Nxp B.v.

Nxp USA, Inc.

Maarten Lont

Antonius Johannes Matheus De Graauw

Cristian Pavao Moreira

Lukas Frederik Tiemeijer

Gilles Montoriol

Giorgio Carluccio

Leo Van Gemert

Yu Lin

Adrianus Buijsman

Pieter Lok

Bartholomeus Wilhelmus Christiaan Hovens

Harshitha Thippur Shivamurthy

Rocío Gabriela Molina Moreno

Cristine Aguila Badiao

Rabia Syeda

A system comprising: a waveguide assembly comprising a plurality of waveguides, the plurality of waveguides comprising at least a first waveguide and a second waveguide, and an integrated circuit package, IC package, comprising a plurality of launchers to one or more of transmit signalling to and receive signalling from a respective one of the plurality of waveguides, wherein the waveguide assembly comprises a surface configured to be coupled to the IC package and each of the plurality of waveguides comprises an opening in the surface configured to be aligned with its respective launcher, and wherein each of the openings has a major dimension and a minor dimension, wherein the major dimension is larger than the minor dimension, and wherein the major dimension of at least the opening of the first waveguide is oriented perpendicular to the major dimension of the opening of the second waveguide.

System

A radar system includes a hybrid-power amplifier and a power control unit coupled to the hybrid-power amplifier. The power control unit is configured to control the amplification of a chirp signal output by the radar system based upon an assessment of an interchirp time provided by a chirp profile. The interchirp time is a time difference between a first chirp signal and a second chirp signal that are to be output by the hybrid-power amplifier. When the power control unit determines that the interchirp time is less than an interchirp time threshold, a fast-power loop control configuration is used to control the transmitted output power at hybrid amplifier level. When the power control unit determines that the interchirp time is equal to or greater than the interchirp time threshold, a slow-power loop configuration or a combination of the slow-loop configuration and the fast-loop configuration is used to control the transmitted output power at the hybrid-power amplifier. A look-up table generated by the power control unit in a controller is used to ascertain the control signals and values that are to be used by the hybrid-power amplifier and voltage regulator to amplify the chirp signal.

Power control for radar applications and method thereof

An integrated circuit transformer () is formed with a primary winding () located in at least a first winding layer having a first thickness, a secondary winding () located in at least the first winding layer and having a first center point at the first side of the transformer and two secondary terminals at a second, opposite side of the transformer, and a first center tap feed line () located along a symmetry axis of the transformer in an upper metal layer having a second thickness that is at least equivalent to the first thickness of the first winding layer, wherein the first center tap feed line has a direct electrical connection to the first center point in the secondary winding.

High current integrated circuit-based transformer

A reconfigurable radar unit is described that includes: a millimetre wave (mmW) transceiver (Tx/Rx) circuit; a mixed analog and baseband integrated circuit; and a signal processor circuit. The mmW Tx/Rx circuit and mixed analog and baseband integrated circuit and signal processor circuit are configured to support a plurality of radar operational modes. a radar sensitivity monitor and architecture reconfiguration control unit () is coupled to the signal processor circuit and is configured to monitor a radar performance and, in response thereto, initiate a change in the radar operational mode. In this manner, a large number of radar operational modes is supported and can be dynamically adopted by the reconfigurable radar unit dependent upon any prevailing radar performance condition.

Reconfigurable radar unit, integrated circuit and method therefor

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Eindhoven, Netherlands

Maarten Lont