SWRA794B June   2024  – February 2025 AWRL1432 , AWRL6432 , AWRL6844 , IWRL1432 , IWRL6432 , IWRL6432AOP , IWRL6844

 

  1.   1
  2.   Abstract
  3.   Trademarks
  4. 1 Acronyms Used in This Document
  5. 2 Introduction
  6. 3 Purpose of Calibrations
  7. 4 Typical Stages of Calibration
    1. 4.1 Factory Calibrations
    2. 4.2 APLL Calibration
    3. 4.3 Runtime Calibrations
  8. 5 List and Description of Calibrations
    1. 5.1 APLL Hardware Calibration
    2. 5.2 Synthesizer VCO Calibration
    3. 5.3 LO Distribution Calibration
    4. 5.4 Power Detector Calibration
    5. 5.5 TX Power Calibration
    6. 5.6 RX Gain Calibration
    7. 5.7 RX IFA Calibration
  9. 6 Software configurability of Calibrations
    1. 6.1 Software Sequence for Factory Calibrations
      1. 6.1.1 mmWaveLink Initialization
      2. 6.1.2 FECSS Power-On
      3. 6.1.3 APLL Power-On and Hardware Calibration
      4. 6.1.4 RF Channel Configuration
      5. 6.1.5 Trigger Factory Calibrations
      6. 6.1.6 Factory Calibration Data Store
      7. 6.1.7 APLL Power-Off
      8. 6.1.8 FECSS Power-Off
      9. 6.1.9 mmWaveLink De-Initialization
    2. 6.2 Software Sequence for Runtime (In-Field) Operation
      1. 6.2.1 Initialization
        1. 6.2.1.1 mmWaveLink Initialization
        2. 6.2.1.2 FECSS Power-On
        3. 6.2.1.3 APLL Power-On and Hardware Calibration
        4. 6.2.1.4 Factory Calibration Data Restore
        5. 6.2.1.5 Temperature Sensor Configuration
      2. 6.2.2 Profile Configuration
        1. 6.2.2.1 Profile Common Configuration
        2. 6.2.2.2 Profile Time Configuration
        3. 6.2.2.3 Frame Configuration
      3. 6.2.3 Runtime Calibration
        1. 6.2.3.1 Temperature Sensor Trigger
        2. 6.2.3.2 Runtime Calibration Configure and Trigger
        3. 6.2.3.3 Tx CLPC Calibration
      4. 6.2.4 Frame Trigger
        1. 6.2.4.1 Sensor Start
        2. 6.2.4.2 Sensor Status
        3. 6.2.4.3 Sensor Stop
      5. 6.2.5 Deep Sleep Entry and Exit
      6. 6.2.6 De-Initialization
  10. 7  Recommended Calibration Sequence: OLPC vs CLPC
    1. 7.1 Safety Application With OLPC Tx Power Cal - xWRLx432 and xWRL68xx
    2. 7.2 Non-Safety Application With OLPC Tx Power Cal - xWRLx432 and xWRL68xx
    3. 7.3 Application With CLPC Tx Power Cal - xWRLx432
    4. 7.4 Application With CLPC Tx Power Cal - xWRL68xx
  11. 8 Summary
  12. 9 References
  13. 10Revision History

4 Typical Stages of Calibration

TI's Low Power mmWave Radar sensors supports various types of calibrations (detailed in Section 5) that can be performed at various stages listed below in Table 4-1.

Table 4-1 Calibrations Performed at Different Stages
Calibration Factory (Compensate for process variations) Runtime(In-Field calibrations for temperature variations)
APLL Hardware Calibration ✔ ✔(one-time Cal at cold boot)
Synthesizer VCO Calibration ✔ ✔
LO Distribution Calibration ✔ ✔
Power Detector Calibration ✔ ✔
Tx Power Calibration ✔ ✔
Rx Gain Calibration ✔ ✔
Rx IFA Calibration ✔(xWRL68xx), ╳ (xWRLx432) ╳