WO2022269907A1 - レーダ装置および干渉波回避装置 - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure relates to a radar device and an interference wave avoidance device that detect targets using frequency-modulated transmission waves.
- FMCW Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave
- FCM Frequency Chirp Modulation
- the FMCW radar is characterized by a simple circuit configuration, a relatively low frequency band of the received beat signal, and easy signal processing.
- the FMCW radar performs up-chirp for increasing the frequency of the transmission wave and down-chirp for decreasing the frequency of the transmission wave, and obtains a received beat signal from the up-chirp and the down-chirp.
- the FMCW radar calculates the distance, relative velocity, azimuth, etc. of the target from the frequency difference in the received beat signal.
- the FCM radar performs one of up-chirp and down-chirp to obtain the received beat signal.
- the FCM radar calculates the distance, relative velocity, azimuth, etc. of the target based on the frequency and phase information of the received beat signal. Since the FCM radar does not require pairing of the up-chirp and the down-chirp, it is possible to reduce the signal processing load compared to the FMCW radar. In the following description, FMCW radar and FCM radar are expressed as "radar” or “radar device” when not distinguished from each other.
- Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for improving the linearity of frequency modulation with respect to a frequency modulation circuit mounted on an FMCW radar.
- radars mounted on vehicles receive not only reflected waves propagated by reflection of transmitted waves from targets, but also interference waves, which are radio waves radiated from radars of other vehicles. It's becoming more likely.
- signal processing may be performed in a state in which a noise signal due to an interference wave is superimposed on a received beat signal due to a reflected wave from a target. If the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the received beat signal decreases due to the superimposition of the noise signal, the detection performance of the radar apparatus will decrease.
- the radar device of Patent Literature 1 has a problem that it is difficult to stably and accurately detect a target because the detection performance may deteriorate due to reception of interference waves.
- the present disclosure has been made in view of the above, and aims to obtain a radar device capable of stably and highly accurately detecting a target.
- a radar device outputs a frequency-modulated transmission wave, and receives a reflected wave propagated by reflection of the transmission wave from a target. and the frequency of the received interference wave when an interference wave, which is a radio wave other than the reflected wave and whose frequency is modulated in a manner different from that of the transmitted wave, is received together with the reflected wave. and an interference wave avoidance device that changes the modulation frequency of the transmission wave based on the result of estimating the.
- the radar device has the effect of being able to stably detect targets with high accuracy.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a radar device according to a first embodiment
- FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example hardware configuration of an MCU included in the radar device according to the first embodiment
- FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a local signal generated by a local unit of the radar device according to the first embodiment
- FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of time-frequency characteristics for each of a transmission wave, a desired reception wave, and a reception interference wave in Embodiment 1
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of frequency modulation characteristics in each of a local signal and a received interference wave in Embodiment 1
- FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining changes in frequencies of local signals and received interference waves in Embodiment 1
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of time-frequency characteristics of a noise signal caused by received interference waves in Embodiment 1; 1 is a flow chart showing the operation procedure of the radar device according to the first embodiment; FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining frequency control of a local signal by the radar device according to the first embodiment;
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a radar device 100 according to the first embodiment.
- the radar device 100 is mounted on a vehicle.
- the radar apparatus 100 includes a receiving antenna 1 and a transmitting antenna 2 that constitute an antenna section, a reference signal source 14 that generates a reference signal REF (REFerence signal), a high frequency circuit 17, a baseband circuit 18, and an MCU (Micro Control Unit). Unit) 19.
- REF Reference Signal
- the reference signal source 14 , the high frequency circuit 17 and the baseband circuit 18 constitute a transmitting/receiving section of the radar device 100 .
- the MCU 19 constitutes a signal processing section of the radar device 100 .
- the radar device 100 shown in FIG. 1 is a radar equipped with one reception channel and one transmission channel.
- a channel is a unit of processing including components of a transmitting/receiving section and a signal processing section processed by one receiving antenna 1 or one transmitting antenna 2 . Note that the number of reception channels and the number of transmission channels in the radar device 100 are arbitrary.
- the high-frequency circuit 17 outputs a frequency-modulated transmission wave via the transmission antenna 2 . Further, the high-frequency circuit 17 receives, via the receiving antenna 1, a reflected wave propagated by the reflection of the transmitted wave from the target, and outputs a received signal.
