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High-Performance 77 GHz Automotive Radar SoC for Front and Corner Radar
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The SAF8444 is a cost- and power-efficient automotive frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar System-on-Chip (SOC) that enables mainstream front and corner radar sensors, such as blind spot detection and automated emergency braking. Operating from 76-81 GHz it supports short-, medium- and long-range sensing in a compact design.
SAF8444 supports advanced interference suppression, enabling the efficient execution of compute-intensive anti-jamming algorithms for future-ready radar designs.
Product Details
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Features
High-Performance Safe Compute
- Arm® Cortex®-A53 @ 320 MHz
- Arm Cortex-M7 with @ 320 MHz
Radar Processing Acceleration
- Signal Processing Toolbox (SPT) 3.5 (SAF8444H) and SPT 3.4 (SAF8444E) @ 320 MHz, with integrated baseband engine (BBE32) vector digital signal processor (DSP)
Onboard Memory
- 4 MB static random access memory (SRAM) with error correction code (ECC)
Small Package Processing
- Launcher-in-package (LiP)—footprint 11.95 mm x 14.00 mm
Highly Integrated Transceiver
- Operates in 76 GHz to 81 GHz band
Wide Bandwidth
- Effective chirp bandwidth of up to 4 GHz
High-Performance RF Transceiver
- Improved power output
- Low noise figure
- Low phase noise
Flexible Interfaces
- serial gigabit media independent interface (SGMII) Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbit/s
- LinFlexD/universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter (UART)
- Controller area network flexible data-rate (CAN-FD)
Functional Safety
- Developed in accordance with ISO 26262 safety element out of context (SEooC) methodology, supporting ASIL B applications
- Built-in functional safety monitoring circuit
Automotive Quality
- AEC-Q100 Grade 1
- -40 °C to +150 °C junction temperature
Future Proof Security
- Hardware Security Engine (HSE)
- EVITA Full, SHE+ and ISO/SAE 21434 compliant
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