US 12,332,341 B2
Systems and methods for automotive radar
Mehmet Serhat Ay, Poing (DE)
Assigned to GM Cruise Holdings LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by GM Cruise Holdings LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/497,995.
Claims priority of application No. 21201745 (EP), filed on Oct. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0114899 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. G01S 13/87 (2006.01); G01S 7/03 (2006.01); G01S 13/93 (2020.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01)
CPC G01S 13/878 (2013.01) [G01S 7/03 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); G01S 2013/93271 (2020.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A radar sensor comprising:
a flexible printed circuit board (PCB) comprising:
a first portion of the flexible PCB; and
a second portion of the same flexible PCB, wherein the first portion and the second portion are offset from one another on the flexible PCB;
a first radar antenna positioned on the first portion of the flexible PCB, wherein the first radar antenna is configured to receive radar signals from a first field of view (FOV);
a second radar antenna positioned on the second portion of the flexible PCB, wherein the second radar antenna is configured to receive radar signals from a second FOV;
a rigid PCB; and
a third radar antenna positioned on the rigid PCB, wherein the third radar antenna is configured to receive radar signals from a third FOV, wherein the third FOV partially overlaps with at least one of the first FOV or the second FOV.