SWRS202C May   2017  – January 2022 AWR1443

PRODUCTION DATA  

  1. 1 Features
  2. 2 Applications
  3. 3 Description
  4. 4 Functional Block Diagram
  5. 5 Revision History
  6. 6 Device Comparison
    1. 6.1 Related Products
  7. 7 Terminal Configuration and Functions
    1. 7.1 Pin Diagram
    2. 7.2 Signal Descriptions
      1. 7.2.1 Signal Descriptions
    3. 7.3 Pin Multiplexing
  8. 8 Specifications
    1. 8.1 Absolute Maximum Ratings
    2. 8.2 ESD Ratings
    3. 8.3 Power-On Hours (POH)
    4. 8.4 Recommended Operating Conditions
    5. 8.5 Power Supply Specifications
    6. 8.6 Power Consumption Summary
    7. 8.7 RF Specification
    8. 8.8 Thermal Resistance Characteristics for FCBGA Package [ABL0161]
    9. 8.9 Timing and Switching Characteristics
      1. 8.9.1  Power Supply Sequencing and Reset Timing
      2. 8.9.2  Synchronized Frame Triggering
      3. 8.9.3  Input Clocks and Oscillators
        1. 8.9.3.1 Clock Specifications
      4. 8.9.4  Multibuffered / Standard Serial Peripheral Interface (MibSPI)
        1. 8.9.4.1 Peripheral Description
        2. 8.9.4.2 MibSPI Transmit and Receive RAM Organization
          1. 8.9.4.2.1 SPI Timing Conditions
          2. 8.9.4.2.2 SPI Controller Mode Switching Parameters (CLOCK PHASE = 0, SPICLK = output, SPISIMO = output, and SPISOMI = input) (1) (1) (1)
          3. 8.9.4.2.3 SPI Controller Mode Switching Parameters (CLOCK PHASE = 1, SPICLK = output, SPISIMO = output, and SPISOMI = input) (1) (1) (1)
        3. 8.9.4.3 SPI Peripheral Mode I/O Timings
          1. 8.9.4.3.1 SPI Peripheral Mode Switching Parameters (SPICLK = input, SPISIMO = input, and SPISOMI = output) (1) (1) (1)
        4. 8.9.4.4 Typical Interface Protocol Diagram (Peripheral Mode)
      5. 8.9.5  LVDS Interface Configuration
        1. 8.9.5.1 LVDS Interface Timings
      6. 8.9.6  General-Purpose Input/Output
        1. 8.9.6.1 Switching Characteristics for Output Timing versus Load Capacitance (CL)
      7. 8.9.7  Controller Area Network Interface (DCAN)
        1. 8.9.7.1 Dynamic Characteristics for the DCANx TX and RX Pins
      8. 8.9.8  Serial Communication Interface (SCI)
        1. 8.9.8.1 SCI Timing Requirements
      9. 8.9.9  Inter-Integrated Circuit Interface (I2C)
        1. 8.9.9.1 I2C Timing Requirements (1)
      10. 8.9.10 Quad Serial Peripheral Interface (QSPI)
        1. 8.9.10.1 QSPI Timing Conditions
        2. 8.9.10.2 Timing Requirements for QSPI Input (Read) Timings (1) (1)
        3. 8.9.10.3 QSPI Switching Characteristics
      11. 8.9.11 JTAG Interface
        1. 8.9.11.1 JTAG Timing Conditions
        2. 8.9.11.2 Timing Requirements for IEEE 1149.1 JTAG
        3. 8.9.11.3 Switching Characteristics Over Recommended Operating Conditions for IEEE 1149.1 JTAG
  9. 9 Detailed Description
    1. 9.1 Overview
    2. 9.2 Functional Block Diagram
    3. 9.3 External Interfaces
    4. 9.4 Subsystems
      1. 9.4.1 RF and Analog Subsystem
        1. 9.4.1.1 Clock Subsystem
        2. 9.4.1.2 Transmit Subsystem
        3. 9.4.1.3 Receive Subsystem
        4. 9.4.1.4 Radio Processor Subsystem
      2. 9.4.2 Main (Control) System
      3. 9.4.3 Host Interface
    5. 9.5 Accelerators and Coprocessors
    6. 9.6 Other Subsystems
      1. 9.6.1 ADC Channels (Service) for User Application
        1. 9.6.1.1 GP-ADC Parameter
    7. 9.7 Boot Modes
      1. 9.7.1 Flashing Mode
      2. 9.7.2 Functional Mode
  10. 10Applications, Implementation, and Layout
    1. 10.1 Application Information
    2. 10.2 Short-Range Radar
    3. 10.3 Blind Spot Detector and Ultrasonic Upgrades
    4. 10.4 Reference Schematic
  11. 11Device and Documentation Support
    1. 11.1 Device Nomenclature
    2. 11.2 Tools and Software
    3. 11.3 Documentation Support
    4. 11.4 Support Resources
    5. 11.5 Trademarks
    6. 11.6 Electrostatic Discharge Caution
    7. 11.7 Glossary
  12. 12Mechanical, Packaging, and Orderable Information
    1. 12.1 Packaging Information

9.1 Overview

The AWR1443 device includes the entire millimeter wave blocks and analog baseband signal chain for three transmitters (two usable at the same instance) and four receivers, as well as a customer-programmable MCU with a hardware accelerator for radar signal processing. This device is applicable as a radar-on-a-chip in use-cases with modest requirements for memory, processing capacity and application code size. These could be cost-sensitive automotive applications that are evolving from 24 GHz narrowband implementation and some emerging simple ultra-short-range radar applications. Typical application examples for this device include basic Blind Spot Detect, Parking Assist, and so forth.

In terms of scalability, the AWR1443 device could be paired with a low-end external MCU, to address more complex applications that might require additional memory for larger application software footprint and faster interfaces. Because the AWR1443 device also provides high speed data interfaces, it is suitable for interfacing with more capable external processing blocks. Here system designers can choose the AWR1443 to provide raw ADC data or use the on-chip Hardware Accelerator for partial processing viz. first stage Fast Fourier Transform.