阅读说明：本技术 一种小型化毫米波雷达模拟方法 (Miniaturized millimeter wave radar simulation method ) 是由 朱新平 卢煜旻 朱欣恩 于 2021-09-02 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明公开了一种小型化毫米波雷达模拟方法,通过小型化毫米波雷达模拟器进行模拟,包括步骤S1：接收天线将接收到的毫米波雷达信号传输到下变频单元,以使得毫米波雷达信号下变成中频信号；步骤S2：开关延时声表级联矩阵单元接收中频信号,以使得对中频信号进行距离延时和速度调节,并且将生成调节中频信号发送到上变频单元。本发明公开的一种小型化毫米波雷达模拟方法,其用于毫米波车载雷达、物联网工业应用的场景、芯片测试等场景。实现简单的单目标速度距离模拟功能,具有体积小和成本低廉等优点,更适合于雷达产品和芯片产品的量产测试应用中。(The invention discloses a miniaturized millimeter wave radar simulation method, which carries out simulation through a miniaturized millimeter wave radar simulator and comprises the following steps of S1: the receiving antenna transmits the received millimeter wave radar signal to the down-conversion unit so that the millimeter wave radar signal is converted into an intermediate frequency signal; step S2: the switch delay sound meter cascade matrix unit receives the intermediate frequency signal, so that distance delay and speed adjustment are carried out on the intermediate frequency signal, and the generated and adjusted intermediate frequency signal is sent to the up-conversion unit. The invention discloses a miniaturized millimeter wave radar simulation method which is used in millimeter wave vehicle-mounted radar, scenes of industrial application of the Internet of things, scenes of chip testing and the like. The method has the advantages of realizing a simple single-target speed and distance simulation function, having small volume, low cost and the like, and being more suitable for the mass production test application of radar products and chip products.)

1. A simulation method of a miniaturized millimeter wave radar is realized through a miniaturized millimeter wave radar simulator, and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

step S1: the receiving antenna transmits the received millimeter wave radar signal to the down-conversion unit so that the millimeter wave radar signal is converted into an intermediate frequency signal;

step S2: the switch delay sound meter cascade matrix unit receives the intermediate frequency signal, so that distance delay and speed adjustment are carried out on the intermediate frequency signal, and the generated and adjusted intermediate frequency signal is sent to the up-conversion unit;

step S3: the up-conversion unit receives and adjusts the intermediate frequency signal, then up-converts the intermediate frequency signal to a required frequency band, and transmits the intermediate frequency signal through the transmitting antenna, so that radar signal simulation is realized.

2. The method for simulating a miniaturized millimeter wave radar according to claim 1, wherein the step S2 is implemented as the following steps:

step S2.1: the switch delay sound meter cascade matrix unit carries out distance delay adjustment on the intermediate frequency signal through a plurality of sound meter filters which are connected in sequence;

step S2.2: and the switching delay sound meter cascade matrix unit adjusts the speed of the intermediate frequency signal.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein step S2.1 is implemented as the following steps:

step S2.1.1: the through switch and the delay switch of each sound meter filter are respectively and electrically connected with the single chip microcomputer, so that the single chip microcomputer respectively adjusts the on-off state of the through switch or the on-off state of the delay switch of each sound meter filter;

step S2.1.2: each sound meter filter is provided with a corresponding delay distance, when a delay switch of the sound meter filter is switched on, the delay distance of the current sound meter filter is added to the intermediate frequency signal, so that the intermediate frequency signal obtains the delay distance of the current sound meter filter, when a through switch of the sound meter filter is switched on, the delay distance of the current sound meter filter is not added to the intermediate frequency signal, and the intermediate frequency signal directly passes through the current sound meter filter;

step S2.1.3: according to the preset requirement for distance delay of the intermediate frequency signal, the single chip microcomputer selectively switches on the through switches and the delay switches of all the sound meter filters according to the delay distance corresponding to each sound meter filter, and the combination of the delay distances corresponding to each sound meter filter of the switched-on delay switches is equal to the required delay distance.

4. The method for simulating a miniaturized millimeter wave radar according to claim 3, wherein the step S2.2 is implemented as the following steps:

step S2.2.1: and after the delay distance of the intermediate frequency signal is adjusted, adding Doppler velocity information matched with preset velocity adjustment into the intermediate frequency signal, thereby generating an adjusted intermediate frequency signal.

5. The simulation method of the miniaturized millimeter wave radar according to claim 4, wherein the requirement for the distance delay and speed of the intermediate frequency signal is input through a touch display screen electrically connected with the single chip microcomputer.

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of radar simulators, and particularly relates to a miniaturized millimeter wave radar simulation method.

Background

The radar simulator is widely applied to radar equipment verification, radar product production test and radar chip test. The general radar simulator comprises an up-down conversion module and a target simulation module.

