Title :
60 GHz industrial radar systems in silicon-germanium technology
Author :
Agethen, R. ; PourMousavi, M. ; Forstner, Hans Peter ; Wojnowski, M. ; Pressel, K. ; Weigel, Robert ; Kissinger, Dietmar
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Electron. Eng., Univ. of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
Abstract :
This paper presents a fully integrated 60GHz SiGe transceiver for industrial radar applications. The transceiver is packaged in an eWLB technology which allowes for direct embedding of two dipole antennas in the package. The compact transceiver frontend has been evaluated in an FMCW radar setup. The transceiver features a wide tunable operating range and is comprised of a vector modulator and a homodyne IQ receiver. The overall transceiver MMIC has a maximum output power of 3 dBm and an overall power consumption of less then 1 W. The directivity of the embedded antenna is 9dBi and shows an operating bandwidth of 5 GHz.
Keywords :
CW radar; FM radar; Ge-Si alloys; MMIC; ball grid arrays; dipole antennas; millimetre wave radar; modulators; radio transceivers; wafer level packaging; FMCW radar setup; SiGe; SiGe transceiver; bandwidth 5 GHz; compact transceiver frontend; dipole antennas; eWLB technology; frequency 60 GHz; homodyne IQ receiver; industrial radar applications; silicon-germanium technology; transceiver MMIC; vector modulator; Bandwidth; Dipole antennas; Phase locked loops; Radar measurements; Transceivers; 60 GHz; SiGe; eWLB; millimeter wave; radar; transceiver;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest (IMS), 2013 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6177-4
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2013.6697731
