Abstract:
A radio frequency switch circuit (14) includes a first RF switch (18) having a first common port (18a) coupled to an input port (14a) of the circuit (14) and a first pair of branch ports (18b,18c) and a second RF switch (28) having a second common port (28a) coupled (30) to an output port (14b) of the circuit (14) and a second pair of branch ports (28b,28c). An Rf propagation network (26) has a first end coupled to a first one (18b) of said first pair of branch ports (18b,18c) of said first RF switch (18) and a second end coupled to a first one (28b) of said second pair of branch ports (28b,28c) of said second RF switch (28). An Rf termination (24) having an impedance characteristic corresponding to an impedance characteristic of said first common port (18a) has a first end coupled to a second one (18c) of said first pair of branch ports (18b,18c) of said first RF switch (18) and a second end coupled to a first reference potential.
Abstract:
A frequency doubler (Fig. 7) or a frequency tripler (Fig. 4) is coupled to an amplifier (110) with a temperature compensation circuit (126) and a feed forward gain control loop (114,120,122,124,116). With such an arrangement, a frequency multiplier is provided wherein variations of an output signal of the frequency multiplier due to changing characteristics of the frequency multiplier caused by ambient temperature variation or from a varying input signal level are minimized. An anti-parallel pair of diodes (136a,136b) provides odd harmonics from an amplified (132) input RF signal. A high pass filter (138) selects the third harmonic and supplies it through an amplifier (112) and a coupler (114) to a variable attenuator (116). The coupler (114) supplies a signal to a detector (120) that drives one input of a differential amplifier (124). The temperature compensation circuit (126) supplies a reference signal to the other input of the differential amplifier (124). The output from the differential amplifier (124) is a control signal that controls the attenuator (116) to compensate for variations in the amplitude of the output from the high pass filter (138) and variation in the characteristics of the amplifiers (112,118) due to temperature change.
Abstract:
A radar detection process includes computing a derivative of an FFT output signal to detect an object within a specified detection zone. In one embodiment, a zero crossing in the second derivative of the FFT output signal indicates the presence of an object. The range of the object is determined as a function of the frequency at which the zero crossing occurs. Also described is a detection table containing indicators of the presence or absence of an object within a respective radar beam and processing cycle. At least two such indicators are combined in order to detect the presence of an object within the detection zone and with changing range gates in each of the antenna beams the coverage of the detection zone can be varied.
Abstract:
A timing delay circuit (34) includes a first transistor (Q5) having a control electrode (Q5B) coupled to an input terminal (34a), a reference electrode (Q5C) coupled to a first DC bias terminal (28a) and an output electrode (Q5E) coupled to an output terminal (34b) of the timing delay circuit (34); a second transistor (Q6) having a control electrode (Q6B) coupled to the input terminal (34a), a reference electrode (Q6C) coupled to a second bias terminal (28b) and an output electrode (Q6E); and a third transistor (Q7) having a control electrode (Q7B) coupled to the output electrode (Q6E) of the second transistor (Q6), a reference electrode (Q7C) coupled to the second bias terminal (28b) and an output electrode (Q7E) coupled to the output terminal (34b) of the timing delay circuit (34). The timing delay circuit (34) is the output stage of a driver circuit (28) for a PIN diode (36) which acts as a limiter between a radar transmit/receive duplexor (14) and the radar receiver (20). Control logic signals are applied to a line circuit (24) and converted into signals of suitable voltage and current by a CCD device (26), a voltage translator circuit (30), and a current amplifier (32) before application to the input terminal (34a) of the timing delay circuit (34), which ensures rapid switching.
Abstract:
A radar detection process includes computing a derivative of an FFT output signal to detect an object within a specified detection zone. In one embodiment, a zero crossing in the second derivative of the FFT output signal indicates the presence of an object. The range of the object is determined as a function of the frequency at which the zero crossing occurs. Also described is a detection table containing indicators of the presence or absence of an object within a respective radar beam and processing cycle. At least two such indicators are combined in order to detect the presence of an object within the detection zone and with changing range gates in each of the antenna beams the coverage of the detection zone can be varied.