Fully integrated automotive radar sensor with versatile resolution

Author

Metz, C. ; Grubert, J. ; Heyen, J. ; Jacob, A.F. ; Janot, S. ; Lissel, E. ; Oberschmidt, G. ; Stange, L.C.

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Hochfrequenztech., Tech. Univ. Braunschweig, Germany

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

20-24 May 2001

Firstpage

1115

Abstract

A planar radar sensor for automotive application is presented. The design comprises a fully integrated transceiver multi-chip module (MCM) and an electronically steerable microstrip patch array. The antenna feed network is based on a modified Rotman-lens. An extended angular coverage together with an adapted resolution allows for the integration of automatic cruise control (ACC), precrash sensing and cut-in detection within a single 77 GHz frontend. For ease of manufacturing the interconnects between antenna and MCM rely on a mixed wire bond and flip-chip approach. The concept is validated by laboratory radar measurements.

Keywords

beam steering; flip-chip devices; lead bonding; microstrip antenna arrays; millimetre wave antenna arrays; mobile antennas; multichip modules; radar antennas; road vehicle radar; transceivers; 77 GHz; Rotman lens; angular coverage; automatic cruise control; automotive radar sensor; cut-in detection; electronic beam steering; feed network; flip-chip interconnect; front-end system; fully integrated transceiver multichip module; microstrip patch antenna array; precrash sensing; resolution; wire bonding; Antenna feeds; Automatic control; Automotive applications; Automotive engineering; Manufacturing; Microstrip antenna arrays; Radar antennas; Radar applications; Radar detection; Transceivers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 2001 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ, USA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6538-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2001.967087

Filename

967087