Hella 77GHz radar goes into production in China

As the automobile industry moves toward autonomous driving and the development of electric vehicles brings about changes in electronic and electrical architecture, this puts forward higher requirements for the application scenarios and detection capabilities of angular radar to meet higher-level autonomous driving applications and different integrated systems. vehicle electrical architecture needs. HELLA, an international auto parts supplier owned by FORVIA, is a core parts supplier in the field of autonomous driving. It has rich professional knowledge and nearly 20 years of mass production experience in the field of radar, and has produced more than 300 models around the world. More than 50 million radar products. At the end of June 2022, Hella's 77GHz radar was put into production for the first time in China, and its supporting customers include many local automobile OEMs. The products are put into production in Shanghai Hella Electronics, Hella's largest electronics factory in the world.

Yu Wei, Senior Vice President of Research and Development of HELLA Asia Pacific Electronics Division, said: "HELLA adopts the localization strategy of 'in China, for China' to better meet the needs of local customers. The first production of 77GHz radar in China has great impact on HELLA It is of great significance to China, which further strengthens the localization of Hella's world-leading technology. This way we can better support local customers, help them carry out higher-level autonomous driving integration development, and provide end users with more intelligence and safety. driving experience.”

Hella has professional antenna design technology and rich algorithm development experience. Hella's 77 GHz radar sensor is a radar system chip based on RF-CMOS technology and technology. Professional array antenna design and layout in the horizontal and vertical directions, as well as the use of MIMO technology, enable a wider FOV viewing angle in the horizontal and vertical directions. and more accurate detection accuracy. It can not only identify moving trucks, cars, two-wheelers and pedestrians, but also can identify the position and height information of static obstacles, such as curbs, road pillars and other small target objects with high accuracy in close range mode. In addition, it can also output original point-level or contour target-level data to the central controller for fusion processing, providing powerful data support for the development and fusion of automatic driving algorithms for OEMs. In short-range mode, Hella's 77 GHz radar provides independent functions of traditional corner radars, such as lane change assist warning, blind spot monitoring, rear and front traffic crossing warning and braking, rear collision warning, etc. In the mid-range mode, the array antenna design allows the radar to detect a distance of 200 meters, adapting the detection capabilities to more application scenarios, and can well meet the multi-dimensional needs of automakers for diagonal radars.

Hella radar has strong algorithm adaptability, with up to 3,000 hours of real road testing and data collection over 100,000 kilometers in multiple countries, cities, and various roads. In response to China's complex road conditions, Hella has conducted localized application development in China for many years, and has conducted a large number of radar performance verifications in complex road conditions such as dense traffic and two-wheeled vehicles.

Hella's 77GHz radar sensor is based on a modular and scalable platform concept and supports different vehicle electrical architectures such as distributed, centralized and hybrid. It covers all the integration requirements of diagonal radars with different levels of autonomous driving functions and can support different Bandwidth requirements for CANFD and Ethernet. With its compact structural design, Hella's 77GHz radar provides new possibilities for vehicle installation and layout. For example, it can be installed inside the side of the vehicle body or under the decorative panel of the B-pillar. It can effectively make up for the blind spots of the radar at the front and rear corners, and improve the surrounding environment of the vehicle. 360-degree all-round detection while providing more accurate lateral environment detection data to help customers achieve more complex autonomous driving functions.