DocumentCode
2326001
Title
A W-band vector modulator and its application to software radar for automotive collision avoidance
Author
McPherson, D.S. ; Robertson, I.D. ; Lucyszyn, S.
Author_Institution
Microwave Syst. Res. Group, Surrey Univ., Guildford, UK
Volume
3
fYear
2000
fDate
11-16 June 2000
Firstpage
1423
Abstract
A 76.5 GHz GaAs MMIC I-Q vector modulator employing two bi-phase reflection-type attenuators is presented. It exhibits a minimum measured insertion loss of 12 dB and occupies an area of 2/spl times/1.6 mm/sup 2/. Using the vector modulator, we introduce the concept of software radar for automotive collision avoidance.
Keywords
Gallium arsenide; III-V semiconductors; Losses; MIMIC; Millimetre wave receivers; Modulators; Road vehicle radar; Waveguide attenuators; 12 dB; 76.5 GHz; GaAs; I-Q vector modulator; MMIC; W-band; automotive collision avoidance; bi-phase reflection-type attenuators; minimum measured insertion loss; software radar; Application software; Area measurement; Attenuators; Automotive engineering; Collision avoidance; Gallium arsenide; Insertion loss; Loss measurement; MMICs; Radar applications;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Symposium Digest. 2000 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location
Boston, MA, USA
ISSN
0149-645X
Print_ISBN
0-7803-5687-X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MWSYM.2000.862241
Filename
862241
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