Coplanar transceive MMIC for 77 GHz automotive applications based on a nonlinear design approach

Author

Verweyen, L. ; Siweris, H.J. ; Neumann, M. ; Schaper, U. ; Osorio, R. ; Werthof, A. ; Kudszus, S. ; Massier, H. ; Tischer, H. ; Reinert, W. ; Hulsmann, A. ; Haydl, W.H. ; Meier, T. ; Kellner, W. ; Schlechtweg, M.

Author_Institution

Fraunhofer-Inst. fur Angewandte Festkorperphys., Freiburg, Germany

fYear

1998

fDate

11-8 June 1998

Firstpage

33

Lastpage

36

Abstract

Integrated transceive MMICs for automotive applications were realized in coplanar waveguide technology, using a 0.15 /spl mu/m PM-HEMT process. Based on an analytical nonlinear HEMT model, harmonic balance simulations of the entire chip, comprising up to 7 devices, showed good agreement with the measured power performance of the transmit and the receive paths. For the resistive mixer, a DSB noise temperature of only 297 K was measured.

Keywords

HEMT integrated circuits; MMIC mixers; automotive electronics; coplanar waveguides; transceivers; 0.15 micron; 77 GHz; DSB noise temperature; MMIC transceiver; PM-HEMT; analytical model; automotive applications; coplanar waveguide; harmonic balance simulation; nonlinear design; resistive mixer; Analytical models; Automotive applications; Coplanar waveguides; HEMTs; Harmonic analysis; MMICs; Performance analysis; Power measurement; Power system harmonics; Semiconductor device measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 1998 IEEE

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

ISSN

1097-2633

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4439-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RFIC.1998.682042

Filename

682042