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Omniradar RIC60A

Description of the radar set, tactical-technical characteristics

Figure 1: Omniradar RIC60A evaluation board

Figure 1: Omniradar RIC60A evaluation board

Specifications
frequency: 57 … 64 GHz
(V-Band)
pulse repetition time (PRT):
pulse repetition frequency (PRF):
pulsewidth (τ):
receive time:
dead time:
peak power:
average power:
instrumented range: 5 m
range resolution: 2.1 mm
accuracy: 1 mm
beamwidth:
hits per scan:
antenna rotation:
MTBCF:
MTTR:

Omniradar RIC60A

The Omniradar RIC60A is an operating in V-Band FMCW Radar on a single chip in the size of 7×7 mm. RIC60A can be configured via an SPI interface and can measure Doppler frequencies and high-precision distances or distance changes.[1]

It includes integrated antennas, one transmitter and two independent receivers. The two receivers make it possible to determine the direction of the reflecting objects using the monopulse technique.[1] With its 7 GHz transmitters bandwidth, the chip can achieve higher position and speed accuracy than comparable products.[2]

Possible applications are manifold and include for ranging, velocity and imaging, for example, simple and cheap motion detectors with differentiated tasks:

The manufacturer offers an Omniradar Radar Development kit for the RIC60A complete with an USB-interface board and sample MATLAB scripts for radar measurements and algorithm development on Personal Computer.

Sources and ressorces:

  1. Manufacturers home page
  2. Julien Happich: ''Dutch startup shrinks 60-GHz radars while increasing precision'', Microwave Engineering Europe, September 2014 (online)
  3. Robert Ernst: ''Vital Sign Radar, Development of a Compact, Highly Integrated 60GHz FMCW Radar for Human Vital Sign Monitoring'' Halmstad University, June 29, 2016 (online)