METHOD AND APPARATUS OF DIGITAL BEAMFORMING FOR A RADAR SYSTEM

A system and method of digital beamforming for a monobit phased array radar system includes providing a plurality of monobit analog signals received by at least one antenna to at least one field programmable gate array (FPGA). A plurality of monobit SerDes transceivers within the FPGA convert the pl...

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Main Authors Caldwell, Jeffrey, Marr, Harry B, Robinson, Ian, Thompson, Daniel
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 28.02.2019
Subjects
ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES
ELECTRICITY
LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES
MEASURING
PHYSICS
RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING
RADIO NAVIGATION
TESTING
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Summary:A system and method of digital beamforming for a monobit phased array radar system includes providing a plurality of monobit analog signals received by at least one antenna to at least one field programmable gate array (FPGA). A plurality of monobit SerDes transceivers within the FPGA convert the plurality of monobit analog signals into a plurality of multibit digital signals, each of the multibit digital signals being modified according to a digital signal conditioning value to calibrate, phase align, and synchronize the digital signals. A digital beam is formed by coherently combining the plurality of digital signals within the FPGA.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201715686630