REGGAE

Radarsysteme bei 140 GHz in 22 nm FDSOI CMOS für genaue Gestenerkennung mit kompakten Abmessungen, hoher Energieeffizienz und digitaler Signalgenerierung

(Third Party Funds Single)

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Project start: 01/10/2019
Acronym: ForMikro-REGGAE
Funders: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)

Abstract

Millimeter-wave radars are insensitive to the environment and, because of that, essential in automatic imaging like gesture recognition. Unlike the usual frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) waveform, phase-modulated continuous-wave (PMCW) radars use binary phase-shift keying (BPSK) modulated signals that are digitally processed in the receiver. However, as their range resolution depends on the bandwidth, higher frequency bands must be used for the desired application. In the REGGAE project, the LTE will develop an integrated PMCW radar transmitter operating in the D-band at a center frequency of 140 GHz and a bandwidth of 25 GHz. The circuits will be realized in an advanced 22 nm fully-depleted silicon on insulator (FDSOI) technology that exhibits state-of-the-art millimeter-wave performance combined with competitive digital cells. In cooperation with our project partners from KIT and TUD, we will realize a complete demonstrator featuring four transmit, and eight receive channels capable of recognizing hand gestures.

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