A Helicopter-borne Pulse Doppler Radar Signal Processor Development using High Speed Multi-DSP

고속 Multi-DSP를 이용한 헬기탑재 펄스 도플러 레이다 신호처리기 개발

  • Kwag, Young-Kil (School of Electronics and Telecomm. Eng., Hankuk Aviation University) ;
  • Choi, Min-Su (School of Electronics and Telecomm. Eng., Hankuk Aviation University) ;
  • Jeun, In-Pyung (School of Electronics and Telecomm. Eng., Hankuk Aviation University) ;
  • Hwang, Gwang-Yeon (School of Electronics and Telecomm. Eng., Hankuk Aviation University) ;
  • Lee, Kang-Hoon (Hanrim ST Co., Ltd.) ;
  • Lee, Jae-Ho (Hanrim ST Co., Ltd.)
  • 곽영길 (한국항공대학교 항공전자 및 정보통신공학, 레이다신호처리연구실) ;
  • 최민수 (한국항공대학교 항공전자 및 정보통신공학, 레이다신호처리연구실) ;
  • 전인평 (한국항공대학교 항공전자 및 정보통신공학, 레이다신호처리연구실) ;
  • 황광연 (한국항공대학교 항공전자 및 정보통신공학, 레이다신호처리연구실) ;
  • 이강훈 (한림에스티) ;
  • 이재호 (한림에스티)
  • Published : 2005.11.05

Abstract

An airborne radar is an essential aviation electronic system of the helicopter to perform various missions in all-weather environments. This paper presents the results of the design and implementation of the airborne pulse doppler radar signal processor using high multi-DSP for the multi-function radar capability such as short-range, midium-range, and long-range depending on the mission of the vehicle. Particularly, the radar signal processor is developed using two DSP boards in parallel for the various radar signal processing algorithm. The key algorithms include LFM chirp waveform-based pulse compression, MTI clutter filter, MTD processor, adaptive CFAR, and clutter map. Especially airborne moving clutter Doppler spectrum compensation algorithm such as TACCAR is implemented for the multi-mode airborne radar system. The test results shows the good Doppler spectral separation for the clutter and the moving target in the flight test environment using helicopter.

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