Magna Electronics Inc.

Helmut Arnold Hardow Wodrich

Walter Gordon Woodington

Holger Hess

Sebastian Pliefke

Suresh Boddi

Danny A Schram

A vehicular radar sensing system includes a radar sensor that includes (i) at least one transmitter that transmits radio signals, and (ii) at least one receiver that receive radio signals. The radar sensor includes a waveguide antenna and a printed circuit board (PCB) with a transmitter pad and a receiver pad. The transmitter transmits radio signals to the transmitter pad, and the receiver receives radio signals from the receiver pad. The PCB includes a ground plane layer and a plurality of conductive elements that at least partially surrounds at least the transmitter pad. The plurality of conductive elements electrically connects the waveguide antenna to the ground plane layer and attaches the PCB to the waveguide antenna. The waveguide antenna (i) guides the transmitted radio signals from the transmitter pad to the exterior environment and (ii) guides reflected radio signals from the exterior environment to the receiver pad.

Vehicular radar sensor with cross channel isolation

A method for managing power consumption for a vehicular lidar sensing system includes providing power to each lidar sensor of one or more lidars of the lidar sensing system. Each lidar has a corresponding field of sensing exterior of the vehicle. A speed of the vehicle is determined as the vehicle travels along a road, and electrical power is provided to the lidar sensor of the vehicular lidar sensing system as the vehicle travels along a road. An initial level of electrical power is determined for the lidar sensor based on the determined speed of the vehicle. A change in a driving condition is determined and, responsive to the determined change in driving condition, the electrical power provided to the lidar sensor is adjusted.

Vehicular sensing system with variable power mode for thermal management

A method for calibrating a vehicular sensing system includes disposing the sensing system at a vehicle, with the sensing system including at least two radar sensors disposed at the vehicle so as to have respective fields of sensing exterior of the vehicle. At least one spherical radar reflector is disposed at a position exterior the vehicle where the fields of sensing of the at least two radar sensors overlap. A calibration mode of the sensing system is entered, and calibration radio waves are transmitted by at least one transmitter, and reflected calibration radio waves are received by receivers of the at least two radar sensors. The reflected calibration radio waves include the calibration radio waves reflected off the at least one spherical radar reflector. A controller calibrates the sensing system responsive to processing the received reflected calibration radio waves.

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Helmut Arnold Hardow Wodrich