High accuracy range estimation of FMCW level radar based on the phase of the zero-padded FFT

International Conference on Signal Processing Proceedings, ICSP

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 2078-2081

  Qi, Guoqing ^a  

^a DALIAN MARITIME UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

FMCW radar; Phase estimation; Range estimation; Zero padded FFT

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RANGE FINDERS; SIGNAL THEORY; BANDWIDTH; ERROR ANALYSIS; RANGE FINDING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; VACUUM;

FMCW RADAR; PHASE ESTIMATION; RANGE ESTIMATION; ZERO PADDED FFT;

RADAR SYSTEMS; RADAR EQUIPMENT;

EID: 7644242795     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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