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    • 专利摘要:
    The present invention relates to a switching device (100) for a radar target emulator (1), in particular of the type described here, comprising: at least one first switching arrangement (110, 110a) and one second switching arrangement (110, 110b) each having a branching device (112) , which is adapted to receive a first input signal (E1), to branch into a branch signal and a first output signal (A1), a switching device (114), which is set up for the branch signal in a first switching state within the switching arrangement (110, 110a , 110b) and not forwarding in a second switching state, and an adder (116) which is adapted to output the signal forwarded in the first switching state of the switching device (114) at least as a component of a second output signal (A2), wherein the first switching device (110, 110a) and the second switching arrangement (110, 110b) interconnect with each other t are that a first input signal (E1) of the second switching arrangement (110, 110b) has a first output signal (A1) of the first switching arrangement (110, 110a), in particular forms, or a second input signal (E2) of the second switching arrangement (110, 110b) has a second output signal (A2) of the first switching arrangement (110, 110a), in particular forms.
    公开号:AT519540A1
    申请号:T51190/2016
    申请日:2016-12-29
    公开日:2018-07-15
    发明作者:Andreas Gruber BSc；Ing Dr Techn Michael Ernst Gadringer Dipl；Ing Dr Techn Helmut Schreiber Dipl
    申请人:Avl List Gmbh；
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    Summary
    The invention relates to a switching device (100) for a radar target emulator (1), in particular of the type described here, comprising: at least a first switching arrangement (110, 110a) and a second switching arrangement (110, 110b), each with a branching device (112) which is set up to receive a first input signal (E1), to branch into a branch signal and a first output signal (A1), a switching device (114) which is set up to set the branch signal in a first switching state within the switching arrangement (110, 110a , 110b) and not to forward them in a second switching state, and an adder (116) which is set up to output the signal forwarded in the first switching state of the switching device (114) at least as a component of a second output signal (A2), the first switching arrangement (110, 110a) and the second switching arrangement (110, 110b) so interconnect t are that a first input signal (E1) of the second switching arrangement (110, 110b) has, in particular forms, a first output signal (A1) of the first switching arrangement (110, 110a), or a second input signal (E2) of the second switching arrangement (110, 110b) has, in particular forms, a second output signal (A2) from the first switching arrangement (110, 110a).
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    - 1 switching device for a radar target emulator and radar target emulator with such a switching device
    The present device relates to a switching device for a radar target emulator.
    The complexity of mobile systems, especially of land-based motor vehicles, such as passenger cars, trucks or motorcycles, has been increasing continuously for years. In addition to reducing emissions and / or fuel consumption or increasing driving comfort, this also involves coping with the steadily increasing volume of traffic, especially in conurbations. Driver assistance systems or assistance systems are generally responsible for this, which use information about the vehicle environment, in particular and the expected route, via in-vehicle sensors and / or via communication with other vehicles and / or stationary points or services, to assist the driver in standard driving situations and / or to support extreme situations in the form of information and / or to actively intervene in vehicle behavior.
    Radar sensors, which monitor the immediate surroundings of the vehicle with regard to obstacles and / or vehicles in front or the like, are frequently used, at least as part of the sensor system mentioned above. To evaluate such assistance systems, it is known to supply them with information, in particular a virtual test scenario, and to evaluate the response of the assistance system.
    DE 38 88 993 T2 relates to a device for monitoring the radar performance. In this case, a radar operational monitoring device is provided with a closed loop, which contains a delay line arrangement, in order to generate the plurality of simulated radar target echo signals. A series of simulated radar target echoes are generated under the influence of a multiplexer controller. The number of target object echoes that is generated is determined by the period of time for which the multiplexer controller switches on an R connection of the multiplexer. In one exemplary embodiment, a radar operational monitoring device has a self-contained delay line. As a result, the delay of signals through the delay line is only carried out after the generation of a plurality of individual signals from radar target objects, as is shown, for example, in FIG. 2 of the cited document.
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    In the light of what has been said above, it is an object of the present invention to provide a switching device for a radar target emulator or a radar target emulator with such a switching device, which is improved over the prior art.
    This object is achieved in the sense of the present invention by a switching device for a target emulator according to claim 1, a time delay device according to 6 and a radar target emulator with such a switching device according to claim 7.
