A compact manufacturable 76-77-GHz radar module for commercial ACC applications

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 44-58

  Gresham, I ^a,e   Jain, N ^b,e   Budka, T ^c,e   Alexanian, A ^c,e   Kinayman, N ^a,e   Ziegner, B ^a,e   Brown, S ^a,e   Staecker, P ^a,d,e  

^a M/A COM   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c RF Micro Devices   (United States)

^d IEEE ^*  (United States)

^e IEEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Circuit functions; Consumer electronics; Doppler radar; Millimeter wave radar; Waveguide transitions

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONS; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; RADAR ANTENNAS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; TRANSCEIVERS; VARACTORS; WAVEGUIDES;

ALUMINUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; AUTONOMOUS CRUISE CONTROL (ACC) SYSTEMS; MILLIMETER WAVE RADARS;

DOPPLER RADAR;

EID: 0034831708     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.899961     Document Type: Article

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