Postdoc Tx/Rx Isolation Measurements of FMCW radar using a reverberation chamber (TRIM)

Introduction

FMCW radar is key in automotive safety and increasingly important for security applications. For reliable performance it requires sufficient TXRX isolation. This project develops techniques for accurately measuring such isolation using a reverberation chamber, leveraging on the expertise on this area available at Antennex, a Dutch SME, and at TU/e.

Job Description

Continuous wave radar with frequency modulation (FMCW radar) has gained traction in automotive safety systems, such as adaptive cruise control and collision avoidance, and it is now a core sensor in self-driving cars. One of the key conditions for the proper functioning of an FMCW radar is guaranteeing sufficient isolation between the transmitting and receiving antenna. An accurate assessment of such isolation is thus of paramount importance in the radar design.

Reverberation chambers are a well-established testing approach both in the field of electromagneti...