    One aspect of the present invention relates to a switching device for a radar target emulator, in particular of the type described here, comprising: at least a first switching arrangement and a second switching arrangement, each with a branching device, which is set up to receive a first input signal, into a branching signal and a first To branch output signal; a switching device which is set up to forward the branch signal in a first switching state within the switching arrangement and not to forward it in a second switching state; and an adder which is set up to output the signal forwarded in the first switching state of the switching device at least as a component of a second output signal, the first switching arrangement and the second switching arrangement being connected to one another such that a first input signal of the second switching arrangement produces a first output signal from the first switching arrangement, in particular forms, or a second input signal of the second switching arrangement has a second output signal of the first switching arrangement, in particular forms.
    This is particularly advantageous since an at least essentially purely analog switching architecture can be used in this way to interconnect and transmit the radar waves. At least partially, however, the switching architecture can preferably also contain digital elements. Furthermore, a plurality of radar targets can be emulated in different distances in a simple manner and, due to the scalable structure of the switching device, a simple and flexible expansion of the switching device is possible, in particular with regard to the number of radar target objects that can be emulated and / or the possible target distances .
    A “switching device” in the sense of the present invention is, in particular, a device which is provided for, in particular set up, a plurality of
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    - Output 3 input signals depending on the application as one output signal or as a plurality of output signals, the switching device in particular being provided, in particular being set up, for outputting any combination of input signals at one or more outputs, the output signals present at different outputs, in particular independently of one another , can be composed of a part of the input signals or of all input signals.
    A “radar target emulator” in the sense of the present invention is in particular a device for stimulating a sensor, in particular a vehicle, which in particular picks up, modulates and returns a radar signal from the sensor, the test scenario being mapped during the modulation in order to Reaction of a control device of the vehicle to this, in particular virtual, test scenario to be determined and evaluated.
    A “switching arrangement” in the sense of the present invention is in particular a type of “unit cell” of the switching device. The switching arrangement is, in particular, a device for the controlled transmission of a signal, in particular a radar signal, which is intended, in particular, set up to receive a signal, in particular a radar signal, to branch it, to output part of the input signal as a first output signal and a second part as To forward branch signal according to a switching state or not.
    A “branching device” in the sense of the present invention is an electrical, in particular passive, component in the radio frequency range, which is used to branch an electromagnetic power described as a guided wave or to couple it into or out of a conductor structure. Branch devices in the sense of the present invention have, according to one embodiment, a bridge circuit, comprising transformers and capacitors, or a line coupler which is formed, for example, on an electrical circuit board in the form of strip lines or with a combination of waveguides. A branching device can in particular be a directional coupler device, an asymmetrical Wilkinson divider, a transistor amplifier with two outputs or also a transformer with two independent output coils.
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    A “switching device” in the sense of the present invention has, in particular, a switch which is provided, in particular set up, for relaying a signal or not, depending on the switching state.
    An “adding device” in the sense of the present invention is in particular an electrically passive component in the field of high-frequency technology, which serves to couple an electromagnetic power described as a guided wave into a conductor structure. According to one embodiment, adders in the sense of the present invention have a bridge circuit, comprising transformers and capacitors, or a line coupler, which is formed, for example, on an electrical circuit board in the form of strip lines or with a combination of waveguides. Adding devices in the sense of the present invention can, however, also be actively implemented, for example by using a summing circuit with broadband operational amplifiers.
    According to an embodiment of the present invention, the switching device has further switching arrangements, which at least essentially correspond in their structure to the first and / or second switching arrangement, with a first input signal of a switching arrangement, in particular directly connected downstream, a first output signal of the respective, in particular immediately connected upstream Has switching arrangement, in particular forms.
    This is particularly advantageous, since in this way at least essentially identical “unit cells” can be used to expand the switching device according to the respective task. According to one embodiment, the first output signal of an upstream switching arrangement, in particular an immediately upstream switching arrangement, is a first input signal of an, in particular immediately, downstream switching arrangement. This embodiment is also particularly advantageous, since in this way the first input signal of the upstream switching arrangement at least substantially corresponds to the first input signal of the downstream switching arrangement, so that this input signal can be used at least essentially in an identical manner by both switching arrangements. In this way, at least essentially the same input signal can be provided to a plurality of downstream consumers as required.
