Jonas Watermann;Fabian van Essen;Enes Mutlu;Christian Preuss;Konrad Müller;Nils G. Weimann
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摘要
本文提出了基于谐振隧道二极管(RTD)振荡器的自注入锁定(SIL)连续波(cw)雷达传感器。自由运行的RTD振荡器在采样反射目标的运动时显示出微米级的分辨率。SIL装置采用锯齿状频率调制,由延时反馈引起$\lambda /{2}$周期性,用于无歧义测距。本文实现的最大频移为5.5 GHz,其中在操作中使用约1 GHz的频移。SIL雷达工作时达到的灵敏度为9.2 MHz $\mu $ m ${}^{-{1}}$。我们还提出了一种基于SIL调频机制确定目标绝对距离的方法作为概念验证。利用简化的RTD SIL雷达电路模型,将相应的延迟微分方程转化为近似的动态幅相系统,给出了与瞬态仿真相比刚度降低的SIL雷达的包络描述。
A 0.55-THz Self-Injection-Locked Resonant Tunneling Diode Radar for Micrometer Ranging
This work presents self injection-locked (SIL) continuous-wave (cw) radar sensors based on resonant tunneling diode (RTD) oscillators. The free-running RTD oscillators show micrometer resolution in sampling the movement of a reflective target. The SIL device utilized a sawtooth-like frequency modulation with $\lambda /{2}$ periodicity induced by time-delayed feedback, which is used for unambiguous ranging. The maximum frequency shift achieved herein is 5.5 GHz, whereby a frequency shift of about 1 GHz is used in operation. The achieved sensitivity of the SIL radar during operation is 9.2 MHz $\mu $ m${}^{-{1}}$ . We also propose a method for determining the absolute distance to the target based on the SIL frequency modulation mechanism as a proof of concept. Using a simplified circuit model for the RTD SIL radar, we convert the corresponding delay-differential equation to an approximate dynamic amplitude-phase system, to give an envelope description for the SIL radar of reduced stiffness compared to transient simulations.
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