WO2017056287A1 - 線形チャープ信号発生器 - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to a signal generator which is a circuit for generating a signal waveform.
- the signal generator is a circuit that can generate an arbitrary signal waveform or an arbitrary frequency signal.
- the signal generator is configured using a PLL (Phase Locked Loop) circuit or a DDS (Direct Digital Synthesizer).
- PLL Phase Locked Loop
- DDS Direct Digital Synthesizer
- the PLL circuit includes a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO: Voltage Controlled Oscillator), a frequency divider, an LF (Loop Filter), a phase frequency comparator (PFD: Phase Frequency Detector), a reference signal source, and a divided VCO (Voltage).
- VCO Voltage Controlled Oscillator
- LF Loop Filter
- PFD Phase Frequency Detector
- reference signal source and a divided VCO (Voltage).
- VCO Voltage Controlled Oscillator
- This compares the phase of the output signal of Controlled Oscillator) with the phase of the reference signal source and feeds back a current or voltage corresponding to the error to the VCO through LF, thereby stabilizing the oscillation frequency of the VCO.
- an FMCW (Frequency Modulated Continuous-Wave Radar) radar apparatus a chirp signal transmitted by a transmitter is reflected by an object to be detected, and the reflected wave is received by a receiver.
- the mixer mixes the reception signal with the transmission signal transmitted by the transmitter during reception. Since the frequency of the output signal of the mixer is determined by the time difference between the reception signal and the transmission signal, the distance, relative speed, and the like from the output signal of the mixer are calculated.
- a chirp signal for such radar use a signal whose time-frequency characteristic is a triangular wave or a sawtooth wave is used, but the change in frequency with respect to time is linear (the frequency sweeps linearly with respect to time). Be required).
- Non-Patent Document 1 When a chirp signal is generated by a PLL circuit, for example, as described in Non-Patent Document 1, it is known that linearity deteriorates in the vicinity of the maximum point and the minimum point of a triangular wave-shaped chirp signal. ing.
- FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of time-frequency characteristics of an output signal when a triangular wave chirp signal is generated by a PLL circuit.
- the horizontal axis is time, and the vertical axis is frequency. Since the PLL circuit has a closed loop configuration and has an LF in the loop, the response is delayed due to the time constant. Due to the delay, overshoot and undershoot occur in the chirp signal output from the PLL circuit, and the linearity deteriorates. At this time, the chirp signal output from the PLL circuit is shifted in the time axis direction and the frequency axis direction with respect to the desired chirp signal due to a delay in response.
- Patent Document 1 discloses a configuration of a signal generator using a PLL circuit and a frequency detector as a conventional technique for compensating for the degradation of linearity of a chirp signal output from a PLL circuit.
- This signal generator inputs the time-frequency characteristics of the DAC output signal as a triangular wave to the PLL circuit, and the PFD compares the phase of the DAC output signal with the phase of the divided VCO output signal. Generate a signal.
- the linearity of the chirp signal is improved by detecting the control voltage and output frequency of the VCO, measuring the VF characteristics, and controlling the time-frequency characteristics of the DAC output signal to compensate for the nonlinearity.
- this signal generator has a drawback that even if the non-linear VF characteristics of the VCO are compensated, it is not possible to compensate for the deterioration of linearity due to the closed loop configuration of the PLL circuit or the time constant of the LF.
- Non-Patent Document 2 as a conventional technique for compensating the linearity of the chirp signal output from the PLL circuit, the phase of the output signal of the PLL circuit, the divided VCO, and the output signal of the reference signal source are measured.
- the configuration of a signal generator using a control unit for controlling the frequency divider is shown.
- the transfer function of the PLL circuit is estimated, and the phase of the output signal of the VCO is predicted from the phase of the measured output signal of the VCO.
- the frequency divider is controlled using a transfer function so as to cancel the difference between the phase of the predicted output signal of the VCO and the phase of the desired output signal of the VCO.
- This signal generator can compensate for the deterioration of the linearity of the chirp signal due to the closed loop configuration of the PLL circuit and the time constant of LF.
- Non-Patent Document 2 the transfer function of the PLL circuit changes due to temperature change or aging deterioration, so that the chirp signal increases as the difference between the estimated transfer function and the actual transfer function increases.
- the linearity of is degraded. For this reason, it is necessary to continuously estimate a transfer function that changes from moment to moment with a high frequency, and the radar system must be paused during estimation.
- the conventional technique has a problem that it is difficult to compensate for the linearity degradation of the chirp signal including the effect of the closed loop configuration of the PLL circuit and the time constant of the LF during actual operation of the radar.
- the present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and avoids the pause of the radar system, while reducing the linearity of the chirp signal including the effect of the closed loop configuration of the PLL circuit and the time constant of the LF.
- An object is to provide a signal generator that compensates.
- a signal generator includes a reference signal source that outputs a clock signal, a PLL (Phase Locked Loop) circuit that generates a chirp signal by a feedback loop type circuit including a frequency divider, using the clock signal, The frequency of the chirp signal generated in the Mth cycle (M is an integer equal to or greater than 1) generated by the PLL circuit is detected, and the frequency of the chirp signal generated in the M + 1th and subsequent cycles by the PLL circuit and a desired frequency And a linearity improving processor that controls the frequency division number of the frequency divider so that the difference between the detected frequency and the desired frequency becomes smaller.
- M Phase Locked Loop
- the present invention it is possible to compensate for the linearity degradation of the chirp signal including the influence of the closed loop configuration of the PLL circuit and the time constant of the LF while avoiding the suspension of the radar system.
- FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram illustrating a configuration example of a signal generator 30 according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing a configuration example of a linearity improvement processor 20 according to the first embodiment.
- 5 is a flowchart showing an example of a calculation procedure of a frequency division number in the linearity improvement processor 20 according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram illustrating a configuration example of a signal generator 31 according to a second embodiment.
- FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a calculation procedure of frequency data in the linearity improvement processor 21 according to the second embodiment.
- FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram illustrating a configuration example of a signal generator 32 according to a third embodiment.
- FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of a calculation procedure of frequency data in the linearity improvement processor 22 according to the third embodiment.
- FIG. 1 The figure which shows hM + 1 (t + D) calculated in f LO calculation part 107.
- FIG. The figure which shows an example of the time-frequency characteristic of an output signal when a triangular wave-shaped chirp signal is produced
- Embodiment 1 FIG. Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described below.
- FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram illustrating a configuration example of the signal generator 30 according to the first embodiment.
- the signal generator 30 includes a reference signal source 1, a PLL circuit 10, and a linearity improvement processor 20, and the PLL circuit 10 includes a VCO 2, a variable frequency divider 3, PFD 4, and LF 5.
- f CLK represents the frequency of the clock signal output from the reference signal source 1.
- the reference signal source 1 is an oscillator that outputs a clock signal of the signal generator 30.
- the reference signal source 1 is a crystal oscillator or a PLL circuit that can output an accurate frequency.
- the reference signal source 1 may be an oscillator having any configuration as long as it is an oscillator that can output an accurate frequency.
- the output terminal of the reference signal source 1 is connected to the reference signal input terminal of the PLL circuit 10.
- the reference signal source 1 oscillates at f CLK and outputs the output signal to the PLL circuit 10.
- the VCO 2 is an oscillator that controls the oscillation frequency by voltage.
- the VCO 2 for example, an oscillator that changes the oscillation frequency with a variable capacitance diode is used.
- the variable capacitance diode changes its capacitance according to the applied voltage.
- the resonance frequency of the resonance circuit including the variable capacitance diode changes, and the oscillation frequency changes.
- an oscillator having any configuration may be used as long as the oscillation frequency varies depending on the voltage.
- the input terminal of VCO 2 is connected to the output terminal of LF 5, and the output terminal of VCO 2 is connected to the input terminal of variable frequency divider 3 and the output terminal of PLL circuit 10.
- the variable frequency divider 3 divides the frequency of the signal input from the VCO 2 by N according to the signal indicating the frequency division number input from the linearity improvement processor 20 and outputs the frequency-divided signal to the PFD 4 It is.
- N is a real number.
- an FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array
- the variable frequency divider 3 can output a signal having a frequency 1 / N of the frequency of the input signal, any configuration may be used. Further, it may be an integer frequency divider or a fractional frequency divider.
- the input terminal of the variable frequency divider 3 is connected to the output terminal of the VCO 2, the control terminal of the variable frequency divider 3 is connected to the control terminal of the PLL circuit 10, and the output terminal of the variable frequency divider 3 is the comparison signal input of the PFD 4. Connected to the terminal.
- the PFD 4 is a circuit that compares the phase of the clock signal output from the reference signal source 1 and the signal output from the variable frequency divider 3 and outputs a signal having a pulse width corresponding to the phase difference to the LF 5.
- the reference signal input terminal of PFD4 is connected to the reference signal input terminal of PLL circuit 10, the comparison signal input terminal of PFD4 is connected to the output terminal of variable frequency divider 3, and the output terminal of PFD4 is connected to the input terminal of LF5.
- LF5 is a filter that smoothes the pulse-like signal output from the PFD 4 and outputs it to the VCO 2 as a control voltage for the VCO 2.
- the LF 5 uses a low-pass filter composed of a capacitor and a resistor.
- the input terminal of LF5 is connected to the output terminal of PFD4, and the output terminal of LF5 is connected to the input terminal of VCO2.
- the PLL circuit 10 is a circuit that generates a chirp signal using a signal indicating the frequency division number output from the linearity improvement processor 20 in synchronization with the clock signal output from the reference signal source 1.
- the PLL circuit 10 includes a VCO 2, a variable frequency divider 3, PFD 4, and LF 5.
- the reference signal input terminal of the PLL circuit 10 is connected to the output terminal of the reference signal source 1 and the reference signal input terminal of the PFD 4, and the control terminal of the PLL circuit 10 is the control terminal of the variable frequency divider 3 and the linearity improving processor 20.
- the output terminal of the PLL circuit 10 is connected to the output terminal of the VCO 2 and the input terminal of the linearity improving processor 20.
- the linearity improvement processor 20 is a circuit that detects the frequency of the signal output from the PLL circuit 10, calculates a difference from a desired frequency, and outputs a signal indicating a frequency division number that cancels the difference.
- the input terminal of the linearity improvement processor 20 is connected to the output terminal of the PLL circuit 10, and the output terminal of the linearity improvement processor 20 is connected to the control terminal of the PLL circuit 10.
- the feedback loop of the PLL circuit 10 is for reducing the frequency of the signal output from the VCO 2 and inputting it to the PFD 4.
- a frequency conversion circuit that can reduce the frequency may be used.
- a mixer or the like can be used as the frequency conversion circuit.
- FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram illustrating a configuration example of the linearity improvement processor 20 according to the first embodiment.
- the linearity improvement processor 20 includes a frequency detection unit 101, a peak delay time calculation unit 102, a frequency difference calculation unit 103, a frequency subtraction processing unit 104, and a frequency division number calculation unit 105.
- the frequency detector 101 detects the frequency of the M-th chirp signal output from the PLL circuit 10 at time t (hereinafter referred to as f M (t)), and calculates digital delay data for the peak delay time. It is a circuit that outputs to the unit 102 and the frequency difference calculation unit 103. M is a positive integer.
- the input terminal of the frequency detection unit 101 is connected to the output terminal of the PLL circuit 10, and the output terminal of the frequency detection unit 101 is connected to the input terminal of the peak delay time calculation unit 102 and the input terminal of the frequency difference calculation unit 103.
- the frequency detection unit 101 for example, an ADC (Analog to Digital Converter) that converts an analog signal into a digital signal and an FPGA that can perform digital signal arithmetic processing at high speed are used in combination.
- a quadrature demodulation circuit and FPGA may be used in combination.
- the frequency detector 101 may use any configuration as long as it can detect the frequency f M (t) of the M-th chirp signal and output digital data indicating f M (t).
