Title :
A compact low-power 24 GHz transceiver for radar applications in 0.13 µm CMOS
Author :
Issakov, Vadim ; Tiebout, Marc ; Mertens, Koen ; Cao, Yiqun ; Thiede, Andreas ; Simburger, Werner ; Maurer, Linus
Author_Institution :
Dept. of High-Freq. Electron., Univ. of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany
Abstract :
This paper presents a compact low-power transceiver for 24 GHz radar applications integrated in 0.13 μm CMOS technology. The high integration level includes a low-noise amplifier (LNA), two mixers, on-chip quadrature generation, a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO), a power amplifier (PA) driver and frequency division by four at a record minimal area of 0.7 mm2. The direct-conversion receiver offers a conversion gain of 12 dB and a DSB noise figure of 5.5 dB, whilst the transmitter provides an output power of -3 dBm with a phase noise of -101 dBc/Hz. The circuit consumes only 88 mW from a single 1.5 V supply.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; field effect MMIC; low-power electronics; radar equipment; transceivers; 0.13 μm CMOS technology; compact low power 24 GHz transceiver; frequency 24 GHz; frequency division; gain 12 dB; low noise amplifier; noise figure 5.5 dB; onchip quadrature generation; power 88 mW; power amplifier driver; radar applications; size 0.13 micron; voltage 1.5 V; voltage-controlled oscillator; CMOS technology; Driver circuits; Frequency conversion; High power amplifiers; Low-noise amplifiers; Mixers; Power generation; Radar applications; Transceivers; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Microwaves, Communications, Antennas and Electronics Systems, 2009. COMCAS 2009. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tel Aviv
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3985-0
DOI :
10.1109/COMCAS.2009.5385966
