Compact integrated coplanar T/R-modules for automotive applications

Author

Verweyen, L. ; Bangert, A. ; Massler, H. ; Fink, T. ; Neumann, M. ; Osorio, R. ; Krems, T. ; Jakobus, T. ; Haydll, W.H. ; Schlechtweg, M.

Author_Institution

Fraunhofer Inst. for Appl. Solid State Phys., Freiburg, Germany

fYear

1997

fDate

10-10 June 1997

Firstpage

203

Lastpage

206

Abstract

Integrated transmit and receive MMICs for automotive applications have been realized in coplanar waveguide technology, using a 0.15 /spl mu/m PHEMT process. The transmitter chip delivers an output power of 10 dBm at the antenna and the LO-ports. The receiver has an overall conversion gain of 10 dB for an LO-power of -10 dBm. Both chips only require an area of 3/spl times/2 mm/sup 2/ For an improved higher power version of the transmitter, a new nonlinear HEMT-model has been used for the design of a power amplifier, resulting in excellent agreement between predicted and measured output performance at 76 GHz.

Keywords

HEMT integrated circuits; automotive electronics; coplanar waveguides; field effect MIMIC; modules; radar applications; radar equipment; 0.15 micron; 10 dB; 76 GHz; EHF; MM-wave ICs; PHEMT process; automotive applications; compact integrated coplanar T/R-modules; coplanar waveguide technology; nonlinear HEMT model; power amplifier design; pseudomorphic HEMT; receiver chip; transmit/receive MMICs; transmitter chip; Area measurement; Automotive applications; Coplanar waveguides; Gain; High power amplifiers; MMICs; PHEMTs; Power generation; Transmitters; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 1997., IEEE

Conference_Location

Denver, CO, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4063-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RFIC.1997.598785

Filename

598785