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Wei Deng1, 2, Haikun Jia1, 2 and Baoyong Chi1,
Corresponding author: Baoyong Chi, Email: chibylxc@tsinghua.edu.cn (Corresponding author)
Abstract: FMCW radars with high resolution necessities the generation of highly linear, low phase noise, and low spur chirp signals with large bandwidth and a short modulation period. This paper reviews recent research progress on silicon-based FMCW signal generators, identifies advances in architecture, fundamental design, performance analysis, and applications of the FMCW synthesizer.
Key words: slicon, FMCW, PLLs, radars, wireless, two-point modulation, fast chirp, digital pre-distortion
| [1] |
Park J, Ryu H, Ha K W, et al. 76–81-GHz CMOS transmitter with a phase-locked-loop-based multichirp modulator for automotive radar. IEEE Trans Microw Theory Tech, 2015, 63, 1399 doi: 10.1109/TMTT.2015.2406071
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| [2] |
Ginsburg B P, Subburaj K, Samala S, et al. A multimode 76-to-81GHz automotive radar transceiver with autonomous monitoring. 2018 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), 2018, 158
|
| [3] |
Chan W L, Long J R. A 60-GHz band 2 × 2 phased-array transmitter in 65-nm CMOS. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2010, 45, 2682 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2010.2077170
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| [4] |
Song J H, Cui C L, Kim S K, et al. A low-phase-noise 77-GHz FMCW radar transmitter with a 12.8-GHz PLL and a ×6 frequency multiplier. IEEE Microw Wirel Compon Lett, 2016, 26, 540 doi: 10.1109/LMWC.2016.2574829
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| [5] |
Feger R, Pfeffer C, Stelzer A. A frequency-division MIMO FMCW radar system based on delta–sigma modulated transmitters. IEEE Trans Microw Theory Tech, 2014, 62, 3572 doi: 10.1109/TMTT.2014.2364220
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Fujibayashi T, Takeda Y, Wang W H, et al. A 76- to 81-GHz multi-channel radar transceiver. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2017, 52, 2226 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2017.2700359
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Jia H K, Kuang L X, Zhu W, et al. A 77 GHz frequency doubling two-path phased-array FMCW transceiver for automotive radar. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2016, 51, 2299 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2016.2580599
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Hung C M, Lin A T, Peng B C, et al. Toward automotive surround-view radars. 2019 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), 2019, 162
|
| [9] |
Wang Y, Tang K, Zhang Y, et al. A Ku-band 260 mW FMCW synthetic aperture radar TRX with 1.48 GHz BW in 65nm CMOS for micro-UAVs. IEEE ISSCC Dig Tech Papers, 2016, 240
|
| [10] |
Deng W, Wu R, Chen Z J, et al. A 35-GHz TX and RX front end with high TX output power for Ka-band FMCW phased-array radar transceivers in CMOS technology. IEEE Trans VLSI Syst, 2020, 28, 2089 doi: 10.1109/TVLSI.2020.3008423
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Ma T K, Deng W, Chen Z P, et al. A CMOS 76–81-GHz 2-TX 3-RX FMCW radar transceiver based on mixed-mode PLL chirp generator. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2020, 55, 233 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2019.2950184
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| [12] |
Chang H H, Hua I H, Liu S I. A spread-spectrum clock generator with triangular modulation. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2003, 38, 673 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2003.809521
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| [13] |
Hsieh Y B, Kao Y H. A fully integrated spread-spectrum clock generator by using direct VCO modulation. IEEE Trans Circuits Syst I, 2008, 55, 1845 doi: 10.1109/TCSI.2008.918194
|
| [14] |
Li H S, Cheng Y C, Puar D. Dual-loop spread-spectrum clock generator. IEEE Int Solid-State Circuits Conf Dig Tech Papers, 1999, 184
|
| [15] |
Huang H Y, Ho S F, Huang L W. A 64-MHz – 1920-MHz programmable spread-spectrum clock generator. Proc IEEE Int Symp Circuit Syst, 2005, 3363
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| [16] |
Mitomo T, Ono N, Hoshino H, et al. A 77 GHz 90 nm CMOS transceiver for FMCW radar applications. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2010, 45, 928 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2010.2040234
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| [17] |
