Software defined radar architectures

A software defined radar system comprising:

• a processing device to process multi-dimensional output radar data;
• a plurality of antennas to transmit and receive radio frequency signals;
• and
• a software defined radar platform in communication with the processing device and the plurality of antennas, the software defined radar platform including:
• a digital processor chip including a first data interface and a second data interface;
• a transmitter chip to generate a plurality of transmit signals based on baseband radar waveform data to be obtained from the digital processor chip, the transmitter chip including a third data interface in circuit with the first data interface of the digital processor chip to obtain the baseband radar waveform data, the transmitter chip including first memory to store the baseband radar waveform data, the transmitter chip to transmit the plurality of transmit signals via the plurality of antennas;
• and
• a receiver chip to determine baseband received radar data from a plurality of radar signals, the receiver chip to receive the plurality of radar signals via the plurality of antennas, the receiver chip including second memory to store the baseband received radar data, the receiver chip including a fourth data interface in circuit with the second data interface of the digital processor chip to provide the baseband received radar data to the digital processor chip.

At least one non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable instructions which, when executed, cause one or more processors to at least:

• generate baseband radar waveform data corresponding to a plurality of radar transmit signals;
• cause the baseband radar waveform data to be written to a first serial port that is to interface with a transmitter chip;
• cause baseband received radar data to be read from a second serial port that is to interface with a receiver chip;
• process the baseband received radar data to determine multi-dimensional output radar data;
• and
• cause the multi-dimensional output radar data to be written to an output port.

A method to implement a software defined radar platform, the method comprising:

• writing, by a first direct memory access controller, baseband radar waveform data to first serializer-deserializer circuitry in communication with a first serial port that is to interface with a transmitter chip, the baseband radar waveform data corresponding to a plurality of radar transmit signals;
• reading, by a second direct memory access controller, baseband received radar data from second serializer-deserializer circuitry in communication with a second serial port that is to interface with a receiver chip;
• generating, by executing an instruction with at least one processor, the baseband radar waveform data;
• processing, by executing an instruction with the at least one processor, the baseband received radar data to determine multi-dimensional output radar data;
• and
• outputting the multi-dimensional output radar data to an output port.