New Mobility World
Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung
Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1
60327 Frankfurt am Main
The IAA offers more than just looking at and sitting in new cars. Numerous brand new models from various makers will be available for test drives including freeway driving and Frankfurt’s inner city. An expert will be present during each test drive to answer questions and give advice. The challenging off-road circuit will set visitors’ pulses racing as experienced professionals drive them over extreme inclines, lumps and bumps, and pot holes in off-road vehicles and SUVs.
And at the many special shows of course everything centers on cars: “The Wild 70s” exhibition takes a journey through history and presents numerous classic cars. The popular model car collectors’ fair “Automania” on the first IAA weekend invites visitors into the fascinating world of miniature vehicles. It is regarded by enthusiasts and collectors of classic model cars throughout Europe as the number one fair of its kind. There will also be plenty to entertain the youngest visitors – including the children’s movie theater, a play area, and gripping competitions on the large serpentine Carrera model race track – so the IAA’s wide range of events provides lots of interest and fun for children and teenagers.
The Fraunhofer FHR presents the following 5 highlights at the joint booth of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft in hall 4.1 booth C12.
We look forward to your visit.
Communication, data transmission, navigation or radio related systems will widely be installed in passenger cars or commercial vehicles, where suitable antennas have to ensure the functionality of these systems. Scientists from the Fraunhofer Institute of High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques FHR have been providing support for the automotive industry for many years and have been involved in the development and integration of antennas for next generation automobile radar systems for the 24 GHz as well as 77 GHz frequency bands. Antennas for radio keys, toll systems and satellite navigation are further examples for industrial research and development projects
With the simulation tool GOPOSim a software solution for the fast, electromagnetic simulation of time-dynamic processes is being developed at Fraunhofer FHR. The tool makes it possible to test the functionalities of an automotive radar sensor with synthesized radar data without time-consuming test drives.
With the increased use of radar sensors in vehicles and their integration into these platforms, manufacturers of base materials and plastic parts are faced with the challenge of characterizing and optimizing these materials and parts with respect to their electromagnetic properties. Fraunhofer FHR supports its customers thanks to its extensive know-how in the area of experimental and metrological material characterization along with its knowledge of the electromagnetic and physical wave propagation behavior in inhomogeneous dielectric materials.
Circuit technology for millimeter wave radars has made great progress in recent years. Basic functions such as mixing, filtering and modulation can be controlled by software modules and are no longer strongly dependent on hardware. This clears the path for compact, low-cost multi-channel radar systems that are extremely versatile and highly reconfigurable and favors the design of new adaptive sensing and processing algorithms capable of learning from experience. Enhanced environmental perception achievable by software-defined cognitive automotive radars can revolutionize modern ADAS.
ATRIUM (automotive test environment for radar in-the-loop testing and measurements) is a radar target simulator in the E-band currently being developed by Fraunhofer FHR to facilitate the extensive control of the functionality of the next generation of automotive radar sensors. In contrast to conventional radar target simulators, ATRIUM will be able to test a radar with synthetically generated, complex traffic scenarios in a most realistic way.
Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques FHR