Millimeter-wave technology for automotive radar sensors in the 77 GHz frequency band

J Hasch, E Topak, R Schnabel, T Zwick… - IEEE transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The market for driver assistance systems based on millimeter-wave radar sensor technology
is gaining momentum. In the near future, the full range of newly introduced car models will …

SiGe HBT technology with fT/fmax of 300GHz/500GHz and 2.0 ps CML gate delay

B Heinemann, R Barth, D Bolze, J Drews… - 2010 International …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A SiGe HBT technology featuring f T/f max/BV CEO= 300GHz/500GHz/1.6 V and a minimum
CML ring oscillator gate delay of 2.0 ps is presented. The speed-improvement compared to …

Radiation effects in SiGe technology

JD Cressler - IEEE transactions on Nuclear Science, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Silicon-Germanium (SiGe) technology effectively merges the desirable attributes of
conventional silicon-based CMOS manufacturing (high integration levels, at high yield and …

A 0.13 SiGe BiCMOS Technology Featuring f/f of 240/330 GHz and Gate Delays Below 3 ps

H Rücker, B Heinemann, W Winkler… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A 0.13 μm SiGe BiCMOS technology for millimeter-wave applications is presented. This
technology features high-speed HBTs with peak transit frequencies f T of 240 GHz …

Towards thz sige hbts

P Chevalier, TF Meister, B Heinemann… - 2011 IEEE Bipolar …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper summarizes the technological developments carried out on SiGe HBTs in the
frame of the European project DOTFIVE. The architectures of the different partners and their …

A fundamental frequency 120-GHz SiGe BiCMOS distance sensor with integrated antenna

I Sarkas, J Hasch, A Balteanu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes the first fundamental frequency single-chip transceiver operating at-
band. The low-IF monostatic transceiver integrates on a single chip two 120-GHz voltage …

Physical and electrical performance limits of high-speed SiGeC HBTs—Part I: Vertical scaling

M Schroter, G Wedel, B Heinemann… - … on Electron Devices, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The overall purpose of this paper (including Part I, in this issue) is the prediction of the
ultimate electrical high-frequency performance potential for SiGeC heterojunction bipolar …

Silicon-germanium as an enabling technology for extreme environment electronics

JD Cressler - IEEE transactions on device and materials …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
“Extreme environment” electronics represent an important niche market in the trillion dollar
global electronics industry and span the operation of electronic circuits and systems in …

160-GHz Power Amplifier Design in Advanced SiGe HBT Technologies With in Excess of 10 dBm

N Sarmah, P Chevalier… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Power amplifier (PA) design for 160-GHz applications in an advanced SiGe heterojunction
bipolar transistor (HBT) technology with saturated output power (P sat) in excess of 10 dBm …

Millimeter-wave on-wafer TRL calibration employing 3-D EM simulation-based characteristic impedance extraction

L Galatro, M Spirito - IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose a method based on 3-D electromagnetic simulations, for the
characteristic impedance extraction of transmission lines employed in TRL calibration …