General Purpose Digital Signal Processing Architectures for Radar

Abstract

Digital signal processing techniques expand the capabilities of modern radars. The central algorithm of radar signal processing is the fast Fourier transform (FFT). However, each radar has several modes and in most cases, environmental factors such as noise and clutter background are not completely understood. For this reason, flexibility of the signal processor is desirable. A method of gaining this flexibility is via general purpose (i.e., programmable) digital signal processing computer structures. In this note, a variety of such structures, both programmable, yet suitable for high speed FFT, are expanded.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 16, 1971
Accession Number
AD0724685

Entities

People

  • B. Gold

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Algorithms
  • Circuits
  • Computations
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Demonstrations
  • Digital Signal Processing
  • Fast Fourier Transforms
  • Integrated Circuits
  • Lepidoptera
  • Microprocessors
  • Processing Equipment
  • Radar
  • Radar Signals
  • Resilience
  • Signal Processing

Readers

  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design