A 77-GHz FMCW radar transceiver sourced through a 19-GHz SiGe Colpitts oscillator
- 1 December 2009
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- p. 2304-2307
- https://doi.org/10.1109/apmc.2009.5385445
Abstract
An integrated 19-GHz Colpitts oscillator for a 77-GHz FMCW automotive radar frontend application is presented. The Colpitts oscillator has been realized in a fully differential circuit architecture. The VCO's 19 GHz output signal is buffered with an emitter follower stage and used as a LO signal source for a 77-GHz radar transceiver architecture. The LO frequency is quadrupled and amplified to drive the switching quad of a Gilbert-type mixer. As the quadrupler-mixer chip is required to describe the radar-sensor it is introduced, but the main focus of this paper aims the design of the sensor's LO source. In addition, the VCO-chip provides a divide-by-8 stage. The divider is either used for on-wafer measurements or later on in a PLL application.Keywords
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