Patents Assigned to TeraDar, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20260003053
    Abstract: An active radio-frequency (RF) sensing technology for determining the relative and/or absolute state (e.g., position, velocity, and/or acceleration) of a target object (e.g., a person, a car, a truck a lamp post, a utility pole, a building) is described. The sensors described herein operate in the Terahertz band (300 GHz to 3 THz). An active RF sensing device comprises a substrate and first and second semiconductor dies mounted on the substrate. The first semiconductor die has an RF transmit antenna array integrated thereon, and the transmit antenna array comprises a first plurality of RF antennas configured to generate an RF signals having frequency content in the 300 GHz-3 THz band. The second semiconductor die has an RF receive antenna array integrated thereon, and the receive antenna array comprises a second plurality of RF antennas configured to receive RF signals having frequency content in the 300 GHz-3 THz band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2025
    Publication date: January 1, 2026
    Applicant: TeraDar, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory L. Charvat, Nicholas Saiz, Matthew Carey
  • Patent number: 12436256
    Abstract: An active radio-frequency (RF) sensing technology for determining the relative and/or absolute state (e.g., position, velocity, and/or acceleration) of a target object (e.g., a person, a car, a truck a lamp post, a utility pole, a building) is described. The sensors described herein operate in the Terahertz band (300 GHz to 3 THz). An active RF sensing device comprises a substrate and first and second semiconductor dies mounted on the substrate. The first semiconductor die has an RF transmit antenna array integrated thereon, and the transmit antenna array comprises a first plurality of RF antennas configured to generate an RF signals having frequency content in the 300 GHz-3 THz band. The second semiconductor die has an RF receive antenna array integrated thereon, and the receive antenna array comprises a second plurality of RF antennas configured to receive RF signals having frequency content in the 300 GHz-3 THz band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2025
    Assignee: TeraDar, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory L. Charvat, Nicholas Saiz, Matthew Carey
  • Publication number: 20250224485
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a device may comprise a substrate having signal generation circuitry, a transmitter, a receiver, and interface circuitry each mounted thereon. The transmitter may comprise a transmit semiconductor die having integrated thereon transmit circuitry configured to generate, based on a reference RF signal generated by the signal generation circuitry, first RF signals having an RF center frequency between 300-320 GHz and a transmit antenna array comprising a plurality of RF antennas configured to transmit the first RF signals. The receiver may comprise a receive semiconductor die having integrated thereon a receive antenna array comprising a plurality of RF antennas configured to receive second RF signals having the RF center frequency and receive circuitry configured to generate third RF signals based on the reference RF signal and mix the second RF signals with the third RF signals to obtain fourth RF signals. The interface circuitry may comprise ADC circuitry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2024
    Publication date: July 10, 2025
    Applicant: TeraDar, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Saiz, Gregory L. Charvat, Matthew Carey, Edward Zhong, Graham Peyton
  • Publication number: 20250216504
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a device may comprise a substrate having signal generation circuitry, a transmitter, a receiver, and interface circuitry each mounted thereon. The transmitter may comprise a transmit semiconductor die having integrated thereon transmit circuitry configured to generate, based on a reference RF signal generated by the signal generation circuitry, first RF signals having an RF center frequency between 300-320 GHz and a transmit antenna array comprising a plurality of RF antennas configured to transmit the first RF signals. The receiver may comprise a receive semiconductor die having integrated thereon a receive antenna array comprising a plurality of RF antennas configured to receive second RF signals having the RF center frequency and receive circuitry configured to generate third RF signals based on the reference RF signal and mix the second RF signals with the third RF signals to obtain fourth RF signals. The interface circuitry may comprise ADC circuitry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2024
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Applicant: TeraDar, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Saiz, Gregory L. Charvat, Matthew Carey, Graham Peyton, Shodhan Kuriyala Shetty, Robert Timothy Clancy
  • Publication number: 20240427008
    Abstract: Described herein are techniques for adapting usage of radar devices to collect data about target objects based on situational awareness data. Techniques described herein may involve selecting a radar operational configuration (e.g., waveform type, and/or transmitter and/or receiver configuration) and/or frame rate. According to various embodiments, situational awareness data may be indicative of at least one characteristic relating to a vehicle, a target object, and/or the vehicle's environment such as velocity data indicative of the velocity of the vehicle, velocity data indicative of the velocity of a target object, data indicative of at least one weather condition associated with the vehicle's environment, data indicative of the type of road in which the vehicle is traveling, data indicative of the level of traffic in the vehicle's surroundings. Techniques described herein may be deployed for use in connection with computer-assisted driving modules (e.g., ADAS and autonomous vehicles).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: TeraDar, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory L. Charvat, Nicholas Saiz, Matthew Carey, Shodhan Kuriyala Shetty, Robert Timothy Clancy, Gunnar Juergens, Sunil Chomal
  • Publication number: 20240427009
    Abstract: Described herein are techniques for adapting usage of radar devices to collect data about target objects based on situational awareness data. Techniques described herein may involve selecting a radar operational configuration (e.g., waveform type, and/or transmitter and/or receiver configuration) and/or frame rate. According to various embodiments, situational awareness data may be indicative of at least one characteristic relating to a vehicle, a target object, and/or the vehicle's environment such as velocity data indicative of the velocity of the vehicle, velocity data indicative of the velocity of a target object, data indicative of at least one weather condition associated with the vehicle's environment, data indicative of the type of road in which the vehicle is traveling, data indicative of the level of traffic in the vehicle's surroundings. Techniques described herein may be deployed for use in connection with computer-assisted driving modules (e.g., ADAS and autonomous vehicles).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: TeraDar, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory L. Charvat, Nicholas Saiz, Matthew Carey, Gunnar Juergens, Sunil Chomal
  • Publication number: 20240402323
    Abstract: An active radio-frequency (RF) sensing technology for determining the relative and/or absolute state (e.g., position, velocity, and/or acceleration) of a target object (e.g., a person, a car, a truck a lamp post, a utility pole, a building) is described. The sensors described herein operate in the Terahertz band (300 GHz to 3 THz). An active RF sensing device comprises a substrate and first and second semiconductor dies mounted on the substrate. The first semiconductor die has an RF transmit antenna array integrated thereon, and the transmit antenna array comprises a first plurality of RF antennas configured to generate an RF signals having frequency content in the 300 GHz-3 THz band. The second semiconductor die has an RF receive antenna array integrated thereon, and the receive antenna array comprises a second plurality of RF antennas configured to receive RF signals having frequency content in the 300 GHz-3 THz band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: TeraDar, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory L. Charvat, Nicholas Saiz, Matthew Carey
  • Patent number: 12105181
    Abstract: An active radio-frequency (RF) sensing technology for determining the relative and/or absolute state (e.g., position, velocity, and/or acceleration) of a target object (e.g., a person, a car, a truck a lamp post, a utility pole, a building) is described. The sensors described herein operate in the Terahertz band (300 GHz to 3 THz). An active RF sensing device comprises a substrate and first and second semiconductor dies mounted on the substrate. The first semiconductor die has an RF transmit antenna array integrated thereon, and the transmit antenna array comprises a first plurality of RF antennas configured to generate an RF signals having frequency content in the 300 GHz-3 THz band. The second semiconductor die has an RF receive antenna array integrated thereon, and the receive antenna array comprises a second plurality of RF antennas configured to receive RF signals having frequency content in the 300 GHz-3 THz band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: TeraDar, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory L. Charvat, Nicholas Saiz, Matthew Carey