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Design of Multiple Filter for Reducing Received Signal Fluctuation in FMCW Radar Altimeter

FMCW 방식의 전파 고도계에서 수신 신호 요동에 대한 영향을 감소하기 위한 다중 필터의 설계

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Abstract

This paper proposes a multiple filter for reduction of received signal fluctuation and enhancement of step altitude edge detection in FMCW radar altimeter. The proposed filter was composed of alpha-trimmed mean filter, frequency variation limiter, and 1/3 order static filter. Simulations by analysis of received signal show that the proposed filter provides better performance than moving average and standard median filters with error reduction. In particular, the proposed filter was improved in the ability of reducing fluctuation for ground hovering.

본 논문은 FMCW 방식 전파 고도계에서 발생되는 수신신호 요동을 감소시키고, 스텝으로 변화되는 고도의 모서리 검출 특성을 향상시키기 위한 다중필터를 제안하였다. 제안된 필터는 Alpha-trimmed 평균필터와 주파수 변화 제한기, 그리고 1/3 order static필터로 구성되었다. 수신 신호 분석을 이용한 시뮬레이션은 제안된 필터가 이동 평균 필터 및 메디안 필터와 비교하여 오차 감소 성능이 우수함을 확인하였다. 특히, 지면 정지 비행에서 신호의 요동을 제거시키는 능력이 크게 향상되었다.

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