- the high frequency circuit 17 includes a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) 10, a chirp signal generator 11 that generates a chirp signal, a phase locked loop (PLL) 12, and a loop filter. (Loop Filter: LF) 13.
- VCO 10 , chirp signal generator 11 , PLL 12 and LF 13 constitute local section 24 .
- the local unit 24 generates a modulated signal, which is a frequency-modulated signal. In the following description, the modulated signal generated by the local section 24 is also called a local signal.
- a reference signal REF and a chirp signal are input to the PLL 12 .
- the PLL 12 frequency-modulates the reference signal REF with a modulation pattern based on the chirp signal.
- the signal frequency-modulated by the PLL 12 is band-limited by the LF 13 and input to the VCO 10 .
- VCO 10 outputs a high-frequency signal, which is a modulated signal, in cooperation with PLL 12 .
- the high-frequency circuit 17 includes a low noise amplifier (LNA) 3, mixers (MIXer: MIX) 4 1 and 4 2 , intermediate frequency amplifiers (IFA) 5 1 and 5 2 , It has a power amplifier (PA) 15 and a phase shifter 16 .
- PA 15 amplifies the high frequency signal output from VCO 10 to desired power.
- the transmission antenna 2 converts the high-frequency signal from the PA 15 into transmission waves, which are radio waves, and radiates the transmission waves into space.
- the radar apparatus 100 transmits transmission waves using FMCW or FCM chirp signals.
- the receiving antenna 1 receives a reflected wave propagated by reflection of the transmitted wave from a target, and converts the reflected wave into a received signal.
- LNA 3 amplifies the received signal to desired power.
- MIX 4 1 and MIX 4 2 perform down-conversion of received signals by frequency conversion using local signals.
- MIX 4 1 and MIX 4 2 down-convert the frequency of the received signal to an intermediate frequency (IF) band.
- MIX 4 1 and MIX 4 2 output received beat signals, which are received signals after down-conversion.
- the IFAs 5 1 and 5 2 amplify the received beat signal to the desired signal strength.
- the phase shifter 16 changes the phase of the received beat signal output from the MIX42 by 90°.
- the high-frequency circuit 17 outputs from the IFAs 5 1 and 5 2 a first received beat signal and a second received beat signal, which are two received beat signals whose phases are different from each other by 90 degrees.
- the first received beat signal and the second received beat signal are also referred to as orthogonal received beat signals.
- the baseband circuit 18 converts the quadrature reception beat signal output from the high frequency circuit 17 into a digital baseband signal.
- the baseband circuit 18 includes baseband amplifiers (BBA) 6 1 and 6 2 , band pass filters (BPF) 7 1 and 7 2 , and an analog to digital converter (Analog to Digital Converter: ADC) 8 1 , 8 2 and FIR (Finite Impulse Response) filters 9 1 , 9 2 .
- BBA baseband amplifiers
- BPF band pass filters
- ADC Analog to Digital Converter
- FIR Finite Impulse Response
- the BBAs 6 1 and 6 2 amplify the quadrature received beat signals from the high frequency circuit 17 to desired voltage strength.
- the BPFs 7 1 and 7 2 limit the bands of the signals amplified by the BBAs 6 1 and 6 2 .
- ADCs 8 1 and 8 2 convert analog signals output from BPFs 7 1 and 7 2 into digital signals.
- FIR filters 9 1 and 9 2 limit the bands of the signals output from ADCs 8 1 and 8 2 .
- the baseband circuit 18 outputs quadrature received beat signals processed by BBAs 6 1 , 6 2 , BPFs 7 1 , 7 2 , ADCs 8 1 , 8 2 and FIR filters 9 1 , 9 2 .
- the MCU 19 has an interference wave avoidance device 25 and an FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) processing section 26 .
- an interference wave which is a radio wave other than a reflected wave
- the interference wave avoiding device 25 changes the modulation frequency of the transmission wave based on the result of estimating the frequency of the interference wave, thereby suppressing the interference wave.
- the interference wave is a radio wave whose frequency is modulated in a manner different from that of the transmission wave radiated by the radar device 100, and is a radio wave radiated from the radar of another vehicle.
- the interference wave avoidance device 25 is composed of an instantaneous phase detector 20, an instantaneous frequency detector 21, a received interference wave frequency estimator 22 and a local frequency controller 23.
- the instantaneous phase detector 20 detects the instantaneous phase of the noise signal due to the received interference wave from the quadrature received beat signal.
