Xin Wang, Christian Schmid, Andreas Stelzer,
"A 79-GHz LTCC radar frontend using a nonuniform array with non-identical elements"
: Radar Conference 2013, IET International, Seite(n) 1-4, 4-2013
Original Titel:
A 79-GHz LTCC radar frontend using a nonuniform array with non-identical elements
Sprache des Titels:
Englisch
Original Buchtitel:
Radar Conference 2013, IET International
Original Kurzfassung:
This paper presents a 79-GHz radar sensor in LTCC technology. A multiple-input multiple-output method combined with a non-uniform array was used to enlarge the virtual aperture and to achieve a wide field of view (FoV). Due to the high loss of the LTCC material, non-identical array elements were introduced to compensate the additional loss in the feeding path. After optimization of the weighting factors, a FoV of 80° has been achieved. The total size of the LTCC RF-frontend is 23mm × 23 mm. The measured effective isotropic radiated power of the sensor is ? 14 dBm at 79 GHz. The minimal angle resolution is ? 9°. The noise figure of the radar sensor is around 19.5 dB.