Open AccessDesign of Area Efficient Beam Steering Control System for Phased Array Radar
Author(s) -
S. Ramya,
Shaik Fayaz Ahamed,
A. B. Anitha,
K.Naga Sunanda
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of innovative technology and exploring engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2278-3075
DOI - 10.35940/ijitee.i8142.078919
Subject(s) - phased array , active electronically scanned array , radar , computer science , beam steering , field programmable gate array , radar engineering details , beamforming , computer hardware , phased array optics , electronic engineering , antenna (radio) , engineering , radar imaging , telecommunications
Phased array radar architecture consists of the multiple antenna elements that are controlled by the active electronic circuits called T/R modules. Transmit/Receive modules (T/R modules) plays vital role in the modern phased array radar system for different radar applications. The problem asserted with electrically scanned phased array radar suffers from two main limitations. First one is the high hardware cost in terms of area and second one is the design complexity. To overcome the above issues, architecture has been developed by implementing single control unit, distributive memory elements and data control logic to design an area efficient control system. The entire system is implemented on Artix-7 FPGA.