RFicient® Ultra-Low Power Wake-Up Receiver IC

RFicient® technology is developed by Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS and is the solution for all wireless applications that are designed to provide an operating life of several years with a minimal amount of maintenance.

The ultra-low-power receiver technology RFicient® continuously monitors a radio channel while providing a very low power consumption in the order of microwatts and reaction times in the range of milliseconds. This enables around-the-clock operation of wireless applications and increases their operating life significantly - up to ten years without battery replacement or even fully autonomous operation via energy harvesting.

The RFicient® Wake-Up receiver is a tri-band receiver for simultaneous reception of OOK modulated signals in the SRD frequency bands 433 MHz, 868 MHz or 915 MHz and 2.4 GHz.

IP level Block Diagram

Key features :

• Continuous monitoring of the wireless channel
• Tri-band WakeUp and Data:  433 MHz, 868/ 915 MHz, 2.4 GHz
• Supply current: < 3 µA @ 30ms reaction time
• Sensitivity: -80 dBm
• Selective WakeUp with 16 Bit ID
• Operation with microcontroller in deep sleep

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