Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2020, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (9): 1953-1960.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-506X.2020.09.10

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Fast algorithm and hardware implementation of ambiguity function for passive radar

Yunhua RAO1,2(), Wenyang NIE1(), Jiankang ZHOU1()   

  1. 1. School of Electronic Information, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
    2. Shenzhen Institutes, Wuhan University, Shenzhen 518108, China
  • Received:2019-12-24 Online:2020-08-26 Published:2020-08-26

Abstract:

As a new radar system, passive radar has been widely used in the application of detecting low altitude small targets. In order to solve the problem that the large amount of calculation of target time delay and Doppler frequency shift detected by passive radar using ambiguity function are difficult to meet the real-time requirements of the system, a fast calculation method of ambiguity function is proposed. Firstly, the datas are segmented. Then, the segmented datas are processed by correlation operation and decimation filtering, respectively. Finally, fast Fourier transform (FFT) algorithm is used to process the data. The calculation efficiency of ambiguity function is improved significantly, and the algorithm is implemented on field programmable gate array (FPGA). The experimental results show the feasibility of the algorithm, and the research results provide a reference for the hardware implementation of the algorithm of the passive radar system.

Key words: passive rader, ambiguity function, field programmable gate array (FPGA), prime factor algorithm (PFA)

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