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77GHz FMCW Radar Print E-mail
Thursday, 08 May 2008

 

 Features

  • Compact, split block construction
  • Lightweight and low power
  • Configurable to customer specific requirements
  • In-house manifacture and test to customer requirements
  • TX switching, Diagnostic and BITE
  • Demonstrated performance to >100m

 Applications

  • Critical Area Surveillance
  • Airport/Apron Traffic Monitoring
  • Collision Avoidance 
  • Runway Incursion Detection
  • Area Penetration Monitoring

Linearisation Possibilities

  • Active real-time closed loop linearization ( linearity 0.1% )
  • Open-loop look-up table linearisation ( linearity 0.5% )
  • General open loop performance ( linearity 5% )

 Generic Block Diagram

 

FMCW-A Radar Transceiver Module

 

 

 

 

 

FMCW-B Radar Transceiver Module

Specification


Operational Parameters

 FMCW Radar-A Transceiver Module

 FMCW Radar-B Transceiver Module

Centre Frequency

76.5GHz

76.5GHz

Bandwidth

250MHz

1000MHz

Noise Figure

<10dB

<15dB

Output Power

>13dBm

<12dBm

Sweep

-

-

RX Conversion Gain

31dB

11dB

Linearity

-

-

Size

120x80x27mm

68x33x19mm

Mass

<520g

<90g

Power Consumption

<5.7W

<2W

Unit 1, Airport East Business Park, Farmers Cross, Cork. Ireland
Phone: +353 21 4849170
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