The up-down frequency conversion is to convert the millimeter wave frequency band to a relatively low frequency band, then process the signal in the target simulation module, and add the speed and distance information.

As shown in fig. 2, the existing signal processing module has two processing modes, the first is a digital mode, which uses a high-speed ADC to collect signals, and plays back the signals through a DAC after the high-speed DSP is processed, and the second is an analog mode, which converts the down-converted signals into optical signals, and converts the optical signals into electrical signals after the optical fiber is delayed, and plays back the electrical signals, thereby implementing distance simulation.

However, the existing thunder simulator has the following defects:

the millimeter wave radar simulator has the advantages of complex structure, high price and relatively large volume.

1. The core part of the radar simulator is a target simulation module. The digital mode has high power consumption, high price, complex system, and large shortest delay of the system, and can only simulate distant targets.

2. The analog system is relatively simple, but the optical module has high cost, the system is expensive and large in volume, and the signal is deteriorated.

Therefore, the above problems are further improved.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention mainly aims to provide a miniaturized millimeter wave radar simulation method, which is used in millimeter wave vehicle-mounted radar, scenes of industrial application of the Internet of things, chip testing and other scenes. The method has the advantages of realizing a simple single-target speed and distance simulation function, having small volume, low cost and the like, and being more suitable for the mass production test application of radar products and chip products.

Another objective of the present invention is to provide a simulation method for a miniaturized millimeter wave radar, which employs the high delay characteristics of the acoustic surface filter in the process of the mutual conversion between the electrical signal and the acoustic signal, selects a plurality of customized acoustic surface filter sets, uses different combinations, replaces the traditional simulation schemes of the digital analog module and the analog optical module, and realizes the simple step delay performance.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for simulating a miniaturized millimeter wave radar, which can greatly reduce the system complexity of radar simulation, reduce the volume, and reduce the cost while meeting the simple requirements of production test.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a simulation method for a miniaturized millimeter wave radar, which performs simulation by using a miniaturized millimeter wave radar simulator, and comprises the following steps:

step S1: the receiving antenna transmits the received millimeter wave radar signal to the down-conversion unit so that the millimeter wave radar signal is converted into an intermediate frequency signal;

step S2: the switch delay sound meter cascade matrix unit receives the intermediate frequency signal, so that distance delay and speed adjustment are carried out on the intermediate frequency signal, and the generated and adjusted intermediate frequency signal is sent to the up-conversion unit;

step S3: the up-conversion unit receives and adjusts the intermediate frequency signal, then up-converts the intermediate frequency signal to a required frequency band, and transmits the intermediate frequency signal through the transmitting antenna, so that radar signal simulation is realized.

As a further preferable embodiment of the above technical means, step S2 is specifically implemented as the following steps:

step S2.1: the switch delay sound meter cascade matrix unit carries out distance delay adjustment on the intermediate frequency signal through a plurality of sound meter filters which are connected in sequence;

step S2.2: and the switching delay sound meter cascade matrix unit adjusts the speed of the intermediate frequency signal.

As a further preferred embodiment of the above technical solution, step S2.1 is specifically implemented as the following steps:

step S2.1.1: the through switch and the delay switch of each sound meter filter are respectively and electrically connected with the single chip microcomputer, so that the single chip microcomputer respectively adjusts the on-off state of the through switch or the on-off state of the delay switch of each sound meter filter;

step S2.1.2: each sound meter filter is provided with a corresponding delay distance, when a delay switch of the sound meter filter is switched on, the delay distance of the current sound meter filter is added to the intermediate frequency signal, so that the intermediate frequency signal obtains the delay distance of the current sound meter filter, when a through switch of the sound meter filter is switched on, the delay distance of the current sound meter filter is not added to the intermediate frequency signal, and the intermediate frequency signal directly passes through the current sound meter filter;

step S2.1.3: according to the preset requirement for distance delay of the intermediate frequency signal, the single chip microcomputer selectively switches on the through switches and the delay switches of all the sound meter filters according to the delay distance corresponding to each sound meter filter, and the combination of the delay distances corresponding to each sound meter filter of the switched-on delay switches is equal to the required delay distance.

As a further preferred embodiment of the above technical solution, the step S2.2 is specifically implemented as the following steps:

step S2.2.1: and after the delay distance of the intermediate frequency signal is adjusted, adding Doppler velocity information matched with preset velocity adjustment into the intermediate frequency signal, thereby generating an adjusted intermediate frequency signal.

As a further preferable technical scheme of the above technical scheme, the requirement of distance delay and speed on the intermediate frequency signal is input through a touch display screen electrically connected with the single chip microcomputer.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a simulation method of a miniaturized millimeter wave radar of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a conventional millimeter wave radar simulation.

