Patent attributes
Embodiments are disclosed that for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) systems and methods. Front-end circuitry transmits radar signals, receives return radar signals, and outputs digital radar data. FFT circuits process the digital radar data without zero-padding to generate FFT data corresponding to oversampled pixel range values. A processor further processes the FFT data to generate radar pixel data representing a radar image. Further, the FFT circuits can interpolate the FFT data based upon pixel ranges using a streamlined range computation process. This process pre-computes x-axis components for pixels in common rows and y-axis components for pixels in common columns within the FFT data. For one embodiment, a navigation processor is coupled to a SAR system within a vehicle, receives the radar pixel data, and causes one or more actions to occur based upon the radar pixel data, such as an advanced driver assistance system function or an autonomous driving function.
