WO2025045338A1 - Dispositif de détection, comprenant un premier dispositif électro-optique pour un véhicule automobile, ainsi qu'un agencement - Google Patents

Dispositif de détection, comprenant un premier dispositif électro-optique pour un véhicule automobile, ainsi qu'un agencement Download PDF

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WO2025045338A1
WO2025045338A1 PCT/EP2023/073412 EP2023073412W WO2025045338A1 WO 2025045338 A1 WO2025045338 A1 WO 2025045338A1 EP 2023073412 W EP2023073412 W EP 2023073412W WO 2025045338 A1 WO2025045338 A1 WO 2025045338A1
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Heiko Gustav Kurz
Thomas GISDER
Marc-Michael Meinecke
Heiko SCHRÖDER
Dr. Anastasiia PUSENKOVA
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
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    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
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    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
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  • a sensing device comprising a first electrooptical device for a motor vehicle, as well as an arrangement
  • the present invention relates to a sensing device, comprising a first electrooptical device with at least a first substrate and at least a first electrode on the substrate, and comprising a second electrooptical device with at least a second substrate and a second electrode on the substrate. Furthermore, the present invention relates to an arrangement comprising at least the sensing device.
  • Radar sensors are integrated behind plastic covers and motor vehicles, such as the brand emblem or the bumpers.
  • the radar’s emitted radiation is reflected at the surface of these parts, relating to an attenuation of the transmitted radiation which causes false detection and a decrease of the achievable maximum range and resolution.
  • automated driving of, for example an SAE level 4 and 5 requires to save an environmental perception.
  • the motor vehicle’s environment is detected using different sensor modalities, such as radars, lidars and cameras.
  • the sensor system aims for an 360 degree environmental perception and/or detects all static or dynamic objections around the motor vehicle.
  • Lidars are frequently used for precise distance measurements and can also be used for classification purposes.
  • Current approaches for 360-dimensional perception require either a multitude of single sensors which are combined or larger sensors which provide a 360 degree detection of the environment.
  • lidar systems can be prone to adversarial weather conditions such as rain, fog or direct light sources. Radar sensors are well established within the automotive industry and provide reliable and robust environmental data even in poor visual conditions, such as rain, fog, snow and dust.
  • WO 2022/187949 discloses a simple and cost-effective measurement of polarization components or the complete PSoL (the so-called Stokes parameters), wherein this is achieved without any mechanical movements or deformation by using liquid crystal elements.
  • a transmission of a first polarization of light is greater than a transmission of a second orthogonal polarization of light and transmission of the second polarization is greater than 5%.
  • the device has different levels of transmission of the first and second polarizations of light. At least two orthogonal polarization component values characterizing the light can be resolved by comparing an intensity of light captured in a plurality of the different states.
  • EP 4 012 004 A1 relates to a liquid crystal device comprising at least two opposing transparent substrates, at least one liquid crystal switching layer sandwiched between said opposing substrates, comprising one or more nematogenic compounds, an electrode structure provided on one or both of the opposing substrates, wherein the electrode structure comprises at least one or more electrode layers provided on one or both inner sides of the opposing substrates having a surface roughness ⁇ 10 nm RMS (root mean square).
  • WO 2020/201481 A1 relates to an optical coherence tomography analysis method, comprising: Providing a Swept Source Optical Coherence Tomography system (SS-OCT), the SS-OCT system including: a light source, tunable over a spectral band, that generates a coherent light signal; an optical interferometer for dividing the coherent light signal into a reference arm leading to a reference reflector and a sample arm leading to a sample; an optical element to selectively direct a sample light signal exiting the sample arm to a specific portion of the sample, so that for each selection in the optical element a different specific portion of the sample is illuminated; an optical detector for detecting an interference signal generated by a combination of reference and sample returning signals from the reference arm and from the sample arm, reflected by the reference reflector and the sample, respectively; wherein, for the same selection operated at the optical element level illuminating a specific portion of the sample, the method further comprises: sweeping the light source for a time interval At, so that a wavelength of
  • One aspect of the invention relates to a sensing device, comprising a first electrooptical device with at least a first substrate and at least a first electrode on the first substrate, and comprising a second electrooptical device with at least a second substrate and a second electrode on the second substrate.
