Streaming Radar: Enabling High-Resolution Radar Sensing with FPD-Link for Centralized Processing

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Traditional radar architectures bundle the analog front end with data processing to output point cloud data over lower bandwidth networks.

The automotive industry shifts to higher resolution radars and central compute architectures. Both trends result in a requirement for higher data throughput interface.

Texas Instruments solves this by utilizing a high-resolution radar front end and an FPD-Link IV high-bandwidth serializer to stream the sensor’s raw data to a central compute unit. Streaming radar architecture combined with centralized processing offer significant advantages over traditional edge compute solutions by reducing sensor cost, size, weight, and wiring complexity via Power-over-Cable technologies. For OEMs pursuing L2+ autonomy features, streaming radar facilitates better sensor fusion, simplifies firmware management, and provides efficient platform scaling across vehicle lineups.