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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2021
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Ryosuke Shiozaki, Tokyo, JP;
Yuto Suzuki, Miyagi, JP;
Tooru Miura, Ishikawa, JP;
Ken Takahashi, Ishikawa, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/931 (2020.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/931 (2013.01); H01Q 21/067 (2013.01);
Abstract
A radar apparatus includes an antenna composed of an end-fire array antenna and including a plurality of antenna elements; and a circuit board in which the plurality of antenna elements is disposed side by side in a first direction. At least one of the plurality of antenna elements is parallel to a substrate surface of the circuit board. A directivity of at least one of the plurality of antenna elements is set to a third direction tilted with respect to the first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.