Integrated LNA-sub-harmonic mixer for 77 GHz automotive radar applications using GaAs pHEMT technology

Technical Digest - IEEE Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium, CSIC

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 257-259

  Bryant, Danny T ^a   Eye, Robert A ^a   Carroll, James M ^a   Allen, Donald ^a  

^a TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR   (United States)

Author keywords

Low noise amplifiers; MMIC's; Subharmonic mixers; W band automotive applications

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE RADARS; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS (LNA); SUB-HARMONIC MIXERS (SHM); W-BAND AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING; BROADBAND NETWORKS; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RADAR; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 21644456069     PISSN: 15508781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CSICS.2004.1392556     Document Type: Conference Paper

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