Radar Market Outlook. Mats Carlsson CTO. Sivers IMA Partner Event - June

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1 Radar Market Outlook Mats Carlsson CTO Sivers IMA Partner Event - June

2 Why radar? Competing non-contact technologies Vision / cameras Time of flight Stereoscopic Lasers Ultrasound Radar offers robust and cost efficient monitoring of distance and/or speed Does not require a clear field of view or line of sight Robust and accurate measurement results New highly integrated solutions reduces cost Sivers IMA Partner Event - June

3 Radar Market Outlook The radar market is expected to grow in the coming years Many new use cases and applications drives the growth Internet of Things Smart homes, cities, factories Trends / technologies Packaged components Ever higher levels of integration SRD and ISM regulations allow for use of radar in many applications, and trend is to loosen regulations Sivers IMA Partner Event - June

4 Example of radar use cases Various surveillance applications Larger acceptance due to less integrity problems compared with camera surveillance Does not require light or clear view Industrial Level gauging Distance control, industrial, automotive Traffic Monitoring Agriculture, e.g. lettuce harvesting Environmental monitoring Robots (industrial and commercial) Smart homes Temperature control Smart-lighting Door-openers Ground measurements (including height) for drones Truck safety Sivers IMA Partner Event - June

5 Opportunities and challenges Opportunities Increasing demand for sensor solutions Higher integration level offers lower cost and smaller form factor Challenges Fragmented market with many small volume customers Want custom products, but don t want to pay NRE for customization Limited radar know-how on the market Sivers IMA Partner Event - June

6 24GHz Radar Market ISM Band Large, potential, untapped market Most popular requested frequency from customer leads Existing competitors miss the mark on certain points FMCW is missing in some kits, e.g. in the kit from Infineon Limited antenna flexibility Not designed for customization (strictly chip evaluation) Price is high Sivers IMA Partner Event - June

7 EVK02401/00 Concept Takes advantage of low-cost Infineon chips and ARM MCUs Simplify development cost and time for customers Create reference platform that meets needs of most customer requests Reduce complexity, but fill gaps found in other radar sensors / kits FMCW supported Internal/external antenna Reference platform for custom products Suitable for advanced and basic users Sivers IMA Partner Event - June

8 Next generation radar products and technology advanced information Sivers IMA is currently architecting a new highly integrated mm-wave based radar solution for imaging applications Targeting to operate in the 60GHz license free band Higher integration level reduces cost Integrated ADC Beamforming and on chip signal processing Antennas are tightly designed with the Transceiver chip Customers could influence the specifications of the Sivers IMA 60GHz radar solution Sivers IMA s telecom beamforming and mm-wave design expertise is utilized Sivers IMA Partner Event - June

9 Sivers IMA Technology and Market Technology focus Mm-wave RFIC development Beam forming Patch antenna Market differentiators High performance with 0.13 µm SiGe BiCMOS technology Robust designs suitable for infrastructure equipment High integration level Multi-channel RX and TX for beamforming RFIC and patch antennas are co-developed Differentiators Sivers IMA Partner Event - June

10 What is mm-wave and what is it used for? Mm-wave frequencies are defined as the frequencies between GHz Often 28GHz for 5G applications is included in mm-wave 28 and 39GHz are considered for 5G applications GHz, is often referred to as V-band License free in many regions Telecom and radar applications 71-76, 81-86, 76-77, GHz, is often referred to as E- band Widely used in telecom equipment (data links) Automotive radar applications Short wavelength enables small antennas with focused beams Sivers IMA Partner Event - June

11 Beam Forming Phase and amplitude of the transmitted/received energy is controlled, focus can be achieved in certain directions Enables higher sensitivity and effective output power Benefits in telecom Improved range Point to multipoint applications can be supported Self aligning links Requirement in the ad standard Very useful for imaging radar solutions Higher resolution and accuracy Sivers IMA Partner Event - June

12 Patch Antennas Low cost Small form factor Easy to customize with low tooling cost (new PCB design, no hard tooling) Proven in automotive radar applications Sivers IMA Partner Event - June

13 Sivers IMA WiGig solution for infrastructure equipment RF_IN1 RF_IN2 RF_IN16 RF_OUT1 RF_OUT2 RF_OUT16 ADC VCC LDO F F F F F F VDDIO CLK MODE[1:0] Rst Temp detect Calibration Register map RF GAIN BB GAIN 0/90 x3 TRX BF/01 GPIO[7:0] Control AGC Synth SPI MOSI MISO SCLK CSN RX_BBI RX_BBQ REF_CLK VCO_OUT VCO_IN TX_BBI TX_BBQ Beamforming Transceiver with 16 RX + 16 TX channels +/-45 degrees Azimuth coverage Excellent EVM EIRP = +43dBm IEEE ad compliant covering 57-66GHz Data rate 4.62Gbps with 16QAM modulation Easy integration with the Rapidwave digital Modem from IDT (RWM6050) over analog IQ interface Design in SiGe BiCMOS packaged in an e-wlb package Currently geared for infrastructure applications Sivers IMA Partner Event - June

14 Key features of Sivers IMA WiGig solution Focus on system cost and integration level Few voltage domains 3.3V and integrated LDO:s for the analog blocks 1.8V digital i/o supply voltage to fit with BWT i/o voltage (no external level shifters) Baseband interface without external components Robust performance Against interferers Excellent EVM Autonomous and fast settling AGC Low group delay variation Autonomous calibration IQ calibration (with support from baseband) DC offset LO leakage BIST and ATE support Wide band solution Covers the entire ad band (57-66GHz) and the extended band (66-71GHz) Sivers IMA Partner Event - June

15 Draft architecture of Sivers IMA s 60GHz radar imaging solution Sivers IMA s WiGig RFIC is used as starting point Digital beamforming RX architecture for flexible signal processing High integration level for low cost Cm resolution possible Advanced product information, i.e. changes might be applied Tentative schedule: ES in 2H 2018 Lead customers can influence the architecture DSP/ FFT MOSI MISO SCLK CSN Ref Clk Data SPI ADC Data Serializer Synth VCC LDO Chirp Control ADC ADC ADC VDDIO Temp detect Beambook Calibration Rst Register map F F PA_1 PA_2 LNA_1 LNA_2 LNA_6 Sivers IMA Partner Event - June

16 Questions? Sivers IMA Partner Event - June