A Monolithic Integrated mHEMT Chipset for High-Resolution Submillimeter-Wave Radar Applications

被引:7
作者
Tessmann, A. [1 ]
Leuther, A. [1 ]
Massler, H. [1 ]
Lewark, U. [2 ]
Wagner, S. [1 ]
Weber, R. [1 ]
Kuri, M. [1 ]
Zink, M. [1 ]
Riessle, M. [1 ]
Stulz, H. -P. [1 ]
Schlechtweg, M. [1 ]
Ambacher, O. [1 ]
Sommer, R. [3 ]
Wahlen, A. [3 ]
Stanko, S. [3 ]
机构
[1] Fraunhofer Inst Appl Solid State Phys IAF, Tullastr 72, D-79108 Freiburg, Germany
[2] Karlsruhe Inst Technol, IHE, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
[3] Fraunhofer Inst High Frequency Phys & Radar Tech, D-53343 Wachtberg, Germany
来源
2013 IEEE COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT SYMPOSIUM (CSICS): INTEGRATED CIRCUITS IN GAAS, INP, SIGE, GAN AND OTHER COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTORS | 2013年
关键词
frequency multiplier; H-band; heterodyne receiver; high power amplifier (HPA); low-noise amplifier (LNA); medium power amplifier (MPA); metamorphic high electron mobility transistor (mHEMT); submillimeter-wave monolithic integrated circuit (S-MMIC); inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR);
D O I
10.1109/CSICS.2013.6659203
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
In this paper, we present the development of a millimeter-wave monolithic integrated circuit (MMIC) chipset for use in a high -resolution radar system operating at 300 GHz. The chipset consists of a frequency multiplier by twelve, a medium power amplifier, a high power amplifier and a fully integrated 300 GHz heterodyne receiver MMIC. The frequency multiplier and the two amplifier circuits have been realized using a 100 nm InAlAs/InGaAs based depletion -type metamorphic high electron mobility transistor (mHEMT) technology and achieve a saturated output power of approximately 20 dBm between 90 and 105 GHz. The 300 GHz receiver S-MMIC was fabricated using a more advanced 35 nm mHEMT technology and demonstrates a conversion gain of more than 7 dB between 270 and 325 GHz. All circuits were successfully packaged into millimeter -wave waveguide modules and used to realize a compact 300 GHz radar demonstrator, which delivers an instantaneous bandwidth of 40 GHz together with an outstanding range resolution of 3.7 mm
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