@inproceedings{d7e916948fe64e6ba887c3e454429525,
title = "Performance Improvement of Automotive Radar Antennas Located behind Car Bumpers",
abstract = "Automotive radars are often required to be placed behind a car bumper. The bumper layers can produce significant degradation to the radar antenna gain and hence to the maximum detectable range of the radar. It is shown that by adding a dielectric matching layer or/and by tilting the bumper with respect to the antennas, it is possible to reduce the gain degradation across the radar field of view. The idea is illustrated via a concrete example of a printed patch antenna located behind a bumper sample taken from a car. Good agreement is demonstrated between simulations and measurements.",
keywords = "bumper, matching layer, Radar antennas, tilting",
author = "Ofer Markish and Reuven Shavit",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2024 IEEE.; 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and INC/USNCURSI Radio Science Meeting, AP-S/INC-USNC-URSI 2024 ; Conference date: 14-07-2024 Through 19-07-2024",
year = "2024",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1109/AP-S/INC-USNC-URSI52054.2024.10687196",
language = "English",
series = "IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, AP-S International Symposium (Digest)",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers",
pages = "2225--2226",
booktitle = "2024 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and INC/USNCURSI Radio Science Meeting, AP-S/INC-USNC-URSI 2024 - Proceedings",
address = "United States",
}