Monolithic integration of microstrip line couplers for automotive radar applications at 77 GHz using a Si-HBT technology

Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference Proceedings, APMC

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 811-814

  Hartmann, Marcus ^a   Seemann, Kay ^a   Jäger, Herbert ^b   Kolmhofer, Erich ^b   Weigel, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b DICE GmbH & Co KG   (Austria)

Author keywords

77GHz; Automotive radar; Directional coupler; Millimeter wave; SiGe

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DETECTORS; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; MICROWAVES; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PASSIVE NETWORKS; RADAR; SILICON; TECHNOLOGY;

ASIA PACIFIC; AUTOMOTIVE RADAR APPLICATIONS; AUTOMOTIVE RADARS; BIPOLAR TECHNOLOGIES; BRANCH LINE COUPLER (BLC); BRANCH LINES; CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS; DESIGN METHODOLOGIES; INP-BASED HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR (HBT) TECHNOLOGY; MANUFACTURED CIRCUITS; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; MICROSTRIP (MSL); MONOLITHIC INTEGRATIONS; REDUCED SIZE; SI-BASED;

RADAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 44949141940     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APMC.2006.4429538     Document Type: Conference Paper

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