Low-cost design of a quasi-optical front-end for on board mm-wave pulsed radar

Author

Haese, N. ; Benlamlih, M. ; Cailleu, D. ; Rolland, P.A.

Author_Institution

Centre Hyperfrequences et Semicond., Univ. des Sci. et Technol. de Lille, Villeneuve d´´Ascq, France

fYear

1992

fDate

1-5 June 1992

Firstpage

621

Abstract

A quasi-optical 60-GHz pulsed radar system developed for obstacle detection features a simplified design of the millimeter wave front end. The aim of this approach was to reduce circuit complexity and to limit the number of microwave devices used. A complete radar mock up was built at 60 GHz using a GaAs Gunn diode for power generation and a biased GaAs beam lead Schottky diode for mixing. The signal processing circuit is described. This mock up provided experimental results for range measurements up to 100 m.<>

Keywords

automotive electronics; design engineering; radar systems; 100 m; 60 GHz; EHF; GaAs; GaAs Gunn diode; GaAs beam lead Schottky diode; MM-wave; automobile radar; circuit complexity reduction; experimental results; low cost design; millimeter wave front end; mixing; mm-wave pulsed radar; number of microwave devices; obstacle detection; on-board radar; power generation; pulsed radar system; quasi-optical front-end; quasi-optics; radar mock up; range measurements; signal processing circuit; simplified design; Complexity theory; Computer vision; Gallium arsenide; Gunn devices; Microwave devices; Millimeter wave circuits; Millimeter wave radar; Power generation; Radar detection; Schottky diodes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 1992., IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM, USA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0611-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.1992.188059

Filename

188059