A programmable signal processing element designed for an efficient data-driven signal processing architecture

This paper describes the architecture of a Programmable Signal Processing Element (PSPE) which has been designed to serve as a building block in a High Thoughput Signal Processor (HTSP). The HTSP has been designed for Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) processing applications and itself contains a number of modern design features which allow it to meet the demanding performance requirements of SAR processing. The principle of the HTSP architecture will also be presented in the paper.