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    According to a further embodiment, the switching device has further switching arrangements, the structure of which corresponds at least substantially to the first and / or second switching arrangement, with a second input signal of an, in particular immediately, downstream switching arrangement providing a second output signal of the respective, in particular immediately, upstream Has switching arrangement, in particular forms.
    This is particularly advantageous, since in this way at least essentially identical “unit cells” can be used to expand the switching device according to the respective task. According to one embodiment, the first output signal of an upstream switching arrangement, in particular an immediately upstream switching arrangement, is a first input signal of an, in particular immediately, downstream switching arrangement. This is furthermore particularly advantageous since, in this way, the second output signal of the, in particular upstream, switching arrangement can or may not be combined with an additional signal, depending on the switching state of the switching device. If, according to one embodiment, the switching device of the downstream switching arrangement is in the first switching state, the second output signal of the upstream switching arrangement is combined with the branch signal of the downstream switching arrangement in the downstream switching arrangement. If, according to one embodiment, the switching device of the downstream switching arrangement is in the second switching state, the second output signal of the upstream switching device is not combined with the branch signal of the downstream switching arrangement and the second output signal of the upstream switching arrangement is output at least substantially unchanged as the second output signal of the downstream switching arrangement. This is also particularly advantageous, since one or more input signals can be changed in this way depending on the switching state of the switching arrangements.
    According to a further embodiment, the switching arrangements are connected in the form of a matrix, the switching arrangements being arranged in particular at crossover points of the matrix. In other words: according to an embodiment of the present invention, the switching arrangements are connected in the form of a matrix, the switching arrangements in particular forming the elements of the matrix. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the matrix can be expanded as desired based on a (1 x 2) or (2 x 1) configuration. This is particularly advantageous because of this
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    Depending on the application, a corresponding matrix of switching arrangements can be connected to form a switching device. In this way, the switching device according to this embodiment of the present invention, and in particular the radar target emulator described below in the sense of the present invention, is improved in its flexibility.
    According to a further embodiment of the present invention, the matrix has a plurality of rows and / or columns. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the columns of the matrix represent different distances from emulated objects in the course of the radar target emulation and the rows for different objects to be emulated. That is, in a preferred embodiment, each column represents a different time delay and each row represents a different object.
    The matrix-like interconnection makes it possible to assign a corresponding distance to each object (i.e. at the end of each line). Another aspect of the present invention is directed to a radar target emulator. The radar target emulator according to the invention has: at least one switching device of the type described here, at least one time delay arrangement with a time delay device which is set up to receive an original signal and / or a branch device output signal of an upstream time delay arrangement, to delay it and to provide it as a delayed signal and a branch device which is set up to receive the delayed signal, to branch into a branch signal and a first output signal, to supply the branch signal to at least one of the switching arrangements as the first input signal and to output the first output signal and at least one target emulation arrangement which is set up to set up the second output signal, in particular the in the signal direction last switching arrangement of the switching device to record, perform a signal modulation on the second output signal and a modulated Provide output signal.
    A “time delay arrangement” in the sense of the present invention is in particular set up to record and delay a signal, in particular a radar signal, in particular from a vehicle, so that in the further course objects with different distances from the sensor, in particular from a radar sensor, can be emulated.
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    A "time delay device" in the sense of the present invention has in particular a so-called delay line, also called a "delay line", which is designed, for example, in the form of a coaxial cable.
    A “target emulation arrangement” is an arrangement which receives the original signal delayed by the time delay arrangement depending on the application, carries out signal modulation on the second output signal, in particular in order to modulate the object to be emulated and to provide the output signal thus modulated.
    This is particularly advantageous because in this way a single time delay arrangement can be used to at least essentially emulate any number of objects with the aid of a single time delay arrangement. In contrast to the prior art known to the applicant, in which at least essentially a separate time delay arrangement must be provided for each object to be imaged, a single time delay arrangement can now be sufficient according to an embodiment of the present invention to accommodate a plurality of objects, in particular any number Objects. For this purpose, according to one embodiment, the time delay arrangement has a plurality of time delay devices which are connected in series and are each connected to one another via at least one branch device of the type described here. The time delay devices are set up to implement different and / or identical or any combination of time delays. This is achieved, for example, by connecting coaxial cables with the same and / or different lengths.
