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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 1977
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1975
Dennis Darcy Buss, Cambridge, MA (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
Signal processing wherein signals are processed using chirp-Z-transform (CZT) techniques and charge transfer device (CTD) transversal filters. The chirp weighting signal may be amplitude modulated to achieve signal apodization and may be generated by impulsing a CTD complex filter having an appropriate impulse response. Signal premultiplication using a one-bit quantized chirp signal is described. Application of these techniques to doppler range processing apparatus wherein radar returns are premultiplied to provide up-chirp multiplied time samples prior to being inputted into a CTD range buffer. Each bit of the CTD has an associated CTD chirp Z-transform complex filter the outputs from each of which are summed and squared. The range bins and the associated complex filters are provided on a common semiconductor chip together with peripheral circuitry.