Bluetooth Low Energy 6.0 Scalable RF IP

Overview

The SB1001 Scalable RF Transceiver IP is designed to maximise performance per μW across the full range of BLE applications, enabling receiver power consumption as low as 3mW for medical devices, whilst delivering up to +10dBm transmit power when needed for industrial applications. It is optimised for applications such as BLE, 802.15.4 (Zigbee, Matter) and proprietary standards operating at 2.4GHz.

By focussing on performance per μW, the SB1001-RF22 will enable any SoC to dominate its market on these metrics. In turn, fabless semiconductor companies need only support one BLE subsystem platform, massively reducing their associated R&D costs.

SB1001-RF22 works best with a single variable voltage, as it includes built-in LDO’s to simplify its integration with third-party basebands. SiliconBlu can support customers with both Controller and Modem BLE 6.0 IP when needed.

Key Features

  • Single RFIP to enable class-leading Performance per μW across multiple applications
  • Single-ended RF pin to reduce eBOM, no external filtering components required
  • Polar modulation, compatible with multiple standards including BLE and 802.15.4
  • Excellent receiver linearity – necessary for high performance wireless sensing networks
  • Programmable Noise Figure –enables trading Receiver performance against lower power consumption
  • Transmitter output is programmable from -20dBm to +0dBm in 1dB steps, and 0.5dB steps above +0dBm
  • Operation to specification from -20°C to +105°C, with full functionality maintained from -40°C to +125°C
  • Noise Figure < 4.5dB (1Mbps), no external filter on the receiver1, enables receiver sensitivity of -101dBm2
  • Single voltage supply: 1.05V to 2.0V: Tx power +6dBm at 1.05V. Tx > +6dBm at VIN > 1.05V
  • Integrated PA with Tx to +8.5dBm for QFN, and +10dBm for BGA
  • Supports BLE 6.0: Isochronous Channels, PAwR, Direction Finding, BLE Mesh and Channel Sounding
  • Supports 802.15.4, Matter, Thread, Zigbee
  • TX current (from 3.0V)3: 3.1mA at +0dBm, 5.9mA at +5.5dBm, 10.5mA at +8.5dBm
  • RX current1 (from 3.0V)3: 2.3mA at -101dBm, 1.5mA at -93dBm

Technical Specifications

Short description
Bluetooth Low Energy 6.0 Scalable RF IP
Vendor
Vendor Name
TSMC
Pre-Silicon: 22nm
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Semiconductor IP