AWR6843AOP Single-Chip mmWave Sensor Antennas-on-Package

Texas Instruments' 60 GHz to 64 GHz sensor AOP is suitable for applications such as occupancy detection

Image of Texas Instruments' AWR6843AOP Single-Chip mmWave Sensor Antennas-on-PackageTexas Instruments' AWR6843AOP is an antenna-on-package (AOP) device that is an evolution within the single-chip radar device family. This device enables unprecedented levels of integration in an extremely small form factor and is an ideal solution for low-power, self-monitored, ultra-accurate radar systems in the automotive space. Multiple automotive-qualified variants are available including functional safety compliant targeted devices and non-functional safety devices.

Features
  • FMCW transceiver:
    • Integrated 4 receivers and 3 transmitters AOP
    • Integrated PLL, transmitter, receiver, baseband, and ADC
    • Coverage: 60 GHz to 64 GHz with 4 GHz continuous bandwidth
    • Supports a 6-bit phase shifter
    • Ultra-accurate chirp engine based on fractional PLL
  • Built-in calibration and self-test
  • C674x DSP for advanced signal processing (AWR6843 only)
  • Hardware accelerator for FFT, filtering, and CFAR processing
  • Memory compression
  • Arm® Cortex®-R4F MCU for object detection and interface control
  • Internal memory with ECC
  • AEC-Q100 qualified and supports automotive temperature operating range
  • Other interfaces available to user application:
    • Up to six ADC channels (low sample rate monitoring)
    • Up to two SPI ports
    • Up to two UARTs
    • Two CAN-FD interfaces
    • I2C
    • GPIOs
    • Two-lane LVDS interface for raw ADC data and debug instrumentation
  • Power management:
    • Built-in LDO network for enhanced PSRR
    • I/Os support dual voltage 3.3 V / 1.8 V
  • Clock source
  • Easy hardware design
Applications
  • Interior cabin sensing
  • Child presence detection
  • Occupancy detection
  • Seat belt reminders
  • Driver vital sign monitoring
  • Kick sensors/access sensors
  • Gesture recognition

AWR6843AOP Single-Chip mmWave Sensor AOP

ImageManufacturer Part NumberDescriptionTypeFrequencyData Rate (Max)Available QuantityPriceView Details
IC RF TXRX+MCU 161FC/CSPAWR6843AQGABLQ1IC RF TXRX+MCU 161FC/CSPTxRx + MCU60GHz ~ 64GHz900Mbps110 - Immediate$402.22View Details

Evaluation Board

ImageManufacturer Part NumberDescriptionSensing RangeInterfaceSensitivityAvailable QuantityPriceView Details
EVAL BOARD FOR AWR6843AOPAWR6843AOPEVMEVAL BOARD FOR AWR6843AOP---9 - Immediate$1,471.88View Details
Published: 2021-07-12