US 12,206,171 B2
Automobile radars based on gradient-index lens
Hao Xin, Tucson, AZ (US); Jiang Xin, Wellesley, MA (US); Min Liang, Tucson, AZ (US); and Ning Cao, Tucson, AZ (US)
Assigned to Lunewave Inc., Tucson, AZ (US)
Appl. No. 17/908,404
Filed by Lunewave Inc., Tucson, AZ (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 25, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/062313
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 31, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/108621, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/940,010, filed on Nov. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0091904 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H01Q 19/06 (2006.01); G01S 7/02 (2006.01); G01S 13/42 (2006.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01); H01Q 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 19/062 (2013.01) [G01S 7/027 (2021.05); G01S 13/42 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); H01Q 21/0037 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensing system, comprising:
a receiver comprising:
a Gradient-index lens, and
a first plurality of antenna elements arranged adjacent to the Gradient-index lens and configured to receive a first incoming signal and generate a plurality of receiver signals in response to receiving the first incoming signal;
a transmitter including a second plurality of antenna elements configured to generate an outgoing signal, wherein each of the second plurality of antenna elements are separated by a predetermined distance;
a controller configured to receive the plurality of receiver signals from the first plurality of antenna elements, and generate a plurality of transmitter signals based on which the transmitter generates the outgoing signal; and
a plurality of waveguides configured to transmit the plurality of receiver signals from the first plurality of antenna elements to the controller, wherein the first plurality of antenna elements include plurality of openings of the first plurality of waveguides.