KR101032300B1 - Radar receiving apparatus for correcting noise gain using digital variable attenuator and method thereof - Google Patents
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The present invention relates to a radar receiving apparatus and method, and more particularly to a radar receiving apparatus and method for correcting the noise gain using the DVA.
In modern radar receivers, noise is an important factor in determining performance. In modern warfare, targets with very small radar cross section (RCS), such as stealth aircraft, must be detected / tracked in various clutter environments. In order to detect / track a target having a very small radar cross section, the dynamic range of the radar should be as wide as possible. In addition, linearity must be guaranteed in the signal processing in the dynamic region.
In general, the main configuration for determining the dynamic range of a radar is an analog-digital converter. The input dynamic range of the analog-to-digital converter may be defined as the ratio of the maximum input value of the analog-to-digital converter to the amount of noise input to the analog-to-digital converter, and the digital processing gain of the analog-to-digital converter to the input dynamic range. This is because gain plus gain becomes the dynamic range of the radar.
Looking at the dynamic range of the radar, it can be seen that the amount of noise input to the analog-to-digital converter is an important factor in determining the dynamic range of the radar. In order to ensure linearity in the dynamic range of the radar, the noise amount is always constant. It can be seen that it needs to be maintained.
However, many analog devices used in the analog-to-digital converter deteriorate due to environmental factors such as ambient temperature, place or time, and the amount of noise is changed, and linearity is reduced to reduce the dynamic range of the radar. This means that in modern warfare it is difficult to detect / track a target with a very small radar cross section, such as a stealth machine.
Therefore, in order to maintain linearity and thereby secure dynamic range, the amount of noise included in the analog signal input to the analog-to-digital converter needs to be kept constant at all times.
An object of the present invention is to provide a radar receiving apparatus for correcting the noise gain using the DVA.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a radar receiving method for correcting a noise gain using a DVA.
The radar receiving apparatus for correcting the noise gain using the DVA according to the above object of the present invention is a digital signal for receiving a control signal for adjusting the amount of attenuation of a received signal and attenuating the received signal using the feedback control signal. A digital variable attenuator (DVA), an analog-to-digital converter for converting the attenuated received signal into a digital signal, and the digital signal received from the converted digital signal. Calculate the amount of noise of the received signal from the signal, generate a control signal for adjusting the attenuation amount of the received signal to maintain a constant amount of noise of the received signal using the calculated amount of noise, and generates the generated control signal And a digital signal processor feeding back the digital variable attenuator. Here, when the digital signal processor determines that the calculated noise amount is greater than a predetermined reference noise amount, the digital signal processor generates a control signal for increasing the attenuation amount of the received signal by the corresponding amount, and the calculated noise amount is the reference job. If it is determined that the volume is less than the volume, it may be configured to generate a control signal to reduce the attenuation amount of the received signal by the corresponding amount. The digital signal processor may be configured to calculate an amount of noise of the received signal in a frequency domain. The digital signal processing unit calculates a control signal for adjusting the attenuation amount of the received signal according to the following equation,
, remind Is the calculated amount of noise, Is the predetermined reference noise amount, Is a predetermined constant, Is the processing gain, and Is a noise mean value defined according to the following equation, , remind Is a predetermined constant, May be configured to be a processing gain.The radar receiving method for correcting the noise gain by using the DVA according to the above object of the present invention, the analog-to-digital conversion unit receives the received signal attenuated by the digital variable attenuator and converts it into a digital signal, digital signal processing Additionally receiving the converted digital signal, calculating a noise amount of the received signal from the received digital signal, and using the calculated noise amount, the digital signal processor to maintain a constant noise level of the received signal. Generating a control signal for adjusting the attenuation amount of the received signal, feeding back the generated control signal to the digital variable attenuator by the digital signal processor, and using the control signal received by the digital variable attenuator Attenuates the received signal and exits the analog-to-digital converter It may be configured to include the step of. Here, in the digital signal processor generating the control signal for adjusting the attenuation amount of the received signal such that the amount of noise of the received signal is kept constant using the calculated amount of noise, the calculated amount of noise If it is determined that the amount of noise is greater than a reference noise, a control signal is generated to increase the amount of attenuation of the received signal by a corresponding amount. It can be configured to generate a control signal to be. Here, the digital signal processing unit receiving the converted digital signal, and calculating the amount of noise of the received signal from the received digital signal, may be configured to calculate the amount of noise of the received signal in the frequency domain .
According to the radar receiving apparatus and method for correcting the noise gain using the DVA as described above, by maintaining the noise amount of the input signal input to the analog-to-digital converter to ensure a constant linearity in the signal processing process, radar This has the effect of ensuring the maximum dynamic range of. Radar's dynamic range ensures that even radar cross-sections can be easily detected and tracked.
