Flexible architecture to add Bluetooth 5 and 802.15.4 to your next SoC Prithi Ramakrishnan Senior Manager Product Marketing, Wireless Business Unit, ARM ARM Tech Symposia India December 7 th 2016
Faster route to secure IoT from chip to cloud The most comprehensive suite of technologies to accelerate IoT deployment at scale Simplifying design of secure SoCs Cloud SaaS to manage IoT devices End-to-end security Rapidly develop, deploy and manage secure connected devices 2
Bluetooth low energy and 802.15.4 The IoT s go-to ultra low power radio standards + + 3 2013 144 million 2015 444 million * Source IHS 2020 > 1.8 Billion
2016 changes in wireless standards will generate demand ARM Cordio is ready 4
Bluetooth 5 Simplified name, powerful functionality Key updates include: 4x range 2x speed 8x broadcast messaging capacity 2016 Bluetooth SIG 5
802.15.4: Proven standard for the home Established standard for IoT used in consumer and commercial applications 802.15.4 is the platform for BOTH ZigBee 3.0 and Thread Solutions that support both standards are in the market today 6
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Cordio: Complete and qualified wireless solutions Easiest path to leading ultra-low-power wireless connectivity Complete solution from RF to software Energy efficient Sub one volt radio Flexible and configurable RF, standards, software stacks 8
Cordio: Design flexibility is yours Bluetooth 5 and/or 802.15.4 Select your fab Select your features/standards Match your stack(s) 802.15.4 9
Technical Details 10
Cordio IP products Complete ARM radio IP solution ARM Cordio radio front-end Support for Bluetooth 5 and/or 802.15.4 Flexible architecture Choice of radio standards with software Interface to non-arm radio front-ends 3 rd party 2.4 GHz Mixed Signal Radio Front End (RFE) 11
Flexible Cordio architecture: Standards RTL Architecture features RF interface -- Enables quicker moves to geometries/foundries and 3 rd party RF integration Configurable modems/protocol processing logic Link layer controller and firmware Implementation highlights RTL for modem, link layer and protocol processing logic Narrow digital RF front end interface Link layer firmware available as source code Designed as an AMBA peripheral Qualified and certified design 12
Cordio radio IP: Full solution from RF to stack Complete radio IP solution: ARM Cordio radio front-ends Radio front ends are process and foundry specific TSMC 55 LP/ULP, TSMC 40 LP/ULP, and UMC 55 ULP Delivered as a hard-macro 13 ARM Cordio link layer controller RTL ARM Cordio-B50 : Bluetooth 5 ARM Cordio-E154: 802.15.4 ARM Cordio-C50: Bluetooth 5 + 802.15.4 ARM Cordio Bluetooth link/stack/profiles and Thread stacks ARM Cordio radio IP PPA Perf./Sensitivity (BLE/15.4)(dBm) Power Active (RX/TX)(mW)* TSMC 55 LP/ULP TSMC 40 LP/ULP UMC 55 ULP -95/101 6.7/7.2 Power Sleep (nw)* ~ 500 Area**(mm 2 ) < 1.9 * Power consumption numbers at 1V, preliminary estimates ** RF transceiver only, digital area will depend on the configuration
Cordio standards IP: Modem and Link in RTL Choice in standards support Bluetooth 5 only OR 802.15.4 only Both - Simultaneous operation, dynamic switching between two WPANs 3 rd party 14 Bluetooth 5 features 2 Mbps support Coded PHY for longer range 125 Kbps and 500 Kbps support Advertising extensions LE channel selection 802.15.4. features IEEE 802.15.4-2006 version of the MAC and PHY 2.4 GHz O-QPSK physical layer Certified as a ZigBee Compliant Platform Support for certified 3 rd party ZigBee 3.0 stacks Thread support ARM and 3 rd party stacks 2.4 GHz Mixed Signal Radio Front End (RFE) PPA TSMC 55LP/ULP TSMC 40LP/ULP Performance/sensitivity (BT/15.4) (dbm) Power Active (RX/TX)(mW)* -95/101-95/101 < 1 < 1 Power Sleep (nw)* ~200 ~200 Area **(mm 2 ) < 0.4/0.35 < 0.16 * Power consumption numbers at 1V, preliminary estimates ** Digital gates only, memory requirements would be additional.
Two radio standards Time-multiplexed radio operations controlled by software Applications can operate in two radio standards simultaneously Bluetooth Bluetooth Time More sophisticated than compiletime or boot-time radio standard selection 802.15.4 802.15.4 15
Growing Cordio ecosystem RF Front End Stacks Foundries Alliances 55nm, 40nm 55nm 16
It takes more than the radio to be low-power 17
Low power, beyond the radio Sub 1V radio Sub 1V SoC 18
Low-voltage ARM Cordio frees you to think differently Multiple connectivity options Farther Faster Energy harvesting Think thin Think disposable Think unattended 19
Simplifying IoT connectivity Complete solution from RF to stack Low power, flexible, design-ready Bluetooth 5 or 802.15.4: use one or both 20
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