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Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 01, 2020
Applicant:

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Koji Tsutsumi, Tokyo, JP;

Tatsuya Hagiwara, Tokyo, JP;

Mitsuhiro Shimozawa, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/40 (2006.01); G01S 13/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/40 (2013.01); G01S 7/4017 (2013.01); G01S 13/341 (2013.01); G01S 13/343 (2013.01);
Abstract

A radar device includes a transmission module, a reception module, and a signal processing unit. The transmission module includes an RF signal source that generates a transmission chirp signal synchronized with a reference signal. The reception module includes an RF signal source that generates a reception chirp signal used as a reception local signal and synchronized with the reference signal. The reception module receives a reflected wave of the transmission chirp signal emitted from the transmission module, and mixes a received reception signal with the reception chirp signal. The signal processing unit detects a target based on a beat signal generated by the mixing by the reception module. The signal processing unit controls at least one of the RF signal sources such that between the transmission chirp signal and the reception chirp signal are output at timings shifted from each other, and corrects a change in a phase difference between the transmission module and the reception module, using a phase of a signal of a direct wave from the transmission module to the reception module.


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