Integrated LNA-sub-harmonic mixer for 77 GHz automotive radar applications using GaAs pHEMT technology

Author

Bryant, Danny T. ; Eye, Robert A. ; Carroll, James M. ; Allen, Donald

Author_Institution

TriQuint Semicond. Inc., Richardson, TX, USA

fYear

2004

fDate

24-27 Oct. 2004

Firstpage

257

Lastpage

259

Abstract

An integrated low-noise amplifier (LNA) and sub-harmonic mixer (SHM) for automotive radar applications has been designed using 0.15μm GaAs pHEMT technology. This MMIC operates at RF frequencies of 76 to 77 GHz, IF frequencies up to 3 GHz, and LO frequencies of 36 to 38.5 GHz. A typical conversion loss of 3dB has been measured for a 10 dBm LO input power with no observed compression up to -6 dBm RF input signal level. The resulting 2.5 mm² circuit area helps address the low-cost and small size needs of automotive radar components.

Keywords

HEMT integrated circuits; III-V semiconductors; MMIC amplifiers; MMIC mixers; automotive electronics; gallium arsenide; road vehicle radar; 0.15 micron; 3 GHz; 3 dB; 36 to 38.58 GHz; 76 to 77 GHz; GaAs; GaAs pHEMT technology; MMIC; W-band automotive applications; automotive radar applications; integrated low-noise amplifier; low-cost automotive radar; small size automotive radar components; sub-harmonic mixer; Automotive engineering; Gallium arsenide; Loss measurement; Low-noise amplifiers; MMICs; Mixers; PHEMTs; Power measurement; Radar applications; Radio frequency;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium, 2004. IEEE

ISSN

1550-8781

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8616-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSICS.2004.1392556

Filename

1392556