PhD Position (f/m/d) - New Waveforms for Automotive Radar
NXP Semiconductors · Dresden, Saxony, DE
Automotive imaging radar sensors are becoming essential for driving assistance and self-driving cars. With increasing market penetration and higher resolutio...
Job description
Automotive imaging radar sensors are becoming essential for driving assistance and self-driving cars. With increasing market penetration and higher resolution of imaging radars, it is expected that new types of radar waveforms will be required. These waveforms aim to maximize perceived detail and operational robustness of radar sensors, under cost constraints. Proposed Research: You will develop a novel radar waveform based on continuous transmission rather than a frame-based transmission. This approach aims to enable uninterrupted environmental sensing, minimize temperature fluctuations, and support adaptive processing at the receiver side. The receiver dynamically constructs the “frame” by selecting how many chirps to process for velocity and angle estimation. The key challenges to address include: - Radar Waveform Design: Typical automotive radar systems divide time into distinct frames, each consisting of a regular chirp sequence. Devise alternate design: A micro-frame may consist of a limited set of chirps to accommodate reduced maximum ambiguous velocity and support MIMO schemes for transmit antenna separation. - Receiver Processing: A conservative strategy might re...