A SiGe-Based 140-GHz Four-Channel Radar Sensor with Digital Beamforming Capability

Martin Jahn, Reinhard Feger, Clemens Pfeffer, Thomas Meister, Andreas Stelzer

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Abstract

This paper presents a multi-channel radar sensor operating at 140 GHz. The sensor employs fundamentalwave SiGe-based chips that feature HBTs with 340-GHz fmax. A separate voltage-controlled oscillator chip provides the LO signal with frequencies from 136 to 150GHz for four cascaded transceiver chips. The saturated transceiver output power is approximately 4 dBm, the maximum receiver gain is 19.5 dB, and the minimum double-sideband noise figure is 13.5 dB. The equivalent isotropically radiated power of a single channel is 5 dBm. The sensor was field-tested with frequency-modulated continuous-wave chirps from 140 to 145 GHz. Targets were resolved in range and angle by means of digital beamforming.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMicrowave Symposium Digest (MTT), 2012 IEEE MTT-S International
Pages1 -3
Number of pages3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2012

Publication series

NameIEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium digest
ISSN (Print)0149-645X

Fields of science

  • 202019 High frequency engineering
  • 202037 Signal processing
  • 202023 Integrated circuits
  • 202029 Microwave engineering
  • 202033 Radar technology

JKU Focus areas

  • Mechatronics and Information Processing

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