  • a third electrode on the first substrate is provided, wherein the first electrode and the third electrode are non-uniform electrodes, and wherein the first electrode and the third electrode are arranged such, that the first electrode and the third electrode are essentially arranged in parallel to each other on the first substrate, wherein a fourth electrode on the second substrate is provided, wherein the second electrode and the fourth electrode are non-uniform electrodes, and wherein the second electrode and the fourth electrode are arranged such, that the second electrode and the fourth electrode are essentially arranged in parallel to each other on the second substrate, wherein the first electrooptical device and the second electrooptical device are facing each other, wherein the first electrooptical device and the second electrooptical device are arranged in a predefined distance to each other, and wherein in a free space between the first electrooptical device and the second electrooptical device a voltage sensitive electrooptical material is arranged.
  • the multi orientation and the distance of that electrooptical device are chosen to minimize the radiative loss of the sensing device.
  • the space inside the electrooptical devices may be filled with the electrooptical material.
  • the electrooptical material may comprise molecules aligned in a specific angle, ranging from 0 to 90 degrees with respect to x-axes, typical in the z-x-plane, with respect to substrates and electro fingers.
  • a sensing device structure is provided that can be used for the fabrication of various electro-optic devices, including phase shifters, steering, diffractive gradings, meta structures, and polarization modulators for millimeter range applications, in particular in the gigahertz to terahertz spectrum.
  • the advantage of the sensing device is that the transmitted radiation through, for example, a radom is increased. Furthermore, less power is needed and no degradation of resolution as well as no degradation of range is provided.
  • the voltage sensitive electrooptical material is a liquid mixture.
  • the mixture may be liquid crystals. Therefore, an easy way for manipulating the orientation of the liquid crystals is provided, and therefore reflection and/or absorption losses may be reduces.
  • operating signals for the first electrode and the third electrode are generated with the same voltage and/or operating signals for the second electrode and the fourth electrode are generated with the same voltage (electric potential, different from the first potential).
  • the predominant voltage (difference of first and second potentials) and the corresponding electric field may be perpendicular to the substrates (along the z axis), in particular the said axes.
  • operating signals for the first electrode and the third electrode are generated with, in particular different electric potentials, generating thus a first voltage and operating signals for the second electrode and the fourth electrode are generated with different electric potentials, generating thus a second voltage, wherein the second voltage in general is different from the first voltage. Therefore, a predominant electric field can be generated, which is parallel to the substrates, in particular along the x-axis (electro fingers being parallel to y axis).
  • additionally at least two side electrodes facing the voltage sensitive electrooptical material are arranged on the sensing device, in particular along the x axis. These electrodes may be added to the electrooptical device for an even better manipulation.
  • Electrodes must be out of the working zone to avoid the attenuation of radiation since these electrodes will be parallel to its field.
  • more than two side electrodes may be provided. These electrodes may be also segmented to further enhance the spatial resolution of the electrooptic control.
  • the first electrooptical device is arranged tilted relatively to the second electrooptical device.
  • the electrooptical devices may be tilted with respect to each other. This may create an electrically tunable wedge-type device, introducing different phase delays depending upon the position, in particular the thickness of the electrooptical devices. If the tilt must be permanent, then the use of electrodes or liquid crystal material may not be necessary.
  • each of the electrodes comprises fingers of the electrodes, wherein each finger of the electrodes on each electrooptical device is arranged interlocked. Therefore, a grid-like structure is provided, wherein the fingers are arranged such, that fingers from each electrode are interlocking each other. In particular, a special distribution pattern is provided which may reduce a transmission loss through the substrate.
  • the substrate is a transparent substrate.
  • the transparent substrate may be glass, plastic or a composite substrate. Therefore, different types of substrates may be provided, wherein the electrooptical device/sensing device is high flexible to be arranged or used.
  • At least the first electrode and/or the second electrode are comprising a layer of Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) and/or copper and/or gold and/or silver and/or carbon nano tubes and/or silver nano wires and/or a conductive polymer.
  • ITO Indium Tin Oxide
  • copper and/or gold and/or silver and/or carbon nano tubes and/or silver nano wires and/or a conductive polymer are not exhaustive.
  • one of the frequently used electrode materials for visible electrooptic applications is a thin film of ITO. With appropriate choice of the deposition conditions and the physical parameters of the film, it can provide rather low values of Rs, for example, as low as 10 Ohm/Square.
  • ITO films in particular, deposited on the substrate, can also provide very low optical or radiative losses, mostly to the absorption and reflection, for example at the order of 0.2 % in the visible spectral range.
  • it may be used at the gigahertz or terahertz frequency spectrum, but unfortunately, their absorption may be very high, such as the order of 10 db.
  • the losses can be dramatically reduced with a specific choice of the ITO material, in particular the range of the Rs, and its special distribution pattern.
