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AWR6443

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Single-chip 60-GHz to 64-GHz automotive radar sensor integrating MCU and radar accelerator

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AWR6443

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Frequency range 60 - 64 GHz Number of receivers 4 Number of transmitters 3 ADC sampling rate (max) (Msps) 25 Arm CPU Arm Cortex-R4F at 200 MHz Interface type 2 CAN-FD, I2C, QSPI, SPI, UART Hardware accelerators Radar hardware accelerator Edge AI enabled Yes RAM (kByte) 1472 Rating Automotive Operating temperature range (°C) -40 to 125 TI functional safety category Functional Safety-Compliant Power supply solution LP87524B-Q1, LP87524J-Q1, LP87524P-Q1, LP876242-Q1
Frequency range 60 - 64 GHz Number of receivers 4 Number of transmitters 3 ADC sampling rate (max) (Msps) 25 Arm CPU Arm Cortex-R4F at 200 MHz Interface type 2 CAN-FD, I2C, QSPI, SPI, UART Hardware accelerators Radar hardware accelerator Edge AI enabled Yes RAM (kByte) 1472 Rating Automotive Operating temperature range (°C) -40 to 125 TI functional safety category Functional Safety-Compliant Power supply solution LP87524B-Q1, LP87524J-Q1, LP87524P-Q1, LP876242-Q1
FCCSP (ABL) 161 108.16 mm² 10.4 x 10.4
  • FMCW transceiver
    • Integrated PLL, transmitter, receiver, Baseband, and ADC
    • 60 to 64GHz coverage with 4GHz continuous bandwidth
    • Four receive channels
    • Three transmit channels
    • Supports 6-bit phase shifter
    • Ultra-accurate chirp engine based on fractional-N PLL
    • TX power: 12dBm
    • RX noise figure:
      • 12dB
    • Phase noise at 1MHz:
      • –93dBc/Hz
  • Built-in calibration and self-test
    • Arm Cortex-R4F-based radio control system
    • Built-in firmware (ROM)
    • Self-calibrating system across process and temperature
    • Embedded self-monitoring with no host processor involvement on Functional Safety-Compliant devices
  • C674x DSP for advanced signal processing (AWR6843 only)
  • Hardware accelerator for FFT, filtering, and CFAR processing
  • Memory compression
  • Arm® Cortex®-R4F microcontroller for object detection, and interface control
    • Supports autonomous mode (loading user application from QSPI flash memory)
  • Internal memory with ECC
    • AWR6843:1.75MB, divided into MSS program RAM (512KB), MSS data RAM (192KB), DSP L1RAM (64KB) and L2 RAM (256KB), and L3 radar data cube RAM (768KB)
    • AWR6443: 1.4MB, divided into MSS program RAM (512KB), MSS data RAM (192KB), and L3 radar data cube RAM (768KB)
    • Technical reference manual includes allowed size modifications
  • Other interfaces available to user application
    • Up to 6 ADC channels (low sample rate monitoring)
    • Up to 2 SPI ports
    • Up to 2 UARTs
    • 2 CAN-FD interfaces
    • I2C
    • GPIOs
    • 2 lane LVDS interface for raw ADC data and debug instrumentation
  • Device Security (on select part variants)
    • Secure authenticated and encrypted boot support
    • Customer programmable root keys, symmetric keys (256 bit), Asymmetric keys (up to RSA-2K) with Key revocation capability
    • Crypto software accelerators - PKA , AES (up to 256 bit), SHA (up to 256 bit), TRNG/DRGB
  • Functional Safety-Compliant
    • Developed for functional safety applications
    • Documentation available to aid ISO 26262 functional safety system design up to ASIL-D
    • Hardware integrity up to ASIL-B
    • Safety-related certification
      • ISO 26262 certified up to ASIL B by TUV SUD
  • Non-Functional safety variants also available
  • AEC-Q100 qualified
  • Power management
    • Built-in LDO network for enhanced PSRR
    • I/Os support dual voltage 3.3V/1.8V
  • Clock source
    • 40.0MHz crystal with internal oscillator
    • Supports external oscillator at 40MHz
    • Supports externally driven clock (square/sine) at 40MHz
  • Easy hardware design
    • 0.65mm pitch, 161-pin 10.4mm × 10.4mm flip chip BGA package for easy assembly and low-cost PCB design
    • Small solution size
  • Operating conditions:
    • Junction temperature range of –40°C to 125°C
  • FMCW transceiver
    • Integrated PLL, transmitter, receiver, Baseband, and ADC
    • 60 to 64GHz coverage with 4GHz continuous bandwidth
    • Four receive channels
    • Three transmit channels
    • Supports 6-bit phase shifter
    • Ultra-accurate chirp engine based on fractional-N PLL
    • TX power: 12dBm
    • RX noise figure:
      • 12dB
    • Phase noise at 1MHz:
      • –93dBc/Hz
  • Built-in calibration and self-test
    • Arm Cortex-R4F-based radio control system
    • Built-in firmware (ROM)
    • Self-calibrating system across process and temperature
    • Embedded self-monitoring with no host processor involvement on Functional Safety-Compliant devices
  • C674x DSP for advanced signal processing (AWR6843 only)
  • Hardware accelerator for FFT, filtering, and CFAR processing
  • Memory compression
  • Arm® Cortex®-R4F microcontroller for object detection, and interface control
    • Supports autonomous mode (loading user application from QSPI flash memory)
  • Internal memory with ECC
    • AWR6843:1.75MB, divided into MSS program RAM (512KB), MSS data RAM (192KB), DSP L1RAM (64KB) and L2 RAM (256KB), and L3 radar data cube RAM (768KB)
    • AWR6443: 1.4MB, divided into MSS program RAM (512KB), MSS data RAM (192KB), and L3 radar data cube RAM (768KB)
    • Technical reference manual includes allowed size modifications
  • Other interfaces available to user application
    • Up to 6 ADC channels (low sample rate monitoring)
    • Up to 2 SPI ports
    • Up to 2 UARTs
    • 2 CAN-FD interfaces
    • I2C
    • GPIOs
    • 2 lane LVDS interface for raw ADC data and debug instrumentation
  • Device Security (on select part variants)
    • Secure authenticated and encrypted boot support
    • Customer programmable root keys, symmetric keys (256 bit), Asymmetric keys (up to RSA-2K) with Key revocation capability
    • Crypto software accelerators - PKA , AES (up to 256 bit), SHA (up to 256 bit), TRNG/DRGB
  • Functional Safety-Compliant
    • Developed for functional safety applications
    • Documentation available to aid ISO 26262 functional safety system design up to ASIL-D
    • Hardware integrity up to ASIL-B
    • Safety-related certification
      • ISO 26262 certified up to ASIL B by TUV SUD
  • Non-Functional safety variants also available
  • AEC-Q100 qualified
  • Power management
    • Built-in LDO network for enhanced PSRR
    • I/Os support dual voltage 3.3V/1.8V
  • Clock source
    • 40.0MHz crystal with internal oscillator
    • Supports external oscillator at 40MHz
    • Supports externally driven clock (square/sine) at 40MHz
  • Easy hardware design
    • 0.65mm pitch, 161-pin 10.4mm × 10.4mm flip chip BGA package for easy assembly and low-cost PCB design
    • Small solution size
  • Operating conditions:
    • Junction temperature range of –40°C to 125°C

