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Renesas Develops Bluetooth Low Energy RF Transceiver Technologies That Simplify Board Design, Reduce Circuit Size and Increase Power Efficiency

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Thursday, February 24, 2022
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Renesas has verified the effectiveness of these technologies on a Bluetooth LE RF transceiver circuit prototype built with a 22-nm CMOS process.

Key Points: 
  • Renesas has verified the effectiveness of these technologies on a Bluetooth LE RF transceiver circuit prototype built with a 22-nm CMOS process.
  • With these new technologies, Renesas reduced the circuit area including the power supply to 0.84 mm2, the worlds smallest for a device of this type.
  • They offer best-in-class power efficiency, with power consumption of 3.6 mW and 4.1 mW during reception and transmission respectively.
  • These advances enable smaller size, reduced board cost, and lower power consumption, while simplifying the board design process.

Renesas Ships 1 Billionth Device From RX Family of 32-bit Microcontrollers

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Thursday, January 20, 2022
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Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced that it has delivered more than one billion microcontrollers from the RX Family of 32-bit MCUs, which incorporate Renesas' proprietary RX CPU core.

Key Points: 
  • Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced that it has delivered more than one billion microcontrollers from the RX Family of 32-bit MCUs, which incorporate Renesas' proprietary RX CPU core.
  • RX MCUs with Renesas' proprietary cores have established a strong position in applications that require power efficiency and true real-time performance.
  • RX MCUs are key products in Winning Combinations that combine numerous products within the Renesas portfolio that work together seamlessly.
  • Going forward, Renesas will continue to expand the RX Family, as well as the Arm based RA Family of 32-bit MCUs, to create a rich ecosystem and broaden the range of choices for customers.

Renesas Introduces Second-Generation of ClockMatrix Family of Network Synchronizers and Jitter Attenuators for Optical and Wireline Networks

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Wednesday, December 15, 2021
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Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today introduced the ClockMatrix 2 high-performance, precision, multi-channel timing devices for 400/800Gbps optical transport and wireline network applications.

Key Points: 
  • Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today introduced the ClockMatrix 2 high-performance, precision, multi-channel timing devices for 400/800Gbps optical transport and wireline network applications.
  • Building on the ClockMatrix devices introduced in 2019 for 5G wireless and 100/200Gbps wireline network applications, the second-generation family delivers improved performance with phase jitter as low as 88fs-rms.
  • The new ClockMatrix 2 family delivers on all fronts, with low jitter, high precision, and a wide range of synchronization features in a highly integrated single-chip solution.
  • The ClockMatrix 2 system synchronizer can be combined with Renesas complementary analog and power offerings to create comprehensive solutions for a variety of applications.

Renesas Develops Write Technologies for Embedded STT-MRAM Significantly Reducing MCUs Power Consumption in IoT Applications

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Tuesday, December 14, 2021
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Combined, these technologies make it possible to reduce the power consumption and increase the speed of write operations.

Key Points: 
  • Combined, these technologies make it possible to reduce the power consumption and increase the speed of write operations.
  • With the accelerated spread of IoT technology in recent years, there has been strong demand for reduced power consumption in microcontroller units (MCUs) used in endpoint devices.
  • However, as demand for data processing capability surges for MCUs, the need to ameliorate the trade off between performance and power consumption increases.
  • Previously, the MRAM write voltage was determined based on the worst bit write characteristics in the memory cell characteristics variation.

Renesas Programmable Smart Gate Driver for BLDC Motor Applications Drives Multiple Configurations; Integrates Analog Power Components to Reduce BOM Cost and Board Space

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Wednesday, December 8, 2021
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Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today introduced the RAA227063 Smart Gate Driver for brushless DC (BLDC) motor applications.

Key Points: 
  • Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today introduced the RAA227063 Smart Gate Driver for brushless DC (BLDC) motor applications.
  • The new device is programmable via an SPI interface, enabling it to support both motors with rotor position sensors and sensorless applications.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211208005375/en/
    In addition to its unique flexibility, the RAA227063 three-phase FET driver is highly integrated.
  • This high level of integration simplifies design, cuts overall BOM cost, and reduces board space requirements by 30 percent or more.

Renesas Enters FPGA Market With the First Ultra-Low-Power, Low-Cost Family Addressing Low-Density, High-Volume Applications

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Wednesday, November 17, 2021
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The ForgeFPGA Family will address the underserved market need for relatively small amounts of programmable logic that can be quickly and efficiently designed into cost-sensitive applications.

