Simple techniques to correct for VCO nonlinearities in short range FMCW radars

Autor: M.P. Tulin, K.D. Ward, Robert A. York, J. Fuchs
Rok vydání: 2002
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Zdroj: 1996 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest.
DOI: 10.1109/mwsym.1996.511239
Popis: Standard hardware techniques for the linearization of the frequency sweep in FMCW radars are difficult to implement and often offer only moderate improvement in linearity. A simple software-based linearization technique is introduced for short-range FMCW radars, and compared with a simple hardware linearization scheme. These techniques have been verified in an existing C-band FMCW scatterometer, and result in a dramatic focusing of the point return. The resulting range resolution (measured) approaches the theoretical limit, with a >20 dB reduction in sidelobes.
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