Completed Projects
PINK
RADAR-BASED MODULAR ELECTRONIC SYSTEM WITH HIGHEST PRECISION FOR INDUSTRIAL TEST AND CALIBRATION TASKS
The PINK project aims to explore the introduction of innovative radar sensor technology in industrial applications and is divided into two application-specific parts based on the new 2π-LABS modular broadband radar hardware in the >116 GHz frequency range.
3D-PIPE-SAR: In recent years, radar technology has been established in one-dimensional width and thickness measurement of extruded plastic pipes in quality assurance. The goal is to integrate radar technology into imaging pipe scanner systems to enable three-dimensional full inspection of pipes for voids, cracks or contamination.
Precision radar for machine calibration: Recently, RUB-INSYS in collaboration with 2π-LABS and StatusPro demonstrated that radar technology achieves measurement accuracies of a few micrometers in the laboratory and thus potentially represents a suitable alternative to expensive optical measurement technology in machine calibration. However, there are still open questions. The aim is to develop a high-precision measuring radar sensor demonstrator with the highest possible absolute accuracy.
Partners
2π-LABS GmbH, iNOEX GmbH, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Chair for Integrated Systems), Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Chair for High Frequency Systems), Status Pro Maschinenmesstechnik GmbH
Funding
BMBF VDI VDE-IT
Website
https://www.elektronikforschung.de/projekte/pink
Contact
Lukas Piotrowsky
URBANSens
Environmentally efficient flight path calculation of autonomous, networked flight systems with innovative sensor technology for wind field measurement
Unmanned aerial systems (UAS) will become increasingly important in the near future, especially in urban areas. In the logistics sector in particular, this relates to the distribution of parcels and freight over the "last mile" in a highly congested urban area. With regard to a large number of flight systems acting in parallel, e.g. in a swarm, the digitization and automation of these systems are the central key components for successful implementation. An important component here is intelligent flight route planning. The aim here is to plan flight routes in such a way that energy consumption during flight is reduced to a minimum, for example by exploiting updrafts. In addition to efficiency, however, a high level of safety must also be maintained on the flight route. In addition to avoiding collisions of the UAS with each other or with the environment, flying around dangerous turbulence is required. For the described goals of intelligent flight route planning, the wind fields within the relevant flight space must be known. Since no suitable systems exist yet, especially for urban areas, which can record the wind fields with high enough resolution, new sensor concepts are being developed and investigated within the scope of this project which can master this challenge. The focus of the Chair for Integrated Systems is on terahertz radar technology. This sensor technology is characterized by high precision and environmental resolution at relatively low energy consumption and sensor weight and is therefore predestined for use in a UAS.
Partners
Infineon Technologies AG, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Integrated Systems), Technische Universität Dresden (Flugmechanik und -regelung am Insstitut für Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik, Hochfrequenztechnik am Institut für Nachrichtentechnik und Sprachtechnologie und Kognitive Systeme am Institut für Akustik und Sprachkommunikation)
Funding
BMWI
Ansprechpartner
Marc Hamme
RadarVibro
Development of a radar-based vibration test bench for testing the service life of machine parts
In order to test the service life of mechanical components, they are subjected to excitation in their mechanical resonance until they fail. By measuring the amplitude and vibration frequency during the test, failure of the component can be detected and the service life determined. The aim of the RadarVibro project is to develop a test stand with a radar-based vibrometer that measures and evaluates the vibration amplitude and frequency of the test part. Contactless measurement using radar technology not only makes it possible to monitor the component without feedback in different environmental conditions, such as in a climatic chamber, but also eliminates the need for complex instrumentation with non-reusable strain gauges as frequently used sensors.