- the peak delay time calculation unit 102 calculates a shift in the time axis direction (hereinafter referred to as ⁇ ) between the peak in the time-frequency characteristic of the signal output from the PLL circuit 10 and the peak in the time-frequency characteristic of the desired chirp signal.
- An arithmetic circuit that outputs digital data indicating ⁇ .
- the peak delay time calculation unit 102 has a memory for storing a desired output frequency (hereinafter referred to as f ideal (t)) and ⁇ .
- the input terminal of the peak delay time calculation unit 102 is connected to the output terminal of the frequency detection unit 101, and the output terminal of the peak delay time calculation unit 102 is connected to the time data input terminal of the frequency subtraction processing unit 104.
- an FPGA capable of performing digital signal arithmetic processing at high speed is used. Any configuration may be used as long as the peak delay time calculation unit 102 can calculate ⁇ and output digital data indicating ⁇ .
- the frequency difference calculation unit 103 calculates a difference (hereinafter referred to as ⁇ f (t)) between the frequency of the signal output from the PLL circuit 10 at a certain time t and f ideal (t), and represents a digital value indicating ⁇ f (t).
- An arithmetic circuit that outputs data.
- the frequency difference calculation unit 103 includes a memory that stores f ideal (t) and ⁇ f (t).
- the input terminal of the frequency difference calculation unit 103 is connected to the output terminal of the frequency detection unit 101, and the output terminal of the frequency difference calculation unit 103 is connected to the frequency difference data input terminal of the frequency subtraction processing unit 104.
- the frequency difference calculation unit 103 for example, an FPGA capable of performing digital signal arithmetic processing at high speed is used.
- the frequency difference calculation unit 103 may use any configuration as long as it can calculate ⁇ f (t) and output digital data indicating ⁇ f (t).
- the frequency subtraction processing unit 104 uses the digital data indicating ⁇ output from the peak delay time calculating unit 102 and the digital data indicating f (t) output from the frequency difference calculating unit 103, from f ideal (t) to time t + ⁇ . Is an arithmetic circuit for subtracting the frequency difference ⁇ f (t + ⁇ ).
- the frequency obtained by subtracting ⁇ f (t + ⁇ ) from f ideal (t) is referred to as f ′ M (t).
- the time data input terminal of the frequency subtraction processing unit 104 is connected to the output terminal of the peak delay time calculation unit 102, and the frequency difference data input terminal of the frequency subtraction processing unit 104 is connected to the output terminal of the frequency difference calculation unit 103.
- the output terminal of the processing unit 104 is connected to the input terminal of the frequency division number calculation unit 105.
- an FPGA capable of performing digital signal arithmetic processing at high speed is used.
- Frequency subtraction processing unit 104 'calculates the M (t), f' f if outputting digital data indicating the M (t), may be used any structure.
- the frequency division number calculation unit 105 is an arithmetic circuit that calculates the frequency division number of (M + 1) periods from the digital data indicating f ′ M (t) output from the frequency subtraction processing unit 104 and the frequency division number of the M period. is there.
- the frequency division number of (M + 1) period is called N M + 1 (t + D). At this time, D is the time of one cycle of the chirp signal.
- the frequency division number calculation unit 105 includes a memory that stores N M + 1 (t + D) and a memory that stores f CLK .
- An input terminal of the frequency division number calculation unit 105 is connected to an output terminal of the frequency subtraction processing unit 104, and an output terminal of the frequency division number calculation unit 105 is connected to a control terminal of the PLL circuit 10.
- an FPGA capable of performing digital signal arithmetic processing at high speed is used.
- the frequency division number calculation unit 105 may calculate N M + 1 (t + D) from data indicating f ′ M (t) and output any digital data indicating N M + 1 (t + D).
- FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a calculation procedure of the frequency division number in the linearity improvement processor 20 according to the first embodiment.
- L is a cycle at which the arithmetic processing in the linearity improvement processor 20 is started, and is a positive integer.
- the frequency division number in the (M + 1) period is calculated from the M period chirp signal output from the PLL circuit 10, and 1 ⁇ L ⁇ M. It is assumed that the variable frequency divider 3 is the only circuit that converts the frequency in the feedback loop of the PLL circuit 10.
- step S101 f M (t) is input to the frequency detection unit 101, and its value is detected.
- step S103 the peak delay time calculation unit 102 calculates ⁇ , and the frequency difference calculation unit 103 calculates ⁇ f (t) using Equation (1).
- step 104 the frequency subtraction processing unit 104 calculates f ′ M (t) by the equation (2) using ⁇ and ⁇ f (t) calculated in step S103.
- step S105 the frequency division number calculation unit 105 calculates N M + 1 (t + D) by the equation (3) using f ′ M (t) calculated in step S104.
- the frequency division number calculation unit 105 outputs the calculated data to the PLL circuit 10 and ends the flow.
- step S106 the frequency difference calculation unit 103 calculates ⁇ f (t) using equation (1).
- the clock signal output from the reference signal source 1 is input to the PLL circuit 10 and further input to the PFD 4.
- a signal of a certain frequency output from the VCO 2 is input to the variable frequency divider 3 and the linearity improvement processor 20.
- the variable frequency divider 3 divides the signal output from the VCO 2 based on the data indicating the frequency division number in the Mth cycle, and inputs it to the PFD 4.
- the PFD 4 compares the phase of the signal output from the variable frequency divider 3 and the signal output from the reference signal source 1 and inputs a signal based on the difference to the VCO 2 via the LF 5.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the frequency division number of the variable frequency divider 3 in the M-th chirp signal.
- the horizontal axis is time, and the vertical axis is the frequency division number.
- the chirp signal is assumed to have a triangular wave shape in which up-chirp and down-chirp are alternately repeated, and so on.
- the variable frequency divider 3 is controlled by setting the frequency division number to a triangular wave. Note that one period of the chirp is from when the frequency becomes minimum until the frequency becomes higher and becomes maximum with time, and until the frequency becomes lower and becomes minimum.