  • the ITO shows excellent transmission when its lines/fingers are along y-axis, that is perpendicular to the polarization of the radiation, in particular along x-axes.
  • the loss, in particular introduced by the ITO pattern is at the order of a fraction of 1 db. Therefore, this gives a significant design freedom for various electrooptic applications and/or various sensing devices.
  • At least four electrodes are arranged on each substrate of each electrooptical device allowing the generation of additional electric field with essential component that is parallel to the substrates (except in the close vicinity of electrodes) and to the electric field of transmitted radiation.
  • a structure range is provided with two different, interlocking electrode structures.
  • more electrodes are fabricated on the same substrate, for the total of N, with the same orientation, for example, along a y-axis, but with possible different spacings and with individual controls.
  • such a substrate may be assembled with another similar electrode that may allow generating refractive index modulations with a grating wave vector that is parallel with the x-axes.
  • a further aspect of the invention relates to an arrangement for a sensing device comprising at least a sensing device according to any of the preceding aspects and at least one electrical field generating device and/or an electrical field receiving device. Therefore, the arrangement may be configured as sensing device and/or receiving device, for example, for a radar sensor.
  • the electrodes are arranged essentially perpendicular to the generated and/or received electrical field.
  • the transmission loss is reduced dramatically.
  • the arrangement is configured for generating and/or receiving an electrical field in at least a GHz-Spectrum or higher. Therefore, the arrangement can be used, for example, for radars in order to capture surroundings of, for example, a motor vehicle. In another embodiment, the arrangement is configured as a radar emitter for communication purposes to dynamically adjust or re-rout information.
  • the arrangement is configured as a radar sensor.
  • a still further aspect of the invention relates to a motor vehicle comprising at least the sensing device and/or the arrangement according to the preceding aspects.
  • Advantageous forms of the sensing device are to be regarded as advantageous forms of the arrangements as well as of the motor vehicle.
  • an electronic computing device/computing unit may be provided, for example, for generating the operating signals.
  • an electronic computing device/computing unit may be provided, for example for receiving the operation signals.
  • a computing unit may in particular be understood as a data processing device, which comprises processing circuitry.
  • the computing unit can therefore in particular process data to perform computing operations.
  • This may also include operations to perform indexed accesses to a data structure, for example a look-up table, LUT.
  • This may also include data generated by other (for example, temperature) sensors, used to optimize the operation of the main device.
  • the computing unit may include one or more computers, one or more microcontrollers, and/or one or more integrated circuits, for example, one or more application-specific integrated circuits, ASIC, one or more field-programmable gate arrays, FPGA, and/or one or more systems on a chip, SoC.
  • the computing unit may also include one or more processors, for example one or more microprocessors, one or more central processing units, CPU, one or more graphics processing units, GPU, and/or one or more signal processors, in particular one or more digital signal processors, DSP.
  • the computing unit may also include a physical or a virtual cluster of computers or other of said units.
  • the computing unit includes one or more hardware and/or software interfaces and/or one or more memory units.
  • a memory unit may be implemented as a volatile data memory, for example a dynamic random access memory, DRAM, or a static random access memory, SRAM, or as a non- volatile data memory, for example a read-only memory, ROM, a programmable read-only memory, PROM, an erasable programmable read-only memory, EPROM, an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory, EEPROM, a flash memory or flash EEPROM, a ferroelectric random access memory, FRAM, a magnetoresistive random access memory, MRAM, or a phase-change random access memory, PCRAM.
  • a volatile data memory for example a dynamic random access memory, DRAM, or a static random access memory, SRAM
  • a non- volatile data memory for example a read-only memory, ROM, a programmable read-only memory, PROM, an erasable programmable read-only memory, EPROM, an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory, EEPROM, a
  • the sensing device may be used in an electronic vehicle guidance system.
  • An electronic vehicle guidance system may be understood as an electronic system, configured to guide a vehicle in a fully automated or a fully autonomous manner and, in particular, without a manual intervention or control by a driver or user of the vehicle being necessary.
  • the vehicle carries out all required functions, such as steering maneuvers, deceleration maneuvers and/or acceleration maneuvers as well as monitoring and recording the road traffic and corresponding reactions automatically.
  • the electronic vehicle guidance system may implement a fully automatic or fully autonomous driving mode according to level 5 of the SAE J3016 classification.
  • An electronic vehicle guidance system may also be implemented as an advanced driver assistance system, ADAS, assisting a driver for partially automatic or partially autonomous driving.
