A 24/77-GHz SiGe BiCMOS transmitter chipset for automotive radar

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 782-786

  Giammello, Vittorio ^a   Ragonese, Egidio ^a   Palmisano, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

BiCMOS integrated circuits; millimeter wave (mm wave) circuits; mixers; power amplifier transformers

Indexed keywords

1DB COMPRESSION POINT; AUTOMOTIVE RADAR; AUTOMOTIVE RADAR SENSORS; BICMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CHIPSET; DUAL-BAND; MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER; MM-WAVE; OPERATION MODE; OUTPUT POWER; POWER GAINS; PULSEWIDTHS; SHORT-RANGE RADARS; SIGE BICMOS; SIGE BICMOS TECHNOLOGY; SUPPLY VOLTAGES;

BICMOS TECHNOLOGY; FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZERS; MILLIMETER WAVES; MIXER CIRCUITS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); POWER AMPLIFIERS; RADAR; SILICON ALLOYS; TRANSMITTERS;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

EID: 84874408372     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: 10982760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.27425     Document Type: Article

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