SWRS318A November   2024  – June 2025 AWR2944P

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  1.   1
  2. 1 Features
  3. 2 Applications
  4. 3 Description
    1. 3.1 Functional Block Diagram
  5. 4 Device Comparison
  6. 5 Related Products
  7. 6 Pin Configurations and Functions
    1. 6.1 Pin Diagram - AWR2944P/AWR2944-ECO/AWR2944LC
    2. 6.2 Pin Diagram - AWR2E44P/AWR2E44-ECO/AWR2E44LC
    3. 6.3 Pin Attributes
    4. 6.4 Signal Descriptions - Digital
    5. 6.5 Signal Descriptions- Analog
  8. 7 Specifications
    1. 7.1  Absolute Maximum Ratings
    2. 7.2  ESD Ratings
    3. 7.3  Power-On Hours (POH)
    4. 7.4  Recommended Operating Conditions
    5. 7.5  VPP Specifications for One-Time Programmable (OTP) eFuses
      1. 7.5.1 Recommended Operating Conditions for OTP eFuse Programming
      2. 7.5.2 Hardware Requirements
      3. 7.5.3 Impact to Your Hardware Warranty
    6. 7.6  Power Supply Specifications
    7. 7.7  Power Consumption Summary
    8. 7.8  RF Specifications
    9. 7.9  Thermal Resistance Characteristics
    10. 7.10 Power Supply Sequencing and Reset Timing
    11. 7.11 Input Clocks and Oscillators
      1. 7.11.1 Clock Specifications
    12. 7.12 Peripheral Information
      1. 7.12.1  QSPI Flash Memory Peripheral
        1. 7.12.1.1 QSPI Timing Conditions
        2. 7.12.1.2 QSPI Timing Requirements #GUID-4217F622-1EF7-45F6-B855-64CF2ED24728/GUID-97D19708-D87E-443B-9ADF-1760CFEF6F4C #GUID-4217F622-1EF7-45F6-B855-64CF2ED24728/GUID-0A61EEC9-2B95-4C27-B219-18D27C8F9430
        3. 7.12.1.3 QSPI Switching Characteristics #GUID-35EA1079-DDD6-4DC7-839D-D2FFA528448C/T4362547-64 #GUID-35EA1079-DDD6-4DC7-839D-D2FFA528448C/T4362547-65
      2. 7.12.2  Multibuffered / Standard Serial Peripheral Interface (MibSPI)
        1. 7.12.2.1 MibSPI Peripheral Description
        2. 7.12.2.2 MibSPI Transmit and Receive RAM Organization
          1. 7.12.2.2.1 SPI Timing Conditions
          2. 7.12.2.2.2 SPI Controller Mode Switching Parameters (CLOCK PHASE = 0, SPICLK = output, SPISIMO = output, and SPISOMI = input) #GUID-BF7326FD-4582-4010-B4F1-73F1B0C09FC2/T4362547-236 #GUID-BF7326FD-4582-4010-B4F1-73F1B0C09FC2/T4362547-237 #GUID-BF7326FD-4582-4010-B4F1-73F1B0C09FC2/T4362547-238
          3. 7.12.2.2.3 SPI Controller Mode Switching Parameters (CLOCK PHASE = 1, SPICLK = output, SPISIMO = output, and SPISOMI = input) #GUID-E6A0140B-9416-425D-8E79-C66C78DF3527/T4362547-244 #GUID-E6A0140B-9416-425D-8E79-C66C78DF3527/T4362547-245 #GUID-E6A0140B-9416-425D-8E79-C66C78DF3527/T4362547-246
        3. 7.12.2.3 SPI Peripheral Mode I/O Timings
          1. 7.12.2.3.1 SPI Peripheral Mode Switching Parameters (SPICLK = input, SPISIMO = input, and SPISOMI = output) #GUID-E2D86041-CEF3-4EEB-A74A-C17A9547F543/T4362547-70 #GUID-E2D86041-CEF3-4EEB-A74A-C17A9547F543/T4362547-71 #GUID-E2D86041-CEF3-4EEB-A74A-C17A9547F543/T4362547-73
      3. 7.12.3  Ethernet Switch (RGMII/RMII/MII) Peripheral
        1. 7.12.3.1 RGMII/RMII/MII Timing Conditions
          1. 7.12.3.1.1  RGMII Transmit Clock Switching Characteristics
          2. 7.12.3.1.2  RGMII Transmit Data and Control Switching Characteristics
          3. 7.12.3.1.3  RGMII Receive Clock Timing Requirements
          4. 7.12.3.1.4  RGMII Receive Data and Control Timing Requirements
          5. 7.12.3.1.5  RMII Transmit Clock Switching Characteristics
          6. 7.12.3.1.6  RMII Transmit Data and Control Switching Characteristics
          7. 7.12.3.1.7  RMII Receive Clock Timing Requirements
          8. 7.12.3.1.8  RMII Receive Data and Control Timing Requirements
          9. 7.12.3.1.9  MII Transmit Switching Characteristics
          10. 7.12.3.1.10 MII Receive Timing Requirements
          11. 7.12.3.1.11 MII Transmit Clock Timing Requirements
          12. 7.12.3.1.12 MII Receive Clock Timing Requirements
          13. 7.12.3.1.13 MDIO Interface Timings
      4. 7.12.4  LVDS/Aurora Instrumentation and Measurement Peripheral
        1. 7.12.4.1 LVDS Interface Configuration
        2. 7.12.4.2 LVDS Interface Timings
      5. 7.12.5  UART Peripheral
        1. 7.12.5.1 SCI Timing Requirements
      6. 7.12.6  Inter-Integrated Circuit Interface (I2C)
        1. 7.12.6.1 I2C Timing Requirements #GUID-70BFADF8-F963-4E61-84ED-23FDE518F1A0/T4362547-185
      7. 7.12.7  Controller Area Network - Flexible Data-rate (CAN-FD)
        1. 7.12.7.1 Dynamic Characteristics for the CAN-FD TX and RX Pins
      8. 7.12.8  CSI2 Receiver Peripheral
        1. 7.12.8.1 CSI2 Switching Characteristics
      9. 7.12.9  Enhanced Pulse-Width Modulator (ePWM)
      10. 7.12.10 General-Purpose Input/Output
        1. 7.12.10.1 Switching Characteristics for Output Timing versus Load Capacitance (CL) #GUID-D645D302-151E-4A83-B5A0-36D93909E00A/T4362547-45 #GUID-D645D302-151E-4A83-B5A0-36D93909E00A/T4362547-50
    13. 7.13 Emulation and Debug
      1. 7.13.1 Emulation and Debug Description
      2. 7.13.2 JTAG Interface
        1. 7.13.2.1 Timing Requirements for IEEE 1149.1 JTAG
        2. 7.13.2.2 Switching Characteristics for IEEE 1149.1 JTAG
      3. 7.13.3 ETM Trace Interface
        1. 7.13.3.1 ETM TRACE Timing Requirements
        2. 7.13.3.2 ETM TRACE Switching Characteristics
  9. 8 Detailed Description
    1. 8.1 Overview
    2. 8.2 Functional Block Diagram
    3. 8.3 Subsystems
      1. 8.3.1 RF and Analog Subsystem
        1. 8.3.1.1 RF Clock Subsystem
        2. 8.3.1.2 Transmit Subsystem
        3. 8.3.1.3 Receive Subsystem
        4. 8.3.1.4 Processor Subsystem
      2. 8.3.2 Automotive Interfaces
    4. 8.4 Other Subsystems
      1. 8.4.1 Hardware Accelerator Subsystem
      2. 8.4.2 Security – Hardware Security Module
      3. 8.4.3 ADC Channels (Service) for User Application
  10. 9 Monitoring and Diagnostics
    1. 9.1 Monitoring and Diagnostic Mechanisms
  11. 10Applications, Implementation, and Layout
    1. 10.1 Application Information
    2. 10.2 Short, Medium, and Long Range Radar
    3. 10.3 Reference Schematic
  12. 11Device and Documentation Support
    1. 11.1 Device Nomenclature
    2. 11.2 Tools and Software
    3. 11.3 Documentation support
    4. 11.4 Support Resources
    5. 11.5 Trademarks
    6. 11.6 Electrostatic Discharge Caution
    7. 11.7 Glossary
  13. 12Revision History
  14. 13Mechanical, Packaging, and Orderable Information

