Mm-wave and UWB CMOS 65nm SoC for radar applications

A System on Chip (SoC) solution for ultra-wideband (UWB) and mm-wave MIMO radar applications is presented. The RFIC is implemented in a standard CMOS 65 nm process, comprising 24 transmit-receive modules for UWB along with 48 transmit-receive modules for mm-wave frequencies. Targeting radar applications, the signal generation architecture supports a variety of waveforms. The receive side includes multichannel digitization, memories and DSP processor for radar signal processing. The SoC family has several variants, supporting the 76-81 GHz band for automotive industry and a 57-71 GHz band for smart home applications. The die area is 83 mm
²
and it is packaged in a flip-chip BGA package.