Phase-error measurement and compensation in PLL frequency synthesizers for FMCW sensors - I: Context and application

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1006-1017

  Pichler, Markus ^a   Stelzer, Andreas ^b   Gulden, Peter ^c   Seisenberger, Claus ^d   Vossiek, Martin ^e  

^a LINZ CENTER OF MECHATRONICS GMBH   (Austria)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^c Symeo GmbH   (Germany)

^d SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^e CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chirp radar; Frequency synthesizers; Phase measurement; Phase locked loops (PLLs)

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; FREQUENCY MODULATION; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; PHASE MEASUREMENT; RADAR SYSTEMS; SWEEP CIRCUITS;

CHIRP RADAR; FREQUENCY-MODULATED CONTINUOUS-WAVE RADAR SYSTEM; LINEAR FREQUENCY SWEEPS; PHASE-ERROR MEASUREMENT;

FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZERS;

EID: 34248645184     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2007.895512     Document Type: Article

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