A W-band single-chip transceiver for FMCW radar

Author

Chang, K.W. ; Dow, G.S. ; Wang, H. ; Chen, T.N. ; Tan, K. ; Allen, B. ; Berenz, I. ; Wehling, J. ; Lin, R.

Author_Institution

TRW, Redondo Beach, CA, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

14-15 June 1993

Firstpage

41

Lastpage

44

Abstract

A monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) chip containing a W-band voltage controlled oscillator (VCO). transmit amplifiers, a receiver low noise amplifier and a mixer is discussed. It is used as the front-end of a homodyne FMCW radar for target range and range rate sensing applications. The 6.9-mm*3.6-mm monolithic chip was fabricated using 0.1- mu m pseudomorphic InGaAs-AlGaAs-GaAs HEMT process technology. The transmitter output power is more than 10 dBm for frequencies in the range 90-94 GHz, and maximum tuning bandwidth is 500 MHz for the VO. The receiver channel has 6-dB conversion gain when the output transmitting power is 10 dBm. A compete radar system has been tested based on the single-chip MMIC front-end. The calculated range and range rate are in good agreement with the measurement data.<>

Keywords

MMIC; field effect integrated circuits; frequency modulation; high electron mobility transistors; radar equipment; transceivers; 1 micron; 500 MHz; 6 dB; 90 to 94 GHz; EHF; FMCW radar; HEMT process technology; InGaAs-AlGaAs-GaAs; MIMIC; MM-wave operation; VCO; W-band; conversion gain; front-end; low noise amplifier; mixer; monolithic microwave integrated circuit; pseudomorphic type; range rate sensing; receiver LNA; single-chip transceiver; target range; transmit amplifiers; tuning bandwidth; voltage controlled oscillator; HEMTs; Integrated circuit noise; Low-noise amplifiers; MMICs; Microwave amplifiers; Microwave integrated circuits; Monolithic integrated circuits; Radar applications; Transceivers; Voltage-controlled oscillators;

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.1993.247481

Filename

247481