Systolic architectures for radar CFAR detectors
- 1 January 1991
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
- Vol. 39 (10) , 2286-2295
- https://doi.org/10.1109/78.91184
Abstract
The authors discuss several advances in the evolution of radar CFAR (constant false alarm rate) detectors, from the classical mean-level detector to more recent designs using order statistics, or sorted data values. These algorithms can be implemented by modifying the existing running window order statistic filtering techniques used in signal/image processing. Although the signal processing theory of CFAR detection is well advanced, practical applications lag because of the high throughput required in radar. This intensive computational requirement is unlikely to be met by further advances in VLSI technology alone; it must result from parallel processing techniques. Systolic array architectures are proposed for several important CFAR detectors. Techniques for improving the processor utilization efficiency of the proposed array architectures are also discussedKeywords
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