A 77-GHz FM/CW radar front-end with a low-profile low-loss printed antenna

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2237-2241

  Menzel, Wolfgang ^a   Pilz, Dietmar ^b   Leberer, Ralf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b DAIMLER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automotive radar; Integrated circuits; Millimeter wave; Millimeter wave radar; Printed circuit antenna; Reflector antenna; Scanning antenna

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA REFLECTORS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GUNN DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MIXER CIRCUITS; POLARIZATION; SENSORS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SLOT ANTENNAS; TRANSMITTERS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS; WAVEGUIDES;

AUTOMOTIVE RADAR; FINLINE MIXERS; FREQUENCY MODULATION/CONTINUOUS WAVE RADAR SENSORS;

RADAR;

EID: 0033281557     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.808965     Document Type: Article

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