A 77 GHz SiGe power amplifier for potential applications in automotive radar systems

IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC, Digest of Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 91-94

  Pfeiffer, Ullrich R ^a   Reynolds, Scott K ^a   Floyd, Brian A ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

77 GHz; Automotive radar; Power amplifier; W band

Indexed keywords

77 GHZ; AUTOMOTIVE RADARS; THERMAL COUPLINGS; W-BAND;

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MIM DEVICES; RADAR SYSTEMS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; TRANSCEIVERS; TRANSDUCERS; TRANSISTORS;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 4444221554     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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