Millimeter-Wave Receiver Concepts for 77 GHz Automotive Radar in Silicon-Germanium Technology

118 Pages·2012·3.684 MB·English

by  Dietmar Kissinger (auth.)

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Dietmar Kissinger
Millimeter-Wave Receiver
Concepts for 77 GHz
Automotive Radar
in Silicon-Germanium
Technology
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DietmarKissinger
UniversityofErlangen-Nuremberg
Erlangen,Germany
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ISBN978-1-4614-2289-1 e-ISBN978-1-4614-2290-7
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Preface
In recent years the continuous improvement of silicon technologies lead to the
realization of transistors with cut-off frequencies beyond 200GHz. This develop-
ment has enabled the integration of cost-efficient transceivers in the millimeter-
wave regime that profit from high integration densities and yield of silicon-based
technologies. Applications for such systems span from automotive radar to high
dataratecommunicationandhighresolutionimaging.
Automotiveradarsystemsareconsideredthekeytechnologyfortherealization
of active and passive vehicular safety features to further reduce the number
of fatalities due to traffic accidents. Silicon-Germanium technology offers the
possibility of cost-efficient manufacturing of such systems for a broad range of
trafficparticipants.
This book presents the analysis and design of integrated automotive radar
receiversinSilicon-Germaniumtechnologyforuseincomplexmulti-channelradar
transceiver front-ends in the 77GHz frequency band. The main emphasis of my
workistherealizationofhigh-linearityandlow-powermodularreceivechannelsas
wellastheinvestigationofmillimeter-waveintegratedreceivertestconcepts.
The manuscript is based on my Ph.D. dissertation entitled “High-Linearity
Circuits and Integrated Test Concepts for 77-GHz Radar Receiver Front-Ends
in Silicon-Germanium Technology” that has been submitted to the University
of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. It has been supported by the German Bun-
desministerium fu¨r Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) through the research project
RoCC-RadaronChipforCarsundercontractnumber13N9821andwascarriedout
inclosecollaborationwithDanubeIntegratedCircuitEngineering(DICE)GmbH,
Linz,AustriaandInfineonTechnologiesAG,Neubiberg,Germany.
Erlangen DietmarKissinger
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Acknowledgements
FirstandforemostIwouldliketothankmyresearchadvisorProf.Dr.-Ing.Dr.-Ing.
habil.RobertWeigelforgivingmetheopportunityto developthisworkunderhis
supervision.Hisguidanceandsupporthavebeenaconstantencouragementforme
toproceedwiththistopicoverthepast4yearswithouthesitation.
I would like to thankFlorian Starzer and Martin Jahn,as wellas Dr.Christoph
Wagner from the automotiveradar groupat DICE for a scientifically fruitfultime
andawarmwelcomeduringmyfirstyearsinLinz.ThesupportofDr.LinusMaurer,
Dr.Erich Kolmhofer, and Dr.Herbert Ja¨ger is also highly appreciated. Thomas
Niedermayr, Florian Dober, and Andreas Schinko helped me with various layout
issues and constantlykeptme in a very positiveworkenvironment.Also, I would
like to express my gratitude to Hans Peter Forstner, Dr.Herbert Knapp, Dr.Klaus
Aufinger,andDr.RudolfLachnerfromInfineonTechnologiesinMunich.
A special thanks goes to all my colleagues from the Institute for Electron-
ics Engineering. I believe the research environment here in Erlangen is a very
unique one, and I hope that it will continue for many years to come. I want to
expressmyspecialgratitudetoChristophKandziora,JochenRascher,JochenEßel,
Dr.AlexanderKo¨lpin,andDr.BenjaminWaldmannfortheirmotivationandmental
support.Also,IthankmyformerstudentsRomanAgethen,AbhiramChakraborty,
Timo Schu¨rer, Johannes Pohlmann, and Andreas Selz for all their hard work and
patience.
Furthermore,I sincerelythankmyfriendsAndreasSchmidt,DenisMu¨ller,and
SabineRynekforprovidingmewithblithelytimesoutsidemyworkplaceandalot
ofrememberablecoffeediscussions.
IamverythankfultomyparentsandtomybrotherThomasfortheirsupportand
encouragementformy decisionto continuemytime atthe universityanddevelop
thisbook.Finally,I wouldlike toapologizeto allmyfriendsandrelativesformy
lackoftimeduringthelastyearsandpromiseachangeforthebetter.
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