- the M period is from time M ⁇ D to (M + 1) D.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the time-frequency characteristics of the M-th chirp signal output from the PLL circuit 10.
- the horizontal axis is time, and the vertical axis is frequency.
- a broken line indicates f ideal (t), and a solid line indicates f M (t). Since the PLL circuit 10 has a closed loop configuration and the LF 5, the response is delayed due to the time constant. As a result, f M (t) is shifted in the time axis direction and the frequency axis direction with respect to f ideal (t).
- the peak delay time calculation unit 102 reads f ideal (t) from a memory that stores f ideal (t), and calculates a time-axis shift ⁇ between the peak of f ideal (t) and the peak of f M (t). Calculate and store in a memory that stores ⁇ .
- the time difference between the maximum point of f ideal (t) and the maximum point of f M (t) is calculated as ⁇ , but the minimum point of f ideal (t) and the minimum point of f M (t) are calculated.
- the time difference of ⁇ may be ⁇ .
- the calculated data is stored in a memory that stores ⁇ f (t).
- the frequency difference calculation unit 103 performs this operation every time t x from the time M ⁇ D.
- A is a positive integer.
- FIG. 5 only ⁇ f (t) at times M ⁇ D and M ⁇ D + n ⁇ t x is shown for convenience of explanation, but the frequency difference calculation unit 103 calculates ⁇ f (t) every time t x. calculate.
- the frequency subtraction processing unit 104 subtracts ⁇ f (M ⁇ D + ⁇ ) at time M ⁇ D + ⁇ from f ideal (M ⁇ D) at time M ⁇ D.
- the frequency obtained by this subtraction is f ′ M (M ⁇ D).
- the frequency subtraction processing unit 104 reads ⁇ from the memory storing ⁇ and ⁇ f (M ⁇ D) from the memory storing ⁇ f (t).
- the frequency subtraction processing unit 104 performs this operation every time t x from time M ⁇ D.
- FIG. 5 shows the behavior of subtraction at times M ⁇ D and M ⁇ D + n ⁇ t x .
- FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating N M + 1 (t + D) calculated by the frequency dividing number calculator 105.
- the vertical axis is the frequency division number, and the horizontal axis is the time.
- Dividing number calculating section 105 reads out the f CLK from the memory for storing the f CLK, calculated in the frequency subtraction processing section 104 f 'M (t) of is divided by f CLK, N M + 1 ( t + D) Is calculated and stored in the memory. At this time, N M + 1 (t + D) is calculated at intervals of t x .
- the frequency division number in the time period is calculated using linear approximation from the frequency division numbers at adjacent times apart by t x , for example, M ⁇ D + (n ⁇ 1) t x and M ⁇ D + n ⁇ t x .
- the PLL circuit 10 reads N M + 1 (t + D) from a memory that stores the frequency division number and uses it as the frequency division number in the (M + 1) period.
- the frequency division number in the M period is a triangular wave shape, but the frequency division number in the (M + 1) period is not a triangular wave shape to compensate for the delay in response due to the time constant of the PLL circuit, and has a distorted shape. .
- the PLL circuit 10 operates using a predistorted frequency division number, thereby improving the linearity of the chirp signal output from the PLL circuit 10.
- the PLL circuit 10 may be controlled using the same N M + 1 (t + D) after the (M + 1) period.
- the linearity improvement processor 20 may continue to operate after the L period, or a circuit for calculating a frequency error between the chirp signal output from the PLL circuit 10 and a desired chirp signal is provided, and the linearity improvement processing is performed. After the device 20 starts operating, the operation may be stopped when a certain error or less is reached. In the latter case, after the operation of the linearity improvement processor 20 is stopped, the PLL circuit 10 is controlled using the frequency division number of the last calculated period during the operation.
- ⁇ calculated in the L period continues to be used in the calculation after the (L + 1) period, but a counter circuit for counting the period of the chirp signal output from the PLL circuit 10 is provided, and some arbitrary ⁇ may be recalculated by returning the frequency division number to a triangular wave shape once per period.
- a circuit for calculating the frequency error between the chirp signal output from the PLL circuit 10 and a desired chirp signal is provided, and when the error exceeds a certain arbitrary error, the frequency division number is returned to a triangular wave to calculate ⁇ . You may fix it.
- the linearity improvement processor 20 detects the M-th period chirp signal f M (t) output from the PLL circuit 10. Specifically, a frequency f ′ M obtained by calculating a time-axis direction deviation ⁇ and a frequency-axis direction deviation ⁇ f (t) and subtracting a frequency difference ⁇ f (t + ⁇ ) from a desired frequency f ideal (t) at time t. (T) is calculated, and f ′ M (t) is divided by the output frequency f CLK of the reference signal source 1 to calculate the frequency division number N M + 1 (t + D).
- the PLL circuit 10 is controlled by applying the frequency division number calculated by the linearity improvement processor 20 to the frequency divider 3.
- the PLL circuit 10 has a delay in response due to the closed loop configuration and the time constant of LF5, the chirp signal has deteriorated linearity, and a deviation occurs in the time axis direction and the frequency axis direction.
- the linearity improving processor 20 detects both the time-axis direction deviation ⁇ and the frequency-axis direction deviation ⁇ f (t), and calculates N M + 1 (t + D) using the frequency-direction deviation at the previous time by ⁇ . . In the (M + 1) period, the linearity is improved by the frequency divider 3 operating with the PLL circuit 10 using the frequency division number N M + 1 (t + D).
- the linearity improvement processor 20 improves the linearity of the chirp signal, and the linearity deteriorated due to the closed loop configuration and the time constant of LF 5 without stopping the operation of the radar. Can be improved.
- the signal generator 30 includes a reference signal source 1 that outputs a clock signal and a PLL (Phase) that generates a chirp signal using a feedback loop circuit including the frequency divider 3 using the clock signal.
