WP1 Project coordination and financial management
This work package deals with all the management aspects of the project and the monitoring of progress towards the ultimate objectives, identifying shortcomings and recommending remedial action where necessary.
WP2 Chip Design and initial batch manufacturing
RS1 Chip
The chips of the Engineering run are used for package development and test development and chip qualification.
First small batches, packaged and tested, showed already yields > 90%, which is a very good result for such new and complex chip and package application.
After the package- and test development were finished, the qualification of the chip and package has been started.
RS2 Chip
First samples of RS2 chip have been manufactured using several Multi-Project-Waver-Runs (MPW). Those samples have been used to develop the packaging concept of the IC.
WP3 Development Assembly Process
RS1 in package
The development of assembly process is finished.
All processes are frozen, the process documentation and quality control is defined and released.
A first batch is manufactured for final qualification and the qualification has been started.
RS2 in package
The development of assembly process is ongoing.
The first step to evaluate the package type is done, standard QFN32, 5x5 mm² is defined and evaluated. A comparison of used standard molding components was done at 2 different package suppliers.
WP4 Development Serial Test Place
RS1
The serial test is specified and developed.
After the test system was qualified successfully, the test system is in use for testing the qualification batches.
WP5 Radar Sensor Module Design
RS1
A first sensor module for the RS1 sensor evaluation was specified and the hardware (PCB) manufactured and assembled. The software to demonstrate the functionality of RS1 is developed as well.
Silicon Radar was able to use this kind of sensor module to show the possible functionality of the radar IC (RS1) to interested customers and to use it as demonstrator at exploitation actions like conferences and exhibitions.
Two variants of the second generation of radar sensor were developed – the so called Easy Radar and Simple Radar modules.
WP6 Exploiation and Dissemination
The development performed in the frame of project ELIRAD motivated an important step to launch the product class at 120GHz with the first two variants RS1 and RS2. However, development work will have to answer new emerging market demands. It requires a continued market research and development based on the existing solution.
