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Vehicle radar system with shaped radar antennas

  • US 10,641,867 B2
  • Filed: 08/14/2017
  • Issued: 05/05/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A sensing system for a vehicle, said sensing system comprising:

  • a sensor disposed at the vehicle;

    wherein said sensor comprises a plurality of antennas;

    wherein said plurality of antennas comprises transmitting antennas and receiving antennas;

    wherein said plurality of antennas comprises a two-dimensional antenna array having a rhombus grid arrangement of antennas comprising a plurality of sets of antennas each set having a V shape, and wherein each of the V-shaped sets of antennas comprises an apex;

    wherein a signal feed is provided to the apex of each of the V-shaped sets of antennas; and

    a control, wherein outputs of said receiving antennas are communicated to said control, and wherein said control, responsive to said outputs of said receiving antennas, determines the presence of one or more objects exterior the vehicle and within a field of sensing of said sensor.

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