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Radar or microwave technology is really a way of sensing the presence of objects, being liquids, cars, obstacles, humans.Looking at the implementation of radar technology on a chip, it is surprising how large the number of applications is that pop up: Truck safety /Presence sensing industrial buildings (long range) /Smart-lighting /Door-openers /Industrial Level Gauging /Height measurements for drones /Distance control, industrial, automotive /Speed over the ground /Blindspot detection /Traffic Monitoring |
| Dutch start-up company Omniradar developed a sensor-on-a-chip device based on an integrated radar-frontend with several operation modes as CW, continuous wave, FMCW, Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave, stepped FMCW, FMCW with discrete frequency steps and Doppler. All these modes have their specific advantages. distance, speed of objects and direction can be measured with FMCW mode. The IC’s have two receiver antennas in one plane. And the high frequency and newly available large bandwidth, 57-64 GHz, 7 GHz bandwidth, allow a high resolution and accuracy. This means an improvement over 24 GHz, at 0,125 or 0,25 GHz bandwidth.The “One-Chip-Radar” and the Lorry Drivers’ Blind Spot, Hans Brouwer, Omniradar, parallel session B, 11.00 – 11.20 hrs. | |
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