FPGA-Based Doppler Frequency Estimator for Real-Time Velocimetry

被引:6
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作者
Ricci, Stefano [1 ]
Meacci, Valentino [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Florence, Informat Engn Dept, I-50139 Florence, Italy
关键词
doppler velocimetry; doppler spectrum; FPGA; centroid estimation; ULTRASONIC DOPPLER; VELOCITY PROFILES;
D O I
10.3390/electronics9030456
中图分类号
TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
In range-Doppler ultrasound applications, the velocity of a target can be measured by transmitting a mechanical wave, and by evaluating the Doppler shift present on the received echo. Unfortunately, detecting the Doppler shift from the received Doppler spectrum is not a trivial task, and several complex estimators, with different features and performance, have been proposed in the literature for achieving this goal. In several real-time applications, hundreds of thousands of velocity estimates must be produced per second, and not all of the proposed estimators are capable of performing at these high rates. In these challenging conditions, the most widely used approaches are the full centroid frequency estimate or the simple localization of the position of the spectrum peak. The first is more accurate, but the latter features a very quick and straightforward implementation. In this work, we propose an alternative Doppler frequency estimator that merges the advantages of the aforementioned approaches. It exploits the spectrum peak to get an approximate position of the Doppler frequency. Then, centered in this position, a centroid search is applied on a reduced frequency interval to refine the estimate. Doppler simulations are used to compare the accuracy and precision performance of the proposed algorithm with respect to current state of the art approaches. Finally, a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) implementation is proposed that is capable of producing more than 200 k low noise estimates per second, which is suitable for the most demanding real-time applications.
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