Low-frequency wake-up receivers

Wireless sensor nodes

A wakeup receiver is a special low powered / low data rate (up to a few kbps) receiver. It’s main function is to awaken the host system it is connected to.

The receiver’s wakeup signal can be used to turn on a microcontroller, transmitter, or a wide variety of other devices. The receiver can either simply await detection of a carrier signal at the appropriate frequency, or for additional accuracy can be set to look for a special signal pattern before issuing a wakeup. 

Wakeup receivers typically utilize the low frequency range (30kHz~300kHz), as it allows for lower power consumption.

ScioSense LF wake up receivers show best-in-class sensitivity, lowest power consumptions and wide frequency range.

Low-frequency wake-up receivers

Sensitivity

100 μVRMS

100 μVRMS

80 μVRMS

Operating freq.

100-150kHz

100-150kHz

15-150kHz

# correlation bits

16 bit

16 bit

32 bit

Receiver inputs

1D

3D

3D

Antenna tuning

No

No

Yes

Current μA

2.7 μA

2.7 μA

2.7 μA