- the frequency of the chirp signal of the Mth (M is an integer greater than or equal to 1) period generated by the Locked Loop circuit 10 and the PLL circuit 10 is detected, and the chirp signal generated by the PLL circuit 10 in the M + 1 and subsequent periods
- a linearity improving processor 20 that controls the frequency division number of the frequency divider so that the difference between the frequency of the frequency and the desired frequency is smaller than the difference between the detected frequency and the desired frequency. It is characterized by. With this configuration, it is possible to improve the linearity deteriorated by the closed loop configuration and the time constant of LF5 without stopping the operation of the radar.
- the first embodiment is characterized in that the linearity improvement processor 20 controls the frequency division number of the frequency divider 3 in accordance with the difference between the detected frequency and a desired frequency.
- the linearity improvement processor 20 reduces the frequency division number of the frequency divider 3 when the difference between the detected frequency and the desired frequency is positive, and the detected frequency and the desired frequency are reduced.
- control is performed to increase the frequency dividing number of the frequency divider 3.
- the linearity improvement processor 20 calculates the delay ⁇ from the time when the peak occurs at the desired frequency to the time when the peak occurs at the detected frequency, and the M + 1 and subsequent cycles.
- the frequency dividing number of the frequency divider 3 is controlled at a specific time, a difference between the frequency of the signal at the time point ahead of the specific time of the Lth cycle generated by the PLL 10 circuit and the desired frequency It is characterized by using. With such a configuration, it is possible to improve the linearity deteriorated by the closed loop configuration and the time constant of LF5 in consideration of the influence of the delay caused by the closed loop configuration and the time constant of LF5.
- Embodiment 2 since the chirp signal is generated by the PLL circuit 10, the time-frequency characteristic of the signal input to the comparison signal input terminal of the PFD 4 is obtained by setting the frequency dividing number of the variable frequency divider 3 to a triangular wave shape. It was triangular.
- the time-frequency characteristic of the signal input to the reference signal input terminal of the PFD 4 is controlled in a triangular wave shape.
- FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram illustrating a configuration example of the signal generator 31 according to the second embodiment. 7, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 denote the same or corresponding parts.
- the DDS 6 is used to control the time-frequency characteristics of the signal input to the reference signal input terminal of the PFD 4 in a triangular wave shape.
- the DDS 6 is a circuit that generates an analog signal corresponding to the frequency data output from the linearity improvement processor 21 in synchronization with the signal output from the reference signal source 1.
- the DDS 6 includes an adder, a latch, a ROM (Read Only Memory), and a DAC (Digital to Analog Converter).
- the input terminal of the DDS 6 is connected to the output terminal of the linearity improving processor 21, the clock terminal of the DDS 6 is connected to the output terminal of the reference signal source 1, and the output terminal of the DDS 6 is connected to the input terminal of the PLL circuit 11.
- the frequency conversion circuit 7 is a circuit that lowers the frequency of the signal output from the VCO 2 and inputs the signal to the PFD 4.
- a frequency divider, a mixer, or a sample and hold circuit is used as the frequency conversion circuit 7, for example, a frequency divider, a mixer, or a sample and hold circuit is used.
- the frequency conversion circuit 7 may use any configuration as long as it can reduce the frequency of the input signal and output the signal. Further, the frequency conversion circuit 7 may be used by combining a plurality of types of circuits, for example, a combination of a frequency divider and a mixer.
- the input terminal of the frequency conversion circuit 7 is connected to the output terminal of the VCO 2, and the output terminal of the frequency conversion circuit 7 is connected to the comparison signal input terminal of the PFD 4.
- the PLL circuit 11 is a circuit that generates a chirp signal in synchronization with the signal output from the DDS 6.
- the PLL circuit 11 includes a VCO 2, a frequency conversion circuit 7, PFD 4, and LF 5.
- the input terminal of the PLL circuit 11 is connected to the output terminal of the DDS 6 and the reference signal input terminal of the PFD 4, and the output terminal of the PLL circuit 11 is connected to the output terminal of the VCO 2 and the input terminal of the linearity improving processor 21.
- the linearity improvement processor 21 is a circuit that detects the frequency of the signal output from the PLL circuit 11, calculates a difference with a desired frequency, and outputs frequency data that cancels the difference to the DDS 6.
- the input terminal of the linearity improvement processor 21 is connected to the output terminal of the PLL circuit 11, and the output terminal of the linearity improvement processor 21 is connected to the input terminal of the DDS 6.
- FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram illustrating a configuration example of the linearity improvement processor 21 according to the second embodiment.
- the linearity improvement processor 21 includes a frequency detector 101, a peak delay time calculator 102, a frequency difference calculator 103, a frequency subtraction processor 104, and a frequency data calculator 106.
- the frequency conversion circuit 7 is a frequency divider that converts the frequency of an input signal to 1 / R and outputs the converted signal.
- R is a real number and a fixed value.
- the frequency data calculation unit 106 is an arithmetic circuit that calculates (M + 1) cycle frequency data from the digital data indicating f ′ M (t) output from the frequency subtraction processing unit 104 and the Mth cycle frequency data.
- the frequency data of (M + 1) period is called k M + 1 (t + D).
- D is the time of one cycle of the chirp signal.
- the frequency data calculation unit 106 includes a memory that stores k M + 1 (t + D), B, R, and f CLK .
- the input terminal of the frequency data calculation unit 106 is connected to the output terminal of the frequency subtraction processing unit 104, and the output terminal of the frequency data calculation unit 106 is connected to the input terminal of the DDS6.
- an FPGA capable of performing digital signal arithmetic processing at high speed is used.
- the frequency data calculation unit 106 may use any configuration as long as it can calculate k M + 1 (t + D) from data indicating f ′ M (t) and output digital data indicating k M + 1 (t + D).
- FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of a calculation procedure of frequency data in the linearity improvement processor 21 according to the second embodiment. Since FIG. 9 is the same as the flowchart described in the first embodiment except for step S110, only step S110 will be described.
- step S110 the frequency data calculation unit 106 calculates k M + 1 (t + D) according to equation (5) using f ′ M (t) calculated in step S104.
- the frequency data calculation unit 106 outputs the calculated data to the DDS 6 and ends the flow.
