STMicroelectronics Hails Success of Advanced Single-Chip Integration in New Wireless Modules from SenseAnywhere

STMicroelectronics has announced that SenseAnywhere, a leader in tags and modules for wireless sensing and location, has qualified the world’s first wireless devices incorporating ST’s new single-chip balun, which integrates essential circuitry for radio systems in a footprint of only 2.1mm2.

The SenseAnywhere AiroSensor and AssetSensor active RFID modules combine advanced RF transceiver technology with a low-power processor, low-voltage EEPROM, and miniature temperature, humidity, and ultra-efficient motion sensors to enhance performance and save cost in Internet of Things (IoT) applications such as environmental monitoring, cold-chain compliance, theft protection, and asset tracking.

“The cooperation with ST made it possible to realize significant improvements in the output performance, sensitivity and impedance matching of our RF modules and sensors, as well as minimizing unwanted harmonics,” said Tom Heijnen, founder and managing director of SenseAnywhere. “At the same time, we have seriously reduced overall application size as well as savings in bill-of-materials costs and reduced assembly and test costs.”

“The advanced single-chip integration of our new balun family helps customers overcome significant RF-system design challenges to deliver higher-performing products while reducing cost and time to market,” said Richard Renard, senior product marketing engineer, STMicroelectronics. “SenseAnywhere’s AiroSensor and AssetSensor using the ST balun are genuinely advanced products that offer unique benefits to integrators of sensing and location systems.”

Beyond the new balun, ST contributed its compact, flexible, and lowest-power LIS2DH accelerometer and low-power EEPROMs to the SenseAnywhere IoT modules, ensuring long-lasting and accurate performance.

SenseAnywhere develops and markets wireless transceiver modules, sensor-enabled active RFID tags, wireless sensors and data loggers that easily connect to any application through the Internet.

The company’s technology and devices enable customers to realize real-time location systems using Active RFIDs, sensor-enabled active RFIDs and wireless data loggers for amongst others motion, temperature and humidity.