Microwave antenna array for a motor vehicle radar system

US6075492A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Ewald Schmidt · Ludwigsburg, DE
• Klaus Voigtlaender · Schallstadt, DE
• Jurgen Zeiher · Stuttgart, DE
• Bernhard Lucas · Alagón, ES
• Thomas Beez · Weinsberg, DE
• Dirk Langenhan · Schwieberdingen, DE
• Herbert Olbrich · Rutesheim, DE
• Joerg Schneemann · Rutesheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 24, 1999
• Grant date: Jun 13, 2000
• Expiry date: Mar 24, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01S2013/9327
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A microwave antenna arrangement, made up of a focusing element and at least one feeder element, in which arrangement, to attain a small size, at least one component support is arranged in a spatial area between the focusing element and the at least one feeder element, electronic or electrical components being located on the component support. The component support has a cut-out to allow passage of the electronic waves. The component support and the electronic or electrical components are provided for processing signals other than those received or emitted by the at least one feeder element.