A transformer-loaded variable-gain LNA for 24-GHz vehicular short-range radar

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2013-2016

  Ragonese, Egidio ^a   Scuderi, Angelo ^b   Palmisano, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automotive radar; BiCMOS technology; Gain control; Low noise amplifiers; Transformers; UWB circuits

Indexed keywords

AUDIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL DESIGN; RADAR; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

1-DB COMPRESSION POINT; AUTOMOTIVE RADAR; BI-CMOS PROCESS; BICMOS TECHNOLOGY; CONTROL FUNCTIONALITY; FULLY DIFFERENTIAL; GAIN CONTROL; POWER GAINS; REVERSE ISOLATION; SHORT-RANGE RADARS; TRANSFORMERS; UWB CIRCUITS;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 46049109193     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.23584     Document Type: Article

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