Ultra-wideband radar sensors for short-range vehicular applications

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 52, Issue 9 I, 2004, Pages 2105-2122

  Gresham, Ian ^a   Jenkins, Alan ^a   Egri, Robert ^a   Eswarappa, Channabasappa ^a   Kinayman, Noyan ^a   Jain, Nitin ^b   Anderson, Richard ^a   Kolak, Frank ^c   Wohlert, Ratana ^a   Bawell, Shawn P ^a   Bennett, Jacqueline ^a   Lanteri, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a M/A COM   (United States)

^b Anokiwave Inc   (United States)

^c MITRE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Automotive; Radar; SiGe; Ultra wideband (UWB)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; PULSE GENERATORS; RADAR SYSTEMS; SENSORS; SURFACE MOUNT TECHNOLOGY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

SHORT-RANGE RADAR (SRR); SIGE; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB); VEHICULAR APPLICATIONS;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 4544243975     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2004.834185     Document Type: Conference Paper

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