RF Chipset for Impulse UWB Radar Using 0.13- $\mu{\hbox {m}}$ InP-HEMT Technology

A novel ultra-wideband impulse radar architecture for 24-GHz-band short-range radar was developed using 0.13-mum InP high electron-mobility technology. The transmitter part generates an extremely wideband impulse from a pulse generator and then filters it through a bandpass filter. The obtained impulse had a full width at half maximum of 9 ps. Its frequency spectrum spread from dc to over 40 GHz and achieved sufficient flatness in the target band. The power amplifier (PA) for the transmitter had a gain of 15 plusmn0.1 dB, and the low-noise amplifier (LNA) for the receiver had a gain of 40 plusmn1 dB and a minimum noise figure of 1.9 dB. The achieved flatness of integration gain including the PA, LNA, and RF switch was less than plusmn1.2 dB. These RF circuits with gain flatness make a simple matched filter configuration possible without the use of a conventional correlator composed of a local oscillator. An ultra high-speed sample and hold circuit having an ultra-long hold time of more than 3 ns was also developed to detect the output pulses from the matched filter