A 77GHz 4-channel automotive radar transceiver in SiGe

Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 233-236

  Forstner, H P ^a   Knapp, H ^a   Jage H ^b   Kolmhofer, E ^b   Platz, J ^b   Starzer, F ^c   Treml, M ^c   Schinko, A ^b   Birschkus, G ^b   Bock J ^a   Aufinger, K ^a   Lachner, R ^a   Meister, T ^a   Schafer H ^a   Lukashevich, D ^a   Boguth, S ^a   Fische, A ^b   Reininge, F ^a   Maure, L ^b   Minichshofe, J ^b   Steinbuch, D ^d   more..

^a INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG   (Germany)

^b DICE GmbH & Co KG   (Austria)

^c INSTITUTE FOR MICROELECTRONICS   (Austria)

^d ROBERT BOSCH GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; RADAR; RADIO WAVES; SEMICONDUCTING GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON ALLOYS; TRANSCEIVERS;

77 GHZ; ACC; ANTENNA PORTS; AUTOMOTIVE RADAR; AUTOMOTIVE RADARS; DOWNCONVERTER; FMCW; FULLY INTEGRATED; GHZ BAND; LOW NOISE; MIXER; PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES; RADIO FREQUENCY INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SIGE; TRANSCEIVER CHIPS; TRANSMIT POWERS; VCO;

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 51849130730     PISSN: 15292517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RFIC.2008.4561425     Document Type: Conference Paper

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