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dc.contributor.author | Bi, Xiaojun | - |
dc.contributor.author | Arasu, M. Annamalai. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Zhu, Yao | - |
dc.contributor.author | Je, Minkyu | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-07-11T04:39:28Z | - |
dc.date.created | 2017-04-10 | - |
dc.date.issued | 2016-01 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0018-9480 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11750/2559 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This paper presents a low switching-loss Dicke radiometer for W-band passive imaging systems. The equivalent switching loss introduced by the passive single-pole-double-throw (SPDT) switch in the conventional radiometer is significantly reduced by the proposed single-pole-double-throw distributed amplifier (SPDT-DA), which leads to radical improvement on the receiver's noise performance. The Dicke radiometer consisting of a SPDT-DA, a four-stage low noise amplifier (LNA) and a power detector is fully integrated in a 0.13-μ SiGe BiCMOS chip. With the 0.93-dB equivalent switching loss at 91 GHz of the SPDT-DA, the total noise figure (NF) of 8.4 dB at 91 GHz is achieved by the SPDT-DA followed by the LNA. With a power consumption of 28.5 mW, the radiometer obtains an overall RF gain of 42 dB and a noise equivalent temperature difference (NETD) of 0.21 K with 30-ms integration time. The two-dimensional imaging experiment with object distance of 0.7 m is successfully carried out with the radiometer chip. © 2015 IEEE. | - |
dc.publisher | IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC | - |
dc.title | A Low Switching-Loss W-Band Radiometer Utilizing a Single-Pole-Double-Throw Distributed Amplifier in 0.13-mu m SiGe BiCMOS | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1109/TMTT.2015.2504499 | - |
dc.identifier.scopusid | 2-s2.0-84959090371 | - |
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitation | IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, v.64, no.1, pp.226 - 238 | - |
dc.description.isOpenAccess | FALSE | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | BiCMOS | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | cascaded noise figure | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | single-pole-double-throw (SPDT) switch | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | sub-terahertz imaging | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | transmission line loss | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | Amplifiers (Electronic) | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | BiCMOS | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | Broadband Amplifiers | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | Cascaded Noise Figure | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | CMOS | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | DESIGN | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | Dicke Radiometers | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | Distributed Amplifier | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | GAIN | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | IMAGING RECEIVER | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | Imaging Systems | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | Integration Time | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | Low Noise Amplifiers | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | Noise Equivalent Temperature Difference | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | Noise Figure | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | Noise Performance | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | Poles | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | Radiometers | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | Semiconducting Silicon | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | SENSITIVITY | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | Silicon Alloys | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | Single-Pole-Double-Throw (SPDT) Switch | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | Single-Pole Double-Throw Switches | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | Single Pole Double Throw | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | Sub-Terahertz Imaging | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | Switching | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | SYSTemS | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | Transmission Line Loss | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | Two-Dimensional Imaging | - |
dc.citation.endPage | 238 | - |
dc.citation.number | 1 | - |
dc.citation.startPage | 226 | - |
dc.citation.title | IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques | - |
dc.citation.volume | 64 | - |
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