A new member has been added to the Ai-Thinker radar module series! The 60G millimeter-wave radar module series products are about to be launched, equipped with functions such as respiratory and heart rate measurement, 3D presence sensing, etc. Let's take a look at the details.

Product Overview

Rd-60 is a 60GHz millimeter-wave radar sensor module developed by Ai-Thinker based on RS6130. The module internally integrates an AiP millimeter-wave radar system with a 60GHz FMCW carrier and multi-protocol wireless connections, including BLE5.3, 802.15.4, Thread, and Matter. It also integrates a 1T3R AiP radar antenna array, a 2.4G wireless connection antenna crystal oscillator, and a 1MB Flash. 

The module includes four low-power consumption management modes: shutdown, standby, idle, and working. Rd-60 not only has low power consumption in standby mode but also when sensing and connecting through a fast burst engine and a high-performance radio frequency transceiver. The flexible mode configuration allows the power consumption of the entire module to meet various demanding application requirements. Its configuration and data collection can be achieved through UART / SPI / I²C digital interfaces.

Product Features

1. It adopts SMD packaging and is compatible with 1.7mm pin headers.
2. It has a continuous sweep frequency bandwidth of 6GHz.
3. The radar antenna supports 1T3R and can achieve different configuration modes such as 1T1R, 1T2R, and 1T3R.
4. The equivalent isotropic radiated power (EIRP) is 17.5dBm.
5. The radar has a large detection angle, covering a horizontal FOV of 120 degrees and a vertical FOV of 120 degrees.
6. The farthest sensing distance of the radar is 20 meters (depending on the RCS size of the detection target).
7. The nearest sensing distance of the radar is 0.01 meters (with a human body target as a reference).
8. The module size is 19 * 19mm.
9. It supports protocols: physically supports BLE5, 802.15.4; protocol-level support for BLE5.3, Thread, Matter, and a 2.4 private protocol.
10. Bluetooth LEPHY: 1Mbps, 2Mbps, long-distance S2(500Kbps), S8(125Kbps).
11. Bluetooth transmit power is 4dBm@BLE1dBm, and receive sensitivity is -95dBm@BLE1dBm.

Main Parameters

1. Packaging SMD23 compatible with DIP-23
2. Size 19.0*19.0（±0.2）mm
3. Antenna Form Board-mounted antenna
4. Spectrum Range 58G ~64GHz
5. Work Temperature -40°C ~85 C
6. Storage Environment 40°C ~125 C, <90%RH
7. Power Supply Range Power Supply Voltage 1.7V ~5.5V, Power Supply Current ≥500 mA
8. Support Interfaces UART/IIC
9. Serial Port Rate UART compatible with 16550 industrial standard, Supports a maximum baud rate of 3 Mbps.

Product Highlights

Power Consumption Breakthrough: 
10μA + human presence sensing power consumption. It can be driven by a button battery. Rd-60 is developed based on RS6130, which is a world-first 10μA single-chip "60G millimeter-wave radar + multi-protocol wireless" intelligent sensor. Compared with other radar modules of the company, the power consumption is reduced by more than 90% under the same conditions. The module's four low-power consumption management modes allow it to sense human presence states in a low-power-consumption mode and be applied to industries such as smart locks and doorbells.

High Integration: 

Small in size, plug-and-play. The module size is 19 * 19mm, saving product space occupation and can be quickly embedded into the product motherboard. It supports IIC and UART interfaces and is flexibly applied to different intelligent scenarios and terminal products.

High Stability: 

Good anti-interference ability, stable performance. It has advantages such as super detection ability, a very simple development process, and multi-protocol wireless connections. Its patented AiP millimeter-wave antenna technology reaches the industry-leading level in performance such as bandwidth, gain, and FOV, solving pain points in the intelligent sensor industry such as unstable performance, insufficient detection ability, and complex development processes....