An Integrated Bistatic 4TX/4RX Six-Port MIMO-Transceiver at 60 GHz in a 130-nm SiGe BiCMOS Technology for Radar Applications

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Voelkel, Matthias ; Pechmann, Stefan ; Jalli Ng, Herman ; Kissinger, Dietmar ; Weigel, Robert ; Hagelauer, Amelie:
An Integrated Bistatic 4TX/4RX Six-Port MIMO-Transceiver at 60 GHz in a 130-nm SiGe BiCMOS Technology for Radar Applications.
In: 2020 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS). - Los Angeles, USA , 2020 . - pp. 1219-1222
ISBN 978-1-7281-6815-9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/IMS30576.2020.9224001

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In this paper, a scalable, fully digital adjustable, bistatic 60 GHz MIMO six-port transceiver is presented. The circuit features four independent transmitters and four six-port receivers on a single chip. The reference clock frequency of 15 GHz is buffered and multiplied up to 60 GHz. The reference clock is also amplified and feed to an output port of the chip to render possible cascading multiple chips for massive MIMO applications. The receivers each include a VGA to set the reference power level, a LNA for amplification of the weak antenna signal and the six-port structure with three broadside linecoupler, a wilkinson-divider and four power detectors. The transmitters each include a switched-line phase shifter and a power amplifier. The chip has a size of 4 mm x 3.1 mm and a power consumption of 960 mW from a 3.3 V power supply. A minimum input power of -22 dBm is needed at the input clock. The transmitters deliver a maximum output power of 9.1 dBm at 60 GHz. The phase is adjustable in a range from 0° to 325.4°. The successful measurement results indicate, that the MIMO six-port transceiver is well suited for radar applications.

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Item Type:	Article in a book
Refereed:	Yes
Keywords:	Bistatic; Digital adjustable; Industrial radar; Integrated transceiver; Interferometric radar; Millimeter wave circuits; Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO); MMIC; SiGe BiCMOS; Scalable; Six-port
Institutions of the University:	Faculties > Faculty of Engineering Science > Former Professors > Chair Communication Electronics - Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Amélie Marietta Hagelauer Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Engineering Science Faculties > Faculty of Engineering Science > Chair Communication Electronics Faculties > Faculty of Engineering Science > Former Professors
Result of work at the UBT:	No
DDC Subjects:	600 Technology, medicine, applied sciences > 620 Engineering
Date Deposited:	20 Nov 2020 07:59
Last Modified:	17 Oct 2022 11:26
URI:	https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/60030