- the instantaneous frequency detector 21 detects the instantaneous frequency of the noise signal due to the received interference wave based on the instantaneous phase.
- the instantaneous phase detector 20 and the instantaneous frequency detector 21 function as conversion units that convert the first received beat signal and the second received beat signal into data representing the time and frequency characteristics of the noise signal. In the following description, the time and frequency characteristics are referred to as time-frequency characteristics.
- the received interference wave frequency estimator 22 estimates the frequency of the interference wave received by the receiving antenna 1 based on the time-frequency characteristic data of the noise signal.
- the local frequency controller 23 controls the frequency of the local signal so that the modulation frequency band of the local signal is outside the frequency band of the received interference wave. do.
- a local frequency controller 23 generates a control signal for adjusting the frequency of the local signal based on the estimation result by the received interference wave frequency estimator 22 .
- Chirp signal generator 11 adjusts the frequency of the chirp signal according to the control signal from local frequency controller 23 .
- the local section 24 generates a local signal whose frequency is adjusted according to the control signal from the local frequency controller 23 .
- the local frequency controller 23 controls the frequency of the local signal based on the frequency estimation result by the received interference wave frequency estimator 22 .
- the FFT processing unit 26 performs fast Fourier transform on the quadrature received beat signal output from the baseband circuit 18 .
- the FFT processing unit 26 calculates the target distance, relative distance, azimuth angle, and the like by executing radar signal processing using fast Fourier transform.
- the target distance is the distance between the vehicle and the target.
- Relative velocity is the velocity of the target as seen from the vehicle.
- the azimuth angle is an angle representing the azimuth of the target relative to the vehicle.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example hardware configuration of the MCU 19 included in the radar device 100 according to the first embodiment.
- the interference wave avoidance device 25 and the FFT processing section 26 of the MCU 19 are realized by using the processing circuit 50 .
- the processing circuitry 50 has a processor 52 and a memory 53 .
- the processor 52 is a CPU (Central Processing Unit).
- the processor 52 may be an arithmetic unit, microprocessor, microcomputer, or DSP (Digital Signal Processor).
- the memory 53 is, for example, RAM (Random Access Memory), ROM (Read Only Memory), flash memory, EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory), EEPROM (registered trademark) (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory), and the like.
- the memory 53 stores a program for operating as a signal processing section including the interference wave avoidance device 25 and the FFT processing section 26 .
- the program can be read and executed by the processor 52 to implement the function of the signal processing unit.
- the input unit 51 is a circuit that receives an input signal to the MCU 19 from outside the MCU 19 .
- the input unit 51 receives the quadrature reception beat signal from the baseband circuit 18 and the reference signal REF from the reference signal source 14 .
- the output unit 54 is a circuit that outputs a signal generated by the MCU 19 to the outside of the MCU 19 .
- the output unit 54 outputs the result of calculation of the target distance, relative distance, azimuth angle, and the like in the FFT processing unit 26 . Also, the output unit 54 outputs a control signal for controlling the frequency of the local signal.
- the configuration shown in FIG. 2 is an example of hardware in which the signal processing unit of the radar apparatus 100 is implemented by a general-purpose processor 52 and memory 53. Instead of the processor 52 and memory 53, a dedicated processing circuit is used to implement the radar apparatus. 100 signal processing units may be implemented.
- a dedicated processing circuit is a single circuit, a composite circuit, an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), or a circuit combining these.
- a part of the signal processing unit may be realized by the processor 52 and the memory 53, and the rest may be realized by a dedicated processing circuit.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining local signals generated by the local unit 24 of the radar device 100 according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 3 graphically represents the time-frequency characteristics of the local signal.
- the horizontal axis of the graph represents time, and the vertical axis represents frequency.
- FIG. 3 shows an example of the waveform of the local signal, which is the up-chirp signal.
- An up-chirp signal is a signal whose frequency increases with a constant slope with respect to time.
- the local signal generated by the local unit 24 is an FCM signal represented by sawtooth waves.
- the total number of triangular waveforms included in the sawtooth wave is N CHIRP . It is assumed that the number of triangular waveforms included in the sawtooth wave is arbitrary.
- the horizontal width of the triangular waveform represents the frequency modulation period.
- the vertical width of the triangular waveform represents the frequency modulation bandwidth.
- the slope of the graph indicated by the triangular waveform is referred to as modulation slope.
- the local signal generated by the local unit 24 may be a down chirp signal.
