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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2022
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Kenta Iwasa, Tokyo, JP;
Hidekuni Yomo, Kanagawa, JP;
PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A radar apparatus includes a radar transmission circuit that transmits a radar signal from a transmission array antenna, and a radar reception circuit that receives, from a reception array antenna, a reflected wave signal that is the radar signal reflected at a target. One of the transmission array antenna and the reception array antenna includes a first antenna element group having m antenna elements arranged at a first interval Dalong a first axis direction, wherein m is an integer of 2 or larger. The other one of the transmission array antenna and the reception array antenna includes a second antenna element group having n antenna elements arranged at a second interval Dalong the first axis direction, wherein n is an integer of 4 or larger. The second interval Dincludes several different intervals.