A 19GHz VCO dwnconverter MMIC for 77GHz automotive radar frontends in a SiGe bipolar production technology

2007 European Radar Conference, EURAD

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 178-181

  Forstner, H P ^a   Knapp, H ^a   Gamsjager C ^a   Rein, H M ^b   Bock J ^a   Meister, T ^a   Aufinger, K ^a  

^a INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

77GHz; ACC; Automotive radar; Downconverter; FMCW; Low noise; Mixer; SiGe; VCO

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; RADIO; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

77GHZ; ACC; AUTOMOTIVE RADAR; AUTOMOTIVE RADARS; DOWNCONVERTER; EUROPEAN; FMCW; FULLY INTEGRATED; LOW NOISE; MIXER; PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES; SIGE; VCO;

RADAR;

EID: 50049134678     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EURAD.2007.4404966     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

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4. J. Böck et al., "SiGe Bipolar Technology for Automotive Radar Applications," Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology. Proceedings. IEEE Sept. 2004, pp. 84-87