A SiGe BiCMOS 24-GHz receiver front-end for automotive short-range radar

Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 121-130

  Ragonese, Egidio ^a   Scuderi, Angelo ^b   Giammello, Vittorio ^a   Palmisano, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automotive radar; BiCMOS technology; Integrated transformers; Low noise amplifier; Mixers; Phase locked loop; Polyphase filters; Voltage controlled oscillator

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE RADAR; BI-CMOS; INTEGRATED TRANSFORMERS; POLY PHASE FILTERS; VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR;

BICMOS TECHNOLOGY; FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZERS; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; POWER TRANSFORMERS; RADAR SYSTEMS; SILICON ALLOYS;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

EID: 79958285139     PISSN: 09251030     EISSN: 15731979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10470-010-9549-6     Document Type: Article

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