Radar sensor for driver assistance systems in motor vehicles

A radar sensor for driver assistance systems in motor vehicles, comprising:

• a transmitting and receiving device configured to transmit and receive radar signals;
• an electronic evaluation device configured to evaluate the received radar signals;
• an electronic control device configured to control operating functions of the radar sensor;
• a self-monitoring device configured to detect operating parameters of the radar sensor, and to compare the detected parameters to respective setpoint values;
• a control device including a control circuit configured to, based on a result of the comparison, control at least one of the operating parameters to approach the respective setpoint value thereof;
• and
• a plurality of receive channels, wherein the self-monitoring device is configured to feed a test signal to the receive channels, and wherein one of the controlled operating parameters is a phase calibration of the receive channels.

A radar sensor for driver assistance systems in motor vehicles, comprising:

• a transmitting and receiving device configured to transmit and receive radar signals;
• an electronic evaluation device configured to evaluate the received radar signals;
• an electronic control device configured to control operating functions of the radar sensor;
• a self-monitoring device configured to detect operating parameters of the radar sensor, and to compare the detected parameters to respective setpoint values;
• and
• a control device including a control circuit configured to, based on a result of the comparison, control at least one of the operating parameters to approach the respective setpoint value thereof;
• wherein the self-monitoring device includes a detection device configured to measure a temperature of the radar sensor, wherein one of the controlled operating parameters is the temperature of the radar sensor, and
• wherein the self-monitoring device is configured to control the transmitting and receiving device such that time periods during which radar signals are transmitted are interrupted by intervals during which no radar signals are transmitted and whose length is dependent on the measured temperature.