Software-defined, reconfigurable, plug-and-play transceiver

Intelligent Automation Inc, proposes to develop a software defined Plug-and-Play (PNP) transceiver capable of digitally synthesizing arbitrary waveforms. A digital approach provides excellent control over amplitude, phase and frequency, which is critical for phase-array radar implementation. High-speed Digital-to-analog and Analog-to-Digital converters interfaced with modern FPGA technology have simplified digitally synthesized waveform generator and wideband receiver designs. The proposed technique will leverage IAIfs vast experience in Software Defined Radio (SDR) and RF hardware design. Our innovation focuses on implementing monolithic waveform generator and integrated receiver (will be referred to as gTransceiverh throughout the proposal) using digital techniques and minimizing the number of analog components. The form-factor of such a transceiver will be comparable to a typical handheld mobile device (cell phones, PDAfs). An X-band front can be easily integrated with this waveform generator module using MMIC components, thus making it a complete single channel radar transceiver, with plug-and-play capability. A software-defined reconfigurable transceiver has the potential to greatly improve the performance and efficiency PNP backplanes for phase-array radar applications. BENEFIT: The proposed technology is built upon the software defined radio expertise of IAI. The most promising commercial applications outside of Air Force are: EArbitrary wideband waveform synthesizer EReconfigurable radar transceiver with multi-mode capabilities ECognitive radios