1 is a block diagram of a radar receiving apparatus for correcting a noise gain using a DVA according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a detailed configuration diagram of a radar receiver for correcting a noise gain using a DVA according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart of a radar receiving method for correcting a noise gain using a DVA according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a graph illustrating simulation results of a radar receiver and a method for correcting a noise gain using a DVA according to an embodiment of the present invention.
While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the drawings and will herein be described in detail. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, it should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention. Like reference numerals are used for like elements in describing each drawing.
The terms first, second, A, B, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the first component may be referred to as the second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as the first component. And / or < / RTI > includes any combination of a plurality of related listed items or any of a plurality of related listed items.
When a component is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another component, it may be directly connected to or connected to that other component, but it may be understood that other components may be present in between. Should be. On the other hand, when a component is said to be "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another component, it should be understood that there is no other component in between.
The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this application, the terms "comprise" or "have" are intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, and one or more other features. It is to be understood that the present invention does not exclude the possibility of the presence or the addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, components, or a combination thereof.
Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art. Terms such as those defined in the commonly used dictionaries should be construed as having meanings consistent with the meanings in the context of the related art and shall not be construed in ideal or excessively formal meanings unless expressly defined in this application. Do not.
Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
1 is a block diagram of a radar receiving apparatus for correcting a noise gain using a DVA according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 1, a radar receiving apparatus 100 (hereinafter, referred to as a “radar receiving apparatus”) for correcting a noise gain using a DVA according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a digital variable attenuation unit 110 and an analog. It may be configured to include a
The radar receiving apparatus 100 maintains a constant amount of noise of the analog input signal input to the analog-digital converter 110, thereby ensuring linearity in the signal processing of the digital signal processor 130, and Make the dynamic area as wide as possible. Accordingly, the radar receiving apparatus 100 may easily detect / track even a target having a small cross-sectional area of the radar. Hereinafter, the detailed structure is demonstrated.
The digital variable attenuator 110 is configured to receive a feedback of a control signal for adjusting an attenuation amount of the received signal and attenuate the received signal using the feedback control signal. The digital variable attenuator 110 is configured to attenuate the analog input signal. The digital variable attenuator 110 also attenuates the amount of noise included in the analog input signal according to the signal attenuation of the digital variable attenuator 110. The digital variable attenuator 110 receives the control signal from the digital signal processor 130, and attenuates the signal by adjusting the attenuation amount of the received signal according to the attenuated control signal.
In the general radar receiver, the digital variable attenuator 110 is not included, but in the present invention, the digital radar receiver is configured to be included in the front end of the analog-to-
The analog-to-digital converter 120 (ADC) is configured to convert the received signal attenuated by the digital variable attenuator 110 into a digital signal. In the analog-to-
The digital signal processor 130 receives a digital signal converted by the analog-
The digital signal processor 130 may be controlled such that the amount of noise included in the signal output from the analog-to-
When the digital signal processor 130 determines that the calculated noise amount is greater than the predetermined reference noise amount, the digital signal processor 130 generates a control signal for increasing the attenuation amount of the received signal by the corresponding amount, and determines that the calculated noise amount is smaller than the reference noise amount. The control signal is generated to reduce the attenuation of the received signal by the corresponding amount. That is, the digital signal processor 130 controls the amount of noise included in the received signal to be maintained regardless of the magnitude of the received signal. Thus, if the amount of noise is less than the reference, the attenuation of the signal is less or not. If the amount of noise is more than the reference, the signal is attenuated. In this case, the reference noise amount is preferably the amount of noise included in the previous received signal.
Meanwhile, the digital signal processor 130 may be configured to calculate the noise amount of the received signal in the frequency domain when calculating the noise amount. When calculating the amount of noise, the output signal of the analog-to-
First, the noise may be expressed as Equation 1 below.
From here,
Is the noise included in the signal input to the analog-to-The noise is changed according to heat or time, and the digital signal processor 130 performs a fast fourier transform to perform frequency conversion. At this time, the components x, i = 0,1,2, ..., N corresponding to the FFT coefficient, N are generated, and noise can be obtained by averaging the amplitude of these components as shown in
As a result of calculating the amount of noise in the radar receiving apparatus 100 according to the present invention, in general, the noise generally represents a normal distribution, whereas in the present invention, the Rayleigh distribution is calculated in the digital signal processing. Indicates. The average value of Rayleigh distribution is shown in Table 1.
Meanwhile, in Table 1
Represents the processing gain, which is the processing gain May be expressed as Equation 3 below.
