On June 22, at the China Auto Chuangzhi anniversary celebration and business plan and product launch conference, the millimeter wave radar technology service provider Falcon Technology and the innovative automotive high-tech company China Auto Chuangzhi signed a strategic cooperation agreement. The two parties will work together Establish a millimeter-wave radar joint development working group to give full play to their respective advantages in terms of technological innovation, industrial integration, and resource complementation to accelerate the technological update and industrial development of millimeter-wave radar, promote the improvement of auto-driving perception capabilities of automobiles, and further establish and improve advanced millimeter waves The radar ecological chain empowers China’s intelligent network industry.
Li Fengjun, CEO of China Automobile Chuangzhi, and Shi Xuesong, CEO of Falcon Technology, attended the press conference to jointly participate in the release of this strategic cooperation agreement
For autonomous driving solutions, sensors are the “eyes” of the car. As cars have entered the intelligent “deep water zone” in recent years, automotive sensors have increasingly become a battleground for all major manufacturers. At present, among the automatic driving schemes adopted by many domestic and foreign automatic driving manufacturers, millimeter wave radar is one of the mainstream sensors, and its market development is ushered in further acceleration.
Millimeter waves are electromagnetic waves with a wavelength between 1 and 10 mm. The millimeter wave radar transmits millimeter waves through an antenna, receives the reflected signal from the target, and obtains information such as the distance, angle, speed, and scattering characteristics of the object quickly and accurately through signal processing.
Millimeter wave radar has the advantages of long transmission distance, sensitive perception of moving objects, unaffected by light conditions, and controllable cost. In the field of autonomous driving, compared with solutions such as lidar, millimeter-wave radar has a lower cost; compared with the camera + algorithm solution, millimeter-wave radar performs non-contact monitoring of living bodies with better privacy. The use of millimeter-wave radar as a sensor in a car has more stable detection performance and more cost-effective.
Relevant data shows that the millimeter wave radar market has exceeded 7 billion yuan in 2020, and its market size is expected to exceed 30 billion yuan in 2025.
Focus on 77GHz millimeter wave radar, realize the core technology is independent and controllable
Falcon Eye Technology was established in April 2015. It is a high-tech and innovative enterprise dedicated to the research and product application of millimeter wave radar technology. Relying on the State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves of Southeast University, it has accumulated strong R&D strength in cutting-edge technology, experimental equipment, personnel training, system design and engineering implementation. With the early layout of the industry, years of accumulation and development, we now have a complete R&D team from industry experts to senior engineers, from theoretical frontier research to engineering implementation.
Better performance also means a higher technical threshold. It is reported that the design and manufacture of antennas, radio frequency circuits, chips, etc. for 77GHz millimeter-wave radar is very difficult, and it has long been mastered by a few companies in the United States, Japan and other countries. Chinese companies started late, and there is still a gap between the accuracy of the algorithm and the stability of the technology and the mainstream foreign manufacturers.
Relying on the in-depth cooperation with the Millimeter Wave Laboratory of Southeast University, Falcon Eye Technology has established a radar system, antenna, radio frequency, radar signal processing, software and hardware, structure, With full-process design capabilities for key technologies such as testing, test equipment, and production equipment design, it is also the only domestic company with independent research and development capabilities for a full range of millimeter-wave radar solutions, and is the first to break the monopoly of international giants on millimeter-wave radar technology.
After nearly 6 years of development, Hayeye Technology is at the leading level in the industry. In the field of automotive millimeter wave radars, the company has successfully developed forward, front, rear, and 4D imaging millimeter wave radars covering the entire vehicle. Its product performance The index reaches the same level as the latest generation of similar products of the international Tier1, leading domestic similar products; in the field of smart transportation, the company has a variety of leading products, ranking first in the domestic and even international lists in terms of detection distance, detection accuracy, resolution and other indicators. At present, Falcon Eye Technology has completed mass product delivery with many well-known Tier1, OEMs and smart transportation integrators at home and abroad.
Join forces to build an ecological chain of millimeter wave radar industry
Regarding why he chose to cooperate with Falcon Eye Technology, China Automotive Chuangzhi CEO Li Fengjun said at the joint development conference between the two parties: “The independent research and development of millimeter wave radar has far-reaching significance for breaking through the monopoly of core technologies such as sensor components and radar chips. An important step in the core technology research process; as the domestic leader in millimeter wave radar, Falcon Eye Technology has advanced design and manufacturing advantages, filling the gap in the domestic market.” Zhongqi Chuangzhi Technology Co., Ltd. was established by China FAW, Changan Automobile, Dongfeng Company, Ordnance Equipment Group, and Nanjing Jiangning Economic Development Technology Co., Ltd. jointly invested 16 billion yuan. Focusing on the “car + cloud + communication” ecosystem, Zhongqi Chuangzhi focuses on the development and industrialization of automotive forward-looking, commonality, platform, and core technology, and realizes technological breakthroughs in the fields of intelligent electric chassis, hydrogen fuel power and intelligent network connection. An innovative automotive high-tech company. China Automotive Chuangzhi hopes that through this cooperation, the two parties can further combine industrial resources and technological advantages to jointly build China’s millimeter wave radar industry ecological chain.
In addition, due to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) restrictions on the UWB frequency band in the 24GHz frequency band, after January 1, 2022, the UWB frequency band will not be available in Europe and the United States. And 77GHz is a relatively independent frequency band with a wider range of applications, so it is sought after by many countries. This strong cooperation will be further beneficial to the development of the 77GHz millimeter wave radar market.
Policy support accelerates technological development and empowers the intelligent Internet of Things
In recent years, the country has successively introduced a series of policies to promote the development of autonomous driving. As of the end of 2019, a total of 25 cities across the country have introduced autonomous driving policies; In February 2020, the National Development and Reform Commission of China led the release of the “Smart Car Innovative Development Strategy”; in the same year, the National Development and Reform Commission first clarified the seven major “new infrastructure” sectors, and smart driving is in the sector. Occupies an important space in. The country’s guidance and investment at the strategic level have further accelerated the technological update and industrial development of the millimeter wave radar industry.
According to IHS Markit, China will become the world’s largest automotive radar market by 2023. As a terminal sensing device, millimeter-wave radar plays an increasingly prominent role in intelligent transportation and smart city fields such as autonomous driving and vehicle-road collaboration.
Automobile intelligence is the general trend, and 77GHz millimeter wave vehicle radar is the necessary underlying hardware for intelligent driving. The cooperation between Falcon Eye Technology and Zhongqi Chuangzhi will continue to promote the iterative innovation of high-end autonomous driving core components, break foreign monopolies, and highlight the power of smart driving in China, while also empowering the Internet of smart things.
Post time: Jun-24-2021