Kim Y, Reck T J, Alonso-Delpino M, et al. A Ku-band CMOS FMCW radar transceiver for snowpack remote sensing. IEEE Trans Microw Theory Tech, 2018, 66, 2480 doi: 10.1109/TMTT.2018.2799866
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| [18] |
Lee J, Li Y A, Hung M H, et al. A fully-integrated 77-GHz FMCW radar transceiver in 65-nm CMOS technology. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2010, 45, 2746 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2010.2075250
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| [19] |
Kokubo M, Kawamoto T, Oshima T, et al. Spread-spectrum clock generator for serial ATA using fractional PLL controlled by delta-sigma modulator with level shifter. 2005 IEEE Int Dig Tech Pap Solid-State Circuits Conf, 2005, 160
|
| [20] |
Lee H R, Kim O, Ahn G, et al. A low-jitter 5000 ppm spread spectrum clock generator for multi-channel SATA transceiver in 0.18 μm CMOS. 2005 IEEE International Digest of Technical Papers, Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2005, 162
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| [21] |
Shen Z K, Jiang H Y, Li H Y, et al. A 12-GHz calibration-free all-digital PLL for FMCW signal generation with 78 MHz/μs chirp slope and high chirp linearity. IEEE Trans Circuits Syst I, 2020, 1 doi: 10.1109/TCSI.2020.3004363
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| [22] |
Ng H J, Kucharski M, Ahmad W, et al. Multi-purpose fully differential 61- and 122-GHz radar transceivers for scalable MIMO sensor platforms. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2017, 52, 2242 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2017.2704602
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| [23] |
Hasenaecker G, van Delden M, Jaeschke T, et al. A SiGe fractional-N frequency synthesizer for mm-wave wideband FMCW radar transceivers. IEEE Trans Microw Theory Tech, 2016, 64, 847 doi: 10.1109/TMTT.2016.2520469
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| [24] |
Pohl N, Jaeschke T, Aufinger K. An ultra-wideband 80 GHz FMCW radar system using a SiGe bipolar transceiver chip stabilized by a fractional-N PLL synthesizer. IEEE Trans Microw Theory Tech, 2012, 60, 757 doi: 10.1109/TMTT.2011.2180398
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| [25] |
Luo T N, Wu C H E, Chen Y J E. A 77-GHz CMOS FMCW frequency synthesizer with reconfigurable chirps. IEEE Trans Microw Theory Tech, 2013, 61, 2641 doi: 10.1109/TMTT.2013.2264685
|
| [26] |
Sakurai H, Kobayashi Y, Mitomo T, et al. A 1.5 GHz-modulation-range 10 ms-modulation-period 180 kHzrms-frequency-error 26 MHz-reference mixed-mode FMCW synthesizer for mm-wave radar application. 2011 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2011, 292
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| [27] |
Wu J X, Deng W, Chen Z P, et al. A 77-GHz mixed-mode FMCW generator based on a vernier TDC with dual rising-edge fractional-phase detector. IEEE Trans Circuits Syst I, 2020, 67, 60 doi: 10.1109/TCSI.2019.2946277
|
| [28] |
Cherniak D, Grimaldi L, Bertulessi L, et al. A 23-GHz low-phase-noise digital bang–bang PLL for fast triangular and sawtooth chirp modulation. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2018, 53, 3565 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2018.2869097
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| [29] |
Shi Q X, Bunsen K, Markulic N, et al. A self-calibrated 16-GHz subsampling-PLL-based fast-chirp FMCW modulator with 1.5-GHz bandwidth. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2019, 54, 3503 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2019.2941113
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| [30] |
Cherniak D, Samori C, Nonis R, et al. PLL-based wideband frequency modulator: Two-point injection versus pre-emphasis technique. IEEE Trans Circuits Syst I, 2018, 65, 914 doi: 10.1109/TCSI.2017.2763581
|
| [31] |
Renukaswamy P T, Markulic N, Park S, et al. A 12 mW 10 GHz FMCW PLL based on an integrating DAC with 90 kHz rms frequency error for 23 MHz/μs slope and 1.2 GHz chirp bandwidth. 2020 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), 2020, 278
|
| [32] |
Gao X, Klumperink E A M, Bohsali M, et al. A low noise sub-sampling PLL in which divider noise is eliminated and PD/CP noise is not multiplied by N2. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2009, 44, 3253 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2009.2032723
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| [33] |
Narayanan A T, Katsuragi M, Kimura K, et al. A fractional-N sub-sampling PLL using a pipelined phase-interpolator with an FoM of –250 dB. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2016, 51, 1630 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2016.2539344
