An integrated 77-GHz six-port receiver front-end for angle-of-arrival detection

Proceedings of the IEEE Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 219-222

  Laemmle, Benjamin ^a   Vinci, Gabor ^a   Maurer, Linus ^b   Weigel, Robert ^a   Koelpin, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b DICE GmbH & Co KG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Angle of arrival; Automotive Radar; Calibration; Interferometer; Phase Measurement; Six Port

Indexed keywords

ANGLE-OF-ARRIVAL; AUTOMOTIVE RADAR; CALIBRATION METHOD; CALIBRATION PARAMETERS; DIFFERENT FREQUENCY; DIRECTION FINDING; HIGH PRECISION; INCIDENT SIGNALS; INPUT AMPLIFIERS; INPUT PORT; MEASUREMENT PRINCIPLE; POWER DETECTION; POWER DETECTORS; RADAR CALIBRATION; RECEIVER FRONT-ENDS; SIGE BIPOLAR TECHNOLOGY; SIX-PORT; SUPPLY VOLTAGES;

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; CALIBRATION; DETECTORS; INTEGRATION; INTERFEROMETERS; PHASE MEASUREMENT; RADAR;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 83455173240     PISSN: 10889299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BCTM.2011.6082786     Document Type: Conference Paper

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