    According to an embodiment of the present invention, the time delay arrangement of the radar target emulator has an amplifier device which is set up to amplify the first input signal before being fed to at least one of the switching arrangements. This is particularly advantageous since in this way only a comparatively small part of the signal to be delayed has to be branched off as a branch signal and the signal intensity in the time delay device (s) remains at least substantially constant.
    According to an embodiment of the present invention, the target emulation arrangement has: A vector modulation device, which is set up for this, the second Aus8 / 25
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    8 to modulate the output signal by means of a signal modulation having a Doppler shift and to provide it in the form of an intermediate signal, and an adder which is set up to output the intermediate signal at least as part of a modulated output signal. This is particularly advantageous since the object to be imaged can be modulated onto the second output signal in this way. The signal modulated in this vector modulation device can be combined with signals from other vector modulation devices via the adding device in order to thus output an output signal from the radar target emulator which emulates a plurality of objects at the same and / or different distances.
    According to a further embodiment of the present invention, the target emulation arrangement furthermore has a variable attenuation and / or amplifier device which is set up in particular to adjust the amplitude of the intermediate signal before it is fed to the adding device. This is particularly advantageous since in this way the emulation of a radar target is generated with a higher imaging accuracy.
    According to a further advantageous embodiment of the present invention, the radar target emulator has an interference signal arrangement, comprising an interference signal preparation device which is set up to provide an interference signal, and an adding device which is set up to output the interference signal at least as part of a modulated output signal.
    This is particularly advantageous since it can also be used to emulate the disturbing influences that occur in reality, such as wind, rain, snow, dust, leaves or the like, which can prevent an "ideal" environmental scan in real use. According to an advantageous development of the present invention, the interference signal arrangement has a variable attenuation and / or amplifier device which is set up to adjust the amplitude of the interference signal before it is fed to the adding device. This is particularly advantageous since this provides a further possibility of adapting the emulated signal to the test scenario. In particular, this increases the correspondence between real use and test environment.
    According to a further advantageous development of the present invention, the interference signal arrangement is connected in a signal-carrying manner to a target emulation arrangement, the
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    9 intermediate signal of the target emulation arrangement is at least partially transmitted before being fed to the adding device, and this intermediate signal serves as the basis for the provision of the interference signal, in particular in order to provide a synchronous interference signal. This is particularly advantageous according to one embodiment, since in this way interference signals can be emulated, which can be assigned to a corresponding distance.
    According to a further embodiment of the present invention, the target emulation arrangement further comprises: at least one further switching device of the type described here and at least one further time delay arrangement with a time delay device which is set up to receive the second output signal or a first output signal of an upstream further time delay arrangement and to provide as a delayed signal; and a branching device which is set up to receive the delayed signal, to branch into a branch signal and an output signal, to supply the branch signal to at least one of the further switching arrangements as an input signal and to output the output signal. As already described above, this is particularly advantageous, since in this way it is not necessary, as is known from the known prior art, to provide a single delay line for each distance, but rather a single, in particular composite, delay line is sufficient to accommodate a plurality , especially any number, to emulate distances.
    The invention is explained in more detail below on the basis of non-limiting exemplary embodiments which are illustrated in the figures. In it at least partially show schematically:
    1 is a circuit diagram of a radar target emulator with a switching device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
    1a shows a circuit diagram of a switching arrangement of the switching device according to an embodiment of the present invention; and
    Fig. 2 is a circuit diagram of a radar target emulator with a switching device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
    To ensure clarity, all at least essentially identical components, e.g. Switching arrangement 110 and time delay 10/25
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    - 10ger orders 200, to be marked individually. However, it is not possible to derive from this that the unmarked arrangements are different from the marked arrangements; it is rather to be assumed that the unmarked arrangements at least essentially correspond in structure and function to the marked arrangements, unless the description or for the person skilled in the art clearly indicates otherwise.