|
| [34] |
Wu W H, Staszewski R B, Long J R. A 56.4-to-63.4 GHz multi-rate all-digital fractional-N PLL for FMCW radar applications in 65 nm CMOS. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2014, 49, 1081 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2014.2301764
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| [35] |
Yeo H, Ryu S, Lee Y, et al. A 940 MHz-bandwidth 28.8μs-period 8.9 GHz chirp frequency synthesizer PLL in 65nm CMOS for X-band FMCW radar applications. 2016 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), 2016, 238
|
| [36] |
Lin J F, Song Z, Qi N, et al. A 77-GHz mixed-mode FMCW signal generator based on bang-bang phase detector. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2018, 53, 2850 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2018.2856248
|
| [37] |
Levantino S, Marzin G, Samori C. An adaptive pre-distortion technique to mitigate the DTC nonlinearity in digital PLLs. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2014, 49, 1762 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2014.2314436
|
| [38] |
Markulic N, Raczkowski K, Martens E, et al. A DTC-based subsampling PLL capable of self-calibrated fractional synthesis and two-point modulation. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2016, 51, 3078 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2016.2596766
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| [39] |
Yao C W, Ni R H, Lau C, et al. A 14-nm 0.14-psrms fractional-N digital PLL with a 0.2-ps resolution ADC-assisted coarse/fine-conversion chopping TDC and TDC nonlinearity calibration. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2017, 52, 3446 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2017.2742518
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| [40] |
Marzin G, Levantino S, Samori C, et al. A 20 Mb/s phase modulator based on a 3.6 GHz digital PLL with ?36 dB EVM at 5 mW power. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2012, 47, 2974 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2012.2217854
|
| [41] |
Vovnoboy J, Levinger R, Mazor N, et al. A dual-loop synthesizer with fast frequency modulation ability for 77/79 GHz FMCW automotive radar applications. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2018, 53, 1328 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2017.2784758
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Table 1. Performance summary of the state-of-the-art work.
| Ref. | Topology | Ref. Freq. (MHz) | Freq. (GHz) | BW/Tchirp (GHz/μs) | Rms FMerr (kHz) | Max slope (GHz/μs) | Norm. slope (GHz/μs) | Phase noise1 (dBc/Hz) | Waveform | Power (mW) | Tech. |
| [28] | TPM | 52 | 22 | 0.2/1.2 | 800 | 0.16 | 0.66 | ?97 | Sawtooth triangular | 20 | 65 nm CMOS |
| [29] | TPM | 80 | 16 | 1.5/10 | 230 | 0.15 | 0.75 | ?92.4 | Sawtooth triangular | 44 | 28 nm CMOS |
| [2] | TPM | 10002 | 20 | 1/40 | 600 | 0.025 | 0.1 | ?94 | Sawtooth triangular | >120 | 40 nm CMOS |
| [35] | TPM | 276.8 | 9 | 0.95/80 | 1900 | 0.019 | 0.17 | ?86.2 | Triangular | 14.8 | 65 nm CMOS |
| [34] | TPM | 40 | 60 | 1/210 | 384 | 0.47 | 0.06 | ?88 | Triangular | 48 | 65 nm CMOS |
| [41] | Frac-N | 125 | 20 | 1.25/50 | 800 | 0.025 | 0.1 | ?97 | Sawtooth triangular | 240 | 130 nm SiGe |
| 1Normalized to 79 GHz. 2A clean-up PLL is required to generate the 1 GHz reference clock for FMCW synthesizer. | |||||||||||
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| [1] |
Park J, Ryu H, Ha K W, et al. 76–81-GHz CMOS transmitter with a phase-locked-loop-based multichirp modulator for automotive radar. IEEE Trans Microw Theory Tech, 2015, 63, 1399 doi: 10.1109/TMTT.2015.2406071
|
| [2] |
Ginsburg B P, Subburaj K, Samala S, et al. A multimode 76-to-81GHz automotive radar transceiver with autonomous monitoring. 2018 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), 2018, 158
|
| [3] |
Chan W L, Long J R. A 60-GHz band 2 × 2 phased-array transmitter in 65-nm CMOS. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2010, 45, 2682 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2010.2077170
|
| [4] |
Song J H, Cui C L, Kim S K, et al. A low-phase-noise 77-GHz FMCW radar transmitter with a 12.8-GHz PLL and a ×6 frequency multiplier. IEEE Microw Wirel Compon Lett, 2016, 26, 540 doi: 10.1109/LMWC.2016.2574829
|
| [5] |
Feger R, Pfeffer C, Stelzer A. A frequency-division MIMO FMCW radar system based on delta–sigma modulated transmitters. IEEE Trans Microw Theory Tech, 2014, 62, 3572 doi: 10.1109/TMTT.2014.2364220
|
| [6] |
