Fully integrated SiGe-BiCMOS receiver(RX) and transmitter(TX) chips for 76.5 GHz FMCW automotive radar systems including demonstrator board design

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1307-1310

  Reuter, R ^a   Li, H ^a   To, I ^b   Yin, Y ^a   Ghazinour, A ^a   Jahn, D ^a,c   Morgan, D ^b   Feige, J ^a   Welch, P ^b   Braithwaite, S ^b   Knappenberger, B ^b   Scheitlin, D ^b   John, J ^b   Huang, M ^b   Wennekers, P ^a   Tutt, M ^b   Trigas, C ^a   Kirchgessner, J ^b  

^a Freescale Halbleiter Deutschland GmbH   (Germany)

^b FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR INC   (United States)

^c ASTYX GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; FM radar; Receivers; Transmitters

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; BICMOS TECHNOLOGY; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS; RADAR SYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; TRANSMITTERS;

ANTENNA MEASUREMENTS; DOUBLERS; POWER DETECTORS;

SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

EID: 34748900622     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2007.380434     Document Type: Conference Paper

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