Radar antenna unit and radar device
A radar antenna assembly includes a transmitting antenna including transmitting horns and receiving antennas including receiving horns. The receiving antennas are at regular intervals in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction, and the transmitting antenna is adjacent to the receiving antennas in the second direction. The transmitting horns are at regular intervals in the first direction, and the transmitting antenna includes an oblique arrangement portion and a reverse oblique arrangement portion. The reverse oblique arrangement portion is adjacent to the oblique arrangement portion in the first direction, and the oblique arrangement portion and the reverse oblique arrangement portion are symmetrical to each other about a plane perpendicular to the first direction. The transmitting horns included in the oblique arrangement portion or the reverse oblique arrangement portion are adjacent to each other in the first direction with at least two sorts of magnitude of displacement therebetween.
1. A radar antenna assembly, comprising:
a transmitting antenna including a plurality of transmitting horns defining an oblique arrangement portion and a reverse oblique arrangement portion; and
a plurality of receiving antennas each including a plurality of receiving horns arranged in a first direction; wherein
the plurality of receiving antennas are arranged in a second direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first direction;
the transmitting antenna is disposed adjacent to the receiving antennas in the second direction;
the transmitting horns included in the oblique arrangement portion are displaced from each other in the second direction along the arrangement of the transmitting horns in the first direction, and the transmitting horns included in the reverse oblique arrangement portion are displaced from each other in a direction opposite to the second direction along the arrangement of the transmitting horns in the first direction;
the plurality of transmitting horns are disposed at regular intervals in the first direction;
the reverse oblique arrangement portion is disposed adjacent to the oblique arrangement portion in the first direction;
the arrangement of the transmitting horns included in the oblique arrangement portion and the arrangement of the transmitting horns included in the reverse oblique arrangement portion are symmetrical to each other with respect to a plane perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first direction;
the transmitting horns included in the oblique arrangement portion or the reverse oblique arrangement portion are adjacent to each other in the first direction with at least two different magnitudes of displacement in the second direction therebetween;
a number of the transmitting horns is 2N, where N denotes an integer equal to or greater than 1;
the plurality of receiving antennas are arranged at regular intervals P in the second direction; and
an average value of displacements in the second direction between the transmitting horns adjacent in the first direction is equal to or smaller than 2P/N and equal to or greater than P(N−1)/N 2 .
2. The radar antenna assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the oblique arrangement portion and the reverse oblique arrangement portion have a V-shaped or substantially V-shaped arrangement as a whole.
3. The radar antenna assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the transmitting horn and the receiving horn each connect to a rectangular waveguide at a base portion thereof;
at least one of the transmitting horn and the receiving horn includes a flat surface portion between the rectangular waveguide and the horn, the flat surface portion extending from an inner wall of the transmitting horn or the receiving horn toward the rectangular waveguide; and
the flat surface portion is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to an axis of the horn.
4. A radar device, comprising:
a radar antenna assembly according to claim 3 ;
a radio wave transmitter including at least one channel of a transmitting end; and
a radio wave receiver including a plurality of receiving ends;
the transmitting antenna being connected to the transmitting end; and
each of the plurality of receiving antennas being connected to a different one of the plurality of receiving ends; wherein
a null point of a transmitting horn, which is a null point that appears in a directivity in the second direction in a case where the transmitting horn is used by itself, and an azimuth at which the phase difference between waves received by a pair of the receiving antennas adjacent in the second direction is π agree with each other; and
a null point that appears as a result of the transmitting antenna including the oblique arrangement portion and the reverse oblique arrangement portion is located between the azimuth of the null point of the transmitting horn and a null point that appears in the directivity in the second direction in a case where the receiving horn is used by itself.
5. A radar device, comprising:
a radar antenna assembly according to claim 3 ;
a radio wave transmitter including at least one channel of a transmitting end; and
a radio wave receiver including a plurality of receiving ends;
the transmitting antenna being connected to the transmitting end; and
each of the plurality of receiving antennas being connected to a different one of the plurality of receiving ends; wherein
a null point that appears as a result of the transmitting antenna including the oblique arrangement portion and the reverse oblique arrangement portion and an azimuth at which the phase difference between waves received by a pair of the receiving antennas adjacent in the second direction is π agree with each other; and
a null point of a transmitting horn, which is a null point that appears in a directivity in the second direction in a case where the transmitting horn is used by itself is located between the null point that appears as a result of the transmitting antenna including the oblique arrangement portion and the reverse oblique arrangement portion and a null point that appears in the directivity in the second direction in a case where the receiving horn is used by itself.
6. A radar device, comprising:
a radar antenna assembly according to claim 2 ;
a radio wave transmitter including at least one channel of a transmitting end; and
a radio wave receiver including a plurality of receiving ends;
the transmitting antenna being connected to the transmitting end; and
each of the plurality of receiving antennas being connected to a different one of the plurality of receiving ends; wherein
a null point of a transmitting horn, which is a null point that appears in a directivity in the second direction in a case where the transmitting horn is used by itself, and an azimuth at which the phase difference between waves received by a pair of the receiving antennas adjacent in the second direction is π agree with each other; and
a null point that appears as a result of the transmitting antenna including the oblique arrangement portion and the reverse oblique arrangement portion is located between the azimuth of the null point of the transmitting horn and a null point that appears in the directivity in the second direction in a case where the receiving horn is used by itself.
