LIDAR is crucial to the success of advanced driver assistance (ADAS) and autonomous driving. Light is used to scan the environment with all relevant objects. Bruco IC designed an integrated circuit for advanced driver assistance (ADAS), based on MEMS mirror technology. Their IC controls and drives the MEMS mirror. The challenge for this chip was to accurately detect the position of the mirror. By allowing actuation and sensing to use the same capacity of the mirror, a smaller mirror size and an enormous cost reduction could be realised. The MEMS mirror is patented.
