Signal processor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9647648-B2
Application number	US-201514602508-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 22, 2015
Priority date	Feb 12, 2014
Publication date	May 9, 2017
Grant date	May 9, 2017

Abstract

A signal processor includes an amplifier that amplifies a control signal which is input into the amplifier to output an amplified control signal; and a controller that performs predetermined control based on the amplified control signal. When the control signal is not input into the amplifier, the amplifier amplifies a voltage signal input from a power source for driving the amplifier.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A signal processor comprising:
an amplifier that amplifies a control signal which is input into the amplifier to output an amplified control signal; and
a controller that performs predetermined control based on the amplified control signal, wherein
when the control signal is not input into the amplifier, the amplifier amplifies a voltage signal input from a power source for driving the amplifier.

2. The signal processor of claim 1 , wherein
the controller detects presence or absence of an abnormality in an output voltage of the power source based on the voltage signal amplified by the amplifier.

3. The signal processor of claim 2 , wherein
when detecting that there is the abnormality in the output voltage of the power source, the controller stops the predetermined control.

4. The signal processor of claim 2 , wherein
when detecting that there is the abnormality in the output voltage of the power source, the controller derives an exclusion signal excluding an abnormal frequency part from the control signal amplified by the amplifier, and performs the predetermined control based on the exclusion signal.

5. The signal processor of claim 2 , wherein
when detecting that there is the abnormality in the output voltage of the power source, the controller derives a subtraction signal subtracting a signal level value in an abnormal frequency from the control signal amplified by the amplifier, and performs the predetermined control based on the subtraction signal.

6. The signal processor of claim 1 , further comprising:
a switch provided between the amplifier and the power source, and
wherein the switch is turned on when the control signal is not input into the amplifier.

7. The signal processor of claim 1 , wherein
the controller detects presence or absence of a switching noise of the power source based on the voltage signal amplified by the amplifier.

8. The signal processor of claim 7 , wherein
when detecting that there is the switching noise of the power source, the controller changes a switching frequency of the power source.

9. A radar apparatus that obtains information about a target, the radar apparatus comprising:
an amplifier that amplifies a differential signal between a transmission signal and a received signal to output an amplified differential signal;
a power source configured to drive the amplifier; and
a controller that derives the information about the target based on the amplified differential signal, wherein
the controller detects presence or absence of an abnormality in an output voltage of the power source based on a voltage signal of the power source, and derives the information about the target based on the amplified differential signal and the voltage signal of the power source when detecting that there is the abnormality in the output voltage of the power source.

10. A signal processing circuit that is used for a signal processor including a controller which performs predetermined control based on a control signal and which detects presence or absence of an abnormality in an output voltage of a power source based on a voltage signal output from the power source, the signal processing circuit comprising:
an input part into which the control signal or the voltage signal is input; and
an amplifier that amplifies the input control signal or the input voltage signal to output an amplified control signal or an amplified voltage signal, wherein
when the control signal is input into the amplifier, the amplifier amplifies the control signal and outputs the amplified control signal to the controller, and
when the control signal is not input into the amplifier, the amplifier amplifies the voltage signal input from the power source and outputs the amplified voltage signal to the controller.

11. A signal processing circuit that is used for a radar apparatus including a controller which derives target information based on a control signal and which detects presence or absence of an abnormality in an output voltage of a power source based on a voltage signal output from the power source, the signal processing circuit comprising:
an input part into which the control signal or the voltage signal is input; and
an amplifier that amplifies the input control signal or the input voltage signal to output an amplified control signal or an amplified voltage signal, wherein
when the control signal is input into the amplifier, the amplifier amplifies the control signal and outputs the amplified control signal to the controller, and
when the control signal is not input into the amplifier, the amplifier amplifies the voltage signal input from the power source and outputs the amplified voltage signal to the controller.

12. A radar apparatus comprising:
a controller that derives target information based on a control signal; and
a signal processing circuit that amplifies the control signal and outputs an amplified control signal to the controller when the control signal is input into the signal processing circuit, and that amplifies a voltage signal input from a power source as the control signal and outputs an amplified voltage signal to the controller when the control signal is not input into the signal processing circuit, wherein
in a case where the target information is derived when the amplified voltage signal output from the signal processing circuit is input as the control signal, the controller determines that there is an abnormality in an output voltage of the power source.

Assignees

• Fujitsu Ten Ltd

Inventors

• Iwai Kenta
• Enomoto Daisuke
• Komatsu Kazuhiro

Classifications

• G01S13/931

  of land vehicles · CPC title

• G01S13/02

  Systems using reflection of radio waves, e.g. primary radar systems; Analogous systems · CPC title

• G01S7/4021

  of receivers · CPC title

• H03K5/1252 Primary

  Suppression or limitation of noise or interference (specially adapted for transmission systems H04B15/00, H04L25/08) · CPC title

• G01S7/354

  Extracting wanted echo-signals (Doppler systems G01S13/50) · CPC title