Fujibayashi T, Takeda Y, Wang W H, et al. A 76- to 81-GHz multi-channel radar transceiver. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2017, 52, 2226 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2017.2700359
|
| [7] |
Jia H K, Kuang L X, Zhu W, et al. A 77 GHz frequency doubling two-path phased-array FMCW transceiver for automotive radar. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2016, 51, 2299 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2016.2580599
|
| [8] |
Hung C M, Lin A T, Peng B C, et al. Toward automotive surround-view radars. 2019 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), 2019, 162
|
| [9] |
Wang Y, Tang K, Zhang Y, et al. A Ku-band 260 mW FMCW synthetic aperture radar TRX with 1.48 GHz BW in 65nm CMOS for micro-UAVs. IEEE ISSCC Dig Tech Papers, 2016, 240
|
| [10] |
Deng W, Wu R, Chen Z J, et al. A 35-GHz TX and RX front end with high TX output power for Ka-band FMCW phased-array radar transceivers in CMOS technology. IEEE Trans VLSI Syst, 2020, 28, 2089 doi: 10.1109/TVLSI.2020.3008423
|
| [11] |
Ma T K, Deng W, Chen Z P, et al. A CMOS 76–81-GHz 2-TX 3-RX FMCW radar transceiver based on mixed-mode PLL chirp generator. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2020, 55, 233 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2019.2950184
|
| [12] |
Chang H H, Hua I H, Liu S I. A spread-spectrum clock generator with triangular modulation. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2003, 38, 673 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2003.809521
|
| [13] |
Hsieh Y B, Kao Y H. A fully integrated spread-spectrum clock generator by using direct VCO modulation. IEEE Trans Circuits Syst I, 2008, 55, 1845 doi: 10.1109/TCSI.2008.918194
|
| [14] |
Li H S, Cheng Y C, Puar D. Dual-loop spread-spectrum clock generator. IEEE Int Solid-State Circuits Conf Dig Tech Papers, 1999, 184
|
| [15] |
Huang H Y, Ho S F, Huang L W. A 64-MHz – 1920-MHz programmable spread-spectrum clock generator. Proc IEEE Int Symp Circuit Syst, 2005, 3363
|
| [16] |
Mitomo T, Ono N, Hoshino H, et al. A 77 GHz 90 nm CMOS transceiver for FMCW radar applications. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2010, 45, 928 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2010.2040234
|
| [17] |
Kim Y, Reck T J, Alonso-Delpino M, et al. A Ku-band CMOS FMCW radar transceiver for snowpack remote sensing. IEEE Trans Microw Theory Tech, 2018, 66, 2480 doi: 10.1109/TMTT.2018.2799866
|
| [18] |
Lee J, Li Y A, Hung M H, et al. A fully-integrated 77-GHz FMCW radar transceiver in 65-nm CMOS technology. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2010, 45, 2746 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2010.2075250
|
| [19] |
Kokubo M, Kawamoto T, Oshima T, et al. Spread-spectrum clock generator for serial ATA using fractional PLL controlled by delta-sigma modulator with level shifter. 2005 IEEE Int Dig Tech Pap Solid-State Circuits Conf, 2005, 160
|
| [20] |
Lee H R, Kim O, Ahn G, et al. A low-jitter 5000 ppm spread spectrum clock generator for multi-channel SATA transceiver in 0.18 μm CMOS. 2005 IEEE International Digest of Technical Papers, Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2005, 162
|
| [21] |
Shen Z K, Jiang H Y, Li H Y, et al. A 12-GHz calibration-free all-digital PLL for FMCW signal generation with 78 MHz/μs chirp slope and high chirp linearity. IEEE Trans Circuits Syst I, 2020, 1 doi: 10.1109/TCSI.2020.3004363
|
| [22] |
Ng H J, Kucharski M, Ahmad W, et al. Multi-purpose fully differential 61- and 122-GHz radar transceivers for scalable MIMO sensor platforms. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2017, 52, 2242 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2017.2704602
|
| [23] |
Hasenaecker G, van Delden M, Jaeschke T, et al. A SiGe fractional-N frequency synthesizer for mm-wave wideband FMCW radar transceivers. IEEE Trans Microw Theory Tech, 2016, 64, 847 doi: 10.1109/TMTT.2016.2520469
|
| [24] |
Pohl N, Jaeschke T, Aufinger K. An ultra-wideband 80 GHz FMCW radar system using a SiGe bipolar transceiver chip stabilized by a fractional-N PLL synthesizer. IEEE Trans Microw Theory Tech, 2012, 60, 757 doi: 10.1109/TMTT.2011.2180398
|
| [25] |
Luo T N, Wu C H E, Chen Y J E. A 77-GHz CMOS FMCW frequency synthesizer with reconfigurable chirps. IEEE Trans Microw Theory Tech, 2013, 61, 2641 doi: 10.1109/TMTT.2013.2264685
|
| [26] |
Sakurai H, Kobayashi Y, Mitomo T, et al. A 1.5 GHz-modulation-range 10 ms-modulation-period 180 kHzrms-frequency-error 26 MHz-reference mixed-mode FMCW synthesizer for mm-wave radar application. 2011 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2011, 292
|
| [27] |