7.8 RF Specifications

Below RF specifications are measured over recommended operating conditions and with run time calibrations enabled (unless otherwise noted)
PARAMETERMINTYPMAXUNIT
ReceiverNoise figure

AWR2944P

10.5

dB

AWR2944-ECO/AWR2944LC

12

AWR2E44P(1)

11

AWR2E44-ECO/AWR2E44LC

12.5

1dB compression point (Out Of Band)(2)-10dBm
Maximum gain46dB
Gain range

16

dB
Gain step size2dB
IF bandwidth(3)

20

MHz
ADC sampling rate

45

Msps
ADC resolution16Bits
Return loss (S11)-10dB
Gain mismatch variation (over temperature)±0.5dB
Phase mismatch variation (over temperature)±3°
Idle Channel Spurs#GUID-155E2CB9-A605-4B67-A15D-06851648397E-90dBFS
TransmitterOutput powerAWR2944P

14

dBm
AWR2944-ECO/AWR2944LC

13.5

AWR2E44P(1)

13.5

AWR2E44-ECO/AWR2E44LC

12.5

Phase shifter accuracy±3°
Amplitude noise-145dBc/Hz
Clock subsystemFrequency range7681GHz
Ramp rate250(4)MHz/μs
Phase noise at 1MHz offset76 to 77GHz (VCO1)-96dBc/Hz
76 to 81GHz (VCO2)(5)-95
(1) FCCSP LOP variant will have 0.5dB degradation in Noise figure and output power due to launcher integration.
(2) 1dB Compression Point (Out Of Band) is measured by feeding a continuous wave tone at 5% of the programmed HPF cut-off frequency (i.e. blocker tone). The compression point is determined by the blocker power that results in a 1dB compression of the blocker tone at the RX ADC.
(3) The analog IF stages include a second order high pass filter that can be configured to the following -6dB corner frequencies:
Available HPF Corner Frequencies (kHz)
HPF
300, 350, 700, 1400
The filtering performed by the digital baseband chain is targeted to provide:
  • Less than ±0.5dB pass-band ripple/droop, and
  • Better than 60dB anti-aliasing attenuation for any frequency that can alias back into the pass-band.
(4) The max ramp rate depends on the PLL bandwidth configuration set using the"AWR_APLL_SYNTH_BW_CONTROL_SB" API. For more details, refer to the mmWave Radar Interface Control document.
(5) VCO2 supports a maximum continuous range of 4.5GHz. The supported range can span 76-80.5GHz or 76.5-81GHz through VCO2_RANGE_CONFIG in AWR_ CAL_MON_FREQUENCY_* API.

Figure 7-1 shows variations of noise figure and in-band P1dB parameters with respect to receiver gain programmed plot for the AWR2944P device.

AWR2944P AWR2E44P AWR2944-ECO AWR2E44-ECO AWR2944LC AWR2E44LC Noise Figure, In-band P1dB vs Receiver GainFigure 7-1 Noise Figure, In-band P1dB vs Receiver Gain