Laser receiving device and LiDAR comprising a plurality of isolation parts for electromagnetic shielding between adjacent sensor groups and between adjacent amplifier groups

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11940561-B2
Application number	US-202117551012-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 14, 2021
Priority date	Jun 29, 2020
Publication date	Mar 26, 2024
Grant date	Mar 26, 2024

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a laser receiving device and a LiDAR. An isolation component is provided between a plurality of parallel sensor groups, and an isolation component is provided between a plurality of amplifier groups in parallel, so that a plurality of parallel receiving channels each form an independent current loop, thereby reducing noise crosstalk among signal receiving channels and improving the signal-to-noise ratio of the laser receiving device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A laser receiving device, comprising:
a photoelectric sensing assembly, comprising m receiving sensor plates and n sensor groups, wherein the n sensor groups are arranged on the m receiving sensor plates, when two adjacent sensor groups are arranged on the same receiving sensor plate, a first isolation part for electromagnetic shielding is arranged between the two adjacent sensor groups, wherein m is an integer greater than 1, n is an integer greater than 1, and m≤n;
an amplifying assembly, comprising k receiving amplifier plates and n amplifier groups, wherein the n amplifier groups are arranged on the k receiving amplifier plates, when two adjacent amplifier groups are arranged on the same receiving amplifier plate, a second isolation part for electromagnetic shielding is provided between the two adjacent amplifier groups, and the n amplifier groups and the n sensor groups are connected in a one-to-one manner, wherein k is an integer greater than 1, and k≤n;
a collecting assembly, comprising a collecting plate and n collecting units, wherein the n collecting units are arranged on the collecting plate, and the n collecting units and the n amplifier groups are connected in a one-to-one manner;
n power supply units, configured to supply power to the photoelectric sensing assembly and the amplifying assembly, wherein the n power supply units are connected to the n amplifier groups in a one-to-one manner, the n power supply units are connected to the n sensor groups in a one-to-one manner, and the photoelectric sensing assembly and the amplifying assembly are grounded via a same ground plane; and
n signal receiving channels in parallel, wherein each signal receiving channel corresponds to one amplifier group, one sensor group, one collecting unit, and one power supply unit, wherein the one power supply unit, the one sensor group, the one amplifier group, and the one collecting unit operate serially in groups and are parallel among groups,
wherein the sensors and the amplifiers in a group share the power supply unit, the collecting unit, and the ground plane; and
the one power supply unit, the one sensor group, and the one amplifier group are grounded on the one collecting unit to form a closed current loop corresponding to each signal receiving channel.

2. The laser receiving device according to claim 1 , wherein m=1, the n sensor groups are arranged on the same receiving sensor plate, and a first isolation part is arranged between any two adjacent sensor groups.

3. The laser receiving device according to claim 1 , wherein k=n, and one amplifier group is arranged on each receiving amplifier plate.

4. The laser receiving device according to claim 1 , wherein the first isolation part is an empty groove arranged on the receiving sensor plate, and the second isolation part is an empty groove arranged on the receiving amplifier plate.

5. The laser receiving device according to claim 1 , wherein the ground plane is arranged on the collecting plate.

6. The laser receiving device according to claim 1 , wherein the n power supply units are arranged on the collecting plate or on the k receiving amplifier plates.

7. The laser receiving device according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of first connecting members and a plurality of second connecting members,
wherein one of the k receiving amplifier plates is connected to one of the m receiving sensor plates via one of the plurality of first connecting members,
one of the k receiving amplifier plates is connected to the collecting plate via one of the plurality of second connecting members, and
the plurality of the first connecting members and the plurality of the second connecting members include one of a plate-to-plate connector, a wire, or a flexible printed circuit (FPC).

8. The laser receiving device according to claim 7 , wherein at least one the n sensor groups is arranged on an upper surface of one of the m receiving sensor plates, and
at least one of the plurality of first connecting members is arranged on a lower surface of one of the m receiving sensor plates.

9. The laser receiving device according to claim 1 , wherein the photoelectric sensing assembly and the amplifying assembly are grounded on the same ground plane via one or both of a magnetic bead and a 0-ohm resistor.

10. The laser receiving device according to claim 1 , wherein two adjacent power supply units are isolated by a filter device; and
the filter device comprises one or more of a low dropout voltage linear stabilizer, a passive filter, and the magnetic beads.

11. The laser receiving device according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of signal receiving channels have an equal signal transmission path length.

Assignees

• Suteng Innovation Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Li Yanmin
• Zhang Zhen
• Pan Shengqiang

Classifications

• G01S7/4816 Primary

  of receivers alone · CPC title

• G01S7/4813

  Housing arrangements · CPC title

• G01S7/4817

  relating to scanning · CPC title

• G01S7/4863

  Detector arrays, e.g. charge-transfer gates · CPC title