Partners
2π-LABS GmbH, iNOEX GmbH, SBS Sondermaschinen GmbH, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Institute of Integrated Systems)
DIEFORA
Development of a novel industrial thickness measurement system of feedstocks for the first time based on focusing radar technology
For the manufacture of sheet products, flat-rolled steel is cut into strips of defined width in steel service centers. In order to maintain tolerances and ensure quality, the dimensions of the end products are recorded in steel service centers during operation and tracked for the customer. At present, the dimensional accuracy of this strip width is checked optically in the process using camera technology. The measuring accuracy of the optical methods is strongly affected by environmental influences and cannot be implemented continuously in the cutting process. In addition to information on the width of the steel strips, customers require inline recording of the thickness values of the cut steel strips for quality control purposes. For the thickness determination of the steel strips during the cutting process, a novel interference-insensitive first radar-based measuring method is being developed. The aim of the project is to develop a thickness measurement process of sheet metal using a new type of focused radar technology. For the first time, a focusing lens system to bundle radar waves is being developed in order to achieve measurement accuracies of up to 5 micrometers.
Partners
imess GmbH, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Integrated Systems)
Funding
BMWI AIF
Contact
Niklas Muckermann
VERANO
Distributed and efficient data processing in digital radar networks for fully automated driving
The goal of the VERANO project is to research distributed, efficient data processing including AI methods in digital radar networks for fully automated driving. The focus is on the extensive digitization of all system-relevant functionalities as well as the development of an application-specific optimal computational load distribution between network controllers, sensor nodes (sensor edge) and central computer. By using state-of-the-art RFSoC FPGAs in the sensor nodes, different computational steps and AI algorithms are to be implemented during signal processing and their results are to be sent to high-performance central computers in a TSN (Time Sensitive Network). In the simplest case, pre-processing can consist of lossless compression of the raw data and can extend to complex AI-based procedures using a back channel to the central computer. The optimization of the computational load distribution between sensor nodes and central computer should be done with respect to application requirements regarding "image quality", cost, energy efficiency, reliability, real-time capability.... By optimizing the resource efficiency, a significant contribution to sustainability and the Green Deal will be made. The results are also transferable to other sensor types (camera, lidar, etc.) and applications such as Industry 4.0, logistics, medical technology.
Partners
Infineon Technologies AG, Robert Bosch GmbH, Mercedes-Benz-AG, Missing Link Electronics GmbH, KPIT Technologies GmbH, Fraunhofer Institut IPMS, Universität Ulm, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, TU Braunschweig, Universität Kassel
Funding
BMBF VDI VDE-IT
Website
https://www.elektronikforschung.de/projekte/verano
Contact
Jan Schöpfel, Tobias Braun
KI-ROJAL
AI software environment for advanced object analysis using FMCW radar
The aim of the joint project "KI ROJAL" is to solve the central problem of sensor dependence of AI evaluation units in radar technology. In order to be able to separate the signal component of the object to be measured from signal influences due to varying sensor properties (e.g. due to manufacturing fluctuations), a novel calibration of the radar data is being researched. This should enable the generic and widely applicable, sensor-independent use of AI algorithms with reusable and portable AI evaluation units in the future.
Partners
2π-LABS GmbH, iNOEX GmbH, KROHNE Innovation GmbH, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Chair for Integrated Systems)
Funding
BMBF
Website
https://www.softwaresysteme.dlr-pt.de
Ansprechpartner
Salah Abouzaid
ADACORSA
AIRBORNE DATA COLLECTION ON RESILIENT SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES
According to Amaras Law, we tend to overestimate the impact of a technology in the short term and underestimate its impact in the long term. For example, drones are nowadays seen mainly as toys for children or as enablers of spectacular camera work. Yet there are few technologies that have the potential to bring about such fundamental changes in our mobility infrastructure as drones could. Through third dimensional applications, there is an opportunity to alleviate the tremendous pressure on our increasingly congested transportation networks, revolutionizing the transportation system. In ADACORSA, the Chair for Integrated Systems is developing radar sensors for sensing the environment of drones in flight.
Partners
A total of 50 partners. More details on the research website.
Funding
EU ECSEL/BMBF
Website
https://adacorsa.eu/
DAST
DAST: DIGITAL IMAGE OF THE STERILE GOODS CYCLE USING TRANSPONDER TECHNOLOGY
Sterile goods such as surgical cutlery are an important tool in everyday hospital life. Before they are used in an operation, the sterile goods are sorted to suit the surgery and transported to the operating room in metal trays. Due to the large number of sterile goods used, the logistical effort is considerable.
