A Fully-integrated Doppler-assisted FMCW Radar with Low Hertz Range Noise Figure for Indoor Localization and Vital Sign Sensing

  • Yuqin Zhang*
  • , Zitong Zhang
  • , Zhiluo Zhang
  • , Zhenyu Zhang
  • , Yue Zhu
  • , Ruilai Xu
  • , Ying Liu
  • , Shixiang Ding
  • , Jikun Wang
  • , Kaige Wang
  • , Dalin Li
  • , Peng Wang
  • , Guangsheng Chen
  • , Hao Deng
  • , Leilei Huang
  • , Chunqi Shi
  • , Jinghong Chen
  • , Runxi Zhang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This paper presents a Doppler-assisted frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar that leverages the benefits of FMCW's range resolution and Doppler's sensitivity for indoor applications. The Doppler mode reuses circuit blocks in the FMCW mode to reduce power consumption and area overhead. Low-frequency noise contributions from the receiver circuits are analyzed and an 'RF+LO+BB' combined noise figure (NF) optimization scheme is proposed to minimize the low-frequency noise. The radar employs a nested phase-locked loop frequency synthesizer with low phase noise and incorporates an optimized ΔTstep selection technique to improve chirp linearity. Designed in a 55-nm CMOS technology, the radar achieves NFs of 32 dB and 12 dB at 10 Hz and 1 kHz, respectively, and a chirp linearity of 0.0039% over a 3.52 GHz chirp bandwidth (BW), leading to a range resolution of 4.7 cm. The radar occupies an area of 12.7 mm2, and consumes 220 mA of current in the FMCW mode and 160 mA in the Doppler mode under a power supply of 3.3 V.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2025 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2025
EditorsJane Gu, Kenichi Okada
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages411-414
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9798331514112
DOIs
StatePublished - 2025
Event2025 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2025 - San Francisco, United States
Duration: 15 Jun 202517 Jun 2025

Publication series

NameDigest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium
ISSN (Print)1529-2517

Conference

Conference2025 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2025
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco
Period15/06/2517/06/25

Keywords

  • CMOS
  • DC offset
  • Doppler
  • FMCW
  • flicker noise
  • indoor localization
  • radar
  • vital sign sensing

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