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RadarMarketOutlook

MatsCarlssonCTO

SiversIMAPartnerEvent- June2017 1

Whyradar?• Competingnon-contacttechnologies– Vision/cameras

• Timeofflight• Stereoscopic

– Lasers– Ultrasound

• Radaroffersrobustandcostefficientmonitoringofdistanceand/orspeed– Doesnotrequireaclearfieldofvieworlineofsight– Robustandaccuratemeasurementresults– Newhighlyintegratedsolutionsreducescost


RadarMarketOutlook• Theradarmarketisexpectedtogrowinthecomingyears

• Manynewusecasesandapplicationsdrivesthegrowth– InternetofThings– Smarthomes,cities,factories

• Trends/technologies– Packagedcomponents– Everhigherlevelsofintegration– SRDandISMregulationsallowforuseofradarinmanyapplications,andtrendistoloosenregulations


Exampleofradarusecases• Varioussurveillanceapplications

– Largeracceptanceduetolessintegrityproblemscomparedwithcamerasurveillance– Doesnotrequirelightorclearview

• IndustrialLevelgauging• Distancecontrol,industrial,automotive• TrafficMonitoring• Agriculture,e.g.lettuceharvesting• Environmentalmonitoring• Robots(industrialandcommercial)• Smarthomes• Temperaturecontrol• Smart-lighting• Door-openers• Groundmeasurements(includingheight)fordrones• Trucksafety


Opportunitiesandchallenges

• Opportunities– Increasingdemandforsensorsolutions– Higherintegrationlevelofferslowercostandsmallerformfactor

• Challenges– Fragmentedmarketwithmanysmallvolumecustomers• Wantcustomproducts,butdon’twanttopayNREforcustomization

– Limitedradarknow-howonthemarket


24GHzRadarMarket

• ISMBand• Large,potential,untappedmarket• Mostpopularrequestedfrequencyfromcustomerleads

• Existingcompetitorsmissthemarkoncertainpoints– FMCWismissinginsomekits,e.g.inthekitfromInfineon– Limitedantennaflexibility– Notdesignedforcustomization(strictlychipevaluation)– Priceishigh


EVK02401/00Concept• Takesadvantageoflow-cost

InfineonchipsandARMMCUs• Simplifydevelopmentcostand

timeforcustomers• Createreferenceplatformthat

meetsneedsofmostcustomerrequests

• Reducecomplexity,butfillgapsfoundinotherradarsensors/kits– FMCWsupported– Internal/externalantenna– Referenceplatformforcustom

products– Suitableforadvancedandbasic

users


Nextgenerationradarproductsandtechnology– advancedinformation

• Sivers IMAiscurrentlyarchitectinganewhighlyintegratedmm-wavebasedradarsolutionforimagingapplications– Targetingtooperateinthe60GHzlicensefreeband

• Higherintegrationlevelreducescost– IntegratedADC– Beamformingandonchipsignalprocessing– AntennasaretightlydesignedwiththeTransceiverchip

• CustomerscouldinfluencethespecificationsoftheSivers IMA60GHzradarsolution

• Sivers IMA´stelecombeamformingandmm-wavedesignexpertiseisutilized


Sivers IMATechnologyandMarketDifferentiators

• Technologyfocus– Mm-waveRFICdevelopment– Beamforming– Patchantenna

• Marketdifferentiators– Highperformancewith0.13

µmSiGe BiCMOS technology– Robustdesignssuitablefor

infrastructureequipment– Highintegrationlevel– Multi-channelRXandTXfor

beamforming– RFICandpatchantennasare

co-developed


Whatismm-waveandwhatisitusedfor?

• Mm-wavefrequenciesaredefinedasthefrequenciesbetween30-300GHz– Often28GHzfor5Gapplicationsisincludedinmm-wave

• 28and39GHzareconsideredfor5Gapplications• 57-71GHz,isoftenreferredtoasV-band

– Licensefreeinmanyregions– Telecomandradarapplications

• 71-76,81-86,76-77,77-81GHz,isoftenreferredtoasE-band– Widelyusedintelecomequipment(datalinks)– Automotiveradarapplications

• Shortwavelengthenablessmallantennaswithfocusedbeams


BeamForming• Phaseandamplitudeofthe

transmitted/receivedenergyiscontrolled,focuscanbeachievedincertaindirections

• Enableshighersensitivityandeffectiveoutputpower

• Benefitsintelecom– Improvedrange– Pointtomultipointapplications

canbesupported– Selfaligninglinks– Requirementinthe802.11ad

standard• Veryusefulforimagingradar

solutions– Higherresolutionandaccuracy


PatchAntennas

• Lowcost• Smallformfactor• Easytocustomizewithlowtoolingcost(newPCBdesign,nohardtooling)

• Proveninautomotiveradarapplications


Sivers IMAWiGig solutionforinfrastructureequipment

0/90 x3

RF_IN1

RX_BBQ

VCO_OUTVCO_IN

AGC

SPIMOSIMISOSCLKCSN

Tempdetect ControlLDO

VCC

Cali-brationADC

VDDIO CLK GPIO[7:0]

Registermap

MODE[1:0] Rst

F

RF_IN2 F

RF_IN16 F

RX_BBI

Synth REF_CLK

RF_OUT1 F

RF_OUT2 F

RF_OUT16 F

TX_BBQ

TX_BBI

RFGAIN

BBGAIN

TRXBF/01

• BeamformingTransceiverwith16RX+16TXchannels– +/-45degreesAzimuthcoverage– ExcellentEVM– EIRP=+43dBm

• IEEE802.11adcompliantcovering57-66GHz– Datarate4.62Gbpswith16QAM

modulation• Easyintegrationwiththe

Rapidwave digitalModemfromIDT(RWM6050)overanalogIQinterface

• DesigninSiGe BiCMOS packagedinane-WLBpackage– Currentlygearedforinfrastructure

applications


KeyfeaturesofSiversIMAWiGigsolution

• Focusonsystemcostandintegrationlevel– Fewvoltagedomains

• 3.3VandintegratedLDO:sfortheanalogblocks• 1.8Vdigitali/osupplyvoltagetofitwithBWTi/ovoltage(noexternallevelshifters)

– Basebandinterfacewithoutexternalcomponents• Robustperformance

– Againstinterferers– ExcellentEVM– AutonomousandfastsettlingAGC– Lowgroupdelayvariation

• Autonomouscalibration– IQcalibration(withsupportfrombaseband)– DCoffset– LOleakage

• BISTandATEsupport• Widebandsolution

– Coverstheentire802.11adband(57-66GHz)andtheextendedband(66-71GHz)


DraftarchitectureofSivers IMA´s60GHzradarimagingsolution

• Sivers IMA´sWiGig RFICisusedasstartingpoint

• DigitalbeamformingRXarchitectureforflexiblesignalprocessing

• Highintegrationlevelforlowcost

• Cmresolutionpossible• Advancedproduct

information,i.e.changesmightbeapplied

• Tentativeschedule:ESin2H2018

• Leadcustomerscaninfluencethearchitecture

ChirpControl

DSP/FFT

PA_1

LNA_1

LNA_2

SPIMOSIMISOSCLKCSN

Tempdetect

Beam-bookLDO

VCC

Cali-brationADC

VDDIO

Registermap

Rst

RefClk

Data

ADC

Data

Seria

lizer

ADC

ADCLNA_6

PA_2

Synth F

F


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