A multi-channel Rx for 76.5GHz automotive radar applications with 55dB IF channel-to-channel isolation

Author

Trotta, S. ; Dehlink, B. ; Reuter, R. ; Yin, Y. ; John, J. ; Kirchgessner, J. ; Morgan, D. ; Welch, P. ; Lin, J.-J. ; Knappenberger, B. ; To, I. ; Huang, M.

Author_Institution

Freescale Halbleiter Deutschland GmbH, Munich, Germany

fYear

2009

fDate

28-29 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

192

Lastpage

195

Abstract

A multi-channel RX for automotive radar applications at 76.5 GHz is presented. The chip uses a LO input signal at 38.25 GHz which is multiplied on chip. The single-ended IF outputs show a noise density of -143 dBm/Hz at 100 kHz with a typical conversion gain of 18 dB. The large signal IF channel-to-channel isolation is > 55 dB. The 14 mm² chip consumes 520 mA from +3.3 V supply in a 200 GHz f_T SiGe BiCMOS process.

Keywords

BiCMOS integrated circuits; Ge-Si alloys; millimetre wave integrated circuits; radar applications; BiCMOS process; SiGe; automotive radar applications; current 520 mA; frequency 100 kHz; frequency 200 GHz; frequency 38.25 GHz; frequency 76.5 GHz; gain 18 dB; multichannel receiver; voltage 3.3 V; Automotive engineering; Control systems; Current density; Frequency; Impedance matching; Noise reduction; Radar antennas; Radar applications; Temperature; Topology; Multi-channel; automotive radar; beam forming; mm-wave; receiver;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference, 2009. EuMIC 2009. European

Conference_Location

Rome

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4749-7

Type

conf

Filename

5296452