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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2022
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;
Heiko Gustav Kurz, Hannover, DE;
Abstract
A radar sensor apparatus for a transportation vehicle having a central electronic computing device to generate an electrical control signal for a transmitting device; a laser device which, in accordance with the electrical control signal, generates an optical transfer signal for transfer to the transmitting device; a transformation device having at least one first optical ring resonator which, in accordance with the optical transfer signal, generates a pulse train, the transformation device generates an electrical emission signal in accordance with the pulse train; the transmitting device which is designed to emit the electrical emission signal; and a receiving device for receiving an electrical receive signal and for transferring the electrical receive signal to the central electronic computing device. Also disclosed is a method for operating the radar sensor apparatus.