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A Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) radar using only in-phase channel is advantageous for automotive applications. In this radar, we have to search the pairs of beat frequencies in an up-chirp mode and a down-chirp mode for multiple targets similarly to conventional FMCW radar. However the number of combinations to search pairs is larger than that for the conventional FMCW radar. Therefore, false targets by mistaking the combination of these pairs increase. In this paper, we propose a novel signal processing algorithm to reduce the false targets. We extract only the beat frequencies of the relative moving targets using the differential of the frequency power spectra of the up-chirp mode and the down-chirp mode. We can reduce choosing incorrect pairs by separating stationary targets and moving targets. We have conducted some simulations to confirm the capability of the proposed algorithm.

This paper describes a compact radar for automotive applications. A Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) radar is employed here with only in-phase channel. Since this radar cannot detect a sign of beat frequency of receiving signals, we have the ambiguity about the range and the velocity of targets. In this paper, we propose a novel FMCW automotive radar to suppress this ambiguity.