Miniaturizing IoT Designs

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o Size Matters

o Manufacturing Advances and SoCs

o The Antenna Question

o External Antennas and Housing

o The Potential of SiP Modules

o Silicon Labs SiP Modules

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Size Matters

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Manufacturing Advances

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Manufacturing Advances

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Manufacturing Advances

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The Antenna Question

It’s Complicated:

How Much Space Should it Take?

What Kind of Antenna Should You Choose?

Should You use a Module with an Antenna Already Integrated?

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The Antenna Question – How Much Space?

Typical Printed PCB Antennas Require

Lots of Space:

• Typically in the 25 mm x 15 mm Range

• Resulting in Large End Devices

• Sensitive to Detuning

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The Antenna Question – What Kind Should I Choose?

Two Types of Chip Antennas:

• Antennas that are not coupled to the GND plane

and will require a relatively large clearance area

(or that is free from the ground, traces, and

components). Examples include monopole and

inverted –F type antennas.

• Antennas that are coupled to the GND plane and

require either a relatively small clearance area

beneath the antenna or don’t require clearance

area at all.

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The Antenna Question – Should I Use a Module?

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External Antennas and Housing Density

Choosing an External Antenna:

• Half of all IoT customers explore the possibility of

using an external antenna.

• Only 10 percent actually end up using one

Why?

• External antennas are not design-friendly

• Significantly increase BOM costs

• No efficiency gain with external antennas

• Only 10 percent actually end up using one

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Tiny module needing small PCB clearance

Includes Blue Gecko SoC and

All required Crystals

RF Passives for Antenna matching network

Built-in high efficiency antenna

RF pin option (for connecting external antenna)

6.5 x 6.5 x 1.4 mm

Small PCB clearance for Antenna

Blue Gecko BGM12x SiP Module Benefits

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The Possibilities of System-in-Package (SiP)

ARM Cortex-M4 Processing Power

200m Range Integrated Antenna

Bluetooth 4.2 Compliant

Passive Components Reduce BOM

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The Possibilities of SiP – Propeller Health

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BGM111

for Long Range Bluetooth

MGM111

for Mesh Networking

BGM113

for Medium Range

Bluetooth

BGM12x SIP Module

for smallest Size

Industrial/M2M

Smart Home

Health and Medical

Beacons

Meter Reading

Smart Home

Bluegiga BLE113 pin

compatible

Miniaturized IoT designs

Wireless Gecko Module Overview

Learn more about the world’s smallest Bluetooth

SiP module.

www.silabs.com

http://bit.ly/SiPmodule