1 Features

? FMCW transceiver

– Integrated PLL, transmitter, receiver, baseband

and ADC

– 76 to 81-GHz coverage with greater than 4 GHz

available bandwidth

– 4 receive and 4 transmit channels with

Launch-on-Package (LOP) interface to

antennas

– Per transmit phase shifter

– Ultra-accurate chirp engine based on fractional

PLL

– TX power

? +12 dBm

– RX noise figure

? +13 dB

– Phase noise (@ 1MHz)

? -96 dBc/Hz (76 to 77GHz)

? -95 dBc/Hz (76 to 81GHz)

? Built-in calibration and self-test

– Built in firmware (ROM)

– Self-calibrating system across process and

temperature

? Processing elements

– Arm? Cortex-R5F? core (supports lock step

operation) at 300 MHz

– TI radar hardware accelerator (HWA1.5) for

operations like FFT, interference mitigation, and

memory compression

– Multiple EDMA instances for data movement

? Host interface

– 10/100/1000Mbps RGMII/RMII/MII Ethernet

– 25MHz clock output for Ethernet PHY clocking

? Supports a serial flash memory interface (loading

user application from QSPI flash memory)

? Other interfaces available to user application

– Up to 4 ADC channels

– 1 SPI

– 2 UARTs

– I2C

– GPIOs

– 3 EPWMs

– 2-lane LVDS interface for raw ADC data and

debug instrumentation

? On-Chip RAM

– 2MB

– Memory space split between MCU and shared

L3

? Device security (on select part numbers)

– Programmable embedded hardware security

module (HSM)

– Secure authenticated and encrypted boot

support

– Customer programmable root keys, symmetric

keys (256 bit), asymmetric keys (up to RSA-4K

or ECC-512) with key revocation capability

– Cryptographic hardware accelerators: PKA with

ECC, AES (up to 256 bit), SHA (up to 512 bit),

TRNG/DRBG

? Functional safety compliant targeted

– Developed for functional safety applications

– Documentation available to aid ISO26262

functional safety system design

– Hardware integrity up to ASIL B targeted

? AEC-Q100 qualified

? Advanced features

– Embedded self-monitoring with no external

processor involvement

– Embedded interference detection capability

? Power management

– On-die LDO network for enhanced PSRR

– LVCMOS IO supports dual voltage 3.3 V and

1.8 V

? Clock source

– 40MHz or 50MHz crystal with internal oscillator

– Supports external oscillator/driven clock at 40

MHz or 50 MHz

? Power Management

– Recommended LP8772-Q1 Power

Management IC (PMIC)

? Companion PMIC specially designed to

meet device power supply requirements

? Flexible mapping and factory programmed

configurations to support different use cases

? Cost-reduced hardware design

– 0.65-mm pitch, 12.4-mm × 12-mm FCSSP

package

– Small size

? Supports automotive temperature operating range

– Operating junction temperature range: –40°C to

+140°C

2 Applications

? Lane change assist

? Blind spot detection

? Automatic emergency braking

? Adaptive cruise control

? Cross traffic alert

? Satellite

3 Description

The AWR2544 is a single-chip mmWave sensor composed of a FMCW transceiver. The device is capable of

operation in the 76 to 81GHz (EHF) band, includes radar data processing elements, and a rich set of peripherals

for in-vehicle networking. AWR2544 provides customers with an additional Launch on package (LOP) antenna

feature which facilitates the attachment of antennas directly on to the package. The AWR2544 is built with TI’s

low-power 45 nm RFCMOS process and enables unprecedented levels of integration in a small form factor and

minimal BOM. The AWR2544 is designed for low-power, self-monitored, ultra-accurate radar systems in the

automotive space.

TI’s low-power 45nm RFCMOS process enables a monolithic implementation of a 4 TX, 4 RX system with

integrated PLL, VCO, mixer, and baseband ADC. The device includes a Radio Processor Subsystem (RSS),

which is responsible for radar front-end configuration, control, and calibration. Within the Main Subsystem

(MSS), the device implements a user-programmable Arm Cortex-R5F processor allowing for custom control

and automotive interface applications. The hardware accelerator block (HWA 1.5) supplements the MSS by

offloading common radar processing such as FFT, scaling, and compression. This saves MIPS on the external

processor, opening up resources for custom applications and implementation of higher-level post-processing

algorithms.

A Hardware Security Module (HSM) is also provisioned in the device (available for only secure part variants).

The HSM consists of a programmable Arm Cortex-M4 core and the necessary infrastructure to provide a secure

zone of operation within the device.