German electronics company Infineon has launched an integrated 60GHz CMOS radar sensor for low power IoT applications.

The Xensiv BGT60CUTR13AIP aims to become a key sensor for physical AI to increase the intelligence of smart home and IoT devices. The radar sensor is supported by Infineon hardware and software, third-party modules, and transferable FCC certification to speed time to market.

The radar family includes on-chip processing powered by a hardware accelerator providing flexibility to access either raw or pre-processed data. By handling radar processing on-chip, it offloads the host processor and supports a more efficient system architecture enabling smaller form factors and cost-efficiency. Thanks to an integrated bootloader, it can run fully autonomous low power presence detection to wake-up the host, only if required.

“We are excited to introduce our next-generation Xensiv 60GHz CMOS sensor,” said Andreas Kopetz, vice president at Infineon. “It is optimised for ultra-low power presence detection and will become a key sensor for physical AI increasing the intelligence of smart home and IoT devices. Together with our software libraries and development framework and an FCC certified reference design, customers and partners can integrate innovative radar functionality and develop new end products with a faster time to market.”

With up to 7GHz bandwidth and 11dBm output power, it achieves the resolution to detect both moving and static targets at a range up to 20m. The antenna-in-package (AIP) design features one transmit and three receive channels to enable up to 150˚ field of view covering azimuth and elevation dimensions. Thus, the radar sensor helps physical AI applications become more intelligent and allow for more natural and intuitive interactions with users, targeting applications such as security cameras, smart thermostats, smart TVs and HVAC. 

Together with the integrated on-chip processing and improved radar performance, the sensor increases energy efficiency and extends the battery life in smart IoT devices by enabling robust, low power presence detection. This makes it suitable for battery-powered smart home and smart building applications that interact with the user upon presence detection, such as video doorbells, smart displays and smart speakers. Dedicated software stacks support features including people tracking, gesture sensing, activity monitoring and vital signs sensing so smart IoT devices can respond more naturally to their surroundings while protecting user privacy.

The product (www.infineon.com/part/BGT60CUTR13AIP) is sampling now with commercial availability in early 2026. Infineon (www.infineon.com) provides a complete demo kit to evaluate the performance of the hardware and the available software. Additional software tools, drivers, reference designs and the FCC certified radar module support fast integration and bring up of the radar sensor.