One in 15 new cars uses Infineon 77GHz radar chips

The market leadership of Infineon in the rapidly growing market for radar chips for driver assistance systems was also recently confirmed by market research company IHS Technology. While Infineon has sold a total of 20m radar chips in the past few years, the company intends to have shipped a further 30m chips for driver assistance systems next year alone. Infineon would have thus doubled its radar chip sales annually for five years in a row.

Ralf Bornefeld, Vice President & General Manager, Sense & Control, Infineon Technologies, commented: ”Of the world's five largest manufacturers of radar systems, four already rely on 77GHz radar chips from Infineon. We make driving safety the standard in mid-sized and small vehicles. Our sensor chips place the vehicle inside the kind of safety cocoon that is essential for autonomous driving.”

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Depending on a vehicle’s category and how it’s equipped, it will have between one and three radar systems. Soon up to five will be offered, together ensuring an 'all-around view' that makes new functions like the intersection assistant and parking assistant possible. In the autonomous vehicle, which the automobile industry expects to be available from around 2020, at least ten radar systems may be installed. Together with camera, laser and ultrasonic systems, they form a safety cocoon around the vehicle and are the key technology for autonomous driving.

In the autonomous vehicle, which the automobile industry expects to be available from around 2020, at least ten radar systems may be installed.

”With Infineon as a partner, manufacturers of radar systems have an experienced technology leader at their side,” added Bornefeld. ”Whether they need a radar chip with silicon-germanium technology or a highly integrated CMOS solution, our advantage is our product and system expertise at 77 and 24GHz, in silicon-germanium and CMOS."