Toshiba Starts Sample Shipments Of Low Power Consumption ICs

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Toshiba Starts Sample Shipments of Low Power Consumption ICs – Feb 25, 2014– Tokyo, Japan (Techreleased) – Toshiba Corporation today announced the launch of “TC35667FTG”, a low power Bluetooth IC that supports Bluetooth^® Low Energy (LE)^[1] communications. Sample shipments start today.

Toshiba TC35667FTG

Recently, the number of Bluetooth^® Smart^[2] devices offering Bluetooth^® LE compatibility is growing. The new IC adopts an original low-power circuit design and integrates a highly efficient DC-DC converter, reducing peak current consumption to below 6mA and deep sleep current consumption to below 100nA. It promotes long life for small coin cell batteries and will facilitate adoption of Bluetooth^® LE communications for small devices, such as wearable healthcare devices, sensors and toys.

The IC also integrates an ARM^® processor, enabling download and execution of customer programs stored in EEPROM. It supports customization of applications, eliminating need for any external microcontroller.

Toshiba will expand the device line-up to include in automotive applications, supporting a wide range of Bluetooth^® Smart devices.

Key Features

Low power consumption:

• Less than 6mA at peak consumption (@3.3V, -4dBm Transmitter output power or Receiver operation)
• Less than 100nA in deep sleep (@3.3V)

Receiver sensitivity: -91dBm

Supports Bluetooth^® LE central and peripheral devices

Supports servers and client functions defined by GATT (Generic Attribute Profile)

Applications

Bluetooth^® Smart devices, such as wearable devices, healthcare devices, smart phone accessories, remote controllers, and toys.

Main Specifications