Silanna Webinar: Integrated Laser Firing Solutions for Next‑Generation ToF LiDAR Systems

Event type: Live Webinar
Date and time: May 12th, 9am PT, 6pm CET
Title: Integrated Laser Firing Solutions for Next‑Generation ToF LiDAR Systems
Registration link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6156829064153148250

LiDAR performance is no longer limited by optics alone. As channel counts increase and system requirements tighten, laser firing architectures are becoming a critical bottleneck in modern LiDAR systems. Challenges such as timing precision, synchronization across channels, thermal management, safety compliance, and BOM scalability demand a new approach to laser driving.

In this webinar, Silanna Semiconductor presents its SL2001 laser firing solution and next‑generation laser array firing architectures designed to address these challenges head‑on. Attendees will learn how integrated laser firing architectures can improve pulse performance, enhance timing accuracy, reduce system power dissipation, and significantly simplify lidar hardware designs.

We will explore scalable architectures for single‑channel and high‑channel‑count VCSEL and laser diode arrays, and show how system designers can move beyond discrete, hard‑to‑scale driver circuits.

Rajeev Thakur

Dir. Marketing and Business Developement

Silanna Semiconductor

Rajeev Thakur is Director of Marketing and Business Development at Silanna Semiconductor. Previously, he held senior technical sales and leadership roles at Aeva, Ouster, Velodyne LiDAR, and OSRAM Opto Semiconductors, supporting FMCW and ToF LiDAR, automotive ADAS, and infrared sensing technologies. He has worked in the automotive industry since 1990, holds advanced engineering degrees, is a licensed Professional Engineer, and is also currently an SAE instructor for Automotive Lidar.

Ahsan Zaman

Dir. of Marketing

Silanna Semiconductor

Ahsan Zaman is Director of Marketing at Silanna Semiconductor for FirePowerTM Laser Drivers line of products. He joined the company in 2018 through the acquisition of Appulse Power, a Toronto, Canada based Startup company for ac-dc power supplies, where he was a co-founder and VP of Engineering. Prior to that, Ahsan received his B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from University of Toronto, Canada in 2009, 2012 and 2015, respectively. He has more than a decade of experience in power converter architectures, mixed-signal IC design, low-volume and high efficiency power management solutions for portable electronic devices and advanced control methods for high-frequency switch-mode power supplies. Ahsan has previously collaborated with industry leading semiconductor companies such as Qualcomm, TI, NXP, EXAR etc. and co-authored more than 20 IEEE conference and journal publications and holds several patents in this field.