Shenzhen Big Microelectronics Launches FiRa Licensed UWB SoC GT1000

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Shenzhen Big Microelectronics Firm Restricted (GiantSemi) has launched an ultra-wideband (UWB) system-on-chip (SoC) GT1000. The chip efficiently handed FiRa^TM Consortium conformance testing, attaining FiRa Licensed^TM standing in June 2022. The FiRa certification features a Bodily Layer (PHY) conformance take a look at, Media Entry Management (MAC) conformance take a look at, and an interoperability take a look at. GiantSemi is among the many world’s first IC corporations to go FiRa certification.  The GT1000 chip has been in mass manufacturing since Could 2022 and can begin quantity shipments in September 2022.

The GT1000 is a fully-integrated UWB SoC together with RF, analog, baseband, protocol and embedded MCU. Its essential options are as follows:

• Compliant with the newest IEEE802.15.4, IEEE802.15.4z and FiRa requirements
• One transmitter and three receivers (1T3R) in single chip, supporting 3D AoA (Angle-of- Arrival) and 2D AoA
• 0 ~ 9.0GHz frequency vary
• Knowledge charges from 31.2Mbps, 27.2Mbps, 7.8Mbps, 6.8Mbps to 850Kbps
• Embedded MCU with clock as much as 124.8MHz, wealthy on-chip SRAM and NVM assets
• Built-in protocol and software program, no have to run protocol or software program on exterior processor
• Varied interface together with SPI, I2C, UART, GPIO
• Supporting single-sided and double-sided two-way ranging (TWR), AoA measurement and time distinction of arrival (TDoA)
• Receiver sensitivity: -94dBm@6.8Mbps, -103dBm@850Kbps
• Ranging accuracy ±6 cm, AoA accuracy ±3°

The GT1000 achieves extraordinarily low energy consumption. Peak energy consumption of the receiver is 71mW, peak energy consumption of the transmitter is 37mW, and deep sleep mode present is 0.8uA. In contrast with present UWB options out there, the facility consumption of GT1000 has been considerably lowered, which may be very useful to battery-powered UWB finish merchandise. Because the most information fee of UWB is round 16 instances of Bluetooth^® Low Vitality, the facility consumption of the GT1000 is already at the same and even decrease degree than Bluetooth^® LE by way of energy consumption per Mbps.

The GT1000 adopts a one transmitter and three receiver (1T3R) structure which is good for low-cost 3D AoA implementations. Present UWB options out there could require two UWB chips or advanced RF front-end parts (corresponding to RF switches) to realize 3D AoA. The GT1000 can assist 3D AoA in a single chip and its RF front-end scheme may be very easy; due to this fact, the BOM price is considerably lowered.

UWB expertise supplies a safe, correct, quick, and energy-efficient ranging and positioning functionality. This ranging and positioning functionality don’t depend upon any infrastructure, and it may be used open air and indoors. On the similar time, UWB additionally supplies wi-fi connectivity with a configurable information fee. UWB is taking part in an more and more essential function in software situations corresponding to cellphones, wearables, sensible properties, tags, trackers, digital keys, entry management, cost, industrial and industrial indoor positioning, and sensible cities. UWB brings comfort, consolation and effectivity for private life, industrial and industrial actions world wide.

To substantiate GT1000 certification from FiRa Consortium, please discuss with the FiRa Consortium web site:  https://www.firacnsortium.org/certifications/certified-devices.

For gross sales or enterprise collaboration with GiantSemi, please contact us as follows:

Gross sales: gross sales@giantsemi.com

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About Shenzhen Big Microelectronics

Shenzhen Big Microelectronics Firm Restricted is a high-tech fabless IC design home that designs revolutionary ranging, positioning and wi-fi connectivity chips and supplies system options. The Firm has R&D places of work in Shenzhen and Hong Kong. The Firm has wonderful expertise and experience in wi-fi algorithm, baseband, protocol, RF transceiver and SoC design and owns a lot of UWB patents. The Firm’s main enterprise actions are to develop and promote a sequence of UWB chips and chiplets for ranging, positioning and brief vary connectivity markets. The Firm is a member of FiRa Consortium and Automotive Connectivity Consortium (CCC).

About FiRa Consortium

The FiRa Consortium is a member-driven group devoted to reworking the best way we work together with the environment by enabling exact location consciousness for folks and units utilizing the secured tremendous ranging and positioning capabilities of Extremely-Wideband (UWB) expertise. FiRa does this by driving the event of technical specs and certification, advocating for efficient rules and by defining a broad set of use circumstances for UWB. To be taught extra about UWB and the FiRa Consortium, go to www.firaconsortium.org.

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