Analysis of Ranging Precision in an FMCW Radar Measurement Using a Phase-Locked Loop

作者：Herzel Frank^*; Kissinger Dietmar; Ng Herman Jalli

来源：IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS I-REGULAR PAPERS, 2018, 65(2): 783-792.

DOI：10.1109/TCSI.2017.2733041

• Fractional-N synthesizer
• frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW)
• radar
• ranging precision
• phase noise
• jitter. EDICS: ACS170
• ACS180
• ACS280
• ACS300

The standard deviation in a frequency modulated continuous wave radar distance measurement using a charge pump phase-locked loop (PLL) is calculated analytically. The phase noise of the PLL is modeled as an Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process resulting in a Lorentzian spectrum. We calculate the distance error as a function of the receiver noise bandwidth and the target distance. Depending on the frequency estimation algorithm and the target distance, the rms distance error due to PLL phase noise increases by about 6-9 dB with doubling the target distance. By contrast, the white noise in the radar receiver raises the distance error by about 12 dB in the far field with distance doubling, making this error contribution dominant for large target distances. These findings are verified by measurements on a scalable 61/122-GHz radar sensor platform.

• 出版日期2018-2