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indie Semiconductor Acquires Silicon Radar GmbH
Adds Highly Innovative Automotive Radar Capabilities for In-cabin and Exterior Vehicle Sensing Applications Accelerates Product Roadmap with the Industry’s
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\nAdds Highly Innovative Automotive Radar Capabilities for In-cabin and Exterior Vehicle Sensing Applications\n\n\nAccelerates Product Roadmap with the Industry’s First Production-ready 120 GHz Solution\n\n\nComplements indie’s Acquisitions of Analog Devices’ and ON Semi’s Radar Divisions\n\n\n ALISO VIEJO, Calif. & FRANKFURT AN DER ODER, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nindie Semiconductor (Nasdaq: INDI), an Autotech solutions innovator has announced it has acquired Silicon Radar GmbH, a German-based specialist in advanced, highly integrated, high-frequency system-on-chips (SoCs) for automotive radar applications.\n\n“Radar is a fundamental sensor modality for ADAS and automotive safety applications,” said Donald McClymont, indie's co-founder and CEO. “The growing number of radars per vehicle require high-performance and highly integrated semiconductors capable of supporting ever higher frequency of operation with the lowest power consumption while supporting the ever-increasing demand for resolution in both external and in-cabin radar systems. indie’s acquisition of Silicon Radar furthers our technology leadership in automotive radar applications, particularly with the industry’s first production-ready 120 GHz solution and immediately extends our capabilities with the addition of a world class design team in Europe.”\n\nAs the radar industry moves to 120 GHz (in-cabin sensing) and 140 GHz (external sensing), these higher frequencies allow the use of antenna-on-chip techniques, significantly raising the integration levels, and enabling indie to create products with a complete radar on a chip, opening up significant new market areas. In particular, operation at 120 GHz or above allows antennas to be integrated in package or on-die, thus vastly simplifying the PCB design and dramatically reducing cost especially in in-cabin Occupant Monitoring Systems, or OMS, where industrial design often cannot allow external antennas optimized for RF performance at lower frequencies.\n\nAccording to IHS, 138 million radar Electronic Control Units, or ECUs, will ship in 2023, supporting short-, medium- and long-range applications including interior monitoring, blind side detection, park assist and automatic emergency braking. By 2028, the market is expected to more than double to 293 million units, creating a $6 billion opportunity for radar semic...