Patent ID: 7545310
Filing Date: 2009-06-09
Classification: G01S,H01Q

Abstract:
1. An in-vehicle mount radar device comprising two transmission antennas which exclusively transmit a transmission pulse and a reception antenna array containing plural reception antennas which exclusively receives a reception pulse based on the transmission pulse reflected from a target, wherein the transmission pulse is time-divisionally and alternately transmitted from each of the two transmission antennas, the reception pulse is received by each of the reception antennas, and at least angle information concerning the target is calculated by using reception data obtained from the reception pulse, wherein the reception antenna array is constructed by arranging the plural reception antennas so that the reception antennas are spaced from one another at an interval d, each of the two transmission antennas is disposed so as to be adjacent to the reception antenna located at each of both the end portions of the reception antenna array with an interval D, and the interval D is set to any value larger than the interval d.