| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/L37595/01 |
| Title: |
MILLIMETRE-WAVE SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR DATA COMMUNICATIONS AND RADAR APPLICATIONS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Lucyszyn, Professor S |
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| Department: |
Sch of Electronics & Physical Sciences |
| Organisation: |
University of Surrey |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 October 1997 |
Ends: |
30 September 2000 |
Value (£): |
220,638
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| RF & Microwave Technology |
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The 77 GHz band will soon be of prime importance as new automotive radar systems become commercial products. At present, the high costs proposed for these mm-wave systems mean that considerable research is required to investigate advanced techniques which can meet the required performance objectives at a fraction of existing costs. A very important trend which must be considered for this purpose is the shift in complexity away from expensive RF hardware towards much cheaper baseband DSP.The proposed programme is to investigate and demonstrate advanced techniques for the realisation of MMIC-based millimetre-wave signal processing for radar applications. The semiconductor devices to be investigated, at W-band (circa 67-110 GHz), are:- high efficiency pHEMTs, HEMT-varactor diodes and cold-HEMTs. In addition to the more conventional subsystem circuits, the application of these devices in advanced RF signal processing circuits, such as phase modulators, amplitude modulators and balanced-vector modulators will be investigated. The integration of these subsystems to realise a portable hand-held radar at 77 GHz will be demonstrated. This research will provide technology transfer to UK based industry, from device level to circuit level and through to systems level.
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