title: Real-time implementation of frequency-modulated continuous-wave synthetic aperture radar imaging using field programmable gate array.
abstract: A new miniature linear frequency-modulated continuous-wave radar which mounted on an unmanned aerial vehicle is presented. It allows the accomplishment of high resolution synthetic aperture radar imaging in real-time. Only a Kintex-7 field programmable gate array from Xilinx is utilized for whole signal processing of sophisticated radar imaging algorithms. The proposed hardware architecture achieves remarkable improvement in integration, power consumption, volume, and computing performance over its predecessor designs. The realized design is verified by flight campaigns.
authors.affiliation: National Laboratory of Radar Signal Processing, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yinghui
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Quan
authors.affiliation: National Laboratory of Radar Signal Processing, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yachao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: National Laboratory of Radar Signal Processing, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Guibin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: National Laboratory of Radar Signal Processing, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Mengdao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Xing