    1 shows a circuit diagram of a radar target emulator 1 with a switching device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1a shows a circuit diagram of a switching arrangement 110 of the switching device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The switching arrangement 110, 110a, 110b shown in FIG. 1a has a branching device 112, a switching device 114 and an adding device 116. A first input signal E1 is branched by the branch device 112 into a first output signal A1 and a branch signal, which is fed to the switching device 114. The switching device 114 is set up to switch back and forth between at least two switching states, a first switching state and a second switching state, the branch signal being fed to the adding device 116 in the first switching state and not being forwarded in the second switching state. The adder 116 combines a second input signal E2 with the branch signal to form a second output signal A2.
    After execution, a second input signal E2 does not necessarily have to be applied, in particular to the left column of the switching arrangements in FIG. 1, in order to ensure the correct interconnection. In this case, the second output signal A2 is formed at least essentially exclusively by the branch signal.
    It is also possible to amplify the branch signal before and / or after the switching device 114. The first output signal A1 corresponds at least substantially to the first input signal E1, and, as already explained, part of the same has been branched off as a branch signal in the switching arrangement 110, 110a, 110b.
    The mode of operation of the switching device 100 designed as a switching matrix will first be explained with reference to the radar target emulator 1 shown in FIG. 1: The switching device 100 shown in FIG. 1 has four switching arrangements 110 in a first line and four further switching arrangements 110 in a second line . Together, these form a (4 x 2) matrix of switching arrangements 110. In each switching arrangement 11/25
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    11 order 110 of the upper row, a first input signal E1 is initiated, which, however, differ from column to column, in particular differ in their delay, as will be described in detail below. Furthermore, at the end of each line, as seen in the signal direction, a second output signal A2 is provided which, depending on the switching state of the switching devices 114, can differ from one or more of the other output signals.
    The matrix structure just explained makes it possible to output any first input signal E1 as second output signal A2 at the end of a matrix line, as seen in the signal flow direction. In addition, it is also possible to output a mixture of the applied first input signals E1 as the second output signal A2 of the respective line.
    According to an embodiment of the present invention, the columns of the matrix thus correspond to different distances between objects to be imaged, with a separate line being provided for each object to be imaged. That is, with the configuration of the radar target emulator 1 shown in FIG. 1, two different objects with different or equal distances from the radar sensor can be emulated independently of one another. For this purpose, in a particularly advantageous manner, only a single delay line is required, which can provide differently delayed signals for emulating the two objects to be imaged.
    The structure and mode of operation of a time delay arrangement 200 are now explained below: The time delay arrangement 200 has a time delay device 210, a branching device 220 and, if appropriate, preferably an amplifier device 230. An original signal U is delayed by means of the time delay device 210. As already explained above, a distance of an object to be emulated from the test sensor is imaged by means of this delay. The signal delayed in this way is branched off via the branching device 220, a branching signal being amplified via the amplifier device 230 and fed to a first switching arrangement 110a as the first input signal E1. In the present case of FIG. 1, four time delay arrangements 200 of the type just described are connected in series, an output signal from the upstream time delay arrangement 200 each having, in particular forming, an input signal from the downstream time delay arrangement 200. This series connection results in a total of four first input signals 12/25
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    12nale E1 provided for the respective columns of the matrix of the switching device 100, which differ in their delay.
    According to one embodiment, the original signal U is a signal which is emitted by a real radar sensor of a test vehicle, is received by a reception device arranged in front of it and is supplied to the time delay arrangement 200.
    The second output signals A2 generated in the manner described above are each supplied with target emulation arrangements 300 that differ from one another. The target emulation arrangement 300 has a vector modulation device 310, an adding device 320 and a variable attenuation and / or amplifier device 330. The vector modulation device 310 modulates the object to be emulated onto the delayed signal and adjusts its amplitude via the variable attenuation and / or amplifier device 330 before it is passed on via the adding device 320 as part of a modulated output signal Am.
    To generate a more realistic radar signal, it is also possible according to the embodiment in FIG. 1 to generate interference signals as an additional component of the modulated output signal Am. Here, the interference signal arrangements can generate a non-synchronous interference signal, such as, for example, the interference signal arrangement 340a or generate a synchronous interference signal, such as the interference signal arrangement 340b. An interference signal arrangement 340a, 340b has an interference signal preparation device 342, an adder device 344 and a variable attenuation and / or amplifier device 346. Similar to the functioning of the target emulation arrangement 300 described here, a corresponding signal (here an interference signal) is generated by the interference signal arrangements 340a, 340b, its amplitude is adjusted by means of the variable attenuation and / or amplifier device and via the adder 344 as a component of the modulated output signal Am forwarded. The interference signal arrangement 340b, which is set up to generate a synchronized interference signal, is signal-connected to a target emulation arrangement 300 in such a way that the interference signal is modulated onto the time-delayed second output signal of the respective connected target emulation arrangement 300.
