Using Feedforward Net for Direct Sequence Parallel Search Acquisition

A feedforward net that quickly determines the maximum of a set of real values and its application in direct sequence parallel search acquisition (DSPSA) are described. The net is very suitable for a VLSI implementation due to its primary feedforward structure.

Research on Estimator and Testing Acquisition Schemes in Direct Sequence Spectrum Spreading Systems

Serveral methods for the pararrel acquisition of a PN sequence in a baseband direct sequence spread spectrum system are investigated. Four different kinds of schemes are considered: the optimal estimation scheme, the locally optimal estimation scheme, the optimal testing searches and the locally optimal testing scheme. In the four kinds of parallel acquisition schemes, the expressions for the probability of error are given and compared with the actual error probabilities obtained via Monte Carlo simulation. We also outline a technique that can be suboptimal because of a large amount of hardware and computation when using the parallel acquisition schemes.

HIGH RESOLUTION REAL-TIME MEDICAL IMAGING BASED ON PARALLEL BEAMFORMING TECHNIQUE

Improvement of frame-rate is very important for high quality ultrasound imaging of fast-moving structures.It is also one of the key technologies of Three-Dimension(3-D) real-time medical imaging.In this paper,we have demonstrated a beamforming method which gives imaging frame-rate increment without sacrificing the quality of medical images.By using wider and fewer transmit beams in combination with four narrower parallel receive beams,potentially increasing the imaging frame-rate by a factor four.Through employing full transmit aperture,controlling the mainlobe width,and suppressing sidelobes of angular responses,the inherent gain loss of normal parallel beamfomer can be compensated in the maximal degree.The noise and interference signals also can be suppressed effectively.Finally,we show comparable lateral resolution and contrast of ultrasound images to normal single widow weighting beamformer on simulated phantoms of point targets,cyst and fetus of 12th week.As the computational cost is linear with the number of array elements and the same with Delay And Sum(DAS) beamformers,this method has great ad-vantages of possibility for high frame-rate real-time applications.

Fine Doppler shift acquisition algorithm for BeiDou software receiver by a look-up table

The BeiDou software receiver uses the fast Fourier transform(FFT)to perform the acquisition.The Doppler shift estimation accuracy should be less than 500 Hz to ensure satellite signals to enter a locked state in the tracking loop.Since the frequency step is usually 500 Hz or larger,the Doppler shift estimation accuracy cannot guarantee that satellite signals are brought into a stable tracking state.The straightforward solutions consist in increasing the sampling time and using zero-padding to improve the frequency resolution of the FFT.However,these solutions intensify the complexity and amount of computation.The contradiction between the acquisition accuracy and the computational load leads us to research for a more simple and effective algorithm,which achieves fine acquisition by a look-up table.After coarse acquisition using the parallel frequency acquisition(PFA)algorithm,the proposed algorithm optimizes the Doppler shift estimation through the look-up table method based on the FFT results to improve the acquisition accuracy of the Doppler shift with a minimal additional computing load.When the Doppler shift is within the queryable range of the table,the proposed algorithm can improve the Doppler shift estimation accuracy to 50 Hz for the BeiDou B1I signal.