Single clock timeshared channelizer circuit

A dynamically reconfigurable channelizer included in an RF detection system, the dynamically reconfigurable channelizer comprising:

• a plurality of signal processing resources;
• and
• a crossbar switching circuit including a signal input to receive an input signal and a signal output to final processed signal, the crossbar switching circuit configured to selectively establish a plurality of different signal routing paths that connect the plurality of signal processing resources to the signal input and signal output,
• wherein the crossbar switching circuit reconfigures an established signal routing path based on a control signal generated from an electronic signal routing processor, thereby reconfiguring at least one of a size and an operating mode of the dynamically reconfigurable channelizer,
• wherein the crossbar switching circuit includes a resource output path that selectively connects a resource output of one of the signal processing resources or a combination of resource outputs of the signal processing resources in common with one another.

A method of operating an RF detection system to detect an object, the method comprising:

• receiving an input signal at the RF detection system;
• generating, via a signal routing processor, a routing control signal to select an operating mode of the RF detection system among a plurality of different operating modes;
• delivering the input signal to a signal input of a crossbar switching circuit;
• selectively reconfiguring, via the crossbar switching circuit, a signal routing path based on the routing control signal, the signal routing path connecting a plurality of signal processing resources to the signal input and a signal output of the crossbar switching circuit to invoke the selected operating mode;
• and
• outputting from the signal output a processed signal that indicates a detected object,
• wherein the crossbar switching circuit includes a resource output path that selectively connects a resource output of one of the signal processing resources or a combination of resource outputs of the signal processing resources in common with one another.