A DSP based signal processor for focal plane array radar (FPAR)

Author

Lefevre, Russell J. ; Kirk, John C., Jr. ; Durand, Raymond L. ; Durand, Thomas A.

Author_Institution

Technol. Service Corp., Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

1-4 Nov. 1998

Firstpage

416

Abstract

A focal plane array (FPA) radar is being developed to image objects and personnel in enclosed areas. An FPA radar continuously receives energy from every angular resolution cell in the field-of-view. Thus, an optimal signal processor must process, in real time, a large number of simultaneous channels, 216 in the current configuration. A DSP based processor has been developed to achieve this goal.

Keywords

CW radar; FM radar; digital signal processing chips; focal planes; image resolution; microcomputer applications; radar applications; radar computing; radar imaging; radar resolution; DSP based processor; FMCW radar waveform; MM wave imaging radar; Pentium based personal computer; angular resolution cell; enclosed areas; focal plane array radar; object imaging; optimal signal processor; personnel imaging; real time processing; Energy resolution; Millimeter wave radar; Radar antennas; Radar applications; Radar detection; Radar imaging; Radar signal processing; Signal processing; Signal resolution; Weapons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Signals, Systems & Computers, 1998. Conference Record of the Thirty-Second Asilomar Conference on

Conference_Location

Pacific Grove, CA, USA

ISSN

1058-6393

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5148-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ACSSC.1998.750897

Filename

750897