  • the electronic vehicle guidance system may implement a partly automatic or partly autonomous driving mode according to levels 1 to 4 of the SAE J3016 classification.
  • SAE J3016 refers to the respective standard dated April 2021.
  • Guiding the vehicle at least in part automatically may therefore comprise guiding the vehicle according to a fully automatic or fully autonomous driving mode according to level 5 of the SAE J3016 classification. Guiding the vehicle at least in part automatically may also comprise guiding the vehicle according to a partly automatic or partly autonomous driving mode according to levels 1 to 4 of the SAE J3016 classification.
  • the sensing device may be configured as environmental sensing system.
  • an environmental sensor system can be understood as a sensor system, which is able to generate sensor data or sensor signals, which depict, represent or image an environment of the environmental sensor system.
  • the ability to capture or detect electromagnetic or other signals from the environment cannot be considered a sufficient condition for qualifying a sensor system as an environmental sensor system.
  • cameras, lidar systems, radar systems or ultrasonic sensor systems may be considered as environmental sensor systems.
  • embodiments and combinations of features which do not have all the features of an originally formulated claim, may also be comprised by the invention.
  • embodiments and combinations of features, which go beyond or deviate from the combinations of features set forth in the recitations of the claims may be comprised by the invention.
  • Fig. 1 a schematic top view according to an embodiment of a motor vehicle comprising an embodiment of a sensing device
  • Fig. 2 a schematic respective view according to an embodiment of a sensing device
  • FIG. 3 another schematic view according to another embodiment of a sensing device.
  • Fig. 4 a schematic side view according to an embodiment of a sensing device.
  • Fig. 1 shows a schematic top view according to an embodiment of a motor vehicle 1.
  • the motor vehicle 1 may be configured as an at least in part assisted motor vehicle 1 or a fully assisted motor vehicle 1.
  • the motor vehicle 1 comprises at least one sensing device 2.
  • the sensing device 2 may be configured as, for example, a radar sensor. Therefore, the sensing device 2 may be configured as a sending device 3 and/or a receiving device 5.
  • the sending device 3 may be configured for sending a signal into the surroundings 4 of the motor vehicle 1.
  • the receiving device 5 may be configured for receiving signals from the surroundings 4.
  • the sensing device 2 may comprise one electrical field generating device 6 and/or one electrical field receiving device 7.
  • the sensing device 2 may comprise an electronic computing device 8.
  • Fig. 2 shows a schematic view according to an embodiment of the sensing device 2.
  • the sensing device 2 may comprise a first electrooptical device 9 with at least a first substrate 10 and at least a first electrode 11 extending on the first substrate 10 finger type conductive lines.
  • the sensing device 2 comprises a second electrooptical device 12 with at least a second substrate 13 and a second electrode 14 extending on the second substrate 13 finger type conductive lines.
  • a third electrode 15, extending on the first substrate 10 finger type conductive lines, is provided, wherein the first electrode 11 and the third electrode 15 are non-uniform electrodes, and wherein the first electrode 11 and the third electrode 15 are arranged such, that the first electrode 11 and the third electrode 15 are essentially arranged in parallel to each other on the first substrate 10, wherein a fourth electrode 16 is provided (extending on the substrate 13 finger type electrode lines), wherein the second electrode 14 and the fourth electrode 16 are arranged such that the second electrode 14 and the fourth electrode 16 are essentially arranged parallel to each other on the second substrate 13, wherein the first electrooptical device 9 and the second electrooptical device 12 are facing each other, wherein the first electrooptical device 9 and the second electrooptical device 12 are arranged in a predefined distance 17 to each other, and wherein in a free space 18 between the first electrooptical device 9 and the second electrooptical device 12 a voltage sensitive electrooptical material 19 is arranged.
  • the voltage sensitive electrooptical material 19 is a liquid crystalline mixture.
  • Fig. 2 shows that the free space 18 of the sensing device 2 may be filled with an electrooptical material 19 such as a liquid crystal (LC) with molecules aligned in a specific angle a, ranging from 0 to 90 degrees with respect to the x-axes, typical in the z-x-plane, with respect to the substrates 10, 13 and electro fingers.
  • LC liquid crystal
  • the choice of parameters (Rs, D, d, w, and g) is critical to ensure adequate operation of the device without phase discretization and with highest possible efficiency, the space d within the electro fingers on a given substrate 10, 13 must be less than or comparable with the fringing field, which is at the order of the substrate separation D.
