a reflector and a synchronous transceiver module that implements a synchronization function are further disposed. The reflector is configured to reflect an emitted light beam from the laser transceiver module to a detection area, and reflect a reflected light beam from the detection area to the laser transceiver module.

Abstract: A detection apparatus includes a scanning system, the scanning system includes a micro reflector array, and the micro reflector array includes M micro reflectors. The detection apparatus further includes P transceiver modules. An optical signal sent by the P transceiver modules is reflected by the M micro reflectors, and/or the P transceiver modules receive an optical signal reflected by the M micro reflectors. The P transceiver modules do not need to receive and send signals using one micro reflector, but may receive and send signals by using the M micro reflectors.

Abstract: A poling apparatus for poling a polymer thin film formed on a workpiece carried by a workpiece carrier. The workpiece has grounding electrodes and grounding pads located at edges, and a thin film covering the grounding electrodes but exposing the grounding pads. The workpiece carrier has carrier electrodes located around the workpiece and inside grounding ports at the bottom. The poling apparatus includes, in a poling chamber, a poling source generating a plasma, a Z-elevator to raise the workpiece carrier toward the poling source using the grounding ports, and grounding mechanisms including downwardly biased electrical contacts which, when the workpiece carrier is raised by the Z-elevator, connect the grounding pads of the workpiece with the carrier electrodes, to ground the workpiece. The poling apparatus additionally includes preparation platform and transfer platform with conveyer systems with rollers and Z-elevators to move the workpiece carrier in and out of the poling chamber.

Abstract: A poling apparatus for poling a polymer thin film formed on a workpiece carried by a workpiece carrier. The workpiece has grounding electrodes and grounding pads located at edges, and a thin film covering the grounding electrodes but exposing the grounding pads. The workpiece carrier has carrier electrodes located around the workpiece and inside grounding ports at the bottom. The poling apparatus includes, in a poling chamber, a poling source generating a plasma, a Z-elevator to raise the workpiece carrier toward the poling source using the grounding ports, and grounding mechanisms including downwardly biased electrical contacts which, when the workpiece carrier is raised by the Z-elevator, connect the grounding pads of the workpiece with the carrier electrodes, to ground the workpiece. The poling apparatus additionally includes preparation platform and transfer platform with conveyer systems with rollers and Z-elevators to move the workpiece carrier in and out of the poling chamber.

Abstract: A detection apparatus, a control method and control apparatus of the detection apparatus, a lidar system, and a terminal are provided. The detection apparatus includes at least one laser, at least one planar array detector, at least one lens assembly, at least one optical detector, and at least one micro electro mechanical system MEMS micromirror. The lens assembly is configured to focus reflected light of at least one first laser light beam to the planar array detector. The MEMS micromirror is configured to reflect reflected light of at least one second laser light beam to the optical detector.

Abstract: Analog-to-digital converter circuitry includes comparator circuitry, capacitor analog-to-digital converter circuitry (CDA), and successive approximation register (SAR) circuitry. The comparator circuitry includes a non-inverting input and an inverting input to selectively receive a differential voltage signal, and an output. The CDAC circuitry includes a first capacitor network having a first plurality of capacitors. A first capacitor of the first plurality of capacitors includes a first terminal connected to the non-inverting input and a second terminal selectively connected to a first voltage potential and a second voltage potential. The first voltage potential is greater than the second voltage potential. The SAR circuitry is connected to the output and the first capacitor network, and connects, during a first period, the second terminal of the first capacitor to the second voltage potential.

Abstract: A digital-to-analog converter (DAC)-based voltage-mode transmit driver architecture. One example transmit driver circuit generally includes an impedance control circuit coupled to a plurality of DAC driver slices. The impedance control circuit generally includes a tunable impedance configured to be adjusted to match a load impedance for the transmit driver circuit. Another example transmit driver circuit generally has an output impedance that is smaller than the load impedance for the transmit driver circuit, such that an output voltage swing at differential output nodes of the transmit driver circuit is greater than a voltage of a power supply rail. Another example transmit driver circuit generally includes a predriver circuit with a first inverter coupled to a first output of the predriver circuit and a second inverter coupled to a second output of the predriver circuit, the transistors in at least one of the first inverter or the second inverter having different strengths.

Abstract: A laser includes a light source, a scanning unit, a receiving lens, a homogenizing unit, a light detection unit, and a processing unit. The light source is configured to output a laser beam. The scanning unit is configured to guide the laser beam to a specified region. The receiving lens is configured to converge an echo light signal formed through reflection of the laser beam. The homogenizing unit is configured to uniformly emit the converged echo light signal onto a photosensitive pixel of the light detection unit, which includes a plurality of photosensitive cells. The plurality of photosensitive cells are used to convert the received echo light signal into an echo electrical signal and are controlled by a plurality of gating circuits. The processing unit is configured to analyze an echo electrical signal output by the plurality of photosensitive cells in a gating period.

Abstract: This disclosure provides an optical receiving apparatus, including a photodetector and a plurality of beam homogenization units. The photodetector includes a plurality of pixels, each pixel includes a plurality of cells, and the cell is configured to convert a received optical signal into an electrical signal. Each beam homogenization unit corresponds to at least one pixel of the photodetector, and is configured to diffuse a received incident light beam to a plurality of cells included in the corresponding at least one pixel. The optical receiving apparatus may be applied in a light detection and ranging system. The apparatus increases dynamic ranges of the detector and the light detection and ranging system, and improves detection efficiency.

Abstract: Analog-to-digital converter circuitry includes comparator circuitry, capacitor analog-to-digital converter circuitry (CDA), and successive approximation register (SAR) circuitry. The comparator circuitry includes a non-inverting input and an inverting input to selectively receive a differential voltage signal, and an output. The CDAC circuitry includes a first capacitor network having a first plurality of capacitors. A first capacitor of the first plurality of capacitors includes a first terminal connected to the non-inverting input and a second terminal selectively connected to a first voltage potential and a second voltage potential. The first voltage potential is greater than the second voltage potential. The SAR circuitry is connected to the output and the first capacitor network, and connects, during a first period, the second terminal of the first capacitor to the second voltage potential.