Car Interior Radar for Advanced Life-Signs Detection

European source with RF performance allowing low-power designs with operating frequencies beyond 100GHz (∼120 GHz) based on 2FDX technology for the first time. A thin RADAR IC for 120 GHz applications will be embedded in cavities of a silicon base wafer and/or into novel glass-based interposer structures and electrically interconnected to an antenna that is located directly aside the IC. RF circuits for IC, antenna and interconnects will be co-designed by 3D full wave EM simulations. This approach enables RF simulation and optimization of the whole IC/antenna package before manufacture. The use of standard semiconductor technology for the RF package on wafer-level ensures very high precision of interconnect geometry and optimum electrical performance. The entire system consists of an analog radar frontend implementing antennas in innovative mass volume packaging solution; assembled to a board (PCB) with additional functionality realizing the demonstrator sensor system. The radar signal processing instance will be used to process the data stream of sensor PCB in order to provide sensor data results to backend systems. The demonstrator will showcase a mm-wave radar solution operating beyond 100GHz (∼120 GHz) installed in a real vehicle environment.