Investigation of multirate techniques for digital generation of transmitter signals for TIGER radar

Research has been carried out on possible methods for the digital generation of signals for the TIGER (Tasman International Geospace Environment Radar) transmitter. Simulation results have shown that the polyphase network provide better performance compared to an FIR filter. The lower sampling rate of polyphase filters make them good candidates for applications with high throughput requirements. Implementation of an FIR filter is addressed with a technique which is less sensitive to hardware utilization. A hardware prototype has been constructed using an Altera Flex 10k20 device. Results demonstrate the feasibility of using FPGA devices for the complete implementation of a digital TIGER transmitter.