Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Compact multi range automotive radar assembly with end-fire antennas on both sides of a printed circuit board
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Application No.: US15351714Application Date: 2016-11-15
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Publication No.: US10401491B2Publication Date: 2019-09-03
- Inventor: Jae Seung Lee
- Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Plano
- Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Plano
- Agency: Snell & Wilmer LLP
- Main IPC: G01S13/93
- IPC: G01S13/93 ; G01S7/03 ; H01Q1/32

Abstract:
A vehicular radar board includes a PCB having a first surface and a second surface. The first surface of the board includes a plurality of transmitter end-fire antennas and a first plurality of receiver end-fire antennas that are spaced apart by a first gap. The second surface of the board includes a second plurality of receiver end-fire antennas that are spaced apart by a second gap that is greater than the first gap. The board also includes a first RFIC positioned on the first surface and designed to control the plurality of transmitter antennas to transmit radar signals and to receive a first reflected signal of the radar signals from the first plurality of receiver antennas. The board also includes a second RFIC positioned on the second surface and designed to receive a second reflected signal of the radar signals from the second plurality of receiver antennas.
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