Texas Instruments unveiled a new lineup of automotive lidar, clock, and radar chips designed to enhance vehicle safety and expand autonomous driving features across a broader range of vehicles. Leading the portfolio is the LMH13000, the industry’s first integrated high-speed lidar laser driver, offering ultra-fast rise times to support rapid, real-time decision-making. Also included are the CDC6C-Q1 oscillator and LMK3H0102-Q1 and LMK3C0105-Q1 clock generators—the first automotive-grade BAW-based clocks—designed to improve the reliability of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). To meet growing ADAS demands, TI also introduced the AWR2944P mmWave radar sensor, which delivers sophisticated front and corner radar capabilities.
“Our latest automotive analog and embedded processing products help automakers both meet current safety standards and accelerate toward a collision-free future,” said Andreas Schaefer, TI general manager, ADAS and Infotainment. “Semiconductor innovation delivers the reliability, precision, integration and affordability automakers need to increase vehicle autonomy across their entire fleet.”
Lidar is a critical component in the evolution of autonomous vehicles, enabling precise 3D environmental mapping to help vehicles detect and respond swiftly to traffic, obstacles, and road conditions. TI’s LMH13000 laser driver delivers an ultra-fast 800ps rise time, allowing for distance measurements up to 30% longer than conventional discrete designs. The device integrates LVDS, CMOS, and TTL control interfaces, eliminating the need for bulky external components and enabling a fourfold reduction in solution size. This integration not only reduces system costs by an average of 30% but also allows for compact, cost-effective lidar modules to be discreetly integrated into more vehicle models.
As lidar technology reaches higher output currents, maintaining consistent performance across varying temperatures becomes crucial to meeting eye safety standards. TI’s LMH13000 addresses this with up to 5A of adjustable output current and just 2% variation across an ambient temperature range of -40°C to 125°C, compared to as much as 30% variation in traditional solutions. The device’s short pulse-width generation and current control enable the system to meet Class 1 U.S. Food and Drug Administration eye safety standards.
Design a reliable ADAS with the industry’s first automotive BAW-based clocks
Electronics in ADAS and in-vehicle infotainment systems must work reliably while facing temperature fluctuations, vibrations and electromagnetic interference. With TI’s BAW technology benefits, the new CDC6C-Q1 oscillator and LMK3H0102-Q1 and LMK3C0105-Q1 clock generators increase reliability by 100 times compared to traditional quartz-based clocks, with a failure-in-time rate of 0.3. Enhanced clocking precision and resilience in harsh conditions enable safer operation, cleaner data communication, and higher-speed data processing across next-generation vehicle subsystems.
Additionally, the company unveiled a new front and corner radar sensor, the AWR2944P, building on TI’s widely adopted AWR2944 platform. The new radar sensor’s enhancements improve vehicle safety by extending detection range, improving angular accuracy, and enabling more sophisticated processing algorithms. Key enhancements include:
– An improved signal-to-noise ratio.
– Increased computational capabilities.
– A larger memory capacity.
– An integrated radar hardware accelerator that allows the microcontroller and digital signal processor to execute machine learning for edge artificial intelligence applications.
TI’s new automotive lidar, clock and radar solutions build on the company’s commitment to helping engineers design adaptable ADAS for a safer, more automated driving experience.
Package, availability and pricing
Preproduction quantities of the LMH13000, CDC6C-Q1, LMK3H0102-Q1, LMK3C0105-Q1 and AWR2944P are available for purchase now on TI.com. Other output current options and an automotive-qualified version of the LMH13000 are expected to be available in 2026. Supporting resources for the news devices include:
– Multiple payment and shipping options.
– Evaluation modules.
