Frequency quadruplers for a 77GHz subharmonically pumped automotive radar transceiver in SiGe

European Microwave Week 2009, EuMW 2009: Science, Progress and Quality at Radiofrequencies, Conference Proceedings - 4th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference, EuMIC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 188-191

  Forstner, Hans Peter ^a   Starzer, Florian ^b   Haider, Günter ^c   Wagner, Christoph ^b   Jahn, Martin ^b  

^a INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^c DICE GmbH & Co KG   (Austria)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE RADAR; DOWN CONVERTERS; FULLY DIFFERENTIAL; GILBERT-TYPE MIXERS; LOW-NOISE MIXER; PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY; RADAR TRANSCEIVERS; SUB-HARMONICALLY PUMPED; SUBHARMONICS; SUPPLY VOLTAGES; SWITCHING TRANSISTOR;

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MICROWAVES; MIXING; POWER AMPLIFIERS; RADAR; SEMICONDUCTING GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; SILICON ALLOYS; TRANSCEIVERS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 72449173760     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

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