In order to enable precise tracking of the sterile goods used, an RFID-based information system is being developed in the DAST project, which makes it possible to track each individual sterile good and to ensure that the sieves are loaded correctly. The Chair for Integrated Systems is developing a transponder chip that is applied to each individual sterile item and thus provides it with an electronically readable ID.
A particular challenge is the reflection caused by the many metallic objects (surgical instruments, sieves) in the vicinity of the transponder chip. To ensure reliable reading of the transponder chips despite the reflections, the previously unused frequency range in the 5.8 GHz band is used in DAST.
Partners
Smartrac Specialty GmbH, ID4us GmbH, Fraunhofer IMS, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Chair for Integrated Systems), IT4process GmbH, Helios Universitätsklinikum Wuppertal, Universitätsklinikum Köln, Universitätsklinikum Essen
Funding
Leitmarktagentur Gesundheit.NRW
Contact
Dominic Funke
SeeYOU
SENSOR SYSTEM FOR THE SAFE DETECTION OF PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS IN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TRAFFIC
A critical challenge to the successful introduction of autonomous driving into road traffic is the safe detection of pedestrians and cyclists. Today's optically effective passive reflectors, familiar from bicycles, are useless in daylight, fail in fog, and alter clothing design. Active warning emitters, on the other hand, require batteries that are difficult to integrate into clothing and can fail completely.
The central goal of SeeYOU is therefore the development of a novel RADAR (RAdio Detection And Ranging) system based on passive and thus battery-free reflectors, which reliably detects pedestrians and cyclists by autonomous vehicles and reliably distinguishes them from each other and also from other objects or obstacles.
Partners
ID4us GmbH, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Chair for Integrated Systems), Universität Duisburg-Essen (Department of Nanostructure Technology)
Funding
BMBF VDI VDE-IT
Website
https://www.elektronikforschung.de/projekte/seeyou
Contacts
Tobias Braun, Jan Schöpfel
RadarSight
Project website: https://radarsight.nrw
Orientation in unfamiliar environments remains a major challenge for blind and visually impaired people, especially when these environments are subject to variable and dynamic influences and can change on a daily basis. This significantly limits not only mobility, but also the independence of those affected. Available aids, such as the tried and tested long cane, usually offer only limited detection of the environment. Especially targets at chest or head level can lead to dangerous situations.
The goal of the RadarSight project is to develop a novel radar-based assistive device called the Torch. The hand-held aid is designed to enable the blind and visually impaired to accurately sense their entire surroundings and perceive them by means of acoustic and haptic feedback. The main focus is on making the use and interpretation of the environment as intuitive as possible. Through various operating modes, the system is intended to be used in almost all situations and thus sustainably enrich the everyday life of the blind and visually impaired.
Funding
EFRE.NRW START-UP Transfer.NRW
Contacts
Patrick Kwiatkowski, Alexander Orth, Marc Hamme
RehaToGo
The qualitative and quantitative assessment of human motor function is indispensable in medicine in order to, among other things, identify pathologies, precisely plan possible therapies, appropriately select assistive devices, and efficiently accompany the recovery process. While gait analysis is already successfully used in leading treatment centers as an objective measurement tool for the evaluation and clinical assessment of locomotion, this technology is prohibitively expensive for most inpatient facilities and practices, and its use has so far been spatially bound to an appropriately equipped gait laboratory. Once the patient leaves a treatment facility, he or she becomes "invisible" to the practitioner. The RehaToGo project aims to make it possible for the first time for patients to take complex motor measurement capabilities with them into their home environment and to carry out exercise treatments on an outpatient basis both in direct feedback and in telemedical feedback with the practitioners.
In the project, completely new technology of movement measurement of the extremities by means of RFID radio tags (so-called "tags") will be developed and integrated into everyday clothing. Using miniaturized readers, the information can be recorded and processed.
Partners
ID4us GmbH, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Fraunhofer FHR, Unyt GmbH & Co. KG, Heinrich-Heine Universität, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Universität Paderborn, Luttermann GmbH, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Chair for Integrated Systems)
Funding
Leitmarktagentur Gesundheit.NRW
Contacts
Alexander Orth, Patrick Kwiatkowski
ASRA
ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF STEEL STRIPS IN HOT ROLLING MILLS BASED ON HIGH-PRECISION RADAR SIGNAL PROCESSING METHODS
In the ASRA project, a radar method for contour measurement of the strip edge in the roughing stand of a hot rolling mill is to be developed for the first time. For this purpose, a high-resolution, modular and fully integrated multi-channel radar system is being developed, which enables adaptive real-time control of the rolls.
