NXP launches advanced automotive radar single-chip family for next-generation ADAS and autonomous driving systems

NXP Semiconductor automotive radar industry leader announced the first launch of a new 28nm RFCMOS radar single-chip family for next-generation ADAS and autonomous driving systems.

● NXP's first 28nm RFCMOS radar single chip for a variety of safety-critical ADAS applications, including automatic emergency braking and blind spot detection

The single-chip solution consists of a highly integrated RF front end and multi-core radar processor

●DENSO Corporation will deploy NXP's latest radar technology to support next-generation ADAS platform development

NXP Semiconductor announced the launch of the new 28nm RFCMOS radar single-chip family for next-generation ADAS and autonomous driving systems. The new SAF85xx single-chip family integrates NXP's high-performance radar sensing capabilities and processing technology to provide Tier 1 suppliers and Oems with increased flexibility to support short -, medium - and long-range radar applications to meet more challenging NCAP security requirements. NXP has been a technology leader for more than 15 years, and the introduction of the single-chip radar family further enrichis its portfolio of advanced radar products to further provide a safe environment for drivers and reduce accidents. DENSO Corporation, which specializes in leading-edge radar technology and is a major NXP customer, also chose to use these innovations.

"NXP's advanced radar sensing technology is essential to accelerate the development of the next generation of ADAS," said Mr. Hiroshi Kondo, Head of the Security Systems Business Unit at DENSO Corporation. We believe DENSO will extend our leadership position in ADAS with NXP's compact high performance SAF85xx Radar SoC."

NXP's new automotive radar SoC family includes a high-performance radar transceiver integrated with a multi-core radar processor built on NXP's S32R radar computing platform. Compared to NXP's previous generation product, the SAF85xx doubles RF performance and improves signal processing speed by 40%. The single-chip family provides 4D sensing capabilities for corner and forward radars for a wide range of safety-critical ADAS applications, such as automatic emergency braking, adaptive cruise control, blind spot monitoring, lateral traffic warning and automatic parking. Thanks to the greater flexibility offered by the new series, Oems can meet expanding NCAP safety requirements and surging demand for radar sensors, which some analysts expect to be installed at least five per vehicle in the future.

Combined with NXP's power management and connectivity solutions, this system solution provides more flexibility to meet OEM needs today and in the future. Developers will also benefit from the seamless performance scalability of the S32R series and the reuse of its hardware and software designs.

Torsten Lehmann, Executive Vice President of NXP Semiconductors, said, "Our new radar single-chip family provides reliable support for remote object detection and can distinguish between small objects next to large objects, such as motorcycles speeding around cars and trucks on busy multi-lane highways. "The compact size of the single-chip family allows customers to build radar sensor modules that are up to 30 percent smaller, enabling global ADAS system suppliers such as DENSO to take advantage of this powerful new technology to further improve radar security."

NXP third generation RFCMOS radar platform

Based on proven RFCMOS expertise, NXP pioneered the mass production of automotive radars and has shipped tens of millions

The highly integrated 77 GHz radar Smart transceiver SoC features four high-performance transmitters, four receivers, a multi-core radar processor with a hardware accelerator, and gigabit Ethernet communication interfaces and memory

In automotive safety integrity level B (ASIL B) requirements, meet ISO 26262 functional safety standards and ISO/SAE     21434 car network safety standards, can meet the auto industry to the function of security and information security requirements