Vehicle safety has substantially improved in the last decades with the use of new safety technologies resulting in the reduction of the number of serious accidents with major injuries or death. Vehicles with active and passive safety systems allow for more robust passenger compartments, with implemented crumple zones, restraint systems and airbags ensure that these accidents will eliminate or lessen injuries sustained by the driver and passengers.
Tyco Electronics 24 GHz short-range radar sensors for driver-assist systems help improve safety and comfort functions in Brake-Assist and Pre-Crash applications in future vehicles by providing a low cost design using custom MMIC and ASIC technologies. Tyco Electronics 24 GHz short-range radar sensor is a highly integrated €œsmart sensor € providing object detection and tracking to support many applications, including the following:
Parking Assistance:
Rear-mounted sensors, with a range of 1.8-meters can detect small objects in front of large objects and measure direction of arrival.
Pre-Crash Sensing:
The sensors scan out up to 30 meters to provide an advanced warning of an imminent collision to arm airbag, pre-tension seat restraints or other injury mitigation strategies.
Blind Spot Detection:
Short range sensors detect objects in critical zones.
Obstacle Detection:
This microwave sensor, with up to a 30 meter operating range can be used to warn of unseen objects.
