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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2007
Applicants:
Thomas Walter, Renningen, DE;
Herbert Olbrich, Rutesheim, DE;
Dirk Steinbuch, Wimsheim, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/08 (2006.01); G01S 13/93 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An FMCW radar sensor having a plurality of antenna elements and a supply circuit for supplying transmission signals having ramp-shaped modulated frequencies to the antenna elements, including a switchover device for switching over the supply circuit between a near-field mode, in which the transmission signals supplied to the individual antenna elements have a certain frequency offset, and a far-field mode, in which the frequencies of the transmission signals are identical.