ELEXCON Shenzhen International Electronics Exhibition Unveiled with Murata’s Innovative Products

On September 27th, 2021, ELEXCON Shenzhen International Electronics Exhibition and Embedded System Exhibition were unveiled at the Shenzhen International Convention and Exhibition Center. In the context of China’s new infrastructure and the surging trend of digitalization, Murata strives to “Empower the New Era with ‘5G+'”, showcasing a lineup of star products and various scenario-based solutions in this electronic exhibition, attracting many media and professional audiences to explore business cooperation.

Murata’s booth uses scenario-based display to divide the booth into 5G+ communication, 5G+ automotive, 5G+ industrial, and ESG/SDGs, showcasing various 5G application innovative designs in a visually appealing way.

Low-Power IoT Module Drives IoT Applications to a New Height

With the development of the “Stay-at-home Economy,” people increasingly crave rapid development of intelligent IoT, AIoT, and other applications. Demand-driven innovation has led to increasingly high-standard integrated IoT product development processes. The demand for low-power IoT networks has also grown, and Murata has brought to this exhibition its low-power BLE and Wi-Fi IoT module that has been certified by Tencent Link Link for low-power wireless modules in response to the low-power IoT network requirements in the market, providing a complete solution for devices to achieve Wi-Fi networking and rapid application development. TypeABR is a highly integrated 2.4GHz Wi-Fi module that uses the NXP MW320 core, supports the uAP or STA mode, and has the characteristics of low power consumption and small size. The MBN52832, a 2.4GHz low-power BLE IoT module that uses the Nordic nRF52832 chip, allows battery-powered products to have longer operating times and is suitable for various IoT applications. Both products allow customers to use the WeChat ecosystem to provide CtoB open platform services, with global market support so that more users can experience the beauty of smart living.## Enabling Automotive Safety, Intelligence and Efficient Driving with Technology

The technological revolution has also promoted the digital transformation of the automotive industry. Nowadays, cars cannot be simply defined as a means of transportation anymore. The intelligent and connected car has brought more convenience to people’s lives, and autonomous driving is one of the most notable trends. However, the safety risks related to these technologies cannot be ignored. At this exhibition, Murata brings a variety of products based on the goal of “Enabling Automotive Safety, Intelligence and Efficient Driving with Technology”.

Among the products showcased is the SCHA634 series of six-axis inertial sensors, which are an essential part of high-end automobile navigation and positioning systems. These sensors integrate three-axis acceleration sensors for detecting lateral acceleration and three-axis gyroscope sensors for detecting angular deflection and balance. This allows the car to calculate its position even when there is no satellite signal.

It is reported that this series of products is widely used in vehicle position detection, navigation, vehicle status detection, and stability control to help vehicles achieve safe and reliable advanced driver assistance or autonomous driving.

Another product on display is the silicon capacitor used for LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging). LiDAR is an essential distance detector for autonomous driving. To improve measurement accuracy and distance while ensuring eye safety, a narrow pulse width and high peak power are required for LiDAR pulse emission, requiring higher performance capacitors in the emission circuit.

Murata’s silicon capacitors and integrated devices are smaller in size and have lower ESL characteristics. Through the 3D+3 axis structure, an effective capacitance area can be increased to achieve miniaturization. In addition, the silicon capacitor is mounted on the circuit board with wire bonding methods to reduce the distance between the LD and the capacitor, thereby reducing the ESL in the circuit to meet the technical and safety requirements of the LiDAR application.Murata also provides various low ESL silicon capacitor solutions for LiDAR, such as standard silicon capacitor solutions, multi-channel silicon capacitor customized solutions, and silicon substrate integrated customized solutions – embedding wiring and capacitors inside the Si substrate, placing LD, SW and other components to shorten the circuit distance and reduce ESL. They can also support many other exclusive customized solutions, to achieve better design for LiDAR transmission terminal.

Emphasize the Market Demand, Iterate and Upgrade Indoor Positioning Systems and Wearable Technologies

With the normalization of the pandemic, indoor positioning systems have received unprecedented attention from society and various enterprises. They can quickly and accurately help hospitals, factories, warehouses, retail, and even smart homes, to locate relevant targets’ positions, and therefore have been widely applied during this period.

The Type-2AB module showcased at the Murata booth is an important component of the indoor positioning system. It uses the Qorvo DW3120 chip, which makes the module smaller and lowers power consumption compared with the onboard chip design, while still maintaining high integration and computing power of the system. Therefore, this module is commonly used in areas such as contactless payment, high-precision indoor positioning, high-precision ranging, item tracking, and credential sharing.

On the other hand, since the pandemic era, people’s demand for health monitoring has also been stimulated like never before. This has prompted the continuous iteration and upgrade of wearable device terminals and technologies. The sensors and communication modules exhibited by Murata at the show can effectively help wearable devices to improve their interactive functions and connection speed, making wearable devices more diverse.

In response to the growing demand for medical rehabilitation, Murata has shifted its focus to the development trend of wearable devices, showcasing opportunities for wearable devices in the rehabilitation field at the exhibition, such as chronic disease prevention and monitoring, elder care, small medical device management, human body function enhancement, and human-computer interaction, striving to contribute to future human health efforts.

Diverse Product Categories Cater to Market Demands

Murata also presented a variety of product categories to cater to diverse market demands at the exhibition.In addition to the products mentioned above, Murata brought many star products to the exhibition, such as Type-2BP module, which is currently the smallest and highest integration module with NXP Trimension SR150 chip, supporting UWB channels 5 and 9, low power consumption, very suitable for IoT devices and applications with integrated UWB function. Murata also provides customers with easy-to-use EVB development boards and antenna design guides to meet the needs of different customers. For example, the 32.768kHz MEMS resonator using MEMS technology, its size is smaller and lower ESR performance compared with traditional crystal resonators, and it is often used in wireless earphones, smart cards, and wireless modules.

In addition, there are also a series of TMR tunnel magnetoresistance sensor products and other competitive products and solutions, which have attracted the attention of professional guests and media present.

As a global comprehensive electronic component manufacturer, Murata faces the expanding social needs, constantly exerts its comprehensive ability, and utilizes its own advantages to provide a wide range of product lineups, helping customers to continue to grow, and striving to achieve a truly colorful life for humanity. At the same time, Murata deeply believes that sustainable development is the main content of corporate social responsibility. In order to protect the earth, improve human life, and future, Murata has set “strengthening measures to address climate change” as an important issue, actively promoting the adoption of renewable energy, and jointly building an inclusive and sustainable future for humans and the earth.

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