Wu J X, Deng W, Chen Z P, et al. A 77-GHz mixed-mode FMCW generator based on a vernier TDC with dual rising-edge fractional-phase detector. IEEE Trans Circuits Syst I, 2020, 67, 60 doi: 10.1109/TCSI.2019.2946277
|
| [28] |
Cherniak D, Grimaldi L, Bertulessi L, et al. A 23-GHz low-phase-noise digital bang–bang PLL for fast triangular and sawtooth chirp modulation. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2018, 53, 3565 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2018.2869097
|
| [29] |
Shi Q X, Bunsen K, Markulic N, et al. A self-calibrated 16-GHz subsampling-PLL-based fast-chirp FMCW modulator with 1.5-GHz bandwidth. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2019, 54, 3503 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2019.2941113
|
| [30] |
Cherniak D, Samori C, Nonis R, et al. PLL-based wideband frequency modulator: Two-point injection versus pre-emphasis technique. IEEE Trans Circuits Syst I, 2018, 65, 914 doi: 10.1109/TCSI.2017.2763581
|
| [31] |
Renukaswamy P T, Markulic N, Park S, et al. A 12 mW 10 GHz FMCW PLL based on an integrating DAC with 90 kHz rms frequency error for 23 MHz/μs slope and 1.2 GHz chirp bandwidth. 2020 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), 2020, 278
|
| [32] |
Gao X, Klumperink E A M, Bohsali M, et al. A low noise sub-sampling PLL in which divider noise is eliminated and PD/CP noise is not multiplied by N2. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2009, 44, 3253 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2009.2032723
|
| [33] |
Narayanan A T, Katsuragi M, Kimura K, et al. A fractional-N sub-sampling PLL using a pipelined phase-interpolator with an FoM of –250 dB. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2016, 51, 1630 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2016.2539344
|
| [34] |
Wu W H, Staszewski R B, Long J R. A 56.4-to-63.4 GHz multi-rate all-digital fractional-N PLL for FMCW radar applications in 65 nm CMOS. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2014, 49, 1081 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2014.2301764
|
| [35] |
Yeo H, Ryu S, Lee Y, et al. A 940 MHz-bandwidth 28.8μs-period 8.9 GHz chirp frequency synthesizer PLL in 65nm CMOS for X-band FMCW radar applications. 2016 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), 2016, 238
|
| [36] |
Lin J F, Song Z, Qi N, et al. A 77-GHz mixed-mode FMCW signal generator based on bang-bang phase detector. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2018, 53, 2850 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2018.2856248
|
| [37] |
Levantino S, Marzin G, Samori C. An adaptive pre-distortion technique to mitigate the DTC nonlinearity in digital PLLs. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2014, 49, 1762 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2014.2314436
|
| [38] |
Markulic N, Raczkowski K, Martens E, et al. A DTC-based subsampling PLL capable of self-calibrated fractional synthesis and two-point modulation. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2016, 51, 3078 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2016.2596766
|
| [39] |
Yao C W, Ni R H, Lau C, et al. A 14-nm 0.14-psrms fractional-N digital PLL with a 0.2-ps resolution ADC-assisted coarse/fine-conversion chopping TDC and TDC nonlinearity calibration. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2017, 52, 3446 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2017.2742518
|
| [40] |
Marzin G, Levantino S, Samori C, et al. A 20 Mb/s phase modulator based on a 3.6 GHz digital PLL with ?36 dB EVM at 5 mW power. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2012, 47, 2974 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2012.2217854
|
| [41] |
Vovnoboy J, Levinger R, Mazor N, et al. A dual-loop synthesizer with fast frequency modulation ability for 77/79 GHz FMCW automotive radar applications. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2018, 53, 1328 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2017.2784758
|
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Received: 11 August 2020 Revised: 18 September 2020 Online: Accepted Manuscript: 30 September 2020Uncorrected proof: 09 October 2020Published: 03 November 2020
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Wei Deng, Haikun Jia, Baoyong Chi. Silicon-based FMCW signal generators: A review[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2020, 41(11): 111401. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/41/11/111401
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W Deng, H K Jia, B Y Chi, Silicon-based FMCW signal generators: A review[J]. J. Semicond., 2020, 41(11): 111401. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/41/11/111401.
