Radar system upgrade kit
US12375114B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 27, 2023 |
| Grant date | Jul 29, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 5, 2044 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B1/18
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and rack includes an antenna subsystem having a preexisting processing pipeline that receives radio frequency returns and an upgraded signal processing pipeline that performs detection processing for the antenna subsystem. The upgraded signal processing pipeline couples to the preexisting processing pipeline. The upgraded signal processing pipeline includes sampling converters to sample the radio frequency returns of the antenna subsystem, field-programmable gate array devices to generate detection data of the radio frequency returns at full-bandwidth and full-range of the antenna subsystem, graphics processing units to apply algorithms to the detection data of the radio frequency returns, and a signal processor configured to perform operations on the sampled radio frequency returns. The operations can include sampling returns, down-converting sampled detections, filtering detections, digitizing radio frequency returns, and applying algorithms to generate output data. The output data can be provided to the preexisting processing pipeline of the antenna subsystem.
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