This ASIC-packaged chip is smaller than a nail cover. Guo Fengshou, the technical director of Radium Intelligent, said that the processing capability of the chip using SIP system-level packaging supports up to 160 laser pointer radar products. The biggest difference between this chip and the traditional lidar chip is that it integrates multiple functions and configuration control of receiving analog signal processing, and supports a variety of TOF lidar design applications.
Previously, most of the analog signal processing of the Laser pointer radar was designed with multiple discrete components. Radium Smart integrates high-frequency and high-bandwidth analog transistors, multi-stage gain configurable low-noise amplifiers, multiple switch selectors, and power control units. In a chip smaller than a nail cover, a single chip can be used to achieve multi-wire beam lidar analog reception processing, which not only greatly reduces the size of the lidar signal processing circuit, but also effectively reduces the power of analog reception processing and the entire machine. Consuming.
It is reported that the core components such as integrated circuits required for domestic lidar signal processing currently rely on imports, which has raised the cost of lidar production to a certain extent.
After the batch supply of this new integrated chip, the production cost of lidar will be tightly controlled, and only the original price of 5% -10% will be used to achieve the same function as before.
The domestic chip industry has been relatively weak and has been reflected in all walks of life, especially in the high-tech field. Chips with independent intellectual property rights can not only guarantee the supply volume, but also greatly reduce the cost.
Radium God has been in the laser pointer radar field for many years, and has a deep understanding of this. Therefore, it is determined to solve the chip problem and pave the way for the large-scale application of automotive laser radar in the future.