Silicon Radar of Frankfurt has introduced development kits for its GHz CMOS radar MMICs (millimetre wave integrated circuits), which are built using SiGe or SiGe:C from IHP.

“We offer high frequency circuits for radar solutions, phased-array-systems and wireless communications, for both custom specific ASIC design and supply of standard circuits in frequency range from 10GHz X-band up to 200GHz and above,” said the firm.

Silicon Radar participated in the European Commission 7th Framework Success project, to develop ways to mass produce silicon mm-Wave SoCs at low cost – with STMicro, IHP, Evatronix, Selmic, Hightec, Bosch, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and the University of Toronto.

The development kits are:

EasyRadar is for evaluating all of the firm’s TX/RX radar chips, and is “great for beginners and pros who want to start development and tweak system parameters”, said Silicon Radar.

*programmable FMCW parameters

*signal processing

*target recognition

*web-based GUI

*USB or wireless LAN communication with PC

The kit includes:

*122GHz radar front end (see photo above)

*24GHz radar front end (see lower photo)

*controller board

*baseband board with WiFi

*lens for 122 GHz

SimpleRadar is available to evaluate the firm’s 122GHz radar front end.

It has the same functionality as the EasyRadar but is smaller (40 x 40mm), and can be used as a Wi-Fi-enabled radar sensor with integrated target recognition.

*programmable FMCW parameters

*signal processing

*target recognition

*web-based GUI

*USB communication with PC or over wireless LAN

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