G01S13/325

Radar apparatus
09759806 · 2017-09-12 · ·

A radar receiver (Rx) receives a reflected wave signal corresponding to a radar transmitting signal having been reflected on a target by using a plurality of antenna system processors (D1 to D4), and estimates an arrival direction of the reflected wave signal. A peak frequency selector (21) selects a peak value of a correlation vector. An adjacent time-frequency component extractor (22) extracts correlation vectors in number of (NE×NT−1) corresponding to NE Doppler frequencies and NT times respectively adjacent to a Doppler frequency and a time giving a peak value. A correlation matrix generating adder (23) generates a correlation matrix corresponding to correlation of the reflected wave signal received by a plurality of receiver antennas on the basis of the (NE×NT) extracted correlation vectors.

ORTHOGONAL SEPARATION DEVICE AND ORTHOGONAL SEPARATION
20170254879 · 2017-09-07 · ·

An orthogonal separation device of the invention includes a demodulator that performs a demodulation process corresponding to each of a plural number N of antennas for each of a plural number P (=M×N) of pulse waves (R11 to R1M), . . . , (RN1 to RNM) which arrives at the plural number N of antennas by transmitting, at the same time, a plural number M of pulse waves having phases φ.sub.1 to φ.sub.M set as different arrays of known discrete values and that generates a plural number P of demodulated signals (R′.sub.11 to (R′.sub.1M), . . . (R′.sub.N1 to .sub.R′NM), and includes a phase adjuster that adjusts difference among the phases of a plural number P of demodulated signals (R′.sub.11 to R′.sub.1M), . . . , (R′.sub.11 to R′.sub.NM) according to the arrays of known discrete values and generates a plural number P of in-phase signals (r11 to r1M), . . . , (rN1 to rNM).

FREQUENCY MODULATED SIGNAL CANCELLATION IN VARIABLE POWER MODE FOR RADAR APPLICATIONS

A radar system operated in a variable power mode includes transmitters, receivers, and a controller. The transmitters transmit digitally modulated signals. The receivers receive radio signals that include transmitted radio signals from the transmitter and reflected from objects in the environment. In addition, an interfering radar signal from a different radar system is received that has been linearly frequency modulated. Each receiver includes a linear frequency modulation canceler that includes a FIR filter, and is configured as a 1-step linear predictor with least mean squares adaptation to attempt to cancel the interfering signal. The prediction is subtracted from the FIR input signal that drives the adaptation and also comprises the canceler output. The controller is configured to control the adaptation on a first receiver. The controller delays the adaptation such that transients at the start of each receive pulse are avoided.

Digital frequency modulated continuous wave radar using handcrafted constant envelope modulation
11194016 · 2021-12-07 · ·

A radar system for mobile applications includes transmitters and receivers. The transmitters are configured for installation and use in a mobile application. Each of the transmitters is configured to generate a radio signal. The receivers are configured for installation and use in the mobile application. Each of the receivers is configured to receive radio signals that include transmitted radio signals transmitted by the transmitters and reflected from objects in the environment. A first transmitter of the transmitters is configured to frequency modulate the transmitted radio signal using a shaped frequency pulse which is defined by a sequence of chips. The sequence of chips is selected to realize a selected frequency pulse shape.

SIMULTANEOUS OBJECT DETECTION AND DATA TRANSFER WITH A VEHICLE RADAR

In one embodiment, a method includes providing instructions to broadcast a modulated radar chirp signal from a radar antenna of a vehicle. The modulated radar chirp signal includes data associated with the vehicle. The method includes receiving a first return signal whose waveform substantially matches the modulated chirp signal. The first return signal is the modulated radar chirp signal after reflecting off of an object in an environment surrounding the vehicle. The method includes calculating a location for the object using the first return signal, receiving, from a base station antenna, a second return signal that indicates the modulated chirp signal was received by the base station antenna, and providing instructions to establish a wireless communication session with the base station antenna.

RF-DAC DIGITAL SIGNAL MODULATION

Radar frequency range signals (e.g., 1 to 100 gigahertz) are often generated by upconverting a reference frequency to a transmission frequency, and a received signal may be downconverted to analyze information encoded on the transmission via modulation. Modulation may be achieved via a fractional frequency divider in a phase-locked loop, but fractional spurs may reduce the signal-to-noise ratio. Additionally, the ramp slope may vary due to phase-locked loop momentum. Instead, a clock generator may generate clock signals for a digital front end comprising a digital signal modulator that generates modulated digital values comprising quadrature representations of a radar modulation signal, which are encoded by a radiofrequency digital-to-analog converter (RF-DAC). The RF-DAC analog signal may be upconverted to a radar frequency and transmitted. A receiver may receive, downconvert, and analyze a reflection of the radar transmission, e.g., to perform range detection based on a frequency ramp encoded by the radar transmission.

VARIABLE CODE SEQUENCES FOR RADAR TRANSMISSION
20220206132 · 2022-06-30 ·

A system for detecting and estimating a property of an object based on radar includes a signal generator configured to generate a code sequence for a plurality of transmitters configured to emit radar signals over a selected time frame, the code sequence including a plurality of codes, each code of the plurality of codes having a different code length, each code repeated in the code sequence according to a repetition frequency, and each transmitter configured to emit a radar signal based on the code sequence. The system also includes a receiver configured to detect return signals from reflections of the emitted radar signal, and a processing device configured to estimate a property of an object based on the detected return signals.

Radio frequency (RF) object detection using radar and machine learning

Embodiments described herein can address these and other issues by using radar machine learning to address the radio frequency (RF) to perform object identification, including facial recognition. In particular, embodiments may obtain IQ samples by transmitting and receiving a plurality of data packets with a respective plurality of transmitter antenna elements and receiver antenna elements. I/Q samples indicative of a channel impulse responses of an identification region obtained from the transmission and reception of the plurality of data packets may then be used to identify, with an autoencoder, a physical object in the identification region.

ON-FIELD PHASE CALIBRATION
20220196824 · 2022-06-23 ·

A radar system is provided and includes a radar transceiver integrated circuit (IC) and a processor coupled to the radar transceiver IC. The radar transceiver IC includes a chirp generator configured to generate a plurality of chirp signals and a phase shifter configured to induce a signal phase shift. The radar transceiver IC is configured to transmit a frame of chirps based on the plurality of chirp signals and generate a plurality of digital signals, each digital signal corresponding to a respective reflection received based on the plurality of chirp signals. The processor is configured to control the phase shifter to induce the signal phase shift in a first subset of chirp signals of the plurality of chirp signals and determine a phase shift induced in the first subset of chirp signals by the phase shifter based on the digital signal.

Two-step code generator for phase coded frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) multi input multi output (MIMO) radar
11366212 · 2022-06-21 · ·

A two-step optimization method for scheduling transmissions in an MIMO (multi-input multi-output) includes determining a first phase code for each transmission according to a first equation, placing each first phase code in a set of first phase codes, and determining a cost function of the set of first phase codes, determining a second phase code for each transmission according to a second equation, determining an updated cost function corresponding to replacing each of the first phase codes with a corresponding one of the second phase codes, and determining which set of phase codes has a smaller cost function.