MAR120 Operational Description

Please find below the capabilities that are operational for this device:

 FMCW RADAR (Operating Frequency: 76 ~ 77 GHz)

 FMCW Modulation type: sawtooth
 Sweep Characteristic
- Sweep bandwidth : 200M(Normal) / 750M(High-resolution)
- Sweep time : Normal-resolution: 58.96us, 68.96us, 78.96us(each 50 ms) /
High-resolution:72.96 us
- Sweep rate : sweep bandwidth / sweep time
 Power Supply: DC 12 V
 Tune up power(Average)
 Normal-resolution: 17.15 dBm (Tolerance: ± 2 dBm)
 High-resolution: 18.71 dBm (Tolerance: ± 2 dBm)
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AWR1642 Single-Chip 77- and 79-GHz FMCW Radar Sensor

1 Device Overview

1.1
1
Features
• FMCW Transceiver • Other Interfaces Available to User Application
– Integrated PLL, Transmitter, Receiver, – Up to 6 ADC Channels
Baseband, and A2D – Up to 2 SPI Channels
– 76- to 81-GHz Coverage With 4 GHz Available – Up to 2 UARTs
Bandwidth – I2C
– Four Receive Channels – GPIOs
– Two Transmit Channels – 2-Lane LVDS Interface for Raw ADC Data and
– Ultra-Accurate Chirp (Timing) Engine Based on Debug Instrumentation
Fractional-N PLL • ASIL B Targeted
– TX Power: 12.5 dBm • AECQ100 Qualified
– RX Noise Figure: • AWR1642 Advanced Features
– 14 dB (76 to 77 GHz) – Embedded Self-monitoring With No Host
– 15 dB (77 to 81 GHz) Processor Involvement
– Phase Noise at 1 MHz: – Complex Baseband Architecture
– –95 dBc/Hz (76 to 77 GHz) – Embedded Interference Detection Capability
– –93 dBc/Hz (77 to 81 GHz) • Power Management
• Built-in Calibration and Self-Test (Monitoring) – Built-in LDO Network for Enhanced PSRR
– ARM® Cortex®-R4F-Based Radio Control – I/Os Support Dual Voltage 3.3 V/1.8 V
System • Clock Source
– Built-in Firmware (ROM) – Supports External Oscillator at 40 MHz
– Self-calibrating System Across Frequency and – Supports Externally Driven Clock (Square/Sine)
Temperature at 40 MHz
• C674x DSP for FMCW Signal Processing – Supports 40 MHz Crystal Connection with Load
• On-Chip Memory: 1.5MB Capacitors
• Cortex-R4F Microcontroller for Object Tracking and • Easy Hardware Design
Classification, AUTOSAR, and Interface Control – 0.65-mm Pitch, 161-Pin 10.4 mm × 10.4 mm
– Supports Autonomous Mode (Loading User Flip Chip BGA Package for Easy Assembly and
Application from QSPI Flash Memory) Low-Cost PCB Design
• Integrated Peripherals – Small Solution Size
– Internal Memories With ECC • Supports Automotive Temperature Operating
• Host Interface Range
– CAN (Two Instances, One Being CAN-FD)

1.2 Applications
• Blind Spot Detection • Occupancy Detection
• Lane Change Assistance • Simple Gesture Recognition
• Cross Traffic Alert • Car Door Opener Applications
• Parking Assistance

An IMPORTANT NOTICE at the end of this data sheet addresses availability, warranty, changes, use in safety-critical applications,
intellectual property matters and other important disclaimers. PRODUCTION DATA.
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40-MHz Serial
Crystal Flash Power Management

QSPI

Integrated MCU DCAN Automotive

ARM Cortex-R4F CAN
PHY Network
Antenna RX1
Structure RX2 MCAN Automotive
RX3 CAN FD
PHY Network
RX4 Radar
Front End
TX1
TX2

Integrated DSP
TI C674x

AWR1642

Figure 1-1. Autonomous Radar Sensor For Automotive Applications

1.3 Description
The AWR1642 device is an integrated single-chip FMCW radar sensor capable of operation in the 76- to
81-GHz band. The device is built with TI’s low-power 45-nm RFCMOS process and enables
unprecedented levels of integration in an extremely small form factor. The AWR1642 is an ideal solution
for low-power, self-monitored, ultra-accurate radar systems in the automotive space.
The AWR1642 device is a self-contained FMCW radar sensor single-chip solution that simplifies the
implementation of Automotive Radar sensors in the band of 76 to 81 GHz. It is built on TI’s low-power 45-
nm RFCMOS process, which enables a monolithic implementation of a 2TX, 4RX system with built-in PLL
and A2D converters. It integrates the DSP subsystem, which contains TI's high-performance C674x DSP
for the Radar Signal processing. The device includes an ARM R4F-based processor subsystem, which is
responsible for radio configuration, control, and calibration. Simple programming model changes can
enable a wide variety of sensor implementation (Short, Mid, Long) with the possibility of dynamic
reconfiguration for implementing a multimode sensor. Additionally, the device is provided as a complete
platform solution including reference hardware design, software drivers, sample configurations, API guide,
and user documentation.

Device Information (1)

PART NUMBER PACKAGE BODY SIZE
AWR1642ABIGABLQ1 (Tray)
FCBGA (161) 10.4 mm × 10.4 mm
AWR1642ABIGABLRQ1 (Reel)
(1) For more information, see Section 10, Mechanical Packaging and Orderable Information.

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1.4 Functional Block Diagram

Serial Flash
QSPI interface
RX1 LNA IF ADC Cortex R4F
@ 200 MHz Optional
SPI External MCU
(User programmable) interface
RX2 LNA IF ADC
SPI / I2C PMIC control
Digital Front
Prog Data
End Boot
RAM RAM Primary
RX3 LNA IF ADC ROM DCAN
(256kB*) (192kB*) communication
(Decimation
filter chain) interfaces (automotive)
CAN-FD
DMA

Bus Matrix
RX4 LNA IF ADC
Debug
UARTs For debug
Master subsystem
(Customer programmed) JTAG for debug/
Test/
development
Debug
TX1 PA
Mailbox
High-speed ADC
LVDS output interface
Synth Ramp (for recording)
TX2 PA x4 High-speed input for
(20 GHz) Generator
HIL hardware-in-loop
C674x DSP
verification
@600 MHz
ADC
Buffer
6
GPADC
RF Control/ L1P L1D L2
BIST (32KB) (32KB) (256KB)

Osc. VMON Temp DMA CRC Radar Data Memory

(L3)
DSP subsystem 768 KB*
RF/Analog subsystem (Customer programmed)

* Up to 512 KB of Data Memory can be switched to the Master R4F if required

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