AXSEMThe wireless company!

01/2009

Agenda

Company overview

Product overview

Design tools

Design services

Road map

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Company Overview

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AXSEM Introduction

We are…A fab-less semiconductor manufacturer with in-house test facilityFully privately owned, not VC based, founded in 2000 Production of ~5 M IC in 2007Production in 2008 about 8 M ICPeak capacity ~1.6m/month (Status July/08)

What do we do?We develop, produce and market: high performance, low cost RF ICsFocused on high volume markets

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Organisation

Board of DirectorsDr. Thomas WolffMonika Brogle

Chief Executive OfficerDr. T. Wolff

Chief Technology OfficerM. Brogle

Chief System ArchitectDr. T. Sailer

Chief Sales OfficerS.Christian

Chief Operations OfficerGeorg Farkas

Project Design TeamsProject Design Teams

Analog Design TeamAnalog Design Team Digital Design TeamDigital Design Team

System Design TeamSystem Design Team

SW Design TeamSW Design Team

Support TeamSupport Team

Distribution Mgmt.Distribution Mgmt.

Sales TeamSales Team

Production Mgmt.Production Mgmt.

Quality Mgmt.Quality Mgmt.

Test ManagerTest Manager

Engineering team: ~20Sales&FAE including Reps&Disties working for AXSEM: ~50Offices in Zürich and Hong Kong by end of 2008

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AXSEM market success

By region

2006 2007 2008

Americas 90% 1% 1%

EMEA 10% 5% 10

AP 0% 94% 89%

• 2006 decision to change from service provider to IC

• Asia was much faster designing ourRF

• Europe and US picking up

5%1%90%Automotive

5%1%10%Industrial

90%98%0%Consumer

200820072006

By market • One of the market leaders in home automation

• Meter-reding second strongest market for AXSEM

• Automotive (RKE/security) coming TWN and ZA

• ASIC business was mainly automotive and industrial

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Quality

AXSEM: ISO9001:2000

AXSEM works with strong partners:

IC Production: ISO9001, TS16949 and TL9000

Packaging: ISO9001, ISO/TS16949

TestingIn house test floor: ISO9001Testing partner: ISO9001, TS16949

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AXProducts

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Product Overview

Product Features

AX5042 Narrow-band ISM transceiver 400-470 MHz and 800-940 MHz1-50 kbps

AX5051 General purpose ISM transceiver 400-470 MHz and 800-940 MHz50 kbps – 600 kbps

AX50424 Narrow-band ISM receiver400-470 MHz and 800-940 MHz1-600 kbpsPlus 4-FSK (North American paging)

AX5031 Narrow-band ISM transmitter400-470 MHz and 800-940 MHz1-600 kbps

AX6042 Narrow-band ISM transceiver 2400-2500 MHz1-600 kbps

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Transceiver comparisonAX5051 AX5042 AX6042 AX5031 AX50424

General

Main purposeGeneral purpose transceiver

> 30 kbpsNarrow band transceiver <30

kbpsNarrow band transceiver <40

kbpsGeneral purpose transmitter Paging receiver / general

purpose receiverFrequency 400-465 & 800-930 MHz 400-465 & 800-930 MHz 2400-2500 MHz 400-465 & 800-930 MHz 400-465 & 800-930 MHzSupply 2.2-3.6 V 2.3 - 2.8V 2.3 - 2.8V 2.2-3.6 V 2.2-3.6 VError correction Soft Viterbi Soft ViterbiFraming HDLC, 868 MHz ZigBee,

wire mode, raw modeHDLC, 868 MHz ZigBee, wire

mode, raw modeHDLC, 868 MHz ZigBee, wire

mode, raw modeHDLC, wire mode, raw mode wire mode, raw mode

AX register set Yes Yes Yes Yes YesModulation ASK, PSK, FSK ASK, FSK, PSK, MSK, GMSK,

GFSK, OQPSKASK, FSK, PSK, MSK, GMSK,

GFSK, OQPSKASK, FSK, PSK, MSK, GMSK, GFSK, OQPSK

ASK, FSK, PSK, MSK, GMSK, GFSK, OQPSK

Data rate FSK 30 - 200 kbps 1 - 200 kbps 1 - 200 kbps 1 -200 kbps 1 - 200 kbpsData rate ASK & PSK 30 - 600 kbps 1 - 600 kbps 1 - 600 kbps 1 - 2000 kbps 1 - 600 kbpsFIFO 32 bit 24 bit 24 bit 256 bit 128 bitIntegrated RX/TX swictch Yes Yes YesTX & PLLPtx max 868/915 MHz 15 dBm 12 dBm 5 dBm @ 2400 MHz 15 dBmRamp control via shaping or SW via shaping or SW via shaping or SW via shaping or SWTx current, Po=0dBm 18 mA 19 mA 32 mA 17 mATx current @ Pmax 70 mA 40mA 45 mA 70 mAPLL settling 20 us 20 us 20 us 20 usPLL resolution 1 Hz 1 Hz 1 Hz 1 Hz 1 HzRXMax sensitivity (@ 9.6 kbps) -112dBm -113 dBm -90 dBm -113 dBmMax sensitivity (@ 1.2 kbps) - -118 dBm (@868 MHz) -121

dBm (@433 MHz)-99 dBm -119 dBm (@868 MHz) -122

dBm (@433 MHz)Narrow Band No Yes Yes YesMin 3dB channel width 100 kHz 6 kHz 6 kHz 6 kHzAdj.chan. Rej. (3dB above Sensitivity, CW jammer)

