Abstract:
An antenna device that includes a housing formed with an window surface and transmits and receives an electromagnetic wave through a cover member facing the window surface, comprises: a transmitting antenna that is provided inside the housing and transmits the electromagnetic wave to a side of the cover member; a receiving antenna that receives the electromagnetic wave; a circuit board that extends along a transmission direction of the electromagnetic wave and includes a board surface provided with the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna; and a dielectric lens covering the window surface that narrows a beam of the electromagnetic wave transmitted from the transmitting antenna to transmit the beam outside the housing and collects the electromagnetic wave from outside the housing to transmit the electromagnetic wave to the receiving antenna.
Abstract:
In signal processing of the present disclosure, an abnormal correction value as a correction value for correcting a quadrature error that occurs in quadrature modulation is output in malfunction determining processing, and a normal correction value as the correction value is output in calibration processing. The presence or absence of malfunction in the signal processing is determined on the basis of the levels of carrier leak and image leak of the quadrature modulated signal.
Abstract:
A radar device includes: an antenna unit including antenna elements arrayed along a direction intersecting a front direction in a circuit board, transmitting an electromagnetic wave upward of a board surface of the circuit board, and receiving a reflected wave of the electromagnetic wave; a reflection unit supported above the board surface of the circuit board in a housing, reflecting the electromagnetic wave transmitted from the antenna unit to change a traveling direction of the electromagnetic wave to the front direction, and reflecting the reflected wave from the front direction to change a traveling direction of the reflected wave to a direction toward the antenna unit; and a dielectric lens disposed in an aperture of the housing to extend along a direction in which the antenna elements are arrayed, and having a semi-cylindrical shape or a parabolic-cylindrical shape projecting in the front direction.
Abstract:
A radar apparatus includes a transmitter including a plurality of circuits that intermittently transmit one or more radar signals, the plurality of circuits being suspended power supplying during a period in which the one or more radar signals are not transmitted, variation detection circuitry that detects process variations of the plurality of circuits, and determination circuitry that determines a startup timing of each of the plurality of circuits in response to the process variations and outputs startup commands in response to the determined startup timings to the plurality of circuits.
Abstract:
An antenna device that has a housing formed with a window surface and transmits and receives an electromagnetic wave through a cover member facing the window surface, the antenna device having a length in a direction of transmitting and receiving the electromagnetic wave that is greater than a height thereof, comprises: a circuit board that is provided inside the housing; a reflection plate that is provided inside the housing and faces a board surface of the circuit board; a transmitting antenna that is provided inside the housing and transmits the electromagnetic wave to a side of the reflection plate; and a receiving antenna that is provided inside the housing and receives the electromagnetic wave.
Abstract:
A wireless communication device includes a baseband variable gain amplifier that amplifies a transmission baseband signal, a local variable gain amplifier that amplifies a local signal, a frequency-conversion circuit that mixes the amplified transmission baseband signal and the amplified local signal to carry out a frequency conversion into a transmission high-frequency signal, a first detector that detects a power of the transmission high-frequency signal, and a controller that controls at least one of a gain of the transmission baseband variable gain amplifier and a gain of the local variable gain amplifier on the basis of the detected power of the transmission high-frequency signal so that a power of the transmission high-frequency signal to be detected takes a predetermined value.
Abstract:
A radar device includes: a housing that includes an aperture in a front direction as a transmitting direction of an electromagnetic wave; a circuit board disposed in the housing such that a board surface extends along the front direction; an antenna unit that includes antenna elements being arrayed along a direction intersecting the front direction in a region on a side in the front direction of the circuit board, and that transmits the electromagnetic wave to the outside of the housing through the aperture and receives a reflected wave of the electromagnetic wave; and a dielectric lens that is disposed in the aperture of the housing to extend along a direction in which the antenna elements are arrayed and that has a semi-cylindrical shape or a parabolic-cylindrical shape projecting in the front direction.
Abstract:
A radar device includes: a case having an opening at the front in a forward direction, which is a transmission direction of electromagnetic waves; a circuit board placed in the case, the circuit board having first and second circuit board parts, one component side of the first circuit board part facing in the forward direction, the component sides of the second circuit board part extending along the forward direction; a transmission antenna and reception antenna composed of a plurality of antenna elements placed into an array in a direction crossing the forward direction in an area, facing in the forward direction, on the circuit board; and a dielectric lens having a semi-cylindrical or parabolic cylindrical shape in the forward direction, the dielectric lens being placed in the opening in the case so as to extend along a direction in which the plurality of antenna elements are placed into an array.
Abstract:
An antenna device having a case in which an opening is formed transmits and receives an electromagnetic wave through a cover member opposite to the opening. The antenna device includes a circuit board that has a first circuit board part having a component side opposite to the cover member and also has a second circuit board part extending in a direction perpendicular to the component side, the circuit board being disposed in the case. The antenna device also includes a transmission antenna that sends the electromagnetic wave toward the cover member, the transmission antenna being disposed on the component side, and a reception antenna that receives the electromagnetic wave, the reception antenna being disposed on the component side.
Abstract:
A radar apparatus includes: a transmission processor, which, in operation, transmits first wave signals from inside of the bumper toward outside, the transmission processor being provided inside of the bumper; a reception processor, which, in operation, receives an object-reflected wave signal that is a reflection of the first wave signals by a target in an area around the vehicle, a bumper-reflected wave signal that is a reflection of the first wave signals by the bumper, and a transmission and reception leak signal of the first wave signals and detects the target through the object-reflected wave signal; and a bumper determiner, which, in operation, detects a first reception level of a second wave signal including the bumper-reflected wave signal and the transmission and reception leak signal, compares the first reception level with a threshold, and determines the presence of a bad bumper state in a case where the first reception level is higher than the threshold.