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A Fully Integrated 0.48 THz FMCW Radar Transceiver MMIC in a SiGe-Technology
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  • David Starke ,
  • Jonathan Wittemeier ,
  • Florian Vogelsang ,
  • Benedikt Sievert ,
  • Daniel Erni ,
  • Andreas Rennings ,
  • Holger Rücker ,
  • Nils Pohl
David Starke
Ruhr University Bochum

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Florian Vogelsang
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Benedikt Sievert
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Daniel Erni
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Abstract

Radar systems are gaining in popularity and spreading into more and more applications due to their robust measurement method. While single-chip solutions have been published in the last decade in the upper millimetre-wave range, solutions are still very limited in the lower THz range. In this paper, a 0.48THz FMCW-radar transceiver MMIC in a 130nm silicon-germanium (SiGe) technology is presented. The MMIC consists of one Tx and Rx channel, respectively. The components for frequency synthesis and on-chip patch antennas are fully integrated into the MMIC. The achievable tuning range of the MMIC is 0.448 − 0.491 THz with a peak on-chip output power of about -9.4 dBm. The MMIC was designed and manufactured with the IHP SG13G3 technology.