Millimeter-wave-radar sensor based on a transceiver array for automotive applications

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 261-269

  Steinhauer, Matthias ^a,b   Ruoß, Hans Oliver ^a,b   Irion, Hans ^b   Menzel, Wolfgang ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b ROBERT BOSCH GMBH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Array; Automotive radar; Digital beamforming (DBF); Frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW); Transceiver

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; RADAR ANTENNAS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSCEIVERS; WAVE EFFECTS;

AUTOMOTIVE RADARS; DIGITAL BEAMFORMING (DBF);

SENSORS;

EID: 38849128772     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2007.914635     Document Type: Article

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