Digital cross-correlation at 250 MHz using high-performance FPGAs

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3357, Issue , 1998, Pages 395-403

  Von Herzen, Brian ^a  

^a Rapid Prototypes Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlators; Digital spectrometers; FPGA; Programmable logic; Real time signal processing; Reconfigurable signal processing arrays

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; CORRELATORS; COSTS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; RADAR ASTRONOMY; RADIO ASTRONOMY; SIGNAL ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; TELESCOPES;

DIGITAL SPECTROMETERS; FPGA; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC; REAL-TIME SIGNAL PROCESSING; RECONFIGURABLE SIGNAL-PROCESSING ARRAYS;

FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA);

EID: 50049094161     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.317372     Document Type: Conference Paper

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