Consumer radar: Opportunities and challenges

Abstract

Modern semiconductor technology, such as small geometry CMOS, is providing the opportunity to build very small and very low cost single chip radar systems operating at millimeter wave frequencies. Such tiny radar systems open up a vast range of new applications from automotive radar, safety helmet radar, bicycle radar, health monitoring radar, robot guidance radar, micro-UAV surveillance radar, and a host of other applications. Co-operative networks of these tiny radars also constitute an exciting possibility. Considerable progress has been made in designing and building millimeter wave CMOS radar systems and addressing the technology limitations imposed by CMOS. However many challenges rema..