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| [1] |
Park J, Ryu H, Ha K W, et al. 76–81-GHz CMOS transmitter with a phase-locked-loop-based multichirp modulator for automotive radar. IEEE Trans Microw Theory Tech, 2015, 63, 1399 doi: 10.1109/TMTT.2015.2406071
|
| [2] |
Ginsburg B P, Subburaj K, Samala S, et al. A multimode 76-to-81GHz automotive radar transceiver with autonomous monitoring. 2018 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), 2018, 158
|
| [3] |
Chan W L, Long J R. A 60-GHz band 2 × 2 phased-array transmitter in 65-nm CMOS. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2010, 45, 2682 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2010.2077170
|
| [4] |
Song J H, Cui C L, Kim S K, et al. A low-phase-noise 77-GHz FMCW radar transmitter with a 12.8-GHz PLL and a ×6 frequency multiplier. IEEE Microw Wirel Compon Lett, 2016, 26, 540 doi: 10.1109/LMWC.2016.2574829
|
| [5] |
Feger R, Pfeffer C, Stelzer A. A frequency-division MIMO FMCW radar system based on delta–sigma modulated transmitters. IEEE Trans Microw Theory Tech, 2014, 62, 3572 doi: 10.1109/TMTT.2014.2364220
|
| [6] |
Fujibayashi T, Takeda Y, Wang W H, et al. A 76- to 81-GHz multi-channel radar transceiver. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2017, 52, 2226 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2017.2700359
|
| [7] |
Jia H K, Kuang L X, Zhu W, et al. A 77 GHz frequency doubling two-path phased-array FMCW transceiver for automotive radar. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2016, 51, 2299 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2016.2580599
|
| [8] |
Hung C M, Lin A T, Peng B C, et al. Toward automotive surround-view radars. 2019 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), 2019, 162
|
| [9] |
Wang Y, Tang K, Zhang Y, et al. A Ku-band 260 mW FMCW synthetic aperture radar TRX with 1.48 GHz BW in 65nm CMOS for micro-UAVs. IEEE ISSCC Dig Tech Papers, 2016, 240
|
| [10] |
Deng W, Wu R, Chen Z J, et al. A 35-GHz TX and RX front end with high TX output power for Ka-band FMCW phased-array radar transceivers in CMOS technology. IEEE Trans VLSI Syst, 2020, 28, 2089 doi: 10.1109/TVLSI.2020.3008423
|
| [11] |
Ma T K, Deng W, Chen Z P, et al. A CMOS 76–81-GHz 2-TX 3-RX FMCW radar transceiver based on mixed-mode PLL chirp generator. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2020, 55, 233 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2019.2950184
|
| [12] |
Chang H H, Hua I H, Liu S I. A spread-spectrum clock generator with triangular modulation. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2003, 38, 673 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2003.809521
|
| [13] |
Hsieh Y B, Kao Y H. A fully integrated spread-spectrum clock generator by using direct VCO modulation. IEEE Trans Circuits Syst I, 2008, 55, 1845 doi: 10.1109/TCSI.2008.918194
|
| [14] |
Li H S, Cheng Y C, Puar D. Dual-loop spread-spectrum clock generator. IEEE Int Solid-State Circuits Conf Dig Tech Papers, 1999, 184
|
| [15] |
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