DECAWAVE SCENSOR
REVOLUTIONARY PRECISION
ULTRA LOW POWER, VERY LOW COST
THE FUTURE OF RTLS AND SENSOR NETWORKS

DecaWave is a pioneering fabless semiconductor company who’s flagship product ScenSor is a complete, single chip CMOS ultra-wideband IC based on the IEEE 802.15.4a standard*, and building a family of parts working at rates 110kbps, 850kbps, 6.8Mbps, and 27Mbps.
The resulting silicon has a wide range of standards-based applications for both Real Time Location Systems (RTLS) and Ultra Low Power Wireless Transceivers in areas as diverse as manufacturing, healthcare, lighting, security, transport, inventory & supply chain management.

*802.15.4a is the alternate PHY for the 802.15.4 standard. It adds location awareness, low power and higher data rates to the standard which is the PHY and MAC specification for Zigbee devices.


Recent News
March 27th 2009: ScenSor low energy radio chips for use in wireless sensors
“DecaWave has signed a deal with US company MicroStrain that will see DecaWave’s chips built into sensors…” Irish Times [more]

October 1st 2008: DecaWave Enables New RTLS Levels of Accuracy and Density with 'ScenSor'
“…11,000 assets can be located in a radius of 20 meters and to a precision of 10 cm…” RFID Product News [more]

Real Time Location Systems
ScenSor offers unique accuracy and capability to the RTLS market.
Greater precision: Up to 11,000 assets can be located in a radius of 20m and to a precision of 10cm;
Greater operating distance: Over a range of 70m LOS and 25 NLOS. Extended range beyond 500m;
Dramatically reduced power consumption: operates off a single watch battery for up to 10 years or using energy harvesting.
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Ultra Low Power Wireless Transceiver
ScenSor offers an ultra-low complexity coherent receiver, giving the benefits of superior range at ultra-low power and ultra-low cost

  • Transmit Power:
    -14dBm or
    -10dBm
  • Transmit Power Density:
    <-41.3dBm/MHz
  • Ultra Low Power Consumption
  • 2mA Transmit mode
  • 20mA Receive mode
  • 1uA watchdog timer mode
  • 100nA sleep mode [more]