Power amplifier for 77-GHz automotive radar in 90-nm LP CMOS technology

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 292-294

  Lin, Jau Jr ^a   To, Kun Hin ^a   Hammock, Donna ^a   Knappenberger, Bill ^a   Majerus, Michael ^a   Huang, W Margaret ^a  

^a FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR INC   (United States)

Author keywords

CMOS; Millimeter wave; Power amplifier; RADAR

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE RADAR; AUTOMOTIVE RADAR APPLICATIONS; CMOS; CMOS PA; CMOS TECHNOLOGY; LOW POWER; MILLIMETERWAVE POWER AMPLIFIERS; OUTPUT POWER; SATURATED OUTPUT POWER; SINGLE-ENDED; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TWO STAGE;

MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; POWER AMPLIFIERS; RADAR;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 77952008739     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2010.2045598     Document Type: Article

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