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

3 Description

The AWR2944P/AWR2E44P is a "Performance" expansion to the AWR2944 portfolio with enhanced RF and compute performance to meet NCAP + Automated Driving requirements. The AWR2944-ECO/AWR2E44-ECO and AWR2944LC/AWR2E44LC are mainstream and feature optimized variants respectively in the family to enable customers with a scalable portfolio between P, ECO, and LC devices in the family. The AWR2944P/AWR2E44P/AWR2944-ECO/AWR2E44-ECO/AWR2944LC/AWR2E44LC is also a single-chip mmWave sensor composed of a FMCW transceiver, capable of operation in the 76- to 81-GHz band, radar data processing elements, and peripherals for in-vehicle networking. The radar sensor is built with TI’s low-power 45-nm RFCMOS process with designs to enhance RF and compute performance enabling unprecedented levels of integration in a small form factor and minimal BOM. The AWR2944P/AWR2E44P/AWR2944-ECO/AWR2E44-ECO/AWR2944LC/AWR2E44LC device is designed for low-power, self-monitored, ultra-accurate radar systems in the automotive space.

The AWR2E44P/AWR2E44-ECO/AWR2E44LC variant provides customers with an remarkable Launch on Package (LOP) antenna feature which facilitates the attachment of antennas directly on to the package. LOP technology enables loss-less transmission of signals from the AWR2E44P/AWR2E44-ECO/AWR2E44LC chip to the antenna via holes in the PCB & launches on the bottom of the chip. The chip and antenna are directly soldered to the PCB enabling low cost PCB material to be used instead of expensive high-frequency material.

TI’s low-power 45nm RFCMOS process enables a monolithic implementation of a 4 TX, 4 RX system with integrated PLL, VCO, mixer, and baseband ADC. Integrated in the DSP subsystem (DSS), is TI's high-performance C66x DSP for radar signal processing. The device includes a Radio Processor Subsystem (RSS), which is responsible for radar front-end configuration, control, and calibration. Within the Main Subsystem (MSS), the device implements a user-programmable Arm Cortex-R5F processor allowing for custom control and automotive interface applications. The hardware accelerator block (HWA 2.1) supplements the DSS and MSS by offloading common radar processing such as FFT, constant false alarm rate (CFAR), scaling, and compression. This saves MIPS on the DSS and MSS, opening up resources for custom applications and higher-level algorithms.

A Hardware Security Module (HSM) is also provisioned in the device (available for only secure part variants). The HSM consists of a programmable Arm Cortex-M4 core and the necessary infrastructure to provide a secure zone of operation within the device.

The AWR2944P/AWR2E44P/AWR2944-ECO/AWR2E44-ECO/AWR2944LC/AWR2E44LC also incorporates a Cortex-M4 processor to configure and control the Hardware Accelerator module (HWA 2.1).

Simple programming model changes can enable a wide variety of sensor implementation (Short, Mid, Long) with the possibility of dynamic reconfiguration for implementing a multimode sensor.

Additionally, the AWR2944P/AWR2E44P/AWR2944-ECO/AWR2E44-ECO/AWR2944LC/AWR2E44LC is provided as a complete platform device including TI hardware and software reference designs, software drivers, sample configurations, API guides, and user documentation.

Device Information
PART NUMBER PACKAGE(1) PACKAGE SIZE (NOM)(2)

Variant
AWR2944PBGALTRQ1

ALT (FCCSP, 266)

 12mm x 12mm AWR2944P
AWR2944PBSALTRQ1 ALT (FCCSP, 266) 12mm x 12mm AWR2944P

HS
AWR2944EBGALTRQ1 ALT (FCCSP, 266) 12mm x 12mm

AWR2944-ECO
AWR2944EBSALTRQ1 ALT (FCCSP, 266) 12mm x 12mm AWR2944-ECO HS

AWR2E44PBGAMXRQ1

AMX (FCCSP, 278)

 13.5mm x 12mm

AWR2E44P
AWR2E44PBSAMXRQ1 AMX (FCCSP, 278) 13.5mm x 12mm AWR2E44P

HS
AWR2E44EBGAMXRQ1 AMX (FCCSP, 278) 13.5mm x 12mm

AWR2E44-ECO
AWR2E44EBSAMXRQ1 AMX (FCCSP, 278) 13.5mm x 12mm AWR2E44-ECO HS
AWR2944LBGALTRQ1 ALT (FCCSP, 266) 12mm x 12mm

AWR2944LC
AWR2944LBSALTRQ1 ALT (FCCSP, 266) 12mm x 12mm AWR2944LC HS
AWR2E44LBGAMXRQ1 AMX (FCCSP, 278) 13.5mm x 12mm

AWR2E44LC
AWR2E44LBSAMXRQ1 AMX (FCCSP, 278) 13.5mm x 12mm AWR2E44LC HS
(1) For more information, see Section 13.
(2) The package size (length × width) is a nominal value and includes pins, where applicable.