A versatile FMCW radar system simulator for millimeter-wave applications

Author

Scheiblhofer, Stefan ; Treml, Markus ; Schuster, Stefan ; Feger, Reinhard ; Stelzer, Andreas

Author_Institution

Christian Doppler Lab. for Integrated Radar Sensors, Johannes Kepler Univ., Linz

fYear

2008

fDate

30-31 Oct. 2008

Firstpage

447

Lastpage

450

Abstract

For the successful design of low-cost and high-performance radar systems accurate and efficient system simulation is a key requirement. In this paper we present a new versatile simulation environment for frequency-modulated continuous-wave radar systems. Besides common hardware simulation it covers integrated system simulation and concept analysis from signal synthesis to baseband. It includes a flexible scenario generator, accurate noise modeling, and efficiently delivers simulation data for development and testing of signal processing algorithms. A comparison of simulations and measurement results for an integrated 77-GHz radar prototype shows the capabilities of the simulator on two different scenarios.

Keywords

CW radar; FM radar; millimetre wave devices; radar signal processing; signal synthesis; concept analysis; flexible scenario generator; frequency 77 GHz; frequency-modulated continuous-wave radar system design; hardware simulation; integrated radar system simulation; millimeter-wave application; noise modeling; signal processing algorithm; signal synthesis; versatile FMCW radar system simulation environment; Analytical models; Baseband; Frequency; Hardware; Millimeter wave radar; Radar applications; Signal analysis; Signal generators; Signal synthesis; Working environment noise;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference, 2008. EuRAD 2008. European

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

Print_ISBN

978-2-87487-009-5

Type

conf

Filename

4760898