- B is the word length (bit) of the DDS and is a constant.
- fCLK is the frequency of the clock signal.
- the clock signal output from the reference signal source 1 is input to the DDS 6, and the DDS 6 generates an analog signal from the frequency data output from the linearity improvement processor 21 in synchronization with the signal.
- the time-frequency characteristics of the output signal of the Mth cycle DDS 6 are triangular waves.
- the signal output from the DDS 6 is input to the PLL circuit 11 and further input to the PFD 4.
- a signal of a certain frequency output from the VCO 2 is input to the frequency conversion circuit 7 and the linearity improvement processor 21.
- the frequency conversion circuit 7 converts the frequency of the signal output from the VCO 2 into 1 / R and inputs it to the PFD 4.
- the PFD 4 compares the phase of the signal output from the frequency conversion circuit 7 and the signal output from the DDS 6, and inputs a signal based on the difference to the VCO 2 via the LF 5.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating frequency data input to the DDS 6 in the M-th chirp signal.
- the horizontal axis is time, and the vertical axis is frequency data.
- the DDS 6 is controlled with the frequency data as a triangular wave.
- the time-frequency characteristic of the M-th chirp signal output from the PLL circuit 11 is the same as that of the first embodiment, so that the peak delay time calculation unit 102, the frequency difference calculation unit 103, the frequency The description of the subtraction processing unit 104 is omitted.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating k M + 1 (t + D) calculated by the frequency data calculator 106.
- the vertical axis is frequency data, and the horizontal axis is time.
- the frequency data calculator 106 reads out each of the B, R, and f CLK from the memory, uses f ′ M (t) calculated by the frequency subtraction processing unit 104, and calculates k M + 1 ( t + D) is calculated.
- the calculated frequency data is stored in a memory.
- k M + 1 (t + D) is calculated at intervals of t x .
- the frequency data in the time period is calculated using linear approximation from the frequency data at adjacent times separated by t x , for example, M ⁇ D + (n ⁇ 1) t x and M ⁇ D + n ⁇ t x .
- the DDS 6 reads k M + 1 (t + D) from the memory storing the frequency data and uses it as frequency data in the (M + 1) period.
- the frequency data of the M period is triangular, but the frequency data of the (M + 1) period is not distorted to compensate for the delay in response due to the time constant of the PLL circuit, but is distorted.
- operating the DDS6 using predistorted frequency data also distorts the time-frequency characteristics of the output signal of the DDS6, and the PLL circuit 11 operates with the distorted signal. As a result, the linearity of the chirp signal output from the PLL circuit 11 is improved.
- the DDS 6 may be controlled using the same k M + 1 (t + D) after the (M + 1) period.
- the linearity improvement processor 21 may continue to operate after the L period, or a circuit for calculating a frequency error between the chirp signal output from the PLL circuit 11 and a desired chirp signal is provided, and the linearity improvement processing is performed. After the device 21 starts operating, the operation may be stopped when a certain error or less is reached. In the latter case, after the operation of the linearity improving processor 21 is stopped, the DDS 6 is controlled using the frequency data calculated last during the operation.
- ⁇ calculated in the L period continues to be used in the calculation after the (L + 1) period, but a counter circuit for counting the period of the chirp signal output from the PLL circuit 11 is provided, and some arbitrary The frequency data may be returned to a triangular wave once per period and ⁇ may be recalculated.
- a circuit for calculating the frequency error between the chirp signal output from the PLL circuit 11 and a desired chirp signal is provided, and when the error exceeds a certain arbitrary error, the frequency data is returned to a triangular waveform and ⁇ is recalculated. May be.
- the time-frequency characteristic of the signal input to the reference signal input terminal of the PFD 4 is controlled using the DDS 6 in a triangular wave shape. Since the frequency resolution of the output signal of the PLL circuit 11 is improved by using the DDS 6 having a high frequency resolution, the signal generator 31 of the second embodiment can output a signal with finer frequency steps.
- the signal generator 31 uses the reference signal source 1 that outputs a clock signal, the DDS (Direct Digital Synthesizer) 6 that generates an analog signal from the clock signal, and the analog signal generated by the DDS 6.
- the PLL circuit 11 that generates a chirp signal by a feedback loop type circuit, and the frequency of the M-th chirp signal (M is an integer equal to or greater than 1) generated by the PLL circuit 11 are detected.
- Embodiment 3 In the first embodiment, since the chirp signal is generated by the PLL circuit 10, the time-frequency characteristic of the signal input to the comparison signal input terminal of the PFD 4 is obtained by setting the frequency dividing number of the variable frequency divider 3 to a triangular wave shape. It was triangular.
- a mixer is used in the feedback loop of the PLL circuit, and the time-frequency characteristics of the LO signal, which is a local signal input to the mixer, are controlled in a triangular waveform.
- FIG. 12 is a configuration diagram illustrating a configuration example of the signal generator 32 according to the third embodiment. 12, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 or FIG. 7 represent the same or corresponding parts.
- f LO is the frequency of the local signal output from the DDS 9.
- the DDS 9 is used to control the time-frequency characteristics of the LO signal input to the mixer 8 in a triangular wave shape.
- the DDS 9 is a circuit that generates an analog signal corresponding to the frequency data output from the linearity improvement processor 22 in synchronization with the clock signal output from the reference signal source 1.
- the DDS 9 includes an adder, a latch, a ROM, and a DAC.
- the input terminal of the DDS 9 is connected to the output terminal of the linearity improving processor 22, the clock terminal of the DDS 9 is connected to the output terminal of the reference signal source 1, and the output terminal of the DDS 9 is connected to the control terminal of the PLL circuit 12.
- the mixer 8 is a mixer that mixes two input signals and outputs the mixed signal.
- the mixer 8 is a diode mixer that performs mixing using the nonlinearity of the diode.
- the RF terminal of the mixer 8 is connected to the output terminal of the VCO 2
- the LO terminal of the mixer 8 is connected to the output terminal of the DDS 9
- the IF terminal of the mixer 8 is connected to the comparison signal input terminal of the PFD 4.
