Millimeter-wave integrated reflectometer architectures for biomedical applications

Author

Kissinger, Dietmar ; Laemmle, Benjamin ; Nasr, Ismail ; Weigel, Robert

Author_Institution

Inst. for Electron. Eng., Univ. of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

fYear

2013

fDate

20-23 Jan. 2013

Firstpage

61

Lastpage

63

Abstract

This paper presents an overview of state-of-the-art read-out circuits for integrated millimeter-wave reflectometers in silicon technology. Different architectures based on homodyne or heterodyne lock-in detection, six-port passive networks, and sampled-line approaches are introduced and their respective circuit implementations are presented. Furthermore, the application potential of these integrated sensors is shown through the presentation of a highly integrated dielectric sensor.

Keywords

heterodyne detection; homodyne detection; medical signal detection; millimetre wave imaging; millimetre wave integrated circuits; passive networks; reflectometers; biomedical application; circuit implementation; heterodyne lock-in detection; homodyne lock-in detection; integrated dielectric sensor; integrated millimeter-wave reflectometer; millimeter-wave integrated reflectometer architectures; sampled-line approaches; silicon technology; six-port passive networks; state-of-the-art read-out circuits; Computer architecture; Detectors; Dielectrics; Millimeter wave technology; Silicon; Voltage-controlled oscillators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biomedical Wireless Technologies, Networks, and Sensing Systems (BioWireleSS), 2013 IEEE Topical Conference on

Conference_Location

Austin, TX

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2930-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BioWireleSS.2013.6613675

Filename

6613675