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Apparatus and method for generating bidirectional chirp signal by using phase accumulation polynomial

US10274584B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 20, 2014
Grant dateApr 30, 2019
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Expiry dateDec 4, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S13/345
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for generating a bidirectional chirp signal by using a phase accumulation polynomial, and the apparatus for generating a bidirectional chirp signal according to an embodiment may include an extraction unit extracting time interval information from the output of a frequency accumulator, a polynomial handling unit applying the phase accumulation polynomial to the extracted time interval information to generate a polynomial output value, and a bidirectional chirp signal output unit outputting a bidirectional chirp signal on the basis of the generated polynomial output value.

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