Partners
IMS Messsysteme GmbH, Fraunhofer FHR, SMS Group GmbH, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Chair for Integrated Systems), IMST GmbH
Funding
Leitmarktagentur Produktion.NRW
Website
https://www.fhr.fraunhofer.de/de/geschaeftsfelder/produktion/asra-adaptive-radarsignalverarbeitungsverfahren.html
Contacts
Hakan Papurcu, Justin Romstadt
DAST
DAST: DIGITAL IMAGE OF THE STERILE GOODS CYCLE USING TRANSPONDER TECHNOLOGY
Sterile goods such as surgical cutlery are an important tool in everyday hospital life. Before they are used in an operation, the sterile goods are sorted to suit the surgery and transported to the operating room in metal trays. Due to the large number of sterile goods used, the logistical effort is considerable.
In order to enable precise tracking of the sterile goods used, an RFID-based information system is being developed in the DAST project, which makes it possible to track each individual sterile good and to ensure that the sieves are loaded correctly. The Chair for Integrated Systems is developing a transponder chip that is applied to each individual sterile item and thus provides it with an electronically readable ID.
A particular challenge is the reflection caused by the many metallic objects (surgical instruments, sieves) in the vicinity of the transponder chip. To ensure reliable reading of the transponder chips despite the reflections, the previously unused frequency range in the 5.8 GHz band is used in DAST.
Partners
Smartrac Specialty GmbH, ID4us GmbH, Fraunhofer IMS, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Chair for Integrated Systems), IT4process GmbH, Helios Universitätsklinikum Wuppertal, Universitätsklinikum Köln, Universitätsklinikum Essen
Funding
Leitmarktagentur Gesundheit.NRW
Contact
Dominic Funke
FALKE
FLIGHT SYSTEM-ASSISTED MANAGEMENT OF COMPLEX OPERATIONAL SITUATIONS
The vision of the project is a semi-automated triage of patients in the event of a mass casualty incident (MANV) by means of contactless detection of vital signs using various sensors installed on an unmanned aerial system. The individual triage results of the patients are then forwarded to a telemedically connected lead emergency physician, who performs the assessment of the results. This supports the rapid triage and prioritization of the necessary care, in terms of treatment and transport to hospitals. The chair contributes to this project its expertise in the field of contactless vital sign detection by means of radar.
Partners
Docs in Clouds GmbH, flyXdrive GmbH, IMST GmbH, RWTH Aachen University (Lehrstuhl für Anästhesiologie, Institut für Flugsystemdynamik), Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Chair for Integrated Systems)
Funding
KMU-innovativ
Website
https://projekt-falke.org/
Contact
Jan Siska
HYPATIA
HYBRID PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY FOR INNOVATIVE 300 GHZ RADAR APPLICATIONS
The project HYPATIA aims at providing a robust electronic hetero-integrated high frequency technology with a wide range for industrial applications suited for the mass market. The core of the project lies in connecting the advantages of the substrate technology BiCMOS and mHEMT to realise an industrial-suited basis for high frequency sensors. This is done based on a silicon chip which works with a large bandwidth in a frequency range of 300 GHz. Combined with an mHEMT circuit, the range qualitiy of the signal increase significantly through low-noise receiver circuits. They are will be provided to challenging applications in the industrial measuring technology.
Partners
SIKORA AG, Infineon Technologies AG, Fraunhofer IAF, Fraunhofer FHR, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Chair for Integrated Systems), IMST GmbH
Funding
BMBF VDIVDE-IT
Website
http://www.elektronikforschung.de/projekte/hypatia
TARANTO
TOWARDS ADVANCED BICMOS NANOTECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS FOR RF TO THZ APPLICATIONS
It is TARANTO's goal to further expand the leading position of the European semiconductor industry in the SiGe BiCMOS technology and a solid industrial basis for the development of new products in the area of telecommunications as well as home and vehicle electronics. One of the main technical goals at TARANTO is to make the new performance level of SiGe HBT from earlier projects suitable for mass production. Another goal is to tailor the technologies to the scope mentioned above. For this, TARANTO's partners will establish new characterisation methods for frequencies up to a few hundred GHz on the decive and circuit level. Additionally, the HBT compact model will be further developed to support future applications.
