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Cool Phoenix Flexible PLC Modem Solution One design supporting multiple standards: The flexible PLC modem solution is based on a highly integrated narrowband modem system-on-chip (“Cool Phoenix” or CPX), integrating a MAC controller and high performance digital signal processor (DSP) for physical layer (PHY) implementation. It is combined with an embedded analogue front end (AFE) that includes an adaptive gain amplifier with automatic gain control (AGC) functions and an embedded AES128 hardware security engine. The solution offers leading communication robustness over power lines, showing unique sensitivity characteristics. Furthermore, it shows unique overall power consumption. A single hardware design can cover multiple smart meter platforms by: ●● Pin compatibility of a wide range of scalable Renesas RX MCU families ●● Software compatibility across the Renesas RX MCU families ●● Software configurable PLC modem supporting multiple standards including PRIME and G3 Simple exchange of pin-compatible device RX640 Simply exchange software Application Higher layer protocol stack In combination with a wide range of application processors this solution offers the maximum of flexibility.

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Cool Phoenix – Flexible PLC Modem Solution Renesas’ market leading, software configurable orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) solution has been awarded the “Smart Metering Technology of the Year Award 2013”. The award is recognition of Renesas’ achievement in implementing a future proof PLC modem solution that meets today’s most important market requirements. ●● Highly flexible concept ●● Flexible standards support ●● All layers remotely programmable assuring upgrade ability to future versions of existing and emerging standards CPX Features ●● Enables as single meter platform...

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