• Infrared and Laser Engineering
  • Vol. 51, Issue 12, 20220222 (2022)
Mao Ye1、2, Hengquan Liu1、2, Yiqiang Zhao1、2、*, Zewen Sun1、2, and Bin Hu1、2
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Microelectronics, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • 2Tianjin Key Laboratory of Imaging and Sensing Microelectronic Technology, Tianjin 300072, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/IRLA20220222 Cite this Article
    Mao Ye, Hengquan Liu, Yiqiang Zhao, Zewen Sun, Bin Hu. Design and hardware implementation of modified Rife algorithm for FMCW LiDAR[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2022, 51(12): 20220222 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    FMCW LiDAR is being widely studied for its high accuracy, strong anti-interference capability and simultaneous ranging and speed measurement. The inherent fence effect of FFT will introduce errors in ranging and speed measurement. To solve this problem, firstly, this paper analyzes the law of spectrum amplitude and phase angle, and then combines with the principle of sine function, proposes a modified Rife algorithm that is easy to implement in hardware. When the estimated frequency is close to the FFT quantization frequency point, this method can effectively reduce the error of the Rife algorithm. The simulation and FPGA verification results show that when the SNR is -10 dB, the mean error (ME) and root mean square error (RMSE) of the algorithm are reduced by 69.6% and 50.7%, respectively, compared with the traditional Rife algorithm. The calculation amount is only increased by two multiplications and additions, which is negligible compared to N-point FFT computation. Finally, in order to verify the effectiveness of the algorithm, this paper build an optical test platform to simulate the intermediate frequency echo signal of LiDAR. The results show that the algorithm can achieve simultaneous ranging and speed measurement within 112 m. The ranging error is no more than 5 cm, and the speed measurement error is no more than 0.16 km/h. The algorithm meets the demand of real-time ranging and speed measurement.
    Mao Ye, Hengquan Liu, Yiqiang Zhao, Zewen Sun, Bin Hu. Design and hardware implementation of modified Rife algorithm for FMCW LiDAR[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2022, 51(12): 20220222
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