Partial covering radome for a radar unit

摘要

A sensor assembly (40) that integrates a camera (22) and a radar sensor (24) is described herein. The sensor assembly (40) includes a housing (26) configured to partially enclose the camera (22) and the radar sensor (24), and define a partial radome (54) that partially intrudes into the radar beam (56). The partial radome (54) is configured such that after passing through the partial radome (54) a first phase angle of the first portion (60) of the radar beam (56) differs from a second phase angle of the second portion (62) of the radar beam (56) by an amount substantially corresponding to an integer number of three hundred sixty degrees (360°) of phase angle shift. The partial radome (54) provides glare shield (64) to the camera (22), protection to assembly, and is configured to minimally effect radar performance.