India, April 24 -- STMicroelectronics has introduced an ultra-wideband (UWB) chip family that comprehensively supports the next-generation wireless standard for localizing and tracking devices at distances up to several hundred meters.

This UWB chip family combines extended range with greater processing power and robustness to enable new and improved automotive, consumer, and industrial use cases, including secure digital access control, presence and motion sensing, and precise approach detection.

"The ST64UWB family we announce today is an industry-first system-on-chip supporting the latest ultra-wideband specification, IEEE 802.15.4ab including narrow-band assistance radio, with ultra-precise ranging and sensing," said Rias Al-Kadi, G...