Fully Integrated SiGe-BiCMOS Receiver(RX) and Transmitter(TX) Chips for 76.5 GHz FMCW Automotive Radar Systems Including Demonstrator Board Design

Abstract

Advancements in SiGe device development enable the realization of 76.5 GHz FMCW automotive long range radar systems using relatively low-cost silicon technology. This paper presents fully integrated receiver (RX) and transmitter (TX) circuits for wide temperature range operations. The TX chips consists of a VCO with two stage power amplifier, frequency divider chain, power detector circuit and operational amplifier to on-chip compensate the temperature drift of the center frequency. The RX chips is based on a 38.25 GHz doubler, a 76.5 GHz LNA, a passive balun, a fully balanced mixer and IF buffer. Also the integration and combination with planar patched antennas on a demonstrator board was discussed.