1 Features

• FMCW transceiver

– Integrated PLL, transmitter, receiver, baseband

and ADC

– 76GHz to 81GHz coverage with 5GHz available

BW with 4 receive and 4 transmit channels

• AWR2944P/AWR2944-ECO/AWR2944LC:

PCB interface to antennas

• AWR2E44P/AWR2E44-ECO/AWR2E44LC:

Launch-on-Package (LOP) interface to

antennas

– Per transmit phase shifter

– Ultra-accurate chirp engine via fractional-N PLL

– TX power

• AWR2944P: 14dBm

• AWR2944-ECO/AWR2944LC: 13.5dBm

• AWR2E44P: 13.5dBm

• AWR2E44-ECO/AWR2E44LC: 12.5dBm

– RX noise figure

• AWR2944P: 10.5dB

• AWR2944-ECO/AWR2944LC: 12dB

• AWR2E44P: 11dB

• AWR2E44-ECO/AWR2E44LC: 12.5dB

– Phase noise at 1MHz

• VCO1: -96dBc/Hz (76 to 77GHz)

• VCO2: -95dBc/Hz (76 to 81GHz)

• Processing elements

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

operation) @400MHz

– TI digital signal processor C66x @450MHz

Not applicable to 2944LC and AWR2E44LC

– TI radar hardware accelerator (HWA2.1) for

operations like FFT, log magnitude, and

memory compression

– Multiple EDMA instances for data movement

– Programmable embedded hardware security

module (HSM) using Arm®Cortex-M4

– Second Arm® Cortex M4 core in the DSS

(DSP Subsystem), controlling and configuring

the HWA2.1

• Functional safety compliant targeted

– Developed for functional safety applications

– Documentation will be available to aid ISO

26262 functional safety system design

– Hardware integrity up to ASIL B targeted

• Other interfaces available to user application (on

select part numbers)

– Up to 9 ADC channels based on device variant

– 2 SPIs | 4 UARTs | I2C | GPIOs | 3 EPWMs

– 4-lane Aurora LVDS interface for raw ADC data

and debug instrumentation

– 2-lane CSI2 Rx for playback of captured data

• On-Chip RAM (split between DSP, MCU, and

shared L3)

– 3MB to 4.5MB of ‘On Chip’ RAM

(AWR2944P/AWR2E44P: 4.5MB, AWR2944-

ECO/AWR2E44-ECO: 4MB, AWR2944LC//

AWR2E44LC: 3MB)

• Host interface

– 2x CAN-FD

– 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet

• 10/100Mbps for the AWR2944-ECO/

AWR2E44-ECO

• Not applicable to AWR2944LC/AWR2E44LC

• Supports a serial flash memory interface (loading

user application from QSPI flash memory)

• Device security (on select part numbers)

– 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, and SM2, SM3, SM4 (Chinese

crypto algorithms)

• Built-in firmware (ROM) and Self-calibrating

system across process and temperature

• 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 3.3V and

1.8V

• Clock source

– 50/40MHz crystal with internal oscillator

– Supports externally driven oscillator or clock

(square or sine wave) at 50/40MHz

– 25MHz external clock to eliminate external

crystal oscillator for Ethernet PHY when using

the 50MHz clock.

• Optimal Power Management Solution

– Recommended LP87745-Q1 Power

Management ICs (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 using 0.65mm

pitch FCCSP package

– AWR2944P/AWR2944-ECO/AWR2944LC:

12mm × 12mm

– AWR2E44P/AWR2E44-ECO/AWR2E44LC:

13.5mm × 12mm

• Supports automotive junction temperature

operating range of –40°C to 140°C

2 Applications

• Corner Radar

• Front and Rear Radar

• Lane change assist

• Blind spot detection

• Automatic emergency braking

• Adaptive cruise control

• Cross traffic alert

3 Description

The AWR2944P/AWR2E44P is a Performance expansion to the AWR2944 portfolio with enhanced RF and

compute performance to meet NCAP + Automated Driving requirements. The AWR2944-ECO/AWR2E44-ECO

and AWR2944LC/AWR2E44LC are mainstream and feature optimized variants respectively in the family to

enable customers with a scalable portfolio between P, ECO, and LC devices in the family. The AWR2944P/

AWR2E44P/AWR2944-ECO/AWR2E44-ECO/AWR2944LC/AWR2E44LC is also a single-chip mmWave sensor

composed of a FMCW transceiver, capable of operation in the 76- to 81-GHz band, radar data processing

elements, and peripherals for in-vehicle networking. The radar sensor is built with TI’s low-power 45-nm

RFCMOS process with designs to enhance RF and compute performance enabling unprecedented levels of

integration in a small form factor and minimal BOM. The AWR2944P/AWR2E44P/AWR2944-ECO/AWR2E44-

ECO/AWR2944LC/AWR2E44LC device is designed for low-power, self-monitored, ultra-accurate radar systems

in the automotive space.

The AWR2E44P/AWR2E44-ECO/AWR2E44LC variant provides customers with an remarkable Launch on

Package (LOP) antenna feature which facilitates the attachment of antennas directly on to the package. LOP

technology enables loss-less transmission of signals from the AWR2E44P/AWR2E44-ECO/AWR2E44LC chip

to the antenna via holes in the PCB & launches on the bottom of the chip. The chip and antenna are directly

soldered to the PCB enabling low cost PCB material to be used instead of expensive high-frequency material.

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. Integrated in the DSP subsystem (DSS), is TI's highperformance

C66x DSP for radar signal processing. 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 2.1) supplements the DSS and

MSS by offloading common radar processing such as FFT, constant false alarm rate (CFAR), scaling, and

compression. This saves MIPS on the DSS and MSS, opening up resources for custom applications and

higher-level 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.

The AWR2944P/AWR2E44P/AWR2944-ECO/AWR2E44-ECO/AWR2944LC/AWR2E44LC also incorporates a

Cortex-M4 processor to configure and control the Hardware Accelerator module (HWA 2.1).

Simple programming model changes can enable a wide variety of sensor implementation (Short, Mid, Long) with

the possibility of dynamic reconfiguration for implementing a multimode sensor.

Additionally, the AWR2944P/AWR2E44P/AWR2944-ECO/AWR2E44-ECO/AWR2944LC/AWR2E44LC is

provided as a complete platform device including TI hardware and software reference designs, software drivers,

sample configurations, API guides, and user documentation.