Partners
34 partners in total. Coordinator: ST Microelectronics S. A.; German partners: Infineon Technologies AG, Infineon Technologies Dresden GmbH, Innovations for High Performance (ihp GmbH), MICRAM Microelectronic GmbH, Alcatel-Lucent Deutschland AG, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Chair for Integrated Systems), RWTH Aachen University, Technische Universität Dresden, Universität des Saarlandes, Universität Stuttgart, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Nokia Solutions and Networks GmbH&Co KG, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen Nürnberg, Kathrein-Werke KG
Funding
EU ECSEL/BMBF
radar4FAD
UNIVERSAL RADAR MODULES FOR FULLY AUTOMATED DRIVING
Autonomous driving, especially in the urban environment, is the future of the car industry. A future vision that will be the reality in just a few years and will have a positive impact on our lives. Ultimately, it comes down to one question: Will the German automotive and supply industry be able to drive this development and strengthen its global claim to technology and market leadership.
The project radar4FAD does its bit by securing the essential requirement for autonomous driving: the full robust envoronment recognition - always and under all boundary conditions. The radar system has to be permanently efficient, independent of the weather conditions, time of the day, traffic volume, and other influences. Over the course of the project, a flexible radar modular construction kit is to be built. The construction kit is to be cost efficient and thus suitable for large-scale production of all forms of radar applications in the area of highly automated driving. In the context of the project, the Chair of Integrated Systems researches integrate circuits for future radar modules selectively for extended modulation schemes like Orthogonal-Division Code Multiplex (OFDM) and fast Chirp Sequences (CS).
Partners
Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Chair for Integrated Systems), Infineon Technologies AG, Robert Bosch GmbH, Daimler AG, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Fraunhofer ENAS, Fraunhofer FHR, Innovations for High Performance (ihp), Universität Ulm, Chemnitzer Werkstoffmechanik GmbH, IMST GmbH
Funding
BMBF VDIVDE-IT
Website
http://www.elektronikforschung.de/projekte/radar4fad
Radarmeter-3D
DEVELOPMENT OF A RADAR BASED SENSOR SYSTEM FOR AN ADAPTIVE COMPENSATION OF THE 3D POSITIONING ERROR OF INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS
It is the goal of the research project Radarmeter 3D to use industrial robots highly accurate while still being cost efficient. Industrial robots usually have a good relative positional accuracy. To accomplish a highly precise and absolute position accuracy, however, is a problem that has not been satisfactorily solved yet. Visual sensor methods for position control are sensitive to dust and moisture. Additionally, the sensors are either not precise, slow, and cheap, like camera based methods, or precise fast but also expensive, like laser based systems.
In the project, a multi radar sensor system for a highly precise and three dimensional positioning is researched. The measuring system will be equipped with at least three radar sensors, which will measure the three dimensional position of the roboter in the romm dependent of the stationary reference targets. Additionally, a coupling with an environment simulation gives a priori information for a digital signal processing and target rendition. . The sensor is then able to compensate angular errors on the basis of the current measures. Thanks to the radar positioning sensor, such a industrial robot can be flexibly used in many areas, e.g. to measure and ensure the quality of components in industrial processes or to navigate mobile roboters. The project has been successfully registered with LeitmarktAgenturNRW and is funded in equal parts by the state NRW and the EU.
