Publication Date
2016
Document Type
Thesis
Committee Members
John M. Emmert (Advisor), Saiyu Ren (Committee Member), Raymond Siferd (Committee Member)
Degree Name
Master of Science in Engineering (MSEgr)
Abstract
As signal spectra become dense, the task of tracking and identifying radars becomes increasingly cumbersome. The variety of radars in modern theaters of war compound the task due to simultaneous operation. Real-time processing of large data sets prove difficult for sequential systems, and the parallelism of Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) becomes an attractive option. To mitigate the increasing complexity of this task, this design proposes an FPGA architecture to produce pulse descriptor words (PDW) for up to eight independent radio frequency signals that can be used in near-real-time processing. Focusing on digital hardware techniques and modular design allow for flexibility to target specific signal aspects such as carrier frequency (F), signal amplitude (A), time of arrival (TOA), and pulse width (PW).
Page Count
58
Department or Program
Department of Electrical Engineering
Year Degree Awarded
2016
Copyright
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