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STMicroelectronics to Showcase its Latest Solutions for Energy-Saving Smart Homes at TECHNO-FRONTIER 2012
ST exhibits at TECHNO-FRONTIER 2012 (Booth No. 6C-207) under the theme of "Smart Semiconductors for Power Saving"
Tokyo, July 9, 2012 - STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, will demonstrate its latest solutions for "smart homes" at TECHNO-FRONTIER in Tokyo Big Sight, Japan, on July 11 - 13, 2012.
Making the most efficient use of electricity is becoming critical for everyone due to escalating electricity prices and the advance of global warming. The ST booth at TECHNO-FRONTIER has been designed to highlight improvements in power efficiency as its core theme. Visitors are invited to see a wide variety of demonstrations and displays featuring development boards designed to encourage efficient energy use in the home that is both kind to the environment and easy on your finances.
Main solutions highlighted at the ST booth:
The ST75xx STarGRID series, a PLC SoC for smart meters, supports a variety of modulation methods and communication protocols in order to transmit power-usage data from a smart meter or smart plugs to a home display or gateway. ST's unique BCD (BiPolar-CMOS-DMOS) semiconductor technology allows an analog/digital/power circuit to be built on a single chip, contributing to a lower component count. ST's STarGRID products are already used in smart meters in Italy and Spain.
In a smart home demonstration, the ARM Cortex-M-based 32-bit STM32W microcontroller with ZigBee support, and the STPM10 power measurement IC are used in wireless transmission of power-usage data to an evaluation board for a home display/gateway based on an STM32F2 microcontroller with Ethernet support. Using the STM32W, manufacturers can benefit from a rich development environment and enjoy the wide potential for system functions and performance.
The LED driver delivers high-level power factor (0.90 or greater) and is compliant with Energy Star. Benefitting from ST's wealth of patented primary-control technologies, it is the industry's first high power-factor LED driver to operate without current-sensing resistors, shunt regulators or photo couplers. By adopting this product for use in their LED bulbs, manufacturers can realize products that offer both superior electrical efficiency and fewer components. Furthermore, with an integrated 800V MOSFET, the LED driver also features outstanding robustness.
Furthermore, ST will demonstrate its sub-1 GHz wireless transceiver IC SPIRIT1, which can be used in a sensor node for detecting temperature, humidity, gas, smoke and other home-environment conditions, and the dSPIN(TM), an SoC for the control of high-performance motors that integrates all required digital control and analog measurement functions together with power-electronics circuits.
ST will be exhibiting at TECHNO-FRONTIER 2012 from Wednesday, July 11 through Friday, July 13 at the Tokyo Big Sight in booth 6C-207.
About STMicroelectronics
ST is a global leader in the semiconductor market serving customers across the spectrum of sense and power technologies and multimedia convergence applications. From energy management and savings to trust and data security, from healthcare and wellness to smart consumer devices, in the home, car and office, at work and at play, ST is found everywhere microelectronics make a positive and innovative contribution to people's life. B y getting more from technology to get more from life, ST stands for life .augmented. In 2011, the Company's net revenues were $9.73 billion. Further information on ST can be found at www.st.com .
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