FPGA based real-time signal processor for Pulse Doppler Radar

With the advancements of VLSI chips and powerful computational devices, new complex algorithms and systems are being devised to tap the available computational power and to get the maximum performance. One particular system is the signal processor of Pulse Doppler Radar. This paper aims at finding the range and radial velocity of a moving target using Pulse Doppler Radar for land surveillance. Different optimization techniques have been employed to increase the accuracy of the system. The design was first tested on MATLAB for software verification and then on Xilinx Virtex II Pro FPGA to verify if the system meets the real-time constraints.