A low-voltage 77-GHz automotive radar chipset

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 487-490

  Nicolson, Sean T ^a   Tang, Keith A ^a   Yau, Kenneth H K ^a   Chevalier, Pascal ^b   Sautreuil, Bernard ^b   Voinigescu, Sorin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b STMICROELECTRONICS   (France)

Author keywords

Automotive radar; Low noise amplifiers; Millimeter wave imaging; Millimeter wave receivers and transmitters; Monolithic inductors and transformers; Power amplifiers

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; PHASE NOISE; POWER AMPLIFIERS; RADAR IMAGING; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

AUTOMOTIVE RADAR; CIRCUIT TOPOLOGIES; MILLIMETER-WAVE IMAGING; STATIC FREQUENCY DIVIDER;

DOPPLER RADAR;

EID: 34748881918     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2007.380513     Document Type: Conference Paper

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