A phased-array radar transmitter based on 77-GHz cascadable transceivers

Author

Wagner, Christoph ; Stelzer, Andreas ; Jäger, Herbert

Author_Institution

Christian Doppler Lab. for Integrated Radar Sensors, Johannes Kepler Univ., Linz, Austria

fYear

2009

fDate

7-12 June 2009

Firstpage

73

Lastpage

76

Abstract

A 77-GHz phased-array radar transmitter that is based on fully integrated, differential, cascadable transceiver circuits is presented. The building blocks of the 77-GHz IQ transceiver are explained in detail, along with measurement results of the transmitter part. A demonstration of the beam-forming capability of the presented transceiver is given using a 4-channel phased-array radar demonstrator that incorporates the generation of PLL stabilized 77-GHz signals.

Keywords

array signal processing; millimetre wave devices; phased array radar; radar signal processing; radar transmitters; transceivers; beam-forming capability; frequency 77 GHz; integrated differential cascadable transceiver; phased-array radar transmitter; Array signal processing; Coupling circuits; Doppler radar; Integrated circuit measurements; Phase modulation; Phased arrays; Radar applications; Signal generators; Transceivers; Transmitters; 77 GHz; FMCW radar; Phased Array;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 2009. MTT '09. IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2803-8

Electronic_ISBN

0149-645X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2009.5165635

Filename

5165635