Specifications
Company
Lidwave — 4D on-chip sensing, Jerusalem, Israel (founded 2021)
Product
Odem — 4D coherent depth sensor / LiDAR-on-a-chip
Core Technology
Patented Finite Coherent Ranging (FCR) — reads light coherence rather than time of flight
Integration
Entire LiDAR system (laser, amplifier, detector) on one silicon-photonics chip, true monostatic design
Field of View
Configurable 100° x 40°
Angular Resolution
0.02° x 0.02° maximum
Detection Range
300 m / 600 m / 5 km configurations
Frame Rate
5 – 30 FPS
Velocity
Per-pixel instantaneous velocity via Doppler; velocity resolution 0.005 m/s
Interference
0% interference from sunlight or other LiDAR systems
Weather Resilience
Consistent depth and velocity in rain, fog and snow
Output
Real-time high-resolution 3D range, instantaneous velocity and reflectivity maps
Configurability
Fully configurable, software-defined sensing settings
Calibration
Calibration-free, monostatic wafer-scale integrated optical engine
Compute Efficiency
Native per-pixel velocity lowers downstream compute for real-time segmentation
Platform Support
Compatible with NVIDIA Jetson Thor for real-time depth perception and AI vision
Manufacturing
Built at wafer scale for high-volume, cost-effective production
Applications
Autonomous vehicles, robotics, smart cities and Industry 4.0
Partners
Automotive OEMs, robotics and agriculture, including John Deere pilots
Roadmap
Second-generation 4D sensing chip scaling toward mass production
Overview
Lidwave's Odem is a 4D coherent sensor that integrates the entire LiDAR stack — laser, amplifier and detector — onto a single silicon-photonics chip. Instead of measuring time of flight, its patented Finite Coherent Ranging (FCR) reads the coherence of light, delivering depth and per-pixel instantaneous velocity from a true monostatic, calibration-free design.
The software-defined Odem streams real-time high-resolution 3D range, velocity and reflectivity maps with a configurable 100° x 40° field of view and 0.02° angular resolution, over ranges configurable from 300 m to 5 km. It is immune to interference from sunlight or other LiDAR, and performs in rain, fog and snow.
Because each pixel carries its own instantaneous velocity, downstream perception stacks need less compute for real-time segmentation, making Odem well suited to safety-critical autonomous systems. It is compatible with NVIDIA Jetson Thor for edge depth perception and AI vision in robotics and vehicles.
Key Benefits
Per-pixel instantaneous velocity adds a 4th sensing dimension for segmentation without heavy compute. One-chip LiDAR removes discrete lasers and detectors and is calibration-free. Interference-immune and all-weather (rain, fog, snow, sunlight). Software-defined 100° x 40° FOV, up to 5 km range, Jetson Thor ready.
Applications
Autonomous vehicles and ADAS, mobile robots and AMRs, smart-city and traffic infrastructure, agriculture autonomy, industrial safety and Industry 4.0 perception.
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