AWR2188 Single Chip 8x8 Cascadable 76-to-81 GHz Transceiver in LOP package

1 Features

• FMCW transceiver

– Integrated PLL, transmitter, receiver, baseband,

and ADC

– 76-81GHz operation with up to 4.5GHz

continuous chirp bandwidth

– Eight receive channels

– Eight transmit channels

– Ultra-accurate chirp engine based on

Fractional-N PLL

– TX power: 13.5dBm

– RX noise figure: 10dB

– Best in class linearity enabling P1dB up to

-5dBm while maintaining good noise figure

– Industry leading 8 transmitter, 8 receiver radar

front end with 2.8W power consumption

– Minimum chirp idle time of 3 μs for excellent

max velocity measurements

– Maximum chirp slope of 266MHz/μs to enable

rapid high-bandwidth measurements

– ADC Sample rate up to 66.67 MSPS for

exceptional instrumentation range distance

• Built-in calibration and self-test

– Built-in firmware (ROM)

– Self-calibrating system across process and

temperature

• Host interface

– Control interface with external processor over

SPI or I2C interface

– Data interface with external processor over

MIPI D-PHY and CSI2 v1.2

– Interrupts for Fault Reporting

• Functional Safety-Compliant targeted

– Developed for functional safety applications

– Documentation available to aid ISO 26262

functional safety system design

– Systematic capability up to ASIL-D targeted

– Hardware capability up to ASIL-B targeted

– Safety-related certification

• ISO 26262 certification by TUV planned

• AEC-Q100 Targeted

• AWR2188 advanced features

– Embedded self-monitoring with limited Host

processor involvement

– Option of cascading multiple devices to

increase channel count

– Embedded interference detection capability

• Power management

– Built-in LDO Network for enhanced PSRR

– I/Os support dual voltage 3.3V/1.8V

• Clock source

– Supports externally driven clock (square/sine)

at 50 MHz or 40 MHz

– Supports 50 MHz or 40 MHz crystal connection

with load capacitors

• Easy hardware design

– Production proven innovative Launch on

Package (LOP) technology with easy to route

launcher positions

– 0.5mm pitch 14mm × 15mm FCCSP package

for easy assembly and low-cost PCB design

– Small solution size

• Operating Conditions

– Junction temp range: –40°C to 140°C, and –

40°C to 142°C in TX module

2 Applications

• Automated Highway Driving

• Automatic Emergency Braking

• Adaptive Cruise Control

• Imaging Radar using Cascading Configuration

AWR2188

SLVSKO8 – DECEMBER 2025

An IMPORTANT NOTICE at the end of this data sheet addresses availability, warranty, changes, use in safety-critical applications,

intellectual property matters and other important disclaimers. ADVANCE INFORMATION for preproduction products; subject to change

without notice.