2007 Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference
22-29GHz Ultra-Wideband CMOS Pulse Generator for Collision Avoidance Short Range Vehicular Radar Sensors
Yokohama
January 23-January 26
ISBN: 1-4244-0629-3
Ahmet Oncu, School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
Tong Wang, School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
Minoru Fujishima, School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan. fujishima@axcel.k.u-tokyo.ac.j
The pseudo millimeter wave 22-29GHz ultra-wideband (UWB) is attractive for the applications in short-range (SR) automotive radar sensors in order to contribute to significant reduction of traffic fatalities. Although CMOS is suitable for the short-range radar since processing units can be implemented in the same chip with the UWB front-end building block, it is difficult to operate CMOS pulse generators at such a high frequency. To realize the pseudo-millimeter-wave band using CMOS, we have proposed a new pulse generator consisting of a series of delay cells and edge combiners with waveform shaping. As a result of measurement using 90nm CMOS technology, 1Gbps pulses are successfully generated with a power consumption of 1.4mW at a supply voltage of 0.9V. This result will be the key technology for a one-chip SR cost effective radar sensors.
Citation:
Ahmet Oncu, B.B.M. Wasanthamala Badalawa, Tong Wang, Minoru Fujishima, "22-29GHz Ultra-Wideband CMOS Pulse Generator for Collision Avoidance Short Range Vehicular Radar Sensors," asp-dac, pp.94-95, 2007 Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, 2007