- the mixer 8 mixes the signal output from the VCO 2 and the signal output from the DDS 9 and outputs the mixed signal to the PFD 4.
- the feedback loop of the PLL circuit 12 is for lowering the frequency of the signal output from the VCO 2 and inputting the signal to the PFD 4.
- a frequency conversion circuit that can lower the frequency may be used.
- a frequency divider can be used for the frequency conversion circuit.
- a CLK variable circuit that varies the frequency of the clock signal output from the reference signal source 1 may be used between the reference signal source 1 and the DDS 9. Since the frequency of a signal that can be output by the DDS 9 is limited by f CLK , a signal having a higher frequency can be output by increasing the frequency of the clock signal input to the DDS 9 using the CLK variable circuit.
- a PLL circuit can be used as the CLK variable circuit.
- the linearity improving processor 22 is a circuit that detects the frequency of the signal output from the PLL circuit 12, calculates a difference from a desired frequency, and outputs frequency data that cancels the difference to the DDS 9.
- the input terminal of the linearity improvement processor 22 is connected to the output terminal of the PLL circuit 12, and the output terminal of the linearity improvement processor 22 is connected to the input terminal of the DDS 9.
- FIG. 13 is a configuration diagram illustrating a configuration example of the linearity improvement processor 22 according to the third embodiment. 13, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 2 or FIG. 8 represent the same or corresponding parts.
- the linearity improvement processor 22 includes a frequency detector 101, a peak delay time calculator 102, a frequency difference calculator 103, a frequency subtraction processor 104, and an fLO calculator 107.
- the f LO calculation unit 107 is an arithmetic circuit that calculates (M + 1) cycle frequency data from the digital data indicating f ′ M (t) output from the frequency subtraction processing unit 104 and the Mth cycle frequency data.
- frequency data of (M + 1) period is referred to as h M + 1 (t + D).
- D is the time of one period of the chirp signal.
- the f LO calculation unit 107 includes a memory that stores h M + 1 (t + D), B, and f CLK .
- the input terminal of the f LO calculation unit 107 is connected to the output terminal of the frequency subtraction processing unit 104, and the output terminal of the f LO calculation unit 107 is connected to the input terminal of the DDS 9.
- the f LO calculation unit 107 for example, an FPGA capable of performing digital signal arithmetic processing at high speed is used.
- the f LO calculation unit 107 may use any configuration as long as it can calculate h M + 1 (t + D) from data indicating f ′ M (t) and output digital data indicating h M + 1 (t + D).
- FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a frequency data calculation procedure in the linearity improvement processor 22 according to the third embodiment. Since FIG. 14 is the same as the flowchart described in the first embodiment except for step S111, only step S111 will be described.
- step S111 the f LO calculation unit 107 calculates h M + 1 (t + D) by using equation (6) using f ′ M (t) calculated in step S104.
- f The LO calculation unit 107 outputs the calculated data to the DDS 9 and ends the flow.
- B is the word length (bit) of the DDS and is a constant.
- fCLK is the frequency of the clock signal.
- the clock signal output from the reference signal source 1 is input to the DDS 9, and the DDS 9 generates an analog signal from the frequency data output from the linearity improvement processor 22 in synchronization with the signal.
- the time-frequency characteristic of the output signal of the DDS9 in the Mth cycle is triangular.
- the signal output from the DDS 9 is input to the PLL circuit 12 and further input to the mixer 8.
- the VCO 2 outputs a signal having a certain frequency and inputs it to the mixer 8 and the linearity improvement processor 22.
- the signal of the frequency f LO output from the DDS 9 is converted into an LO signal, the signal output from the VCO 2 is frequency-converted to a low frequency, and input to the PFD 4.
- the PFD 4 compares the phase of the signal output from the mixer 8 and the signal output from the reference signal source 1 and inputs a signal based on the difference to the VCO 2 via the LF 5.
- the time-frequency characteristics of the M-th chirp signal output from the PLL circuit 12 are the same as those in the first embodiment, so that the peak delay time calculation unit 102, the frequency difference calculation unit 103, the frequency The description of the subtraction processing unit 104 is omitted.
- FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating h M + 1 (t + D) calculated by the f LO calculation unit 107.
- the vertical axis is frequency data, and the horizontal axis is time.
- the f LO calculation unit 107 reads out each of B and f CLK from the memory, and uses f ′ M (t) calculated by the frequency subtraction processing unit 104, and h M + 1 ( t + D) is calculated and stored in the memory.
- Frequency data at this time (M + 1) th cycle is calculated at intervals of t x.
- the frequency data in the time period is calculated using linear approximation from the frequency data at adjacent times separated by t x , for example, M ⁇ D + (n ⁇ 1) t x and M ⁇ D + n ⁇ t x .
- the DDS 9 reads h M + 1 (t + D) from the memory storing the frequency data and uses it as frequency data in the (M + 1) period.
- the frequency data of the Mth cycle is triangular, but the frequency data of the (M + 1) th cycle is not a triangular waveform but compensates for a delay in response due to the time constant of the PLL circuit 12.
- operating the DDS9 using predistorted frequency data also distorts the time-frequency characteristics of the output signal of the DDS9, and the PLL circuit 12 operates with the distorted signal. By doing so, the linearity of the chirp signal output from the PLL circuit 12 is improved.
- the DDS 9 may be controlled using h M + 1 (t + D) after the first eye.
- the linearity improvement processor 22 may continue to operate after the L period, or a circuit for calculating a frequency error between the chirp signal output from the PLL circuit 12 and a desired chirp signal is provided, and the linearity improvement processing is performed. After the device 22 starts operating, the operation may be stopped when a certain error or less is reached. In the latter case, after the operation of the linearity improvement processor 22 is stopped, the DDS 9 is controlled using the frequency data calculated last during the operation.
- ⁇ calculated in the L period continues to be used in the calculation after the (L + 1) period, but a counter circuit for counting the period of the chirp signal output from the PLL circuit 12 is provided.
- the frequency data may be returned to a triangular wave once per period and ⁇ may be recalculated.
