High-Precision D-Band FMCW-Radar sensor based on a wideband SiGe-Transceiver MMIC

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3582-3597

  Jaeschke, Timo ^a   Bredendiek, Christian ^a   Kuppers, Simon ^b   Pohl, Nils ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER FKIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fractional N synthesizer; frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW); millimeter wave (mmWave); radar system; SiGe bipolar integrated circuits (ICs); ultra wideband

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CONTINUOUS WAVE RADAR; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MICROWAVE SENSORS; MILLIMETER WAVES; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; RADAR EQUIPMENT; RADAR SYSTEMS; SILICON ALLOYS; TRANSCEIVERS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB); VIBRATION MEASUREMENT;

FRACTIONAL-N SYNTHESIZER; FREQUENCY-MODULATED CONTINUOUS WAVES; MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; MILLIMETER WAVES (MMWAVE); PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY; SENSOR CHARACTERISTICS; SIGE BIPOLAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84916594135     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2014.2365460     Document Type: Article

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