    2 shows a circuit diagram of a radar target emulator with a switching device according to a further embodiment of the present invention.
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    Corresponding structurally identical components have been provided with the same reference symbols for this embodiment as in the description with reference to FIGS. 1 and 1a. The statements made in this context apply to FIG. 2 in the same way, unless the following description does not result explicitly or in an obvious manner for the person skilled in the art.
    As already explained above with reference to FIG. 1, the radar target emulator 1 according to FIG. 2 has four time delay arrangements 200 connected in series, each of which generates a time delay of 4 [. These first input signals E1 generated in this way, like the original signal, go into a switching device 100 of the type described above, but this is constructed in the form of a (2 × 5). Each of the second output signals A2 thus generated at the end of each line is fed to a target emulation arrangement 300. Before the second output signal A2 is fed to the respective line of the switching device 100 of the vector modulation device 310, there is a further block of three time delay arrangements 200, which are connected in series and each realize a time delay of [as well as another switching device 100 in the form of a (1 x 4) matrix interposed. This hierarchical structure of switching devices and time delay arrangements makes it possible to further resolve the second output signal, which can be set to four in terms of delay, to 1 J. This additionally increases the imaging accuracy of the radar target emulator 1, whereby the effort for the four [-Delay Line and the above switching device 100 can be kept low by this approach, while the resolution and scalability for the modulated output signal Am is improved.
    It is pointed out that the exemplary embodiments described above are merely examples which are not intended to restrict the scope of protection, the applications and the structure in any way. Rather, the person skilled in the art is given a guide for the implementation of at least one exemplary embodiment by the preceding description, it being possible for various changes, in particular with regard to the function and arrangement of the described components, to be carried out without leaving the scope of protection as it is the claims and these equivalent combinations of features. In particular, time delays with other multiples of T, for example 2 [or 4 [, can also be generated by the time delay devices (200)
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    - 14 and switching devices (100) can form any type of matrix, for example 1 x 4 or 2x5.
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    - 15 List of signs:
    Radar target emulator
    100 switching device
    110 switching arrangement
    110a (first) switching arrangement
    110b (second) switching arrangement
    112 branch device (of the switching arrangement)
    114 switching device
    116 adding device (of the switching arrangement)
    200 time delay arrangement
    210 time delay device
    220 branch device (the time delay arrangement)
    230 amplifier device
    300 target emulation arrangement
    310 vector modulation device
    320 adding device (of the target emulation arrangement)
    330 variable attenuation and / or amplifier device (the target emulation arrangement)
    340a interference signal arrangement
    340b interference signal arrangement
    342 Interference signal providing device
    344 adder (the interference signal arrangement)
    346 variable attenuation and / or amplifier device (the interference signal arrangement)
    A1 first output signal
    A2 second output signal
    On the modulated output signal
    E1 first input signal
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    Claims
    1. Switching device (100) for a radar target emulator (1), comprising:
    at least a first switching arrangement (110, 110a) and a second switching arrangement (110, 11 Ob), each with a branching device (112), which is set up to receive a first input signal (E1), into a branching signal and a first output signal (A1 ) to branch;
    a switching device (114) which is set up to forward the branch signal in a first switching state within the switching arrangement (110, 110a, 11 Ob) and not to forward it in a second switching state; and an adding device (116) which is set up to output the signal forwarded in the first switching state of the switching device (114) at least as a component of a second output signal (A2), the first switching arrangement (110, 110a) and the second switching arrangement (110, 11 Ob) are interconnected so that a first input signal (E1) of the second switching arrangement (110,
    110b) has, in particular forms, a first output signal (A1) from the first switching arrangement (110, 110a); or a second input signal (E2) of the second switching arrangement (110, 110b) has, in particular forms, a second output signal (A2) of the first switching arrangement (110, 110a).
