Toshiba Launches Low Power Consumption ICs for Bluetooth® Smart Communication Devices with NFC Tag functions

Incorporating Two Kinds of Communication Functions for Wearable Healthcare Low Power Devices

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today announced the launch of “TC35670FTG”, a low power consumption dual function IC that supports both Bluetooth^® Low Energy (LE)^[1] communications and NFC Type 3 Tag. Sample shipments start today.

Recently, more and more Bluetooth^® Smart^[2] devices offer Bluetooth^® LE compatibility. The new IC joins Toshiba’s line-up of Bluetooth^® LE ICs, and offer two key features: easy operation of Bluetooth^® pairing with NFC Tag function; long-time stand-by status for devices powered by small coin-cell batteries. The IC will facilitate adoption of Bluetooth^® LE communications in small devices, such as wearable healthcare devices, sensors, toys and, most notably, future touch and start smartphone accessories.

Previously, set makers had to integrate ICs for both Bluetooth^® and NFC Tag when designing a system supporting both communication functions. Toshiba’s new approach offers a design that will help to minimize the part counts, reduce the assembly area by about 30% and shorten system development.

The NFC Tag component has a 1.5 Kbyte E²PROM for storing data that set makers can access using both the Bluetooth^® LE and NFC Tag to connect each I2C interfaces, allowing data to be easily handled in each system.

These functionalities allow the new device to support three ways of use:
1.	Put both Bluetooth^® LE and NFC Tag in stand-by mode and prioritize the connection from the 1^st access.
2.	By adding NFC Tag function, easy pairing of Bluetooth^® LE devices can be realized and a long time stand-by status can be maintained.
3.	The NFC Tag can provide a system on/off switch function, and cut off the hardware switch from a lot of devices that are required to reduce stand-by power.

Key Features of the New Product

• Low power consumption:
  • Below 5.9mA at peak consumption of Bluetooth^® communication (@3.3V, -4dBm transmitter output power or receiver operation)
  • Below 600μA for NFC Tag communication (@3.3V)
  • Below 0.5μA in deep sleep (@3.3V)^[3]
• Receiver sensitivity: -92.5dBm
• Supports Bluetooth^® LE central and peripheral devices
• Supports servers and client functions defined by GATT (Generic Attribute Profile）
• NFC Forum Type 3 Tag

Applications

Bluetooth^® Smart devices, such as wearable devices, healthcare devices, smartphone accessories, remote controllers, and toys.

Main Specifications
Part Number	TC35670FTG
Operating Voltage Range	1.8V to 3.6V
Current Consumption, Operation1	Below 5.9mA (@3.3V, Bluetooth^® LE operation, -4dBm Transmitter operation or Receive operation)
Current Consumption, Operation2	Below 0.6mA (@3.3V, NFC Tag operation)
Current Consumption, Deep Sleep	Below 0.5μA (@3.3V)^[3]
Operating Temperature	-30°C to 85 °C
Package	QFN40, 6mm x 6mm, 0.5mm pitch
Bluetooth Part
Bluetooth^® Version	Ver. 4.0 Including central and peripheral functions
Transmitter Output Power	0dBm to -20dBm (4dB steps)
Receiver Sensitivity	-92.5dBm
Profiles	GATT (Generic Attribute Profile), including server and client functions
Interfaces	UART, I^2C, SPI, GPIO, RF
Other Features	DC-DC Converter Low drop regulator General purpose ADC User program function Wake up signal for host device PWM function
NFC Tag Part
Tag Communication	NFC Type 3 Tag (Felica Lite-S compatible) ^[4]
Tag Communication Speed	212Kbps / 424Kbps automatic switchover
Non-volatile Memory	E^2PROM, 2Kbyte (including about 1.5Kbyte of general user area implemented with error correction circuit)
Security	Mutual recognition by Triple DES MAC (MAC: Message Authentication Code)
Interfaces	I^2C
Other Features	CRC automatic generation at data write and check at data read. Internal RAM can relay data from wireless to wired device and vice-versa.

Notes:
[1] Low power consuming communication technology defined as Bluetooth^® Ver. 4.0.
[2] Devices that adopt Bluetooth^® core specification Ver. 4.0 or higher with a low energy core configuration, and that use GATT-based architecture specified in Bluetooth^® Ver.4.0.
[3] Stand-by mode by the minimum consumption current.
[4] Produced under license of Sony Corporation's FeliCa™ Lite-S technology.

* Bluetooth SIG owns the registered trademark, Toshiba uses it under license.
* ARM and the ARM logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of ARM Limited in the EU and other countries.

Customer Inquiries
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