Pulse-modulated Radar Display Processor on a Chip

Talal DarwichCenter for Advanced Computer Studies

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Overview

• Pulsed radar

• Transmitter

• Receiver

• Display

• Future work

Pulsed radar

T0T1

T

Transmitter

Timing Pulses

Transmitter Gator

Oscillator

Transmitter

Transmitted Signal

Transmitter Gator Circuit

T1

T2

T3

C

Rb1

Rb2 Rb3

Re1

Rc3

Vout

Vin

Gator Pulse

Gator Pulse

Receiver

Amplifier 1Receiver Gator

Receiver

Comparator 1Amplifier 2 Detector

Echo Signal

Comparator 2

Digital Signal

Timing Pulse

Receiver Gator Circuit

Gator Pulse

Vin

Rb

CVout

Detector

C

D VoutVin

Display

Lab View

DAQBoard Software

Gator

SignalIndicator

Front Panel

Block Diagram

Gator Detecting Circuit

Echo Detecting Circuit

Time and Range Measuring Circuit

Gator Detecting Circuit and Duty Cycle

Bypass Circuit

Tracing Circuit

SONAR and EMW Radar Code

Future work

• Radar on a chip

• FPGA