7. A radar device, comprising:
a radar antenna assembly according to claim 2 ;
a radio wave transmitter including at least one channel of transmitting end; and
a radio wave receiver including a plurality of receiving ends;
the transmitting antenna being connected to the transmitting end; and
each of the plurality of receiving antennas being connected to a different one of the plurality of receiving ends; wherein
a null point that appears as a result of the transmitting antenna including the oblique arrangement portion and the reverse oblique arrangement portion and an azimuth at which the phase difference between waves received by a pair of the receiving antennas adjacent in the second direction is π agree with each other; and
a null point of a transmitting horn, which is a null point that appears in a directivity in the second direction in a case where the transmitting horn is used by itself is located between the null point that appears as a result of the transmitting antenna including the oblique arrangement portion and the reverse oblique arrangement portion and a null point that appears in the directivity in the second direction in a case where the receiving horn is used by itself.
8. The radar antenna assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitting horn and the receiving horn each connect to a rectangular waveguide at a base portion thereof;
at least one of the transmitting horn and the receiving horn includes a flat surface portion between the rectangular waveguide and the horn, the flat surface portion extending from an inner wall of the transmitting horn or the receiving horn toward the rectangular waveguide; and
the flat surface portion is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to an axis of the horn.
9. A radar device, comprising:
a radar antenna assembly according to claim 8 ;
a radio wave transmitter including at least one channel of a transmitting end; and
a radio wave receiver including a plurality of receiving ends;
the transmitting antenna being connected to the transmitting end; and
each of the plurality of receiving antennas being connected to a different one of the plurality of receiving ends; wherein
a null point of a transmitting horn, which is a null point that appears in a directivity in the second direction in a case where the transmitting horn is used by itself, and an azimuth at which the phase difference between waves received by a pair of the receiving antennas adjacent in the second direction is π agree with each other; and
a null point that appears as a result of the transmitting antenna including the oblique arrangement portion and the reverse oblique arrangement portion is located between the azimuth of the null point of the transmitting horn and a null point that appears in the directivity in the second direction in a case where the receiving horn is used by itself.
10. A radar device, comprising:
a radar antenna assembly according to claim 8 ;
a radio wave transmitter including at least one channel of a transmitting end; and
a radio wave receiver including a plurality of receiving ends;
the transmitting antenna being connected to the transmitting end; and
each of the plurality of receiving antennas being connected to a different one of the plurality of receiving ends; wherein
a null point that appears as a result of the transmitting antenna including the oblique arrangement portion and the reverse oblique arrangement portion and an azimuth at which the phase difference between waves received by a pair of the receiving antennas adjacent in the second direction is π agree with each other; and
a null point of a transmitting horn, which is a null point that appears in a directivity in the second direction in a case where the transmitting horn is used by itself is located between the null point that appears as a result of the transmitting antenna including the oblique arrangement portion and the reverse oblique arrangement portion and a null point that appears in the directivity in the second direction in a case where the receiving horn is used by itself.
11. A radar device, comprising:
a radar antenna assembly according to claim 1 ;
a radio wave transmitter including at least one channel of a transmitting end; and
a radio wave receiver including a plurality of receiving ends;
the transmitting antenna being connected to the transmitting end; and
each of the plurality of receiving antennas being connected to a different one of the plurality of receiving ends; wherein
a null point of a transmitting horn, which is a null point that appears in a directivity in the second direction in a case where the transmitting horn is used by itself, and an azimuth at which the phase difference between waves received by a pair of the receiving antennas adjacent in the second direction is π agree with each other; and
a null point that appears as a result of the transmitting antenna including the oblique arrangement portion and the reverse oblique arrangement portion is located between the azimuth of the null point of the transmitting horn and a null point that appears in the directivity in the second direction in a case where the receiving horn is used by itself.
12. A radar device, comprising:
a radar antenna assembly according to claim 1 ;
a radio wave transmitter including at least one channel of a transmitting end; and
a radio wave receiver including a plurality of receiving ends;
the transmitting antenna being connected to the transmitting end; and
each of the plurality of receiving antennas being connected to a different one of the plurality of receiving ends; wherein
a null point that appears as a result of the transmitting antenna including the oblique arrangement portion and the reverse oblique arrangement portion and an azimuth at which the phase difference between waves received by a pair of the receiving antennas adjacent in the second direction is π agree with each other; and
a null point of a transmitting horn, which is a null point that appears in a directivity in the second direction in a case where the transmitting horn is used by itself is located between the null point that appears as a result of the transmitting antenna including the oblique arrangement portion and the reverse oblique arrangement portion and a null point that appears in the directivity in the second direction in a case where the receiving horn is used by itself.