Patent ID: 7081847

Claim:
A radar system with a radar sensor having a transmitting module, a receiving module and a supply network, wherein the transmitting module and the receiving module each have a plurality of partial antennas, the system comprising: means for activating the supply network to operate at least one first partial antenna of the transmitting module together with at least one second partial antenna of the receiving module in a first operating mode, to obtain a first, low angular resolution; means for activating the supply network to operate a first group of partial antennas of the transmitting module together with a second group of partial antennas of the receiving module in a second operating mode to obtain a second, high angular resolution; and means for activating the supply network in at least one further operating mode to operate at least one third partial antenna of the transmitting module together with a third group of partial antennas of the receiving module or to operate a fourth group of partial antennas of the transmitting module together with at least one fourth partial antenna of the receiving module.