Phase Noise Estimation in FMCW Radar Transceivers Using an Artificial On-Chip Target

Alexander Melzer; Alexander Onic; Mario Huemer

doi:10.1109/MWSYM.2016.7538412

Phase Noise Estimation in FMCW Radar Transceivers Using an Artificial On-Chip Target

Alexander Melzer
, Alexander Onic
, Mario Huemer

Institute of Signal Processing

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceedings › peer-review

Abstract

Estimation of phase noise (PN) has become economically feasible for use within integrated circuits. Several concepts have been proposed that obtain an estimate with high accuracy. However, these concepts require a continuous wave input signal during measurement. In this work we aim to estimate the PN power spectrum of a frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar transceiver simultaneously with its normal operation. The novel method obtains the PN power spectrum across the whole FMCW chirp bandwidth. It utilizes an artificial on-chip target (OCT), which is to be incorporated into an existing monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC). Two concepts to obtain the PN power spectrum are presented and validated with measurements that deliver accurate estimates within the frequency range of interest.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS 2016)
Publisher	IEEE
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509006984
ISBN (Print)	978-1-5090-0698-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MWSYM.2016.7538412
Publication status	Published - May 2016

Fields of science

202 Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Information Engineering
202015 Electronics
202022 Information technology
202023 Integrated circuits
202028 Microelectronics
202037 Signal processing
202041 Computer engineering

JKU Focus areas

Computation in Informatics and Mathematics
Mechatronics and Information Processing

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Phase Noise Estimation in FMCW Radar Transceivers Using an Artificial On-Chip Target

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