- a down-chirp signal is a signal whose frequency decreases with a constant slope with respect to time.
- the hatched sections in FIG. 3 are ADC data acquisition sections.
- the ADC data acquisition interval is the operating period of the ADCs 8 1 and 8 2 in one cycle of the local signal, and is the period during which digital data is acquired by conversion in the ADCs 8 1 and 8 2 .
- the reflected waves and interference waves received by the radar device 100 will be described.
- the reflected wave from the target is called the desired wave.
- the desired wave received by the receiving antenna 1 is called a desired receiving wave
- the interference wave received by the receiving antenna 1 is called a received interference wave.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of time-frequency characteristics for each of a transmission wave, a desired reception wave, and a reception interference wave in Embodiment 1.
- the time-frequency characteristics of the transmitted wave are the same as the time-frequency characteristics of the local signal shown in FIG.
- the desired wave is received with a delay from the transmission of the transmission wave.
- the delay time of the received desired wave from the transmitted wave corresponds to the sum of the time for the transmitted wave to propagate from the transmitting antenna 2 to the target and the time for the desired wave to propagate from the target to the receiving antenna 1 .
- the modulation cycle, modulation bandwidth and modulation slope of the desired reception wave are the same as the modulation cycle, modulation bandwidth and modulation slope of the transmission wave, respectively.
- Received interference waves are radio waves transmitted from other vehicles.
- the modulation period, modulation bandwidth and modulation slope of the received interference wave are all different from the modulation period, modulation bandwidth and modulation slope of the transmission wave respectively.
- FIG. 4 shows an example in which the received interference wave is an up-chirp FCM signal, a down-chirp FCM signal or an FMCW signal can also be a received interference wave.
- the orthogonal reception beat signal generated when the desired wave and the interference wave are received at the same time will be described.
- the high frequency circuit 17 and the baseband circuit 18 generate an orthogonal reception beat signal based on the received desired wave and the received interference wave.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of frequency modulation characteristics in each of the local signal and the received interference wave in Embodiment 1.
- the starting frequency shown in FIG. 5 is the frequency at the beginning of the modulation period.
- the reception delay time is the time from when the transmission antenna 2 transmits the transmission wave until the reception antenna 1 receives the interference wave.
- each of the local signal and the received interference wave illustrated in FIG. 5 be an FCM signal.
- the characteristics of the local signal shown in FIG. 5 are also the characteristics of the desired reception wave.
- the received interference wave differs from the desired received wave in each of the starting frequency, modulation bandwidth, and modulation slope.
- the reception delay time of the received interference wave is different from the reception delay time of the desired reception wave. It should be noted that at least one of the start frequency, modulation bandwidth, modulation slope, and reception delay time of the received interference wave should be different from the desired reception wave.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining changes in the frequencies of local signals and received interference waves in Embodiment 1.
- FIG. FIG. 6 graphically represents the relationship between the frequency and time of the local signal and the received interference wave in the modulation period.
- the horizontal axis of the graph represents time, and the vertical axis represents frequency.
- the frequency of the local signal and the frequency of the received interference wave are the same around 20 ⁇ s. At the timing when the frequency of the local signal and the frequency of the received interference wave are the same, the frequency of the received beat signal due to the received interference wave is 0 Hz. At the timing when the frequency of the local signal and the frequency of the received interference wave become the same, the difference between the frequency of the local signal and the frequency of the received interference wave becomes close to the frequency of the IF band in the radar device 100 . As a result, the received beat signal due to the desired reception wave is superimposed on the received beat signal due to the received interference wave, thereby lowering the SNR of the received beat signal due to the desired reception wave.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of time-frequency characteristics of noise signals caused by received interference waves in Embodiment 1.
- the frequency of the noise signal due to the received interference wave corresponds to the difference between the frequency of the local signal and the frequency of the received interference wave. From 0 ⁇ s to 20 ⁇ s, the frequency of the noise signal due to the received interference wave is positive. From 20 ⁇ s to 60 ⁇ s, the frequency of the noise signal due to the received interference wave becomes negative.
- FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing operation procedures of the radar device 100 according to the first embodiment.
- the frame is the target detection period.
- FIG. 8 shows the operation procedure of the radar device 100 in one certain frame.
- step S1 the radar device 100 starts outputting transmission waves.
- the radar device 100 receives a reflected wave propagated by reflection of the transmitted wave.
- the radar device 100 receives the desired wave and the interference wave.
