Phase correcting device, distance measuring device, phase fluctuation detecting device and phase correction method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11277142-B2
Application number	US-202017018078-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 11, 2020
Priority date	Mar 4, 2020
Publication date	Mar 15, 2022
Grant date	Mar 15, 2022

Abstract

A phase correcting device includes a local oscillator configured to give a local oscillation signal to a device configured to detect a phase of an inputted signal, a first phase detector configured to detect a phase of the local oscillation signal to output the phase of the local oscillation signal, a reference phase device configured to generate a quasi-reference phase corresponding to a reference phase of the local oscillation signal at a time of an initial setting of the local oscillator to output the quasi-reference phase, based on a reference clock, a second phase detector configured to detect a fluctuation amount of a phase of the local oscillator, based on the phase detected by the first phase detector and the quasi-reference phase, and a correction circuit configured to correct the phase of the inputted signal by using a detection result of the second phase detector.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A phase correcting device, comprising:
a local oscillator that includes a PLL configured to generate a local oscillation signal based on a reference clock, and is configured to give the local oscillation signal to a device configured to detect a phase of an inputted signal;
a first phase detector included in the PLL, and configured to detect a phase of the local oscillation signal to output the phase of the local oscillation signal;
a reference phase device configured to generate a quasi-reference phase corresponding to a reference phase of the local oscillation signal at a time of an initial setting of the local oscillator to output the quasi-reference phase, based on the reference clock;
a second phase detector configured to detect a fluctuation amount of a phase of the local oscillator, based on the phase detected by the first phase detector and the quasi-reference phase; and
a correction circuit configured to correct the phase of the inputted signal by using a detection result of the second phase detector.

2. The phase correcting device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first phase detector includes a first phase integrator configured to set a frequency division number to a frequency divider with an output of the frequency divider configuring the PLL as a clock input,
the reference phase device includes a second phase integrator with the reference clock as a clock input, and
the second phase detector includes a first difference device configured to obtain the fluctuation amount of the phase of the local oscillator based on a difference between an output of the first phase integrator and an output of the second phase integrator.

3. The phase correcting device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the first phase integrator includes a feedback loop configured by a first adder and a first delay device, in which the first adder is given a fractional input and the first delay device is given an output of the frequency divider as a clock input, and outputs carry generated from the first adder and an output of the first delay device as a detection result of the phase of the local oscillation signal, and
the second phase integrator includes a feedback loop configured by a second adder and a second delay device, in which the second adder is given a fractional input in the initial setting of the local oscillator, and the second delay device is given the reference clock as a clock input, and outputs carry generated from the second adder and an output of the second delay device as the quasi-reference phase.

4. The phase correcting device according to claim 3 ,
wherein the second phase detector detects a fluctuation amount of the phase of the local oscillator based on a difference between a first addition result of the carry generated from the first adder and the output of the first delay device, and a second addition result of the carry generated from the second adder and the output of the second delay device.

5. The phase correcting device according to claim 3 ,
wherein the local oscillator includes a K frequency divider configured to frequency-divide an output of the PLL by K,
the second phase detector comprises
a first integer integrator configured to integrate an integer value for determining a frequency division number of the frequency divider that is used in the first phase detector, a third adder configured to add up an output of the first integer integrator and the output of the first delay device, and a first divider configured to divide an output of the third adder by K, and
a second integer integrator configured to integrate an integer value for determining a frequency division number in an initial setting of the frequency divider that is used in the reference phase device, a fourth adder configured to add up an output of the second integer integrator and an output of the second delay device, and a second divider configured to divide an output of the fourth adder by K, and
the first difference device obtains the fluctuation amount of the phase of the local oscillator based on a difference between an output of the first divider and an output of the second divider.

6. A distance measuring device configured to calculate a distance based on carrier phase detection, comprising
an operation device configured to calculate a distance between a first device and a second device based on phase information obtained from the first device and the second device, at least one of which is movable,
wherein the first device comprises
a first local oscillator that includes a first PLL configured to generate a first local oscillation signal based on a first reference clock, and is configured to output the first local oscillation signal,
a first transmitter configured to transmit two or more first carrier signals by using an output of the first local oscillator by a direct modulation method,
a first receiver configured to receive two or more second carrier signals by using an output of the first local oscillator by a heterodyne method,
a first output phase detector included in the first PLL, and configured to detect a phase of the first local oscillation signal to output the phase of the first local oscillation signal,
a first reference phase device configured to generate a first quasi-reference phase corresponding to a first reference phase of the first local oscillation signal at a time of an initial setting of the first local oscillator to output the first quasi-reference phase, based on the first reference clock, and
a first fluctuation phase detector configured to detect a first fluctuation amount of a phase of the first local oscillator, based on a phase detected by the first output phase detector and the first quasi-reference phase,
the second device comprises
a second local oscillator that includes a second PLL configured to generate a second local oscillation signal based on a second reference clock, and is configured to output the second local oscillation signal,
a second transmitter configured to transmit the two or more second carrier signals by using an output of the second local oscillator by a direct modulation method;
a second receiver configured to receive the two or more first carrier signals by using an output of the second local oscillator by a heterodyne method,
a second output phase detector included in the second PLL, and configured to detect a phase of the second local oscillation signal to output the phase of the second local oscillation signal,
a second reference phase device configured to generate a second quasi-reference phase corresponding to a second reference phase of the second local oscillation signal at a time of an initial setting of the second local oscillator to output the second quasi-reference phase, based on the second reference clock, and
a second fluctuation phase detector configured to detect a second fluctuation amount of a phase of the second local oscillator, based on a phase detected by the second output phase detector, and the second quasi-reference phase, and
the operation device performs calculation of the distance based on a phase detection result obtained by reception of the first and the second carrier signals by the first receiver and the second receiver, and the first and the second fluctuation amounts detected by the first fluctuation phase detector and the second fluctuation phase detector.

7. The distance measuring device according to claim 6 ,
wherein the first transmitter comprises a first power amplifier configured to amplify the first local oscillation signal,
the second transmitter comprises a second power amplifier configured to amplify the second local oscillation signal,
the first receiver comprises a first low noise amplifier configured to amplify a reception signal, a first

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk
• Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corp

Inventors

• Nishikawa Masaki
• Ootaka Shoji

Classifications

• G01S7/4008

  of transmitters · CPC title

• H03L7/085

  concerning mainly the frequency- or phase-detection arrangement including the filtering or amplification of its output signal (H03L7/10 takes precedence; circuits for comparing the phase or frequency of two mutually-independent oscillations H03D13/00) · CPC title

• G01S7/032

  Constructional details for solid-state radar subsystems · CPC title

• G01S13/345

  using triangular modulation · CPC title

• H03L7/18 Primary

  using a frequency divider or counter in the loop (H03L7/20, H03L7/22 take precedence) · CPC title