Small SiP integrates IoT connectivity on a single ultra-low power IC

Alpha Micro is offering the ON Semiconductor AX-SIP-SFEU, a Sigfox-certified programmable RF transceiver SiP, claimed to be the smallest in the world. The device integrates critical IoT connectivity functions into a single, tiny, ultra-low-power IC package. Features within the package include an advanced RF SoC with complete supporting circuitry including TCXO. Sigfox is a proprietary low data rate, LPWAN wireless communications technology that is ideal for applications that require extremely long range and good penetration of dense structures. Sigfox is based on ultra-narrowband technology that uses ISM radio frequency ranges. "This great little single AX-SIP-SFEU IC works just like a traditional LPWAN module, but it offers numerous advantages over modules," said Tim Bonnett, director at Alpha Micro Components. "To put it simply: it's much smaller, much more power efficient, much faster and easier to develop with."