- the desired wave to be received and the interference wave to be received are converted into a received beat signal by the high frequency circuit 17 and the baseband circuit 18 .
- the baseband circuit 18 outputs the received beat signal.
- step S3 the FFT processing unit 26 calculates the distance, relative velocity and azimuth angle of the target based on the received quadrature beat signal.
- steps S4 to S6 the interference wave avoiding device 25 processes the noise signal caused by the received interference wave based on the orthogonal received beat signal. Note that the order of step S3 and steps S4 to S6 is arbitrary. Further, the processing of step S3 and the processing of steps S4 to S6 may be performed in parallel.
- step S4 the interference wave avoidance device 25 detects the instantaneous frequency of the noise signal caused by the interference wave.
- the instantaneous phase detector 20 detects the instantaneous phase of the noise signal due to the received interference wave based on the quadrature received beat signal.
- the instantaneous frequency detector 21 detects the instantaneous frequency of the noise signal due to the received interference wave based on the detected instantaneous phase.
- the received interference wave frequency estimator 22 estimates the frequency of the interference wave based on the instantaneous frequency detected in step S4.
- the received interference wave frequency estimator 22 detects the frequency of the noise signal caused by the received interference wave by obtaining the difference between the frequency of the local signal and the frequency of the received interference wave.
- the received interference wave frequency estimator 22 based on the time-frequency characteristic data obtained by sweeping the frequency of the noise signal caused by the received interference wave from the positive frequency to the negative frequency as shown in FIG. Find the time when the noise signal due to the received interference wave becomes 0 Hz.
- the time-frequency characteristics of the local signal generated by the local unit 24 are known information to the MCU 19 because the MCU 19 controls the high-frequency circuit 17 .
- the received interference wave frequency estimator 22 calculates the frequency of the local signal when the noise signal due to the received interference wave becomes 0 Hz, that is, at the timing when the frequency of the local signal and the frequency of the received interference wave become the same as the time of the local signal. Calculated based on frequency characteristic data. Thereby, the received interference wave frequency estimator 22 obtains an estimated value of the frequency of the received interference wave.
- step S6 the local frequency controller 23 adjusts the frequency of the local signal based on the frequency estimated in step S5.
- a local frequency controller 23 outputs a control signal for adjusting the frequency of the local signal.
- Chirp signal generator 11 adjusts the frequency of the chirp signal according to the control signal from local frequency controller 23 .
- the radar apparatus 100 adjusts the frequency of the chirp signal according to the control signal, thereby controlling the frequency of the local signal based on the result of estimating the frequency of the received interference wave. With the above, the radar device 100 ends the operation according to the procedure shown in FIG. After that, the operation of the radar device 100 shifts to the operation of the next frame.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining control of the local signal frequency by the radar device 100 according to the first embodiment.
- a desired wave and an interference wave are received at the same time in a certain frame Ft, and an orthogonal received beat signal is generated based on the received desired wave and the received interference wave.
- the interference wave avoidance device 25 controls the frequency of the local signal so that the modulation bandwidth of the local signal is out of the frequency band of the received interference wave through the operations of steps S1 to S6 in frame Ft.
- radar apparatus 100 outputs a transmission wave using a local signal in a frequency band that is out of the frequency band of the received interference wave.
- the interference wave avoidance device 25 changes the frequency band of the transmission wave based on the result of estimating the frequency of the interference waves, thereby suppressing the noise caused by the interference waves. Avoid superimposition of the signal onto the received signal.
- the radar apparatus 100 can prevent a decrease in the SNR of the received beat signal due to the desired reception wave by preventing the received beat signal due to the noise signal due to the interference wave from being superimposed on the received beat signal due to the desired reception wave.
- the algorithm for detecting the instantaneous phase from the quadrature received beat signal and detecting the frequency of the noise signal due to the interference wave from the instantaneous phase is resistant to system noise. Therefore, the interference wave avoidance device 25 can detect the frequency of the noise signal caused by the interference wave with high accuracy.
- the radar device 100 detects the frequency of the received interference wave by means of the interference wave avoidance device 25 when the received beat signal due to the desired reception wave is superimposed on the received beat signal due to the received interference wave.
- the frequency of the local signal is controlled so that the modulation bandwidth of the local signal is outside the frequency band of the received interference wave.
