A 110-170 GHz transceiver in 130 nm SiGe BiCMOS technology for FMCW applications

A 110-170 GHz transceiver is designed and fabricated in a 130 nm SiGe BiCMOS technology. The transceiver operates as an amplifier for transmitting and simultaneously as a fundamental mixer for receiving. In a measured frequency range of 120-160 GHz, a typical output power of 0 dBm is obtained with an input power of +3 dBm. As a fundamental mixer, a conversion gain of -9 dB is obtained at 130 GHz LO, and a noise figure of 19 dB is achieved. The transceiver is successfully demonstrated as a FMCW radar front-end for distance measurement. With a chirp rate of 1.6 71012 Hz/s and a bandwidth of 14.4 GHz, a range resolution of 2.8 cm is demonstrated, and transmission test is shown on different objects