A Parallel Acceleration Strategy for Large Aperture Radar Imaging and its Hardware Implementation

  • Zhenyu Zhang*
  • , Yukun Cheng
  • , Kai Liu
  • , Chunqi Shi
  • , Leilei Huang
  • , Jinghong Chen
  • , Runxi Zhang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A parallel acceleration strategy and hardware implementation scheme for SAR imaging is proposed to accelerate imaging in high bandwidth, large aperture, and high-density scenarios. Based on traditional SAR imaging, this strategy divides the target image into multiple local images, selecting appropriate radar data within a suitable aperture range based on the locations of each local component. Multiple SAR imaging units operate in parallel, and the local images are stitched together in their original locations to achieve accelerated imaging after cropping. This paper designs the hardware for the SAR imaging units, with its core FFT operations designed as a low-cost reusable structure. By reusing and expanding this hardware unit, the acceleration system can be built with relatively low hardware resources and minimal loss in imaging quality, demonstrating significant application potential for THz radar imaging and high-resolution large-aperture security inspections.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationISCAS 2025 - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9798350356830
DOIs
StatePublished - 2025
Event2025 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2025 - London, United Kingdom
Duration: 25 May 202528 May 2025

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems
ISSN (Print)0271-4310

Conference

Conference2025 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2025
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityLondon
Period25/05/2528/05/25

Keywords

  • FFT
  • FMCW Radar
  • Hardware
  • Parallel Acceleration
  • SAR Image

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