LCM chips
Solid-state beamforming on a semiconductor. Software-defined scanning with no moving parts.
LM10 is the world’s first commercially available optical beamforming semiconductor. LS20, our next-generation system-on-chip, integrates the driver and scan controller into a custom ASIC for lower system cost, smaller size, and finer steering.
Gen 1
LM10
Gen 2
LS20
How LCM fits in your lidar
LCM sits in the transmit path of a time-of-flight lidar. The laser fires into the LCM, which steers the beam through the transmit optics to one region of the scene at a time. The time-of-flight sensor reads out only that region. Software decides the order, the dwell time, and the beam width, every frame.
Set dwell time per region to reach the range and precision you need.
Control scan order and revisit critical regions more often.
Set scan steps, skip angles, and adjust scan range to focus where you need to.
Scan narrow lines or wide ROIs on demand.
A low-power pulse in the same scan keeps bright targets sharp and dark targets visible.
In a segmented VCSEL lidar, the emitter array fixes peak power, scan angles, and beam width together. Change one, and you redesign the others. With LCM, each is set on its own.
Segmented VCSEL lidar
LCM-based lidar
Raise range, resolution, or coverage without trading one against another.
VCSELs and edge emitters.
905 and 940 nm.
iToF and dToF.
Start building
Add LCM beamforming to your own sensor design.
Long-range iToF depth, from embedded modules to RGB-D on Jetson.
Solid-state dToF lidar for indoor, outdoor, and surround sensing.
