A low-noise and high-gain double-balanced mixer for 77 GHz automotive radar front-ends in SiGe bipolar technology

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

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 47-50

  Perndl, W ^a,b   Knapp, H ^b   Wurzer, M ^b   Aufinger, K ^b   Meister, T F ^b   Bock J ^b   Simburger W ^b   Scholtz, A L ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

77 GHz; Automotive radar; Double balanced; Gilbert mixer; High gain; Low noise; Mixer; SiGe

Indexed keywords

GILBERT MIXERS; HIGH-GAIN; LOW-NOISE; MIXER;

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); SENSORS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SWITCHING; TRANSCEIVERS;

BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS;

EID: 4444275435     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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