- the interference wave avoidance device 25 can detect the frequency of the received interference wave without providing an independent section for detecting the frequency of the received interference wave. Therefore, the interference wave avoiding device 25 can shorten the time from the detection of the interference wave to the avoidance of superposition of the received beat signal by the received interference wave. Further, the interference wave avoidance device 25 can expand the interval in which the noise signal due to the interference wave can be monitored.
- the interference wave avoidance device 25 can improve resistance to interference waves that are expected to arrive randomly in time. Since the interference wave avoidance device 25 can estimate the frequency of the received interference wave with high accuracy, it is possible to perform frequency control of the local signal for avoiding the interference wave with high accuracy and high reliability. can. As described above, the radar device 100 can stably detect a target with high accuracy.
- the configuration shown in the above embodiment shows an example of the content of the present disclosure.
- the configuration of the embodiment can be combined with another known technique. A part of the configuration of the embodiment can be omitted or changed without departing from the gist of the present disclosure.
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図1は、実施の形態1にかかるレーダ装置100の構成を示す図である。レーダ装置100は、車両に搭載される。レーダ装置100は、アンテナ部を構成する受信アンテナ1および送信アンテナ2と、参照信号REF(REFerence signal)を発生する参照信号源14と、高周波回路17と、ベースバンド回路18と、MCU(Micro Control Unit)19とを有する。参照信号源14、高周波回路17およびベースバンド回路18は、レーダ装置100の送受信部を構成する。MCU19は、レーダ装置100の信号処理部を構成する。
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- 周波数が変調された送信波を出力し、かつ、物標での前記送信波の反射によって伝播した反射波を受信して受信信号を出力する送受信部と、
前記反射波以外の電波であって前記送信波とは異なる態様で周波数が変調された干渉波が前記反射波とともに受信された場合に、受信された前記干渉波の周波数を推定した結果を基に前記送信波の変調周波数を変化させる干渉波回避装置と、
を備えることを特徴とするレーダ装置。 - 前記送受信部は、周波数が変調されたローカル信号から変換された電波である前記送信波を出力し、
前記干渉波回避装置は、受信された前記干渉波の周波数を推定した結果を基に、前記ローカル信号の変調周波数帯域が前記干渉波の周波数帯域外となるように前記ローカル信号の周波数を制御するローカル周波数制御器を有することを特徴とする請求項1に記載のレーダ装置。 - 前記干渉波回避装置は、受信された前記干渉波によるノイズ信号の瞬時位相から検出した瞬時周波数に基づいて前記干渉波の周波数を推定することを特徴とする請求項1または2に記載のレーダ装置。
- 前記送信波は、FMCW(Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave)またはFCM(Fast Chirp Modulation)のチャープ信号を用いて送信され、
前記干渉波は、変調帯域幅と、変調周期の開始時における周波数である開始周波数と、波形を表すグラフの傾きである変調傾きと、前記送信波を送信してから受信までの時間である受信遅延時間とのうちの少なくとも1つが、前記反射波とは異なることを特徴とする請求項3に記載のレーダ装置。 - 前記干渉波回避装置は、各々がダウンコンバート後の前記受信信号であって位相が互いに90度異なる2つの受信ビート信号から前記瞬時位相を検出することを特徴とする請求項4に記載のレーダ装置。
- 前記干渉波回避装置は、
前記受信信号を、受信された前記干渉波によるノイズ信号の時間および周波数の特性を表すデータに変換する変換部と、
前記ノイズ信号の時間および周波数の特性を表すデータに基づいて、受信された前記干渉波の周波数を推定する受信干渉波周波数推定器と、を有することを特徴とする請求項1から5のいずれか1つに記載のレーダ装置。 - 周波数が変調されたローカル信号から変換された電波である送信波を出力し、かつ、物標での前記送信波の反射によって伝播した反射波を受信するレーダ装置に備えられる干渉波回避装置であって、
前記反射波と、前記反射波以外の電波であって前記送信波とは異なる態様で周波数が変調された干渉波とが同時に受信された場合における受信信号を、前記干渉波によるノイズ信号の時間および周波数の特性を表すデータに変換する変換部と、
前記ノイズ信号の時間および周波数の特性を表すデータに基づいて、受信された前記干渉波の周波数を推定する受信干渉波周波数推定器と、
受信された前記干渉波の周波数を推定した結果を基に、前記ローカル信号の変調周波数帯域が前記干渉波の周波数帯域外となるように前記ローカル信号の周波数を制御するローカル周波数制御器と、
を備えることを特徴とする干渉波回避装置。
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