- a circuit for calculating the frequency error between the chirp signal output from the PLL circuit 12 and a desired chirp signal is provided, and when the error exceeds a certain arbitrary error, the frequency data is returned to a triangular waveform and ⁇ is recalculated. May be.
- the mixer 8 is used in the feedback loop of the PLL circuit 12, and the time-frequency characteristics of the LO signal input to the mixer 8 are controlled in a triangular wave shape using the DDS 9.
- the phase noise of the output signal of the PLL circuit 12 is lower than when the frequency divider is used. Therefore, the signal generator 32 of the third embodiment outputs a signal having a lower phase noise. it can.
- the signal generator 32 includes a reference signal source 1 that outputs a clock signal, a PLL circuit 12 that generates a chirp signal by a feedback loop type circuit including the mixer 8 using the clock signal, and a mixer 8 detects the frequency of the DDS 9 that generates a local signal to be input to 8 and the M-th (M is an integer equal to or greater than 1) period chirp signal generated by the PLL circuit 12.
- a signal generator comprising:
- 1 reference signal source
- 2 VCO
- 3 variable frequency divider
- 4 PFD
- 5 LF
- 6, 9 DDS
- 7 frequency conversion circuit
- 8 mixer
- 10, 11, 12 PLL circuit, 20, 21, 22: linearity improvement processor, 30, 31, 32: signal generator
- 106 Frequency data calculation unit
- 107 f LO calculation unit
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以下、この発明の実施の形態1について説明する。
(M+1)周期目は分周器3が分周数NM+1(t+D)を用いてPLL回路10が動作することにより、線形性が向上する。PLL回路10でチャープ信号を生成しながらも、線形性向上処理器20によりチャープ信号の線形性の向上を行うことによって、レーダの運用を止めることなく、閉ループ構成とLF5の時定数によって劣化した線形性を向上させることができる。
実施の形態1では、PLL回路10でチャープ信号を生成するため、可変分周器3の分周数を三角波状とすることで、PFD4の比較信号入力端子に入力する信号の時間-周波数特性を三角波状としていた。これに対し、実施の形態2では、PFD4の基準信号入力端子に入力する信号の時間-周波数特性を三角波状に制御する。
ここで、BはDDSのワード長(ビット)であり、定数である。fCLKはクロック信号の周波数である。
実施の形態1では、PLL回路10でチャープ信号を生成するため、可変分周器3の分周数を三角波状とすることで、PFD4の比較信号入力端子に入力する信号の時間-周波数特性を三角波状としていた。これに対して、実施の形態3では、PLL回路のフィードバックループ内にミキサを用い、ミキサに入力する局所信号であるLO信号の時間-周波数特性を三角波状に制御する。
線形性向上処理器22は周波数検出部101、ピーク遅延時間算出部102、周波数差算出部103、周波数減算処理部104、fLO算出部107を備える。
ステップS111では、fLO算出部107はステップS104で算出したf’M(t)を用いて、式(6)によりhM+1(t+D)を算出する。fLO算出部107は算出したデータをDDS9に出力し、フローを終了する。
ここで、Bは、DDSのワード長(ビット)であり、定数である。fCLKはクロック信号の周波数である。
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- クロック信号を出力する基準信号源と、
前記クロック信号を用いて、分周器を含むフィードバックループ型回路によりチャープ信号を生成するPLL(Phase Locked Loop)回路と、
前記PLL回路で生成されたM番目(Mは1以上の整数)の周期のチャープ信号の周波数を検出し、前記PLL回路でM+1番目以降の周期において生成されるチャープ信号の周波数と所望の周波数との差が前記検出された周波数と前記所望の周波数との差より小さくなるように前記分周器の分周数を制御する線形性向上処理器と、
を備えたことを特徴とする信号発生器。 - 前記線形性向上処理器は前記検出された周波数と前記所望の周波数との差に応じて、前記分周器の分周数を制御することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の信号発生器。
- 前記線形性向上処理器は、前記検出された周波数と前記所望の周波数との差が正であるとき前記分周器の分周数を低減し、前記検出された周波数と前記所望の周波数との差が負であるとき前記分周器の分周数を増加する制御を行う
ことを特徴とする請求項1または請求項2に記載の信号発生器。 - 前記線形性向上処理器は、前記所望の周波数でピークが発生する時点から前記検出された周波数でピークが発生する時点までの遅延を算出するとともに、M+1番目以降の周期の特定の時点での前記分周器の分周数を制御するにあたり、前記PLL回路で生成されたL番目の周期の前記特定の時点より前記遅延だけ先の時点の信号の周波数と前記所望の周波数との差分を用いる、
ことを特徴とする請求項1乃至3のいずれか1項に記載の信号発生器。 - クロック信号を出力する基準信号源と、
前記クロック信号からアナログ信号を生成するDDS(Direct Digital Synthesizer)と、
前記DDSで生成されたアナログ信号を用いて、フィードバックループ型回路によりチャープ信号を生成するPLL回路と、
前記PLL回路で生成されたM番目(Mは1以上の整数)の周期の前記チャープ信号の周波数を検出し、前記PLL回路でM+1番目以降の周期において生成される前記チャープ信号の周波数と所望の周波数との差が前記検出された周波数と前記所望の周波数との差より小さくなるように前記DDSを制御する線形性向上処理器と、
を備えたことを特徴とする信号発生器。 - クロック信号を出力する基準信号源と、
前記クロック信号を用いて、ミキサを含むフィードバックループ型回路によりチャープ信号を生成するPLL回路と、
前記ミキサに入力する局所信号を生成するDDSと、
前記PLL回路で生成されたM番目(Mは1以上の整数)の周期のチャープ信号の周波数を検出し、前記PLL回路でM+1番目以降の周期において生成されるチャープ信号の周波数と所望の周波数との差が前記検出された周波数と前記所望の周波数との差より小さくなるように前記DDSが生成する局所信号の周波数を制御する線形性向上処理器と、
を備えたことを特徴とする信号発生器。
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