  • operating signals for the first electrode 11 and the third electrode 15 are generated with the same first electrical potential (voltage) and/or operating signals for the second electrode 14 and the fourth electrode 16 are generated with the same second electrical potential (voltage), different from the first electrical potential. Therefore, the generated predominant field may be perpendicular to the substrates 10, 13, except in the close vicinity of finger electrodes. In this way, the LC molecules may be manipulated easily, particularly with respect to the normal of substrates.
  • the dominant field may be parallel to the substrate 10, 13 along the x-axis (except in the close vicinity of finger electrodes), and perpendicular to the fingers, which are parallel to the y-axis. In this way, the LC molecules may be manipulated easily, particularly in the plan of substrates.
  • Fig. 3 shows another schematic view according to a sensing device 2.
  • two or more side electrodes 21 , 22 may be added to the sensing device 2 for an even better manipulation. However, they must be out of the working zone to avoid the attenuation of the radiation since these side electrodes 21, 22 may be parallel to its field.
  • multiple segments of such structures may be built on the same substrates 10, 13 and used with individual segment control, for example, for rate application. Therefore, additional side electrodes 21 , 22 are arranged outside the area of radiation transmission to complement the electrical field generated by the first electrooptical device 9 and the second electrooptical device 12.
  • Fig. 4 shows another schematic side (cross-sectional) view according to an embodiment of a sensing device 2.
  • the first electrooptical device 9 is arranged tilted relatively to the second electrooptical device 12.
  • the two substrates 10, 13 of the electrooptical devices 9, 12 may be tilted with respect to each other. This may create an electrically tunable wedge-type device, introducing different (dynamically controllable) phase delays depending upon the position, in particular the thickness of the cell. This may allow a dynamic steering of radiation. If the tilt must be permanent, then the use of electrodes or liquid crystal material may not be necessary.
  • the shown embodiment may be used for an arrangement 23 (Fig. 1), wherein the arrangement 23 comprises at least the sensing device 2 and the electrical field generating device 6 and/or the electrical field receiving device 7.
  • the electrode 11, 14, 15, 16 may be arranged essentially perpendicular to the generated and/or received electrical field.
  • the arrangement 23 is configured for generating and/or receiving an electrical field in at least a GHz-Spectrum or higher.
  • the arrangement 23 is configured as a radar sensor.
  • Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 show that at least the first electrode 11 and/or the second electrode 14 are comprising a layer of Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) and/or copper and/or gold and/or silver and/or carbon nano tubes and/or silver nano wires and/or a conductive polymer. Furthermore, it is shown that the at least four electrodes 11 , 14, 15, 16 are arranged on each substrate 10, 13 for each electrooptical device 9, 12 allowing the generation of additional electric field with essential component that is parallel to substrate 10, 13 and the electrical field of transmitted radiation.
  • ITO Indium Tin Oxide
  • each of the electrodes 11, 14, 15, 16 comprises fingers of electrodes, wherein each finger of the electrodes 11, 14, 15, 16 on each electrooptical device 9, 12 is arranged interlocked.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un dispositif de détection (2), comprenant un premier dispositif électro-optique (9) avec au moins un premier substrat (10) et au moins une première électrode (11) sur le substrat (10), et comprenant un second dispositif électro-optique (12) avec au moins un second substrat (13) et une deuxième électrode (14) sur le substrat (13), dans lequel une troisième électrode (15) sur le premier substrat (10) est prévue, dans lequel la première électrode (11) et la troisième électrode (15) sont des électrodes non uniformes, et dans lequel la première électrode (11) et la troisième électrode (15) sont agencées de telle sorte que la première électrode (11) et la troisième électrode (15) sont essentiellement disposées en parallèle l'une par rapport à l'autre sur le premier substrat (10), dans lequel une quatrième électrode (16) sur le second substrat (13) est prévue, la deuxième électrode (14) et la quatrième électrode (16) étant des électrodes non uniformes, et la deuxième électrode (14) et la quatrième électrode (16) étant agencées de telle sorte que la deuxième électrode (14) et la quatrième électrode (16) sont sensiblement disposées en parallèle l'une par rapport à l'autre sur le second substrat (13), le premier dispositif électro-optique (9) et le second dispositif électro-optique (12) se faisant face, le premier dispositif électro-optique (9) et le second dispositif électro-optique (1) étant disposés à une distance prédéfinie (17) l'un par rapport à l'autre, et dans un espace libre (18) entre le premier dispositif électro-optique (9) et le second dispositif électro-optique (12) un matériau électro-optique sensible à la tension (19) étant disposé. En outre, l'invention concerne un agencement (23).
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