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    2. Switching device according to claim 1, wherein the switching device (100) has further switching arrangements (110), the structure of which corresponds at least substantially to the first and / or second switching arrangement (110, 110a, 110b), a first input signal (E1) one, in particular directly, downstream switching arrangement (110) has, in particular forms, a first output signal (A1) of the respective, in particular immediately upstream, switching arrangement (110).
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    - 173. Switching device according to one of claims 1 or 2, wherein switching device (100) has further switching arrangements (110) which at least substantially correspond in their structure to the first and / or second switching arrangement (110, 110a, 110b), a second Input signal (E2) of an, in particular immediately, downstream switching arrangement (110) has, in particular forms, a second output signal (A2) of the respective, in particular immediately, upstream switching arrangement.
    4. Switching device according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the switching arrangements (110) are connected in the form of a matrix, the switching arrangements (110) being arranged in particular at crossover points of the matrix.
    5. Switching device according to claim 4, wherein the matrix has a plurality of rows and / or columns.
    6. Time delay device for a radar target emulator (1), comprising:
    a first time delay arrangement (200) with a time delay device (210) which is set up to receive an original signal (U), delay it and provide it as a delayed signal, and a first branching device (220) which is set up to receive the delayed signal and to branch into a first branch signal and a first output signal;
    at least one second time delay device (200) with a further time delay device (210), which is set up to receive an output signal from the upstream time delay device (210), to delay it again and to provide it as a further delayed signal, and a further branching device (220), which is set up to receive the further delayed signal and to branch into a further branch signal and a further output signal.
    7. Radar target emulator (1), comprising:
    at least one switching device (100) according to one of claims 1 to 5;
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    At least one time delay arrangement (200), with:
    a time delay device (210) which is designed to receive an original signal (U) and / or a branch device output signal of an upstream time delay arrangement (200), to delay it and to provide it as a delayed signal; and a branching device (220) which is set up to receive the delayed signal, to branch into a branch signal and a first output signal, to feed the branch signal to at least one of the switching arrangements (110) as a first input signal (E1) and the first output signal (A1) to spend;
    at least one target emulation arrangement (300) which is set up to receive the second output signal (A2), in particular the last switching arrangement (110) of the switching device (100) in the signal direction, to carry out signal modulation on the second output signal (A2) and a modulated output signal (Am) to provide.
    8. Radar target emulator according to claim 7, wherein the time delay arrangement (200) comprises an amplifier device (230) which is set up to amplify the first input signal (E1) before being fed to at least one of the switching arrangements (110).
    9. Radar target emulator according to one of claims 7 or 8, wherein the target emulation arrangement (300) comprises:
    a vector modulation device (310) which is set up to modulate the second output signal (A2) by means of a signal modulation having a Doppler shift and to provide it in the form of an intermediate signal; and an adding device (320) which is set up to output the intermediate signal at least as part of a modulated output signal (Am).
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    - 1910. Radar target emulator according to claim 9, wherein the target emulation arrangement (300) further comprises a variable attenuation and / or amplifier device (330), which is in particular set up to adjust the amplitude of the intermediate signal before being fed to the adding device (320) .
    11. Radar target emulator according to one of claims 7 to 10, further comprising an interference signal arrangement (340a, 340b), comprising:
    an interference signal providing device (342) which is adapted to provide an interference signal; and an adder (344) which is set up to output the interference signal at least as part of a modulated output signal (Am).
    12. Radar target emulator according to claim 11, wherein the interference signal arrangement (340a, 340b) has a variable attenuation and / or amplifier device (346) which is set up to adjust the amplitude of the interference signal before being fed to the adder (344).
    13. Radar target emulator according to one of claims 11 or 12, wherein the interference signal arrangement is connected in a signal-carrying manner to a target emulation arrangement, the intermediate signal of the target emulation arrangement being at least partially transmitted before being fed to the adding device; and wherein this intermediate signal serves as the basis for the provision of the interference signal, in particular in order to provide a synchronous interference signal.
    14. Radar target emulator according to one of claims 7 to 13, wherein the target emulation arrangement further comprises at least one further switching device according to one of claims 1 to 5; and at least one further time delay arrangement (200), with:
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