Core Viewpoint - The legal dispute between Suoteng Juchuang and Lingming Guangzi over alleged infringement of proprietary SPAD chip technology has garnered significant industry attention, with Suoteng seeking legal recourse to protect its technological advancements and market position [2]. Company Overview - Suoteng Juchuang specializes in digital lidar technology, particularly focusing on SPAD (Single-Photon Avalanche Diode) chips, which allow each detection pixel to independently receive single photons and generate digital pulse signals [2]. - The company achieved a breakthrough in 2022 by integrating lidar reception and signal processing into a single chip, becoming the first in the industry to mass-produce self-developed SPAD-SoC technology [3]. - Lingming Guangzi, founded in May 2018 by several PhD graduates from Stanford and Delft University of Technology, also offers SPAD-related products and has a strong focus on SPAD technology with over 80% of its workforce in R&D [3]. Industry Context - The digital lidar produced by Suoteng Juchuang is characterized by its solid-state electronic scanning, which eliminates most macro-moving parts, making the system more compact and durable, thus meeting the high demand in blind-spot detection scenarios in smart driving [2]. - Lingming Guangzi is recognized as a national-level specialized and innovative "little giant" enterprise by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in China, holding multiple domestic and international patents in SPAD technology [3].
速腾聚创起诉灵明光子 后者称“未收到任何法律函件”