INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERS

JOINT MEETING

Of

WAVES AND DEVICES and the SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS SOCIETY

Phoenix Chapters

Meeting Free & Open to Non-IEEE Members

6 PM, November 18, 2009

Agilent Sales Office, 4330 West Chandler Blvd, Chandler (Stellar Office Park)

SiGe Technology and Circuits

for Automotive Radar Applications

Dr. Sergio Palma Pacheco

Sensor and Actuator Solutions Division, Freescale Semiconductor, Tempe, AZ

Abstract

Ever since the advent of the seat belt, safety has become a key differentiator in the automotive industry. This trend continued with airbags, anti-lock braking systems, and now with stability control. Although these systems have been pervasive for the past 20 years, the number of accidents and fatalities in the US has remained steady. The next step on the road towards greater safety in automobiles is the use of active sensing for collision avoidance. This talk will cover the current state-of-the art automotive radar systems and recent developments in SiGe-based technology and circuits to enable affordable collision avoidance systems. Challenges and significant achievements in the development of millimeter-wave SiGe-based technology as well as the productization of 77GHz RF front-end solutions will be presented.

Biography

Sergio Pacheco is the Automotive Radar Program Manager for the Sensor and Actuator Solutions Division of Freescale Semiconductors, Tempe, AZ. His current interest lies in the development of automotive radar products based on state-of-the-art SiGe technology. Prior to that, he was a Principal Research Engineer at the Emerging Technologies Group of the Wireless and Packaging Solutions Laboratory at Freescale where his research focused on integrated passives and microelectromechanical structures (MEMS) and their application to RF and wireless communication systems. He is currently the MTT-S Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) Committee Chair and serves in the technical program and organizing committees of the annually held International Microwave Symposium and Radio and Wireless Symposium. Dr. Pacheco is also a reviewer for the Transactions of Microwave Theory and Techniques, Microwave Magazine, IEEE Latin America Transactions, Journal of Microsystem Technologies, and Proceedings of the European Microwave Association. Locally, he has served as the Treasurer of the Waves and Devices Chapter of the IEEE Phoenix Section since 2005 and received the IEEE Phoenix Section Young Engineer of the Year Award in 2007. He has over 25 publications in internationally refereed journals and conferences as well as a chapter on “Microelectromechanical Switches for RF Applications” in the book RF Technologies for Low-Power Wireless Communications. He is a member of the Omicron Delta Kappa, Eta Kappa Nu, and Tau Beta Pi Honor Societies. He received a B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E from Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Date: Nov. 18th, 2009

Location: Agilent Sales Office, Suite 367, 4330 West Chandler Blvd., Chandler AZ 85226

(In Stellar Office Park on North side of Chandler Blvd west of McClintock Rd.)

Time: 6:00 PM Presentation, Pizza will be served following the Seminar

For more information, please call: Steve Rockwell (WAD Chapter Chair) (480) 241-9891

Hugh Barnaby (SSCS Chapter Chair) (480) 727-0289

Chuck Weitzel (Chapter Publicity) (480) 292-0531

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