Description du projet
Une puce à faible consommation d’énergie pour booster l’IdO
Avec une valeur marchande d’au moins 1 billion d’euros d’ici 2020, selon les estimations de la Commission européenne, l’Internet des objets (IdO), qui relie les appareils et autres objets aux personnes à distance, est l’avenir de la numérisation. L’IdO doit recourir aux systèmes mondiaux de navigation par satellite pour connecter près de 27 milliards d’appareils, pour cela il importe que les capteurs utilisés soient portables, que leurs batteries présentent une longue durée de vie et qu’ils n’aient besoin que d’une très faible puissance. Le projet QLX300 a mis au point le système sur puce le plus économe en énergie du monde. Il fonctionne avec une batterie rechargeable de 1 V de la taille d’une pièce de monnaie et ses capteurs n’ont besoin que d’un dixième de l’énergie actuellement nécessaire, ce qui devrait permettre de tirer parti de tout le potentiel de l’IdO, en Europe et au-delà.
Objectif
An increasing amount of IoT devices need to be tracked. All these applications rely on the Global Navigation Satellite Systems. GNSS is a system that uses satellites to provide autonomous geo-spatial positioning. Today, almost 27 billion connected devices are connected globally within the IoT. By 2025, this will multiply to over 75 billion.
Qualinx has invented QLX300, the world’s most power efficient GNSS system-on-chip (SoC). QLX300 utilizes its patented discrete- time/digital RF (DRF) technology. This allows it to deliver the most power efficient GNSS solution while operating from a 1V rechargeable coin-size battery. It has the smallest form factor of less than 4 mm squared, and it offers the lowest BOM cost. It is implemented in Global Foundries’ cutting-edge 22nm FDX process, and it has an off-leakage current of less than 1uA while operating up to 105 degrees Celsius. With this capability, the solution is addressing the need for radio solutions with long battery life, driven by the portable IoT, wearable, and mobile applications in volume production. Qualinx DRF technology suits well for Bluetooth, ZigBee, Thread, GNSS, and other IoT standards demanding an ultra-low-power consumption. The serviceable available market is estimated to be 210 million units.
For Europe, the IoT represents the next step towards the digitization of society and the economy, where objects and people are interconnected through communication networks and report about their status and/or the surrounding environment. In fact, the European Commission estimates the market value of the IoT in the EU to exceed €1 trillion in 2020. The IoT merges physical and virtual worlds, creating smart environments. The European Commission actively cooperates with industry, organizations and academic institutions in order to unleash the potential of the IoT technology across EU Member States and beyond . The adoption of QLX300 can help Europe run its IoT sensors on a 10th of the power currently needed.
Champ scientifique
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesinternetinternet of things
- social sciencessocial geographytransportnavigation systemssatellite navigation systemglobal navigation satellite system
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringsatellite technology
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsradio technologybluetooth
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsradio technologyWiFi
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L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention.