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

27-31 Oct. 2008

Firstpage

1604

Lastpage

1607

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; noise; FMCW radar system; frequency 77 GHz; frequency-modulated continuous-wave radar systems; hardware simulation; integrated radar prototype; integrated system simulation; millimeter-wave applications; noise modeling; signal processing algorithms; 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

Microwave Conference, 2008. EuMC 2008. 38th European

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

Print_ISBN

978-2-87487-006-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EUMC.2008.4751778

Filename

4751778