Title :
An active pulsed reflector circuit for FMCW radar application based on the switched injection-locked oscillator principle
Author :
Strobel, Axel ; Ellinger, Frank
Author_Institution :
Circuit Design & Network Theor, Tech. Univ. Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Abstract :
This paper presents an active pulsed reflector for a FMCW radar system based on the switched injection-locked oscillator principle at 30 GHz. The theory of the active backscatter transponder is extended and system investigations with respect to the impact of phase sampling noise were performed. The circuit has been integrated in a 0.25 μm SiGe BiCMOS technology. On-wafer measurements showed a phase coherent signal amplification of 55 dB with an output power level of -3 dBm.
Keywords :
BiCMOS integrated circuits; CW radar; FM radar; amplification; backscatter; injection locked oscillators; transponders; BiCMOS technology; FMCW radar application; active backscatter transponder; active pulsed reflector circuit; phase coherent signal amplification; switched injection-locked oscillator; Bandwidth; Base stations; Chirp; Jitter; Mathematical model; Oscillators; Radar; FMCW; SiGe BiCMOS; high-speed integrated circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Conference Dresden (SCD), 2011
Conference_Location :
Dresden
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0431-4
DOI :
10.1109/SCD.2011.6068697
