A GaAs HEMT MMIC chip set for automotive radar systems fabricated by optical stepper lithography

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1342-1348

  Müller, Jan Erik ^a,b   Grave, Thomas ^b,e,f   Siweris, Heinz J ^a,b,g   Kärner, Martin ^b,h,i   Schäfer, Andre ^b,c   Tischer, Harald ^b,j,k   Riechert, Henning ^b,l,m   Schleicher, Lothar ^b   Verweyen, Ludger ^d   Bangert, Axel ^d   Kellner, Walter ^a,b   Meier, Thomas ^b  

^a IEEE   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SOLID STATE PHYSICS IAF   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PLASMAPHYSIK   (Germany)

^g RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^h TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^k University of Colorado   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Automotive radar systems; Gallium materials devices; Millimeter wave FET integrated circuits; MMIC harmonic mixer; MMIC receivers; MMIC transmitter; MODFET integrated circuis; Voltage controlled oscillators

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; MIXER CIRCUITS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; TRANSMITTERS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

AUTOMOTIVE RADAR SYSTEMS; OPTICAL STEPPER LITHOGRAPHY;

RADAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031232749     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.628737     Document Type: Article

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