Abstract: An antenna device. The antenna device includes a carrier element having at least one first strip conductor and having a second strip conductor; at least one fastening structure, which is formed in or on the carrier element; at least one antenna element, which is arranged or fastened on or in the fastening structure and is connected to the strip conductor; a transmitter device, which is arranged on the carrier element and is connected to the second strip conductor, and is designed to transmit a transmitter signal to the at least one antenna element and/or to receive a transmitter signal from the at least one antenna element.

Abstract: An assortment of radar sensors in different variant embodiments. Each radar sensor has: a housing terminated by a radome, a circuit board that is equipped on the side facing away from the radome with at least one radio-frequency module, and an antenna structure on the side of the circuit board facing the radome. The housing is realized identically in all variant embodiments. The antenna structure has a planar antenna structure in at least one variant embodiment, and has a hollow conductor structure in at least one variant embodiment.

Abstract: A radar system for motor vehicles, with a plurality of transmit/receive units arranged on separate installation supports for installation at various locations in the motor vehicle, an evaluation system for evaluating the radar signals received on a plurality of channels in a plurality of processing steps, a first processing step delivering a digital time signal for each channel, which digital time signal represents the received radar signal, and a final processing step delivering as the result location data for individual radar objects and at least the final processing step being implemented for the plurality of transmit/receive units in a central evaluation unit with which the transmit/receive units in each case communicate via a raw data interface. The each of raw data interfaces has a serializer, which is configured to transfer raw data from the plurality of channels of the transmit/receive unit in question serially to the central evaluation unit.

Abstract: A method for providing markings, in particular, homologation markings, of a component, at least one communication element, which is situated on the component or integrated into the component, being read out visually, electronically or electromagnetically, at least one code being ascertained as a result of the read-out of the communication element, and the ascertained code being used for digitally retrieving and outputting the markings of the component. A component system is also described.

Abstract: A method for providing markings, in particular, homologation markings, of a component, at least one communication element, which is situated on the component or integrated into the component, being read out visually, electronically or electromagnetically, at least one code being ascertained as a result of the read-out of the communication element, and the ascertained code being used for digitally retrieving and outputting the markings of the component. A component system is also described.

Abstract: An FMCW radar system is provided having a transceiver unit which is designed to transmit radar signals, which are modulated with the aid of at least one modulation parameter, and to receive radar signals, which are reflected from objects, and having an interference detector for detecting interferences in the received radar signals based on at least one frequency-dependent reception power threshold value corresponding to the particular modulation parameters, one of the modulation parameters being a modulation slope of the transmitted radar signal. An interference recognition method is also provided.

Abstract: An FMCW radar system is provided having a transceiver unit which is designed to transmit radar signals, which are modulated with the aid of at least one modulation parameter, and to receive radar signals, which are reflected from objects, and having an interference detector for detecting interferences in the received radar signals based on at least one frequency-dependent reception power threshold value corresponding to the particular modulation parameters, one of the modulation parameters being a modulation slope of the transmitted radar signal. An interference recognition method is also provided.

Abstract: An FMCW radar system is provided having a transceiver unit which is designed to transmit radar signals, which are modulated with the aid of at least one modulation parameter, and to receive radar signals, which are reflected from objects, and having an interference detector for detecting interferences in the received radar signals based on at least one frequency-dependent reception power threshold value corresponding to the particular modulation parameters, one of the modulation parameters being a modulation slope of the transmitted radar signal. An interference recognition method is also provided.

Abstract: In an antenna radar system including a short-range function and a long-range function which is situated separately from the short-range function, the short-range function and the long-range function having different antenna apertures, means are provided for mutual cross-polarization of the signals emitted and received using the short-range function and the long-range function, through which the most efficient possible signal-technology decoupling between the short-range function and the long-range function is achieved.

Abstract: In an antenna radar system including a short-range function and a long-range function which is situated separately from the short-range function, the short-range function and the long-range function having different antenna apertures, means are provided for mutual cross-polarization of the signals emitted and received using the short-range function and the long-range function, through which the most efficient possible signal-technology decoupling between the short-range function and the long-range function is achieved.

Abstract: An evaluation method, e.g., for a driver assistance system of a motor vehicle, is provided for object detection using a radar sensor, which synchronously emits at least two separate radar beam lobes, that cover an angular range to be scanned, and which receives respective target responses as measured values. At least two target responses of the at least two separate radar beam lobes of the radar sensor are arithmetically superposed in such a way that a synthetic radar beam lobe is created having at least one predetermined zero value in the scanned angular range.

Abstract: An evaluation method, e.g., for a driver assistance system of a motor vehicle, is provided for object detection using a radar sensor, which synchronously emits at least two separate radar beam lobes, that cover an angular range to be scanned, and which receives respective target responses as measured values. At least two target responses of the at least two separate radar beam lobes of the radar sensor are arithmetically superposed in such a way that a synthetic radar beam lobe is created having at least one predetermined zero value in the scanned angular range.

Abstract: In an antenna radar system including a short-range antenna path and a long-range antenna path that is situated separately from the short-range antenna path, a push-pull mixer is situated in the short-range antenna path. Using the push-pull mixer, a heterodyne frequency conversion or mixing of the signals to be processed is able to be carried out in the short-range antenna path.

Abstract: A radar sensor emits microwave radiation and receives partial radiation reflected at objects within the sensor detection range, a plurality of antennas being provided for the transmission and reception in each case, and the transmission power of the outer antennas being lower than the transmission power of the inner antennas. This is accomplished by reducing the transmission power with the aid of couplers, the couplers advantageously being implementable as Wilkinson power splitters.

Abstract: A microwave oscillator having a hollow conductor, an oscillation generator which is mounted on a heatsink and projects into the hollow conductor, and a printed circuit board having electronic components for supplying direct voltage to the oscillation generator. The printed circuit board or a metallic coating on, in, or under this printed circuit board forms one wall of the hollow conductor, and the oscillator including its heatsink is located in the printed circuit board.

Abstract: A microwave oscillator having a hollow conductor, an oscillation generator which is mounted on a heatsink and projects into the hollow conductor, and a printed circuit board having electronic components for supplying direct voltage to the oscillation generator. The printed circuit board or a metallic coating on, in, or under this printed circuit board forms one wall of the hollow conductor, and the oscillator including its heatsink is located in the printed circuit board.

Abstract: A radar sensor emits microwave radiation and receives partial radiation reflected at objects within the sensor detection range, a plurality of antennas being provided for the transmission and reception in each case, and the transmission power of the outer antennas being lower than the transmission power of the inner antennas. This is accomplished by reducing the transmission power with the aid of couplers, the couplers advantageously being implementable as Wilkinson power splitters.

Abstract: A device for a radar system, the device being supplied with the received signals of at least two receiving antennas as input signals, and in which the output signals of this device are supplied to at least one unit for evaluating the received signals which includes at least two evaluation channels. Different input channels are allocated to the at least two evaluation channels as a function of supplied control signals.

Abstract: A device for a radar system, the device being supplied with the received signals of at least two receiving antennas as input signals, and in which the output signals of this device are supplied to at least one unit for evaluating the received signals which includes at least two evaluation channels. Different input channels are allocated to the at least two evaluation channels as a function of supplied control signals.