From here,
Is the digital filter loss, Is the digital filter bandwidth, Is the IF bandwidth filter, Is the number of samples input from the digital filter 121 to the digital signal processor 130, Is a scaling factor obtained by subtracting the number of resolution bits of the analog-to-Meanwhile, the average noise value calculated by the digital signal processor 130 using Equation 3 and Table 1
May be expressed as Equation 4 below.
The average amount of such noise
May be adopted as a reference noise amount for correcting the amount of noise input to the analog-And the amount of noise and reference noise of the current input signal
The ratio of may be expressed as Equation 5 below.
Where the amount of noise and the reference noise of the current input signal
Rain of The digital signal processor 130 may be included in a control signal for attenuation control of the digital variable attenuator 110. In other words, If is greater than 1, the amount of current noise is greater than the reference, increase the amount of signal attenuation, If is less than 1, the amount of current noise is less than the reference, and thus the amount of signal attenuation can be reduced.Meanwhile, the specification of the characteristic value of the radar receiving apparatus 100 may be configured as shown in Table 2 below.
2 is a detailed configuration diagram of a radar receiver for correcting a noise gain using a DVA according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 2, the radar receiving apparatus 100 may include a low noise amplifier 101, a first mixer 102, an
3 is a flowchart of a radar receiving method for correcting a noise gain using a DVA according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Hereinafter, the detailed structure is demonstrated. First, the analog-
The digital signal processor 130 receives the digital signal converted by the analog-
Next, the digital signal processor 130 generates a control signal for adjusting the attenuation amount of the received signal so that the noise amount of the received signal is kept constant using the noise amount calculated above (S130). Here, when the digital signal processor 130 determines that the calculated noise amount is greater than the predetermined reference noise amount, the digital signal processor 130 generates a control signal for increasing the attenuation amount of the received signal by the corresponding amount, and the calculated noise amount is smaller than the reference noise amount. If so, it may be configured to generate a control signal that reduces the amount of attenuation of the received signal by that amount. The reference noise amount may be an average noise amount as the noise amount of the previous signal.
Next, the digital signal processor 130 feeds back the previously generated control signal to the digital variable attenuator 110 (S140).
The digital variable attenuator 110 attenuates the received signal using the feedback control signal and outputs the received signal to the analog-digital converter 120 (S150). As a result, the input signal input to the analog-to-
4 is a graph illustrating simulation results of a radar receiver and a method for correcting a noise gain using a DVA according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 4, the reception gain of the radar receiver 100 and the signal attenuation amount of the digital variable attenuator 110 are illustrated. In FIG. 4, even when the amount of noise input to the analog-to-
Although described with reference to the above embodiments, those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the claims below. Could be.
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An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) for converting the attenuated received signal into a digital signal;
Receiving the converted digital signal, calculating a noise amount of the received signal from the received digital signal, and adjusting the attenuation amount of the received signal to maintain a constant noise level of the received signal using the calculated noise amount And a digital signal processor (DSP) for generating a control signal and feeding back the generated control signal to the digital variable attenuator.
If it is determined that the calculated noise amount is greater than a predetermined reference noise amount, a control signal is generated to increase the attenuation amount of the received signal by the corresponding amount,
And determining that the calculated noise amount is smaller than the reference noise amount, and generating a control signal to reduce the attenuation amount of the received signal by the corresponding amount.
Radar receiving apparatus for correcting the noise gain by using the DVA, characterized in that for calculating the noise amount of the received signal in the frequency domain.
A control signal for adjusting the attenuation amount of the received signal is calculated according to the following equation,
,
remind Is the calculated amount of noise, Is the predetermined reference noise amount, Is a predetermined constant, Is the processing gain,
remind Is a noise mean value defined according to the following equation,
,
remind Is a predetermined constant, Radar receiving apparatus for correcting the noise gain using the DVA, characterized in that the processing gain.
Receiving, by the digital signal processor, the converted digital signal, and calculating an amount of noise of the received signal from the received digital signal;
Generating, by the digital signal processor, a control signal for adjusting an attenuation amount of the received signal such that the amount of noise of the received signal is kept constant using the calculated amount of noise;
Feeding back the generated control signal to the digital variable attenuator by the digital signal processor;
And a digital attenuator attenuates a received signal by using the feedback control signal and outputs the received signal to the analog-to-digital converter.
If it is determined that the calculated noise amount is greater than a predetermined reference noise amount, a control signal is generated to increase the attenuation amount of the received signal by the corresponding amount, and if it is determined that the calculated noise amount is smaller than the reference noise amount, the received signal Radar receiving method for correcting the noise gain by using a DVA, characterized in that for generating a control signal to reduce the amount of attenuation by a corresponding amount.
Radar reception method for correcting the noise gain by using the DVA, characterized in that for calculating the noise amount of the received signal in the frequency domain.
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