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PLACEHOLDER
COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL
Sainath Karlapalem
Kaushik Vasanth
Shift Left Verification of Automotive RADAR
Agenda
• Radar Architecture
• Shift-Left Approach
• V&V Challenges
• Proposed Methodology
• Unified On-Road model
• Case Study
• Tools used
• Benefits
• Future work
EXTERNAL USE2
Automotive RADAR Architecture
EXTERNAL USE
Sensor
3
Shift-Left Approach
IPIP
System
IP
IC
IPIP
System
IC
IP
Sub-IP
Product Product
Specification Validation prior to Implementation Verification
V&V Challenges
EXTERNAL USE5
RF, Analog, and Digital IP developed and verified in isolation
System, IC and IP Verification workflows not integrated
Missing On-Road view in IP/IC/System V&V workflow
Need for realistic reflections for verifying Signal processing Algorithms
Certain road scenarios are dangerous to be tested during field trails
V&V Challenges
EXTERNAL USE6
RF, Analog, and Digital IP developed and verified in isolation
System, IC and IP Verification workflows not integrated
Missing On-Road view in IP/IC/System V&V workflow
Need for realistic reflections for verifying Signal processing Algorithms
Certain road scenarios are dangerous to be tested during field trails
Objective: On-Road Env. in V&V workflows
Proposed Methodology
EXTERNAL USE7
Feature-Level Requirements
System-level Specification
Subsystem Specification
Digital / RF / Analog IP
Scenario-Level
Validation
Integration Testing
Subsystem Verification
Statistical Sensor Model
Radar DSP Model
SV DPI-C Model
IC
IP
SYSTEMS
Unified Road Model
RF
Analog
Digital
EXTERNAL USE11
Road & Actor modelling
EXTERNAL USE13
Case Study → Road Modelling
Case Study → Sensor Modelling
EXTERNAL USE14
Case Study → Emulating Field Trail
EXTERNAL USE15
Case Study → Results
EXTERNAL USE16
Dechirped data of Env..
Magnitude spectrum and Range Caluclation
Range Vs Ground Truth
Tools Used
EXTERNAL USE17
MATLAB
Signal Processing Toolbox
Phased Array System Toolbox
Automated Driving Toolbox
Simulink
Sensor Fusion and Tracking Toolbox
DSP Toolbox
20%
40%
Benefits
EXTERNAL USE18
• Easy to model realistic field environments and verify the design
• Early Design exposure to On-Road Env.→ Virtual Field Trial
• Unified On-Road view across V&V abstractions
• Connect Design-In to IC V&V
20%
40%
Baseband integration into model
Modelling RF Impairments
Modelling Environmental effects
MATLAB-Hw Co-Simulation
Future Scope
EXTERNAL USE19
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