System and Architecture Design for NB-IoT SoC - Advanced RF transceiver architecture design - Digital baseband architecture and algorithms design - SoC system, architecture and modules specification definition - SoC system and architecture design for high performance, low power and low cost - Control and interface definition Modules IP for NB-IoT SoC - Initial version of modules IP design in schematic, RTL, netlist, layout, GDSII and simulation results - Initial version modules including RF receiver, RF transmitter, frequency synthesizer, digital baseband, power management unit, control and interface logic, analog peripherals, digital peripherals and etc. - Refined modules IP design in circuit schematic, RTL, netlist, layout, GDSII and simulation results - Refined modules including RF receiver, RF transmitter, frequency synthesizer, digital baseband, power management unit, control and interface logic, analog peripherals, digital peripherals and etc. Engineering Samples of NB-IoT SoC - Initial version of engineering chip samples of NB-IoT SoC with test modules - Refined version of engineering chip samples of NB-IoT SoC with the typical performance targets as follows: 1) Supported Standard: NB-IoT standard in 3GPP Release 13 2) Modulation scheme: BPSK, QPSK 3) Frequency bands: 699-960MHz and 1710-2220MHz 4) System bandwidth: 200KHz 5) Receiver sensitivity: -109dBm 6) Receiver maximum input signal: -25dBm 7) Receiver gain control range: 85dB 8) Receiver gain step: 1dB 9) Maximum transmit power: 20dBm 10) Minimum transmit power: -40dBm 11) Transmitter gain control range: 60dB 12) Transmitter gain control step: 1dB for high output power and 6dB for low output 13) Error vector magnitude (EVM): 8% 14) Duplex mode: half duplex 15) Receiver chain number: 1 16) Transmitter chain number: 1 17) Control interface: SPI 18) Temperature: 25 ºC (Notes: BPSK: Binary Phase Shift Keying; QPSK: Quadrature Phase Shift Keying) Reference and Evaluation Board Design - Reference and evaluation board design for NB-IoT SoC in terms of schematic, layout, materials and substrate
北京松果电子有限公司
CEVA, Inc.
东南大学
根据Machina Research预测，到2024年將有大约50亿应用於物联网的装置通过蜂窝网络无线连接。鉴於物联网市场的巨大潜力，3GPP於2016年6月在Release 13中发布了窄带物联网(NB-IoT)规范。作为 Release 13的一部分，NB-IoT是一个全球性规范，它是3GPP专门针对物联网应用在低功耗、低成本、广覆盖和大容量等几个方面做了全面优化。NB-IoT是一种能够满足物联网要求的非常有前途的低功耗广域通信技术。 在这个项目中，我们將为终端和传感器节点开发支持NB-IoT规范的系统芯片(SoC)。这个系统芯片包括嵌入式DSP核、射频收发机、数字基带和其它的集成外设。系统芯片IP可以被授权给工业界以便其及时地抓住潜力巨大的物联网市场。我们將开发多种创新技术，包括低中频射频接收机、极坐標发射机、集成CMOS功率放大器（PA）、片上降压/升压DC-DC转换器，高性能同步器和高性能调制解调器等等。 这个项目將非常有助於香港在物联网领域建立並发挥技术领先的作用，帮助本地的晶片设计公司、物联网解决方案公司、OEM和ODM的製造商创造竞爭优势。