A fully integrated 77GHz FMCW radar transmitter using a fractional-N frequency synthesizer

European Microwave Week 2009, EuMW 2009: Science, Progress and Quality at Radiofrequencies, Conference Proceedings - 6th European Radar Conference, EuRAD 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 149-152

  Salle, Didier ^a   Landez, Christophe ^a   Savary, Pierre ^a   Montoriol, Gilles ^a   Gach, Robert ^a   Li, Hao ^b   Ghazinour, Akbar ^b  

^a Freescale Semiconducteurs France SAS   (France)

^b Freescale Halbleiter Deutschland GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL CONTROLLERS; FMCW RADAR; FRACTIONAL-N; FRACTIONAL-N FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZERS; FULLY INTEGRATED; OUTPUT POWER; PROGRAMMABLE DIVIDER; SIGE BICMOS TECHNOLOGY; SIGMA DELTA MODULATOR; SINGLE-CHIP TRANSMITTERS;

DELTA SIGMA MODULATION; FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZERS; MICROWAVES; MODULATORS; RADAR; RADAR EQUIPMENT; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; TRANSMITTERS;

BICMOS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 72449173420     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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