How self-driving cars are adding new capabilities as they move from Layer 2 (L2) to L2+ and beyond. How automotive radar systems are designed, and what this means for processors and other components.

A new technical paper titled “Signal processing architecture for a trustworthy 77GHz MIMO Radar” was published by researchers at Fraunhofer FHR, Ruhr University Bochum, and Wavesense Dresden GmbH.

Radar (acronym for Radio Detection and Ranging) uses radio waves to detect objects in the environment. It allows determining the distance (known as range), angular position (bearing), and velocity.

Radar devices are among the most important RF applications, with direct impact on aerospace missions, military endeavors, ship and submarine navigation, and road traffic control and monitoring. The ...