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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2018
Nxp Usa, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Ziqiang Tong, Ottobrunn, DE;
Shamsuddin Ahmed, Munich, DE;
NXP USA, INC., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A radar system () and a method of operating a radar system are described, the radar system () comprising: a plurality of ICs (), each IC () comprising: a respective LO output () for selectively outputting a respective LO signal, and a respective LO input (); and a coupling device (), the coupling device () comprising: a plurality of inputs (), each input being coupled to the LO output () of a respective IC (), and a plurality of outputs (), each output being coupled to the LO input () of a respective IC (); wherein the coupling device () is configured such that a LO signal arriving at any one of said plurality of inputs () is distributed to each of said plurality of outputs (). The coupling device () may comprise at least one directional coupler.