• DocumentCode
    2174716
  • Title

    A High Precision 24 GHz FMCW-Radar using a Phase-Slope Signal Processing Algorithm

  • Author

    Musch, T.

  • Author_Institution
    Ruhr-Universitÿt Bochum, Institut fÿr Hochfrequenztechnik, UniversitÿatsstraÃ\x9fe 150, D-44780 Bochum, Germany, email: tom@hf.ruhr-uni-bochum.de
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    23-26 Sept. 2002
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    A 24 GHz FMCW-radar system is presented using a phase-slope algorithm for increased range determination accuracy. Additionally a fractional-N ramp generator provides a highly linear frequency ramp with nonlinearities below 10¿8. These highly linear frequency ramps make post measurement error correction feasible. Especially analysing the phase-slope of the i.f. signal results in an increased measurement precision compared to the standard spectral centre algo-rithm. Another important aspect of the high performance FMCW-radar system is the design of the microwave circuit.
  • Keywords
    Frequency conversion; Frequency measurement; Linearity; Measurement errors; Microwave circuits; Phase measurement; Radar measurements; Signal generators; Signal processing algorithms; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference, 2002. 32nd European
  • Conference_Location
    Milan, Italy
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EUMA.2002.339442
  • Filename
    4140522