a 77-ghz fmcw radar system based on an rf frontend manufactured in a silicon-germanium technology

Proceedings of the 5th IASTED International Conference on Antennas, Radar, and Wave Propagation, ARP 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 74-79

  Wagner, Christoph ^a   Feger, Reinhard ^a   Stelzer, Andreas ^a   Haderer, Andreas ^a   Fischer, Alexander ^b   Jaeger, Herbert ^b  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b DICE GmbH & Co KG   (Austria)

Author keywords

77 GHz; ACC; FMCW radar; Offset Loop.

Indexed keywords

77 GHZ; ACC; BISTATIC; CHIPSET; DOWN CONVERTERS; FMCW RADAR; GHZ FREQUENCIES; OFFSET-LOOP.; PATCH ARRAY ANTENNAS; PROTOTYPE SYSTEMS; RF FRONT ENDS; SILICON GERMANIUMS; SILICON-GERMANIUM TECHNOLOGIES; STANDARD DEVIATIONS;

ACOUSTIC RADIATORS; ANTENNA ARRAYS; BICMOS TECHNOLOGY; GERMANIUM; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADAR SYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

RADAR ANTENNAS;

EID: 62349099854     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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