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SPECTOR STEVEN J
US30 patents
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CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC
27 patentsUS10823913B1Nov 3, 2020
Optical switch controllable by vertical motion MEMS structure
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC17 citations85
US10466423B2Nov 5, 2019
Partitioned optical switch
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC17 citations85
US10684420B2Jun 16, 2020
Integrated MEMS switches for selectively coupling light in and out of a waveguide
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC5 citations84
US10473862B2Nov 12, 2019
Integrated MEMS switches for selectively coupling light in and out of a waveguide
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC11 citations84
US10739520B2Aug 11, 2020
All-solid state optical transmit/receive terminal
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC2 citations73
US10599098B2Mar 24, 2020
Method and apparatus for light field generation
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC4 citations73
US10473766B2Nov 12, 2019
Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) system and method
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC2 citations73
US11579253B2Feb 14, 2023
Dual-polarization LiDAR systems and methods
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC3 citations72
US10908372B2Feb 2, 2021
Systems and methods for isolating excitation and signal paths for chip-scale LIDAR
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC5 citations72
US11550037B2Jan 10, 2023
Monostatic LiDAR transceiver system
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC2 citations71
US10838150B2Nov 17, 2020
Coupling lens aberration correction through grating design in a switched focal plane array
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC2 citations71
US11048053B2Jun 29, 2021
Movable flexure and MEMS elements for improved optical coupling to photonic integrated circuits
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC0 citations62
US10636918B2Apr 28, 2020
Single electron transistor triggered by photovoltaic diode
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC1 citations62
US10274575B2Apr 30, 2019
Zero optical path difference phased array
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC1 citations62
US11688995B2Jun 27, 2023
Grating emitter systems with controlled polarization
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC0 citations61
US11953625B2Apr 9, 2024
Beamsplitter architecture for monostatic LiDAR
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC0 citations60
US11947040B2Apr 2, 2024
Monostatic LiDAR transceiver system
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC0 citations60
US12235362B2Feb 25, 2025
Beam scanning methods for improved eye safety in LiDAR systems
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC0 citations58
US10731964B2Aug 4, 2020
Photonic imaging array
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC1 citations58
US12055631B2Aug 6, 2024
Adaptive LiDAR scanning techniques for improved frame rate and safety
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC0 citations57
US12027779B1Jul 2, 2024
Two-dimensional planar and crossover-free beamforming network architecture
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC0 citations57
US11699862B2Jul 11, 2023
Two-dimensional planar and crossover-free beamforming network architecture
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC1 citations57
US10534063B2Jan 14, 2020
Zero optical path difference phased array for determining a direction of an incoherent optical source
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC0 citations52
US11762062B2Sep 19, 2023
Multi-mode signal LiDAR collection methods and systems
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC0 citations51
US11237335B1Feb 1, 2022
Optical switch controllable by vertical motion MEMS structure
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC0 citations51
US10955529B2Mar 23, 2021
Nonlinear circulator for pulsed light
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC0 citations51
US10837755B2Nov 17, 2020
Photonic imaging array
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC0 citations47