24 dB (200 kHz offset) 24dB (25 kHz offset) 24dB (25 kHz offset) 24dB (25 kHz offset)

Image rejection (CW sign.) 25 dB 25 dB 25 dB 25 dBBlocker rejection 5MHz 60 dB 60 dB 60 dBRx current 19mA 20 mA 32 mA 20 mAAFC +/- BW/2 +/- DR/2 +/- DR/2 +/- BW/2Match address logic Yes No No Yes

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AX RF-technology – Benefits

Long RangeHigh sensitivity !!!High output power with internal RF switchForward error correction (5042/6042)Narrow band receiver (5042/6042/50424)

Low costEazyMatch antenna interface (low cost antennas)Small number of external componentsCrystal oscillator for low cost crystalsAutomatic frequency control

FlexibilityVarious modulation schemasVarious operation modes 1 Hz frequency stepping

Low power consumptionSuper fast RX/TX switching time

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AX5042 – Benefits: Long range

Long Range with AX5042868 MHz link budget @ 4.8 kbps FSK: -115 dBm, -3 dBm FEC, 10 dBm PA = 128 dB LB433 MHz link budget @ 4.8 kbps FSK: -118 dBm, -3 dBm FEC, 15 dBm PA = 136 dB LBNO external PA or LNA required

1m above ground with dipole > 1km range8.4 km range tested line of sight

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YellowFoot® to avoid problems

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AXDesign Tools

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AX-EVK

Quick start for performance measurements and SW developmentPER&BER measurements

1 Parallel adapter board2 USB adapter boards with 8051 USB micro controller2 868(915) MHz RF modules2 433 MHz RF modulesUSB program adapter for micro controllerSMA Antennae

RFK & EVK softwareDemo software, source code SDCC C-compiler

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AX modules / Easy antenna interface

Interface for 50 Ohm unbalanced

Interface for balanced 70 / 280 Ohm

FCC and EN pass !

FCC and EN pass !

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Long range demo

8051 mico controller AX5042 transceiver

2 dBi antenna gainDipole characteristic

Balanced antenna interface

Frequency acquisition for low cost crystals

Target application: RKE (receiver on)

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Low power RX demo

Micro-chip PIC16 with nano watt technologyAX5051 (or AX5042) transceiver

100 kbps data rate FSK

1s duty cycle

5 µA average current micro controller and transceiver together

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Audio link demo

1 channel audio walkie/talkie

HW8051 micro controller

ADC: 10-bitDAC: 1 digital pin

AX5051 transceiverSmart card interfaceMicrophone amplifierAudio speaker amplifier

u-law compressionAES encryption

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Minimum TX demoInductor

AX50316 capacitors1 crystal

Up to –1.2 dBm EIRPEN 300220FCC 15.249

Typical applicationsExternal sensorsRemote switches

Also possible with AX transceivers

Antenna

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AXServices

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Services

e-vision® ASIC design

Derivative design

Antenna design

HW design

SW design

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Analog silicon proven library Blocks

PLLsFully integratedLow jitter (<100 ps cycle-to-cycle)Clock recovery

RFLNAsMixers active or passiveVCOs, fully integratedSynthesizersI/O-pads

ADC8 bit/200 MHz10 bit/1 MHz 13 bit/4 kHz 16 bit/22 kHz

DAC4 to 11 bit parallel R-string,single ended or differential8 to 14 bit course/fine R-string14 bit/4 kHz16 bit/22 kHz

Op-ampsLow-powerHigh-speed4 Ω ear-piece driver 4kHz (telecom)4 Ω ear-piece driver 22kHz (MP3)

ComparatorsAuto offset compensation (Auto zeroing)Low voltage / Low powerHigh-speed

ReferencesVoltageCurrent

DC/DC converter1.5 V - 2.75 2.75 V, 5 mA (>95%)0.9 V - 1.4 V 2.75 V, 5 mA (>95%)1.5 V – 3.6 V 2.75 V, 50 mA

OscillatorsCrystal 32 kHz to 50 MHzInternal 30 kHz to 2.5 GHz

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Digital silicon proven library blocks

ALUsParallel multiplierBarrel shifterMAC

Special FunctionsData compression (ZIP)Data correctionReal time clock (RTC)DESAESCRC8 or CRC16

General Purpose I/OParallel I/OSerial I/O RS-232 UARTSPII2C

FilterFIR-FilterIIR-FilterWDF-FilterComb-Filter

CODECS

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RF ASIC 2005

Functionality: RFID 915 MHz transceiver, 433 MHzsensor transceiver, DSP, micro controller, memory, digital filter and state machinesPins: 92Process: 0.25, 1P5MSupply: 2.2 – 2.8VPower: 200 mADesign team: 5 membersElements:

2‘500‘000 transistors25‘000 resistors50‘000 capacitors17 PNP

Nets: 8‘000‘000

Design time 8 months to FISTotal project duration 15 months

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Antenna design services

Studies of various antenna types

Custom antenna design

Type approval

12 GHz Spectral4 GHz NetworkCalibrated antennaeCalibrated room

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Roadmap for 2009

High performance transceiverLow power (<10mA RX) Register set compatibleShort preambleLarger AFC range

Ultra low power low cost transceiver with good performance (5mA RX)

Demo applications

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