Abstract: A radar sensor includes a housing of radar-transmissive material, a circuit board in the housing, first and second antennas of several patch elements on the same or opposite surfaces of the circuit board, and a metal or metallized support supporting a rear surface of the circuit board. The first antenna has a beam axis that extends out through a front of the housing at an angle in a range from 45° to 90° relative to the circuit board plane. The sensor further includes a beam deflection structure arranged within the housing to deflect a beam axis of the second antenna out through the housing at an angle in a range from 0° to 45° relative to the circuit board plane.

Abstract: The invention relates to a radar system for recording the environment of a motor vehicle, comprising: transmission means for emitting transmission signals using several transmission antennas; receiving means for receiving transmission signals reflected by objects using several receiver antennas; and signal processing means for processing the received signals, characterized in that it is equipped with several transmitter and receiver antennas, each containing at least one individual transmitting or receiving element, referred to henceforth as an elemental emitter, which is located on the front or rear face of a level printed circuit board, it is equipped with at least one transmitter antenna and receiver antenna, each containing at least one elemental emitter located on the level printed circuit board, the antenna pattern of said antenna outside the radar sensor being tilted at a maximum angle of 45° to the perpendicular on the board, and it is equipped with at least one transmitter and receiver antenna, each

Abstract: A modulator includes a first converter, a second converter and a mixer. The first converter is configured to receive a first bit and provide a first current that is a function of the first bit. The second converter is configured to receive a second bit and provide a second current that is a function of the second bit. The mixer is configured to receive an input current that is a sum of the first current and the second current and a frequency signal and provide an output signal that is a function of the input current and the frequency signal.

Abstract: A modulator includes a first converter, a second converter and a mixer. The first converter is configured to receive a first bit and provide a first current that is a function of the first bit. The second converter is configured to receive a second bit and provide a second current that is a function of the second bit. The mixer is configured to receive an input current that is a sum of the first current and the second current and a frequency signal and provide an output signal that is a function of the input current and the frequency signal.

Abstract: A digital/analog converter contains an input for supplying a first digital word having a first word length. A noise shaper is coupled to the input and is designed to convert the first digital word into a second digital word having a second word length and to output this digital word to an output. The output of the noise shaper has a filter device coupled to it which is designed to reject signal components in the second digital word. Finally, a conversion device is connected to the output of the filter device. The conversion device is designed to convert the second digital word into an analog signal and to provide the analog signal for an output. By filtering the signal which is output by the noise shaper, the noise components contained in the noise-shaped second digital word are rejected.

Abstract: A digital/analog converter contains an input for supplying a first digital word having a first word length. A noise shaper is coupled to the input and is designed to convert the first digital word into a second digital word having a second word length and to output this digital word to an output. The output of the noise shaper has a filter device coupled to it which is designed to reject signal components in the second digital word. Finally, a conversion device is connected to the output of the filter device. The conversion device is designed to convert the second digital word into an analog signal and to provide the analog signal for an output. By filtering the signal which is output by the noise shaper, the noise components contained in the noise-shaped second digital word are rejected.

Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter is presented, which comprises at least two quantization stages, wherein the final quantization stage comprises a sigma-delta modulator.