Title :
Silicon-based radar and imaging sensors operating above 120 GHz
Author :
Sarkas, I. ; Laskin, E. ; Tomkins, A. ; Balteanu, A. ; Dacquay, E. ; Tarnow, L. ; Voinigescu, S.P. ; Hasch, J. ; Chevalier, P. ; Sautreuil, B.
Author_Institution :
ECE Dept., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
This paper reviews the design considerations, integration issues, packaging and experimental performance of two, recently developed D-Band transceivers with on-die or above-IC antennas fabricated in a production SiGe BiCMOS technology. Potential solutions for future high-efficiency D- and G-Band radio and sensor transceivers are also investigated.
Keywords :
BiCMOS integrated circuits; elemental semiconductors; field effect MIMIC; image sensors; millimetre wave antennas; millimetre wave detectors; millimetre wave radar; radio transceivers; silicon; BiCMOS technology; D-Band transceivers; above-IC antennas; high-efficiency G-band radio; imaging sensors; on-die antennas; sensor transceivers; silicon-based radar; Propagation losses; Receiving antennas; D-Band; G-Band; SiGe BiCMOS; imaging; nanoscale CMOS; radar; radio; sensor;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Radar and Wireless Communications (MIKON), 2012 19th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Warsaw
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1435-1
DOI :
10.1109/MIKON.2012.6233499
