Overview
The ARS430 Advanced Radar Sensor is the premium variant of the 4th generation of radar sensors developed by Continental Business Unit ADAS.
The radar sensor is already in-service for automotive passenger and commercial vehicle applications especially for the functions Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) and Emergency Brake Assist (EBA).
The ARS430 is a 77 GHz radar sensor with digital beam-forming scanning antenna which offers two independent scans for far and near range. The sensor uses a pulse compression radar modulation to avoid the drawbacks of both the classical Pulse-Doppler and the FMCW approach.
| Parameter | Unit | ARS 430 |
|---|---|---|
| Range | [m] | 250 |
| Resolution | [m] | 0.39 (NRS) |
| Accuracy | [m] | 0.1 (NRS) |
| Speed range | [kph] | –400 … +200 |
| Speed resolution | [kph] | 0.43 (NRS) |
| Speed accuracy | [kph] | 0.10 |
| FOV Azimuth | [°] | –9 … +9 (FRS) –60 … +60 (NRS) |
| Azimuth beam width (3dB) | [°] | 2.2 (FRS) |
| Azimuth accuracy | [°] | 0.1 (FRS) |
| Azimuth resolution | [°] | 1.6 (FRS) |
| Antennas | – | 12 |
| Sensitivity (min. RCS @ x m) | [m²] | 10 @ 200m |
| Cycle time | [ms] | 75 |
ARS430 Variants
The ARS430 radar sensor is available in different hardware variants e.g. with CAN, FlexRay or BroadR-Reach Ethernet interface and 12V or 24V power supply. Additionally customer specific firmware versions are used for each sensor.
Continental Engineering Services offers different ARS430 variants with generic firmware versions:
ARS430FM – Flex Mount
CAN interface with object output for vehicle applications
ARS430DI - Dual Interface
BR-Ethernet interface with object and RDI output for autonomous driving applications
ARS430RDI - Radar Detection Interface
BR-Ethernet interface with RDI output
