High resolution range-Doppler radar demonstrator based on a commercially available FPGA card

Author

Nicolaisen, Henning ; Holmboe, Tor ; Hoel, Karina Vieira ; Kristoffersen, Stein

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf., Univ. of Oslo, Oslo

fYear

2008

fDate

2-5 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

676

Lastpage

681

Abstract

An X-band high resolution range-Doppler radar demonstrator has been developed, based on a commercially available 6U-VXS form-factor digital signal processing card containing all necessary base-band circuitry. The custom design covers a radio frequency up-down converter, FPGA firmware and PC software. The practical signal bandwidth is close to 1 GHz and the range resolution is close to 15 cm. The functionality has been demonstrated in a free space radiation experiment.

Keywords

Doppler radar; field programmable gate arrays; frequency convertors; radar resolution; 6U-VXS form-factor; FPGA card; PC software; X-band radar demonstrator; base-band circuitry; digital signal processing card; free space radiation experiment; high resolution range-Doppler radar demonstrator; radio frequency up-down converter; Bandwidth; Connectors; Doppler radar; Ethernet networks; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Radar antennas; Radio frequency; Signal resolution; Synthetic aperture radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar, 2008 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Adelaide, SA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2321-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2322-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RADAR.2008.4654006

Filename

4654006