A fully integrated 77-GHz radar transmitter based on a low phase-noise 19.25-GHz fundamental VCO

Proceedings of the IEEE Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 65-68

  Starzer, Florian ^a   Fischer, Alexander ^a   Forstner, Hans Peter ^b   Knapp, Herbert ^b   Wiesinger, Friedrich ^c   Stelzer, Andreas ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG   (Germany)

^c DICE GmbH & Co KG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bipolar transistor oscillators; CW radar; Frequency conversion; Frequency synthesizers; Phase locked loops; Voltage controlled oscillators

Indexed keywords

COLPITTS; CW RADAR; EMITTER FOLLOWERS; FREQUENCY CONVERSIONS; FREQUENCY TRANSFORMATIONS; FULLY INTEGRATED; FUNDAMENTAL VCO; LOW-PHASE-NOISE; MEDIUM POWER AMPLIFIER; POWER LEVELS; SWITCHABLE; VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR;

BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; CIRCUIT OSCILLATIONS; CONTINUOUS WAVE RADAR; FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZERS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; RADAR TRANSMITTERS; TRANSMITTERS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

RADAR;

EID: 78651400140     PISSN: 10889299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BIPOL.2010.5667953     Document Type: Conference Paper

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