The reference numerals include: 10. a receiving antenna; 20. a down-conversion unit; 30. a switch delay sound meter cascade matrix unit; 31. a first sonometer filter; 32. a second acoustic surface filter; 33. a third acoustic surface filter; 311. a delay switch; 312. a through switch; 40. an up-conversion unit; 50. and a transmitting antenna.

Detailed Description

The following description is presented to disclose the invention so as to enable any person skilled in the art to practice the invention. The preferred embodiments in the following description are given by way of example only, and other obvious variations will occur to those skilled in the art. The basic principles of the invention, as defined in the following description, may be applied to other embodiments, variations, modifications, equivalents, and other technical solutions without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art should note that the receiving antenna and the transmitting antenna, etc. related to the present invention can be regarded as the prior art.

A first embodiment.

The invention discloses a miniaturized millimeter wave radar simulation method, which carries out simulation through a miniaturized millimeter wave radar simulator and comprises the following steps:

step S1: the receiving antenna transmits the received millimeter wave radar signal to the down-conversion unit so that the millimeter wave radar signal is converted into an intermediate frequency signal;

step S2: the switch delay sound meter cascade matrix unit receives the intermediate frequency signal, so that distance delay and speed adjustment are carried out on the intermediate frequency signal, and the generated and adjusted intermediate frequency signal is sent to the up-conversion unit;

step S3: the up-conversion unit receives and adjusts the intermediate frequency signal, then up-converts the intermediate frequency signal to a required frequency band, and transmits the intermediate frequency signal through the transmitting antenna, so that radar signal simulation is realized.

Specifically, step S2 is implemented as the following steps:

step S2.1: the switch delay sound meter cascade matrix unit carries out distance delay adjustment on the intermediate frequency signal through a plurality of sound meter filters which are connected in sequence;

step S2.2: and the switching delay sound meter cascade matrix unit adjusts the speed of the intermediate frequency signal.

Further, step S2.1 is embodied as the following steps:

step S2.1.1: the through switch and the delay switch of each sound meter filter are respectively and electrically connected with the single chip microcomputer, so that the single chip microcomputer respectively adjusts the on-off state of the through switch or the on-off state of the delay switch of each sound meter filter;

step S2.1.2: each sound meter filter is provided with a corresponding delay distance, when a delay switch of the sound meter filter is switched on, the delay distance of the current sound meter filter is added to the intermediate frequency signal, so that the intermediate frequency signal obtains the delay distance of the current sound meter filter, when a through switch of the sound meter filter is switched on, the delay distance of the current sound meter filter is not added to the intermediate frequency signal, and the intermediate frequency signal directly passes through the current sound meter filter;

step S2.1.3: according to the preset requirement for distance delay of the intermediate frequency signal, the single chip microcomputer selectively switches on the through switches and the delay switches of all the sound meter filters according to the delay distance corresponding to each sound meter filter, and the combination of the delay distances corresponding to each sound meter filter of the switched-on delay switches is equal to the required delay distance.

Further, step S2.2 is implemented as the following steps:

step S2.2.1: and after the delay distance of the intermediate frequency signal is adjusted, adding Doppler velocity information matched with preset velocity adjustment into the intermediate frequency signal, thereby generating an adjusted intermediate frequency signal.

More specifically, the requirement of distance delay and speed of the intermediate frequency signal is input through a touch display screen electrically connected with the single chip microcomputer.

Second embodiment (preferred embodiment).

The invention discloses a miniaturized millimeter wave radar simulation method, which carries out simulation through a miniaturized millimeter wave radar simulator and comprises the following steps:

step S1: the receiving antenna transmits the received millimeter wave radar signal to the down-conversion unit so that the millimeter wave radar signal is converted into an intermediate frequency signal;

step S2: the switch delay sound meter cascade matrix unit receives the intermediate frequency signal, so that distance delay and speed adjustment are carried out on the intermediate frequency signal, and the generated and adjusted intermediate frequency signal is sent to the up-conversion unit;

step S3: the up-conversion unit receives and adjusts the intermediate frequency signal, then up-converts the intermediate frequency signal to a required frequency band, and transmits the intermediate frequency signal through the transmitting antenna, so that radar signal simulation is realized.

Specifically, step S2 is implemented as the following steps:

step S2.1: the switch delay sound meter cascade matrix unit carries out distance delay adjustment on the intermediate frequency signal through a plurality of sound meter filters which are connected in sequence;

step S2.2: and the switching delay sound meter cascade matrix unit adjusts the speed of the intermediate frequency signal.

