Proceedings of 2015 Photonics & Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Prague, July 6 - 9,Page(s)2561-2564
Abstract
More and more vehicles equip with millimeter-wave radar systems to improve the
driving safety. Usually, multiple antenna arrays are used to cover different horizontal field of
view (FOV) for most models. Integration is one way to make the automotive radar system
more compact and more affordable. A three-mode antenna array is designed to cover narrow
(−8◦ to +8◦ ), wide (−45◦ to +45◦ ), and two-direction (−75◦ to −45◦ and from +45◦ to +75◦ )
FOV scenarios. The horizontal FOVs of a typical long-range radar (LRR) and short-range radar
(SRR) cover from −8◦ to +8◦ , and from −45◦ to +45◦ , respectively. For the front-end blind
side detection, the two-direction FOV covers from −75◦ to −45◦ and from +45◦ to +75◦ , which
are often blocked by the vehicle front pillars. Thus, this system can provide a total 150◦ FOV
coverage. Based on these FOV requirements, a switch-beam antenna array is proposed, which is
based on the minimum variance distortion less response (MVDR) beamforming algorithm. The
simulation demonstrates this antenna array can operate not only over the narrow, wide, and
two-direction FOV scenarios, but also wide bandwidth (76 to 81 GHz).
Citation
Jau-Jr Lin,
"Analysis and Design of the Switched-beam Antenna Array for Automotive Radar Applications," Proceedings of 2015 Photonics & Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Prague, July 6 - 9,Page(s)2561-2564