W1905 SystemVue Radar Model Library

The W1905 Radar Model Library saves development time and verification expense in R&D for radar system architects, algorithm developers, and system verifiers.

It provides 48 highly-parameterized simulation blocks and 34 higher-level reference designs to create working radar system scenarios, including radar processing blocks, environmental effects items such as clutter, targets, and even hardware measurements. The W1905 library is applicable to pulsed-doppler (PD) radar architectures, as well as ultra-wide band (UWB) radars, digital arrays, beamforming, and frequency modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) radars.

Radar Technologies

• pulsed-doppler (PD) radar architectures
• ultra-wide band (UWB) radars
• digital array radars (DAR)
• synthetic aperature radars (SAR) and beamforming
• frequency modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) radars for automotive applications

The W1905 blockset and its example workspaces serve as algorithmic and architectural reference designs to verify radar performance under different signal conditions, target and RCS scenarios, clutter conditions, jammers and environmental interferers, and different receiver algorithms. Accounting for a diverse set of environmental effects, while maintaining an open modeling environment (.m, C++, VHDL, test equipment), enables the Radar system designer to explore architectures with high confidence in R&D, without requiring expensive outdoor range testing or hardware simulators.

SystemVue also connects the baseband modeler with a variety of other domains, and can be used to create reference signals for download to test equipment, as well as post-process signals captured from test equipment. 

Figure 1. SystemVue’s W1905 radar library helps model the signal processing algorithms as well as the radar environment, and connects to UWB test equipment, such as the new Agilent 81180, and Agilent’s 90000-series oscilloscopes.

New for SystemVue 2011.10

• New blocks and examples for Synthetic Aperature Radar (SAR), UWB signals, beamforming, and FMCW
• New instrument drivers for Agilent’s family of wideband arbitrary waveform generators (AWG), such as M8190A.
  o  Watch a video demonstration of SystemVue for UWB Radar Design
  
  o  Download app note "Ultra-Wideband Radar System Design"

Who should buy the W1905 Radar Model Library?

Radar system designers in military, regulatory, commercial, avionics, medical, automotive, research, academic, and consulting applications.

Applications:

Accurate radar system architecture and scenario analysis

• Include realistic RF effects, clutter, fading, and directly-measured waveforms
• Leverage your existing math, HDL, and C++ algorithms
• Continue into hardware test using the same SystemVue environment and IP
• Ideal for proposals, hardware design, or verification

Algorithmic reference & test vector generation for baseband DSP hardware design

Precisely-degraded BB/RF signal generation for receiver testing

• Save time by verifying algorithms prior to targeted hardware implementation
• Reduce NRE and scripting with regression suites of simulated scenarios
• Re-use Agilent equipment assets with SystemVue for functional verification
• Reduce the need for expensive chambers, hardware emulators, faders, and field testing in the early phases of design

Figure 2. The W1905 radar library provides a wealth of models, processing blocks, and measurements to characterize common radar architectures.

For More Information

Please directly contact your local Agilent EEsof EDA sales representative to inquire about this library and its associated training and consulting services.

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