Belgian imec and Japanese Renesas Electronics will jointly develop ultra-low power (ULP) wireless technology for short-range communication at the Holst Centre in the Netherlands. This wireless technology is mainly used in automotive and industrial sensor networks in smart cities.
After this cooperation with imec, Renesas will participate in the development of wireless communication technologies that correspond to multiple communication standards on portable devices powered by small batteries and environmental power generation. By combining the self-developed architecture, ULP design IP and low power consumption circuit, imec's ULP wireless communication technology can obtain low power consumption that is only 1/3 to 1/10 of the existing wireless communication technology. In addition, the wireless communication technology complies with wireless communication standards such as Bluetooth Low Energy (2.4 GHz band) and ZigBee (2.4 GHz band).
The release also introduced the comments made by Holst Center and Renesas. "By accumulating design experience, the research on ULP wireless communication system will bring great value to the company's partners" (Harmke de Groot, Director of ULP Wireless Communication Technology Program of Holst Center) "We and Renesas have conducted joint development in the field of environmental communications for 5 years. We look forward to contributing to the realization of the mass market IoT (Internet of Things) and developing a more powerful ULP solution" (Harmke de Groot).
The comments of the director of Renesas ’core technology business management department, analog core development, second director Yagi Hagi, are as follows. "Ultra-low-power wireless communication technology is required for various uses of sensor networks in smart cities. Therefore, we must develop the best RF architecture and circuit design technology according to the use. I am very pleased to be able to join the research of new ultra-low Imec's ULP project of power consumption technology. In the future, in order to realize a smart city, we will continue to provide solutions and equip MCUs that Renesas is good at with jointly developed ultra-low power wireless communication technology "(Yaha Takaichi)
The Holst Center for joint research was created in 2005 by the imec and the Dutch independent research and development agency TNO with the support of the Dutch Ministry of Economy and the Flanders Government. This is an independent open innovation R & D center dedicated to wireless automatic converter solutions and SiF (Systems-in-Foil). The main feature of the Holst Center is to integrate scientific strategy with industry needs by co-development and cooperation with industry and universities.
The Holst Center is located in the High Tech Campus Eindhoven in the Netherlands. It has more than 180 researchers from about 28 countries and has obtained assistance from more than 45 corporate partners. After the Renesas researchers joined the imec research team at the Holst Center, Renesas will obtain long-term research results in the field of wireless technology for ultra-low power short-range communication.
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