Radar apparatus and radar method

1. A radar apparatus, comprising:

a radar transmitter which transmits a radar signal; and

a radar receiver which receives a reflection wave signal being a reflection of the radar signal on a target, wherein

the radar transmitter includes

a generator that generates the radar signal composed of a transmission code with each sub-pulse given a predetermined phase shift, and

a transmission radio unit that transmits the radar signal generated by the generator, in a predetermined transmission cycle, wherein

in radar signals transmitted by the transmission radio unit in a predetermined number of transmission cycles, code imbalances of transmission codes are included in all of four quadrants of an IQ plane, each of the code imbalances being an imbalance between positions where a plurality of sub-pulses constituting a transmission code included in a radar signal transmitted in each of the transmission cycles are mapped on the IQ plane.

2. The radar apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the radar transmitter further includes

a detector that detects a code imbalance of each transmission code included in a radar signal transmitted by the transmission radio unit, and

a phase shifter that gives, to the transmission code, a first phase shift correcting the code imbalance detected by the detector, and

the radar receiver includes

an opposite phase shifter that gives a second phase shift to the reflection wave signal, the second phase shift being in a direction opposite to a direction of the first phase shift.

3. The radar apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the generator generates at least four of the transmission codes, code imbalances of which are located in different quadrants of the IQ plane, and

the transmission radio unit sequentially transmits the at least four transmission codes in each transmission cycle.

4. The radar apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a plurality of transmitting antennas; and

a transmission switch which switches a transmitting antenna transmitting the radar signal among the plurality of transmission antennas at each period corresponding to the predetermined number of transmission cycles.

5. The radar apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a plurality of transmission antennas; and

an orthogonal code generator which generates the same number of orthogonal codes as the number of the transmission antennas, the orthogonal codes being orthogonal to each other, wherein

the transmission radio unit switches an element to be multiplied by the radar signal among a plurality of elements constituting the orthogonal codes, at each period corresponding to the predetermined number of transmission cycles.

6. The radar apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined number is a multiple of 4.

7. The radar apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the transmission codes are complementary codes, and

the predetermined number is a multiple of 8.

8. A radar method, comprising:

transmitting a radar signal; and

receiving a reflection wave signal being a reflection of the radar signal on a target, wherein

a radar signal composed of a transmission code with each sub-pulse given a predetermined phase shift is generated, and

the generated radar signal is transmitted in a predetermined transmission cycle, wherein

code imbalances of transmission codes are included in all of four quadrants of an IQ plane in radar signals transmitted in a predetermined number of transmission cycles, each of the code imbalances being an imbalance between positions where a plurality of sub-pulses constituting a transmission code included in a radar signal transmitted in each of the transmission cycles are mapped on the IQ plane.