Bluetooth 5 IP is Ready for SoC Integration

By SemiWiki

August 28, 2017

Bluetooth®, WiFi, LTE, and 5G technologies enable wireless connectivity for a range of applications. While each offer unique features and advantages, designers need now to decide which protocol to integrate in a single chip after having test the market by using wireless off-chip solutions. Bluetooth 5 builds upon the success of Bluetooth-enabled audio, wearable, and other small portable devices. Bluetooth 5 expands into smart home applications, extends beacon capabilities, and opens the door to many other new and feature-rich applications requiring wireless technology. The adoption of Bluetooth by the mobile phone has positioned it as a leading candidate to solve interoperability hurdles and the use of Bluetooth has grown beyond traditional applications and into audio, wearable, and other small portable device and toy applications. The benefits of wireless integration into a single SoC for Internet of Things (IoT) applications in term of power, performance and cost is becoming evident, especially as designs move to more aggressive process nodes like 55nm and 40nm.

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