Key Points: 
  • The ForgeFPGA Family will address the underserved market need for relatively small amounts of programmable logic that can be quickly and efficiently designed into cost-sensitive applications.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211117005535/en/
    Renesas Unveils Ultra-Low-Power, Low-Cost Forge FPGA Family (Photo: Renesas)
    The ForgeFPGA devices will provide dramatic cost savings versus other alternatives, including non-FPGA designs.
  • Their projected price in volume of well under US$ 0.50, opens up applications that previously couldnt use FPGAs due to cost constraints, including high-volume consumer and IoT applications.
  • The ForgeFPGA Family will serve applications that require less than 5,000 gates of logic, with initial device sizes of 1K and 2K Look Up Tables (LUTs).

Renesas Unveils New Multi-Cell Battery Front End Family for High-Cell Count, High-Voltage Systems

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Thursday, November 11, 2021
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Renesas has designed multiple system architectures using complementary power, analog, and microcontroller offerings to create comprehensive solutions for a variety of applications.

Key Points: 
  • Renesas has designed multiple system architectures using complementary power, analog, and microcontroller offerings to create comprehensive solutions for a variety of applications.
  • This includes a new 20-28 Cell Battery Management System (up to 118V) , providing a complete BMS system.
  • Renesas offers more than 250 Winning Combinations with compatible devices for a wide range of applications and end products.
  • All names of products or services mentioned in this press release are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

Renesas Expands 5G mmWave Beamformer Portfolio With Industry-Leading Transmitter Output Power Capability

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Wednesday, November 10, 2021
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The highly integrated F5288 and F5268 transmitter/receiver (8T8R) chipsets sit on a small 5.1mm x 5.1mm BGA package and feature the industrys highest Tx output power capability in silicon delivering more than 15.5dBm linear output power (note 1) per channel.

Key Points: 
  • The highly integrated F5288 and F5268 transmitter/receiver (8T8R) chipsets sit on a small 5.1mm x 5.1mm BGA package and feature the industrys highest Tx output power capability in silicon delivering more than 15.5dBm linear output power (note 1) per channel.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211110005584/en/
    Third-Generation 5G mmWave Beamformers with Industry-Leading Tx Output Power (Photo: Business Wire)
    The new F5288 and F5268 ICs feature a unique Dynamic Array Power (DAP) technology that enables high-efficiency operation at linear output power levels programmable from 10 dBm up to 16 dBm.
  • This makes the third-generation ICs ideal for use in mobile and fixed wireless applications with a wide range of output power requirements.
  • Renesas third-generation mmWave beamformer ICs address all the beamforming capabilities required by 5G systems while achieving the highest linear RF output power in any silicon technology with high efficiency.

Renesas Announces Development of Next-Generation Wireless MCUs Supporting New Bluetooth® 5.3 Low Energy Specification

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Thursday, October 21, 2021
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Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced that it is developing new microcontrollers (MCUs) that will support the recently released Bluetooth 5.3 Low Energy (LE) Specification.

Key Points: 
  • Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced that it is developing new microcontrollers (MCUs) that will support the recently released Bluetooth 5.3 Low Energy (LE) Specification.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211021005129/en/
    RA MCU Development Supports New Bluetooth 5.3 Low Energy Specification (Graphic: Business Wire)
    The new Bluetooth 5.3 specification was released on July 13, 2021.
  • Renesas has a long history of Bluetooth development and deep expertise in the design of Bluetooth LE devices .
  • Read the blog post Whats New in Bluetooth 5.3 Low Energy for more information about the Bluetooth 5.3 LE specification.

Renesas Launches RX140 MCUs with 2x Performance and Over 30 Percent Better Power Efficiency for Home and Industrial Applications

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Wednesday, September 29, 2021
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This enables the RX140 MCUs to realize high performance and low power consumption in a wide range of products, such as home appliances, industrial and building automation (BA).

Key Points: 
  • This enables the RX140 MCUs to realize high performance and low power consumption in a wide range of products, such as home appliances, industrial and building automation (BA).
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210929005073/en/
    Renesas RX140 MCUs with Improved Performance and Power Efficiency for Home and Industrial Applications (Graphic: Business Wire)
    The RX140 MCUs feature the latest capacitive touch sensing units, offering customers an enhanced user experience (UX) and user interface (UI).
  • The MCUs fulfill the IEC EN61000-4-3 level 4 (radiated) and EN61000-4-6 level 3 (conducted) capacitive touch noise tolerance requirements.
  • As part of Renesas RX capacitive touch MCU lineup, the RX140 MCUs allow customers to develop reliable, high-end capacitive touch systems for applications in a variety of environments.