The Status and Trends of UWB Radar Integrated Circuit

LUO Peng; HU Zhenfeng; TIAN Shiwei; LIU Maliang

doi:10.11999/JEIT211082

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LUO Peng, HU Zhenfeng, TIAN Shiwei, LIU Maliang. The Status and Trends of UWB Radar Integrated Circuit[J]. Journal of Electronics & Information Technology, 2022, 44(4): 1176-1192. doi: 10.11999/JEIT211082

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LUO Peng, HU Zhenfeng, TIAN Shiwei, LIU Maliang. The Status and Trends of UWB Radar Integrated Circuit[J]. Journal of Electronics & Information Technology, 2022, 44(4): 1176-1192. doi: 10.11999/JEIT211082

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The Status and Trends of UWB Radar Integrated Circuit

doi: 10.11999/JEIT211082

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Xidian University, Xi’an 710000, China
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National Defense Science and Technology Innovation Research Institute, Academy of Military Sciences, Beijing 100097, China

Funds: The National Natural Science Foundation of China (61874082, 62090040, 62021004), The Industry-University-Academy Cooperation Program of Xidian University-Chongqing IC Innovation Research Institute (CQIRI-CXYHT-2021-02)

Received Date: 2021-09-30
Accepted Date: 2022-03-21
Rev Recd Date: 2022-03-18

Available Online: 2022-03-23

Publish Date: 2022-04-18

Abstract

Abstract

Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) system has the advantages of high transmission rate, low power consumption, high detection accuracy, strong penetration, high security, etc., so it has a wide range of applications to military, radar, biological detection, short-range communications, and high-precision positioning. And with the development of semiconductor technology, CMOS-based UWB radar chips have become a research hotspot. Many scholars and commercial companies have proposed UWB chips and systems with their own advantages. This paper summarizes the status and trends of key circuits and key technologies in UWB system.
- Ultra-Wide Band radar (UWB),
- Receiver,
- Transmitter,
- Chip

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