Further, step S2.1 is embodied as the following steps:

step S2.1.1: the through switch and the delay switch of each sound meter filter are respectively and electrically connected with the single chip microcomputer, so that the single chip microcomputer respectively adjusts the on-off state of the through switch or the on-off state of the delay switch of each sound meter filter;

step S2.1.2: each sound meter filter is provided with a corresponding delay distance, when a delay switch of the sound meter filter is switched on, the delay distance of the current sound meter filter is added to the intermediate frequency signal, so that the intermediate frequency signal obtains the delay distance of the current sound meter filter, when a through switch of the sound meter filter is switched on, the delay distance of the current sound meter filter is not added to the intermediate frequency signal, and the intermediate frequency signal directly passes through the current sound meter filter;

step S2.1.3: according to the preset requirement for distance delay of the intermediate frequency signal, the single chip microcomputer selectively switches on the through switches and the delay switches of all the sound meter filters according to the delay distance corresponding to each sound meter filter, and the combination of the delay distances corresponding to each sound meter filter of the switched-on delay switches is equal to the required delay distance.

Further, step S2.2 is implemented as the following steps:

step S2.2.1: and after the delay distance of the intermediate frequency signal is adjusted, adding Doppler velocity information matched with preset velocity adjustment into the intermediate frequency signal, thereby generating an adjusted intermediate frequency signal.

More specifically, the requirement of distance delay and speed of the intermediate frequency signal is input through a touch display screen electrically connected with the single chip microcomputer.

The invention also discloses a miniaturized millimeter wave radar simulator, which comprises a receiving antenna 10, a down-conversion unit 20, a switch delay sound meter cascade matrix unit 30, an up-conversion unit 40 and a transmitting antenna 50, wherein:

the output end of the receiving antenna 10 is electrically connected to the input end of the down-conversion unit 20, the output end of the down-conversion unit 20 is electrically connected to the input end of the switch delay sound meter cascade matrix unit 30, the output end of the switch delay sound meter cascade matrix unit 30 is electrically connected to the input end of the up-conversion unit 40, and the output end of the up-conversion unit 40 is electrically connected to the input end of the transmitting antenna 50;

the switch delay sound table cascade matrix unit 30 includes a plurality of sound table filters connected in sequence, and each sound table filter includes a through switch 312 and a delay switch 311.

Specifically, the switch delay acoustic meter cascade matrix unit 30 includes a first acoustic meter filter 31, a second acoustic meter filter 32, and a third acoustic meter filter 33, where:

the input end of the first acoustic meter filter 31 is electrically connected to the output end of the down-conversion unit 20, the output end of the first acoustic meter filter 31 is electrically connected to the input end of the second acoustic meter filter 32, the output end of the second acoustic meter filter 32 is electrically connected to the input end of the third acoustic meter filter 33, and the output end of the third acoustic meter filter 33 is electrically connected to the input end of the up-conversion unit 40.

More specifically, the first acoustic surface filter 31 is provided with a first delay distance, the second acoustic surface filter 32 is provided with a second delay distance, and the third acoustic surface filter 33 is provided with a third delay distance.

Further, the through switch 312 and the delay switch 311 of each of the acoustic surface filters are electrically connected to a single chip microcomputer (preferably, STM32 series).

Furthermore, the miniaturized millimeter wave radar simulator comprises a waterproof shell, and the receiving antenna 10, the down-conversion unit 20, the switch delay sound meter cascade matrix unit 30, the up-conversion unit 40 and the transmitting antenna 50 are all installed on the waterproof shell.

The principle of the invention is as follows: the invention adopts a low-cost down-conversion unit to down-convert millimeter wave radar signals received by a receiving antenna into intermediate frequency signals of 3GHz + -500MHz, generates required delay new energy through a switch delay sound table cascade matrix unit as shown in figure 1, and can realize the distance conversion through the control of a sound table delay line group. Adding the delayed intermediate frequency signal into Doppler velocity information, and changing the Doppler velocity information to a required frequency band to realize radar signal simulation;

the invention can simulate any detection distance, for example, as shown in fig. 1, the first delay distance of the first sound table filter is 1m, the second delay distance of the second sound table filter is 2m, the third delay distance of the third sound table filter is 4m, when the detection target distance to be simulated is 5m, in the intermediate frequency signal (switch delay sound table cascade matrix unit), the delay switch of the first sound table filter is connected with the through switch of the second sound table filter through the singlechip, and then the delay switch of the third sound table filter is connected, thereby obtaining the delay distance of 5 m.

It should be noted that the technical features of the receiving antenna and the transmitting antenna, etc. related to the present patent application should be regarded as the prior art, and the specific structure, the operation principle, the control mode and the spatial arrangement mode of the technical features may be selected conventionally in the field, and should not be regarded as the invention point of the present patent, and the present patent is not further specifically described in detail.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that modifications and equivalents may be made in the embodiments and/or portions thereof without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.