The AWR device is an integrated single chip mmWave sensor based on FMCW radar technology capable of operation in the 60GHz to 64GHz band. It is built with TI’s low power45nm RFCMOS process and enables unprecedented levels of integration in an extremely small form factor. This is an ideal solution for low power, self-monitored, ultra-accurate radar systems in the automotive space. Multiple automotive qualified variants are currently available including Functional Safety-Compliant devices and non-functional safety devices.

The AWR device is an integrated single chip mmWave sensor based on FMCW radar technology capable of operation in the 60GHz to 64GHz band. It is built with TI’s low power45nm RFCMOS process and enables unprecedented levels of integration in an extremely small form factor. This is an ideal solution for low power, self-monitored, ultra-accurate radar systems in the automotive space. Multiple automotive qualified variants are currently available including Functional Safety-Compliant devices and non-functional safety devices.
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* Data sheet AWR6443, AWR6843 Single-Chip 60 to 64GHz mmWave Sensor datasheet (Rev. E) PDF | HTML 30 Apr 2025
* Errata AWR6443 Device Errata, Silicon Revision 2.0 PDF | HTML 01 Apr 2020
Application note Getting Started with mmWave Sensors PDF | HTML 12 Mar 2025
Functional safety information Design Guide for Functional Safety Compliant Systems using mmWave Radar Sensors (Rev. A) PDF | HTML 04 Apr 2024
Functional safety information TUV SUD Functional Safety Certificate for AWR Devices (Rev. A) 11 Jan 2024
Functional safety information Report on the Certificate Z10 088989 0023 Rev. 00 04 Feb 2022
Application note mmWave Radar Radome Design Guide PDF | HTML 17 Aug 2021
Application note Memory Compression and Decompression Engine for TI mmwave Radar 02 Dec 2019
White paper Using a complex-baseband architecture in FMCW radar systems 17 Apr 2017

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