Products & Solutions
The EFKON Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) is a high quality product for the automotive, transport, communication and industrial markets. It is the world’s first ASIC to receive the international ISO CALM Infrared standard. Our state-of-the-art product offers an ASIC with a green technology which uses infrared to provide high-speed, ISO standardised communication. Our next-generation ASIC not only saves energy but also helps to optimise your costs and processes, providing you with the best possible value.
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD - ISO CALM
The ISO CALM concept (Communication Access for Land Mobile) was introduced as part of the creation of a powerful, standardised solution and is integrated into our ASIC. ISO CALM supports multiple media, like 2nd and 3rd generation cellular systems, 5 GHz microwave and active infrared communications. ISO CALM is a family of International Standards sharing a common architecture, as well as common network protocols and air interface defi nitions for wireless communications.
SAFE AND SECURE GREEN TECHNOLOGY
Our INFRARED CALM ASIC uses infrared. Direct sunlight also includes infrared light, which is part of the sun’s radiant heat and is invisible to the human eye. Infrared is completely natural and therefore safe for all living beings. Infrared offers high rates of data transfer at low cost, small form factors and battery operation with low-power wakeup capability. The ASIC offers completely secure communication thanks to its tap-proof features. EFKON provides its customers with the most advanced infrared technology and solutions.
SOPHISTICATED ENERGY SAVING
EFKON provides with it’s ASIC a highly integrated, low-power solution for electronic applications. The wakeup circuitry means a sleep mode with extremely low power consumption and a short wakeup time for the entire circuit meaning an excellent lifetime for battery powered devices. Typical applications for the wakeup function are in an automobile setting and consumer electronics like television sets. The sleeping device consumes no more than 0.1 mW and on receiving the wakeup signal, the ASIC powers the whole circuit within a few microseconds, helping to save a huge amount of energy.
COST & SPACE REDUCTION
Customers expect a reduction in costs when integrating an ASIC into an existing application. Our ASIC solution replaces many standard components helping customers save time and product development costs. The high integration is reflected in a smaller number of components and a reduction in assembly costs. Today there is also an increasing demand for high-performance electronic circuitry, which requires a minimum of space. This challenge is met by our ASIC, which meets exacting space requirements without any impact on performance.
Turnkey Solution for your Business
The innovative INFRARED CALM ASIC is based on customer specifi cations and can provide extensive capabilities for ASIC customers. Our ASIC is ideal for serving a large spectrum of applications across a diverse range of markets such as intelligent transportation systems, the automotive industry or mobile communication. Different branches with one common goal – better communication. The solution: ASIC by EFKON.
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
The EFKON INFRARED CALM ASIC is the key to road communication of the future. Directed car-to-car and car to infrastructure facility (e.g. traffi c signals, traffi c signs and information beacons) communication is now possible thanks to our ASIC. Get important traffi c information on accidents, traffi c jams, weather conditions etc. direct to your car.
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Demands on vehicle control and safety system performance are steadily increasing. The intelligent car of the future is equipped with EFKON ASIC that communicates automatically to get the latest traffi c news or would immediately call for help in the event of an accident. The ASIC is optimized for
these automotive applications.
MOBILE COMMUNICATION
Different types of communication use ASICs for mobile telephone control functions, speech and data processing, speech scrambling, signal companding and data conversion. Our low-power, low-noise ASIC with its innovative design ensures minimised power consumption and high-level integration.
