RADAR ARRAY PHASE SHIFTER VERIFICATION

    公开(公告)号:US20220229166A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-21

    申请号:US17549643

    申请日:2021-12-13

    摘要: An improved circuit configuration is disclosed for calibrating and/or verifying the operation of phase shifters in a phased array radar system. In one illustrative embodiment, a method includes: (i) programming a set of phase shifters to convert a radio frequency signal into a set of channel signals; (ii) splitting off a monitor signal from each channel signal while coupling the set of channel signals to a set of antenna feeds; and (iii) while taking the monitor signals in pairs associated with adjacent channels, measuring a relative phase between each pair of monitor signals.

    INTEGRATED ELECTROMAGNETIC-ACOUSTIC SENSOR AND SENSING

    公开(公告)号:US20220276363A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-01

    申请号:US17187251

    申请日:2021-02-26

    IPC分类号: G01S7/52 B06B1/04 G01S15/931

    摘要: One illustrative integrated electromagnetic-acoustic sensor includes: a ground plane; a patch antenna above the ground plane to send or receive an electromagnetic (EM) signal having an EM signal frequency; and an array of capacitive micromachined acoustic transducers formed by cavities between the patch antenna and a base electrode to send or receive an acoustic signal having an acoustic signal frequency. One illustrative sensing method includes: driving or sensing a EM signal between a ground plane and a patch antenna; and driving or sensing an acoustic signal between the patch antenna and a base electrode, the base electrode and the patch antenna having an array of capacitive micromachined acoustic transducer cavities therebetween.