A low cost 77 GHz monolithic transmitter for automotive collision avoidance systems

Author

Raffaelli, L. ; Stewart, E. ; Quimby, R. ; Borelli, J. ; Geissberger, A. ; Palmieri, D.

Author_Institution

Alpha Ind., Woburn, MA, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

14-15 June 1993

Firstpage

63

Lastpage

66

Abstract

The design, integration and testing of a 77-GHz GaAs monolithic transmitter specifically optimized for low-cost, large-volume automotive collision avoidance systems are reported. Greater than +15 dBm of output power has been achieved at the output waveguide interface across a 1-GHz bandwidth using monolithic chips exclusively. This module, due to its small size, light weight and low production cost, is a significant advance in MM-wave technology from traditional waveguide hybrid approaches and it now makes collision avoidance radars affordable.<>

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; MMIC; automotive electronics; gallium arsenide; radar transmitters; safety systems; 1 GHz; 77 GHz; GaAs; MIMIC; MMIC; automotive collision avoidance systems; low cost design; monolithic chips; monolithic transmitter; radars; testing; Automotive engineering; Bandwidth; Collision avoidance; Costs; Design optimization; Gallium arsenide; Power generation; Production; System testing; Transmitters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Monolithic Circuits Symposium, 1993. Digest of Papers., IEEE 1993

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1322-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MCS.1993.247476

Filename

247476