Forward-looking automotive radar using a W-band single-chip transceiver

Author

Wei Chang, Kwo ; Wang, Huei ; Shreve, Greg ; Harrison, James G. ; Core, M. ; Paxton, A. ; Yu, M. ; Chen, C. Harry ; Dow, G. Samuel

Author_Institution

Electron. Syst. & Technol. Div., TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA, USA

Volume

43

Issue

7

fYear

1995

fDate

7/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1659

Lastpage

1668

Abstract

A prototype W-band all-weather automotive radar based on a single-chip 0.1-μm AlGaAs-InGaAs-GaAs HEMT transceiver has been developed. This radar has the features of simple architecture and small size, with adequate performance. Owing to the maturity of HEMT MMIC technology, this radar is potentially low cost to implement in personal vehicles. The prototype radar used for autonomous intelligent cruise control in a passenger car is presented in this paper. The MMIC development, together with the radar system design, is also addressed

Keywords

HEMT integrated circuits; automotive electronics; field effect MIMIC; radar applications; radar equipment; transceivers; 0.1 micron; AlGaAs-InGaAs-GaAs; EHF; HEMT MMIC technology; HEMT transceiver; W-band single-chip transceiver; all-weather automotive radar; autonomous intelligent cruise control; forward-looking automotive radar; low cost implementation; passenger car; personal vehicles; prototype radar; Automotive engineering; Costs; HEMTs; Intelligent sensors; MMICs; Prototypes; Radar antennas; Radar applications; Transceivers; Vehicle safety;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/22.392937

Filename

392937