Partners
IGA mbH, Krohne Innovation GmbH, IBG Robotronic GmbH, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (ESIT, EST, Chair for Integrated Systems), HÜBNER GmbH & Co. KG, Etalon AG, Wilhelm Schröder GmbH, ISRA VISION AG, LBBZ-NRW GmbH
Funding
Leitmarktagentur Produktion.NRW
RaVis-3D
DEVELOPMENT OF A NAVIGATIONAL AID FOR PEOPLE WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT
A navigation system for blind people and people with visual impairment was the goal of the research project RaVis-3D. With this new system. the user can perceive their environment acoustically - similar to the echolocation used by bats - so that even in foreign environment they can recognise how far away obstacles and walls are. The radar system scans the surroundings and converts the gained information into an acoustic sound pattern. Through this visualisation of their surroundings, the user is no longer dependent on the range of their white cane. RaVis 3D is a cooperation project within the European Funds for Regional Development. Besides the three chairs of electrical engineering of the Ruhr-University Bochum, several industrial partners are part of the funds. The project was successfully registered with LeitmarktAgenturNRW and is funded in equal parts by the state NRW and the EU.
Partners
Kampmann Hörsysteme GmbH, SNAP GmbH, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (ESIT, IKA, Integrated Systems), Dräger und Lienert Informationsmanagement GbR, Berufsförderungswerk Halle (Saale), GN Hearing GmbH
Funding
Leitmarktagentur LifeSciences.NRW
Website
http://ravis-3d.de/
eMuCo
ICT-eMuCo is a European project supported under the Seventh Framework Programme (7FP), which is coordinated by Ruhr-Universität-Bochum. The aim of the project is to develop a platform for future mobile devices based on multi-core architecture maintaining a high flexibility and scalability in the system. This comprises the relevant controller element as well as the operating system and application layers.
EASY-C
The aim of the research in EASY-C will be to develop key technologies for the next generation of cellular networks (LTE and beyond). Therein our institute explores suitable processor platforms for the second layer of the protocol stack (MAC, RLC and PDCP) with a focus on concepts and models for hardware acceleration.
EASY-A
The growing demand for wireless communication systems with transmission rates of multiple gigabits per second presents a great technological challenge. The only solution is to increase the spectral efficiency of the transmission method or to explore the frequencies in the millimeter range, which is not used for mobile communications as of yet. On a system level, the Chair of Integrated Systems researches the realisation of a highly integrated 60 GHz communications system in a cost-efficient silicon technology.
Impairments of Signal Integrity by RF
3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) is the successor of UMTS. Using higher order modulations and multiple antennas (MIMO) a datarate up to 200 Mbit/s is achieved. LTE is the first cellular standard using Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) which utilizes more efficiently the frequency spectrum. In the ISIRF-project the impact of analog components within the radio frontend on the signal integrity is investigated and suitable compensation methods are developed.
60-GHZWPAN
BEYOND GIGABIT WIRELESS SYSTEMS
The Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) is the short distance pendant of the popular wireless local area network (WLAN). A broadband communication system at 60GHz provides the capability to realize thousand fold higher data rates compared to WLAN. Thus, uncompressed video streams can be transmitted wireless from notebook to the video projector and a wired connection between (HD-) TV, DVD-player and Hi-Fi system can be omitted. The 60-GHz-WPAN-Project targets the design of analog RF building blocks and a receive chain in a 65 nm digital CMOS technology. More
Location based Services (LBS) integrated in IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
Location-based services (LBS) are a key pervasive computing application that could deeply influence the way people use their mobile devices. Recent advances in mobile phones, GPS, and wireless networking infrastructures are making it possible to implement and operate large-scale LBS. In enabling LBS applications to interoperate with the Internet, using IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) which supports all the existing industrial standards (e.g., GSM, UMTS, GPS, AGPS), promises carriers and subscribers alike a suite of new location services. The integration of advanced LBS in IMS and the possible application of these services are suggested in this project.
Saw-less Frontend
In this project, research concerning the receive path in mobile communications is conducted. The challenge here lies especially to exchange the external steep SAW filters with electrical filters in the entry of the receive path. The electrical filter is especially low-noise and linear.
Radar on Chip for Cars (ROCC)
The increasing traffic volume in the streets leads to a demand for new safety concepts in the motoring technology. According to studies dealing with automobile radar systems, about 88% of all collisions are affected positively by these systems. The project aims at realising cost-effective radar systems on highly integrated silicon chips for the next generation of automobile radar systems at 76-81 GHz. The Chair of Integrated Systems researches and develops integrated circuit components for the analog front end of these radar systems.