Title :
The Signal Digital Processing in the Millimeter Band FMCW Radar
Author :
Varavin, A.V. ; Ermak, G.P. ; Vasilev, A.S. ; Popov, I.V.
Author_Institution :
Usikov Inst. for Radiophys. Electron., NAS of Ukraine, Kharkov
Abstract :
The frequency-modulated continuous wave-radars - (FMCW-radars) are widely applied in the car road safety systems, the aircraft altimeters, the fusion plasma microwave diagnostics and in other ranging systems of different usage. The most optimal choice in terms of the "cost-quality" criterion for the radars that function at tens of meters distances is a transceiving set homodyne circuitry preference. The Gunn oscillators and Schottky diode barrier mixers usage in such radar sets let one create solid-state midget microwave detectors of different purposes. However, designing the transceiving set-based measuring system, one is confronted with a number of difficulties, depended on the high requirements over the transmitted waveshape and the generator and reception path gain frequency responses linearity.
Keywords :
CW radar; FM radar; Gunn oscillators; Schottky diode mixers; frequency response; millimetre wave detectors; millimetre wave mixers; radar signal processing; signal processing; transceivers; Gunn oscillator; Schottky diode barrier mixer; aircraft altimeter; car road safety system; frequency-modulated continuous wave-radar; fusion plasma microwave diagnostics; homodyne circuitry; millimeter band FMCW radar; reception path gain frequency response; signal digital processing; solid-state midget microwave detector; transceiving set-based measuring system; Aircraft; Circuits; Frequency; Gunn devices; Plasma diagnostics; Plasma materials processing; Plasma waves; Radar signal processing; Road safety; Signal processing;
Conference_Titel :
Physics and Engineering of Microwaves, Millimeter and Submillimeter Waves and Workshop on Terahertz Technologies, 2007. MSMW '07. The Sixth International Kharkov Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Kharkov
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1237-4
DOI :
10.1109/MSMW.2007.4294839