Behavioral Mixer Model for Rapid System Simulation of a 77GHz FMCW-Radar Transceiver

Author

Gunther, Oliver ; Hartmann, Marcus ; Wenig, Peter ; Weigel, Robert

Author_Institution

Inst. for Electron. Eng., Friedrich-Alexander-Univ. Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen

fYear

2007

fDate

11-14 Dec. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

An advanced behavioral model of a 77 GHz SiGe Gilbert-type double balanced mixer is proposed, which is able to accurately model conversion gain compression and noise figure compression due to LO-power drop. The model is for use in system simulation of direct conversion automotive FMCW-radar transceivers. Model parameters can be easily extracted from 77 GHz measurement data. The model has been validated with measurement data and circuit level simulations and can be implemented in commercial simulators.

Keywords

CW radar; FM radar; Ge-Si alloys; data compression; millimetre wave devices; semiconductor materials; transceivers; FMCW-radar transceiver; Gilbert-type double balanced mixer; SiGe; behavioral mixer model; circuit level simulations; conversion gain compression; noise figure compression; rapid system simulation; Automotive engineering; Character generation; Circuit simulation; Germanium silicon alloys; Noise figure; Noise measurement; Power system modeling; Radio frequency; Silicon germanium; Transceivers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2007. APMC 2007. Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Bangkok

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0748-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0749-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APMC.2007.4554550

Filename

4554550