Advanced Radar

Radar Products, Development Capabilities and Applications @ IMST Overview of Radar Topics

IMST GmbH Carl-Friedrich-Gauss-Str. 2-4 47475 Kamp-Lintfort Germany www.radar-sensor.com

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Products: Sentire RadarTM

Radar Products, Developments and Applications, April 2016 © IMST GmbH - All rights reserved

sR-1200e: Radar Module with internal Patch Antennas DK-sR-1200e: Developer Kit

Modules with Digital I/O: Ethernet (with Power-over-Ethernet)

sR-1030e: Radar Module for external Antennas DK-sR-1030e: Developer Kit

sR-1030e: Radar Module with external Patch-Antenna A-sR-1032 or Horn Antennas

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Radar Specifications


Performance and Properties: RADAR-Method FMCW Radar Channels 1 x Transmit & 2 x Receive (IQ) Distance to Targets 10 cm … 30 m (… 50 m) Resolution typ. dm-range (depending on ∆f) Accuracy typ. cm-range (depending on ∆f) Centre Frequency 24 GHz (fISM = 24.125 GHz) Band Width (∆f) 250 MHz (ISM-band) to 2 GHz Radiated Power 10 … 19 dBm (EIRP, typ.) Antenna Characteristic 24° elevation, 58° (Tx), 80° (Rx) azimuth Angular Accuracy 2° to 3° Data Sheet and Manual available

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Graphic User Interface for DK


Developer Kit Software

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Radar Development Capabilities


Hardware Development - Antenna and Circuit Design (typ. 5.8, 24, 60, 77 GHz) - RF-Frontend (FMCW, Doppler, µ-Doppler, SAR) - Signal Processing with DSC or FPGA - Digital Interfaces (SPI, USB, CAN, Ethernet) - Radar Network Controller

Software and Firmware Capabilities - GUI S/W for Radar Developer Kits - Firmware with Radar Control and Signal Processing - Specific Algorithms like Detection and Tracking

Application-tailored Development - Intruder Detection and Tracking - UAV Discovery and Collision Avoidance - Observation of Safety relevant Areas

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Hardware Development


• Antenna and RF-Frontend Board

• Radar Control and Digital Signal Processing

• DC Supply and Digital Interfaces SPI, USB, CAN, Ethernet

• Housing and Radome

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Radar Module sR-1200e


Hardware Components

Frontend and antenna

Baseband board with signal processor

DC Supply and dig. I/O

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Network Controller with 4 Radars


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Radar Network Controller with Camera


Linux Processor Board

Radar Control Software

Camera Control Software

Radar #1 Radar #2 Radar #3 Radar #4

CAN-Bus

Remote Control Computer

Pan/Tilt/Zoom Camera

TCP/IP

TCP/IP

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Radar Sensor Fusion with Camera


AXIS PTZ Dome Network Camera Outdoor HDTV with 12x optical Zoom

LAN

, PoE

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Radar Test Site @ IMST


PTZ-Camera

AC , Control and Interface Radar-Unit

Radar and Spotlight

Overview of PTZ Camera, no target, Zoom: wide

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Radar / Video Intruder Tracking


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GUI with Camera Control


Camera Settings Intruder Detection and Tracking in Distance and Angle

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Radar and Video Camera Fusion


PoE

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Computer

Video Tracking

Radar Tracking

Sensor Fusion

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Radar

Video or Thermal Camera

Config File

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Radar and Thermal Camera


Radar properties in a nutshell Thermal video processing in a nutshell 24 GHz FMCW and Doppler mode

1 ms ramp time 250 MHz bandwidth

100mW radiated power Signal processing in module

Adaptive background adjustment Object distance measurement: 10 – 50m Object angle measurement: -35° – +35°

IR pixel resolution 640 x 512 Focal length 25° (H) x 20° (V) with 25 mm lens

Spatial Resolution (IFOV) 0.68 mrad Sensor fusion with radar

Single Camera field of view: 25°x20°

FLIR A65 (25mm object lens)

Radar sR-1200

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RPAS View with Thermal Camera


Distance to Radar and Camera: 10 to 30m

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Micro-Doppler Classification


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Polarized Radar at 24 GHz


Tx: LHCP

Rx1: LHCP

Rx2: RHCP

L/R HCP: Left/Right Hand Circular Polarization

I1/Q1

I2/Q2

Polarization for Surface Property/Roughness Characterization

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RPAS with Radar


DJI S1000 with Intelligent Multirotor Flight System as Multisensor Plattform (FMSP)

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5.8 GHz FMCW Radar


Dimensions RF-and antenna board size (W x H): 95mm x 110mm BB- and SNT-board size (W x H): 62mm x 75mm Antenna (Tx + Rx) 3dB Antenna Beam Width: Azimuth = 68° Elevation = 30° Lossless Antenna Gain: ~12 dBi Frontend EIRP output power: 19.5 dBm Frequency band: 5.8 GHz Bandwidth: 50 - 215 MHz Baseband Board (BB) TI Digital Signal Processor: 150 MHz Interface and DC Supply Board (SNT) Ethernet (Power over Ethernet) DC supply: 48 V

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Radar Design with EmpireTM XPU


24 GHz Radar Antenna (TX)

4 x 12 element array

Backside microstrip feed network with Wilkinson dividers

Accurate 3D EM simulation of antenna, feed network and backside casing

20 GHz – 28 GHz 53 Million cells, ~ 2 GB Simulation speed: 7000 Mcells/s Simulation time: ~8 min*

* simulation on Dual Xeon E5-2697 workstation incl. metal & dielectric loss

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24 GHz Radar Antenna (TX)

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Excellent agreement between measurement and simulation

Gain, SLL and elevation as required

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24 GHz SAR / DBF 8 Rx-Channels


Beam-width azimuth 60 deg Beam-width elevation 24 deg Virtual beam-width azimuth 8 deg Switchable online calibration target @ 1.5m

SAR: Synthetic Aperture Radar DBF: Digital Beam Forming Rx: Receive

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77 GHz CW Radar in LTCC


Frequency 77 GHz (72 ... 77 GHz) Operation CW and FMCW Output Power 5 dBm Antenna Vivaldi Module Size 30 x 12 x 1.4 mm3 Material DuPont 9k7

X-Ray Photo

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77 GHz CW Radar in LTCC


d = 5…2.5 m

Antenna

Radar-Module Target

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77 GHz Radar Antenna Farfield & Electric field strengths at f = 77 GHz

frequency: DC - 77 GHz all parts metal except windscreen, bumper and tire (dielectric) results: s11, 2D & 3D farfield, nearfield in cutplanes size: 400 Million FDTD cells, 10 GB memory simulation speed: 6200 Million cells/s Simulation time: 20 min*

* simulation on Dual Xeon E5-2697 workstation

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Contact IMST


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