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QPG7015M
IEEE 802.15.4 / Bluetooth® Low Energy
Multi-Protocol Multi-Channel Communications Controller
Product Brief

The QPG7015M is the world’s first transceiver

featuring real time concurrency; enables seamless
Bluetooth® Low Energy Mesh and Zigbee / Thread
network management at the same time.
• Best-in-class RF performance optimized for Central Hub use cases
o Unique antenna diversity technology doubles the effective range
o Inherently designed for interference robustness
▪ Instant preamble detection allows swift medium arbitration
▪ Maximized isolation by selecting lower noise antenna
• Best-in-class range to power consumption ratio
o +20 dBm transmit power with <100 mA current (3 V)
• Small footprint (4x4 mm) to save real estate
• Integrated design for lowest external RBOM: requires up to 4x fewer components
• Designed for low power IoT applications such as:
o Gateways o Set-top Boxes o Wi-Fi Routers o Voice Assistants

IEEE 802.15.4 Coexistence Interface

Real-Time
RF Matching and Filter

MAC Attenuator Control

Power Amplifier

Ant.1
RF Switch

2.4 GHz
Multi-stack Filter

IEEE 802.15.4 Concurrent Mode

Handling Rx/Tx Buffers UART
/ Bluetooth LE
Ant.2 Radio
(optional) Bluetooth LE
SPI
Real-Time Host Interface G
Slave
Link Layer P
Advanced I
Offload USB O
Advanced Security Engine (DutyCycling, DPI) Device
(AES, SHA, ECC, TRNG)

Power Management
Power Supply &
Temperature

ADC
Monitor

DC/DC
Timing & Control Regulators
Converter
ANIO

32 MHz 32 KiHz
(optional) (optional)

Key Features
• IEEE 802.15.4 for Zigbee and Thread • SPI, UART or USB host interface
• Bluetooth Low Energy v 5.0 • Advanced Security Engine
• Concurrent IEEE and Bluetooth listening • Coexistence Interface

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IEEE 802.15.4 / Bluetooth® Low Energy Multi-Protocol Multi-Channel
Communications Controller

Features HW-Accelerated Dynamic Multi-Protocol Support

The QPG7015M has HW support to seamlessly interleave
• Operates in the worldwide 2.4 GHz ISM-band Bluetooth Low Energy communications (advertisements and
• Integrated PA, RF switch, matching and filters Bluetooth connections) with IEEE 802.15.4 communications.
• IEEE 802.15.4 compliant PHY and Real-Time MAC This feature can be combined with Multi-Channel Support to
o Preamble-based antenna diversity support three IEEE 802.15.4 stacks (Zigbee, rf4ce, Thread),
o Packet-in-Packet resynchronization while simultaneously acting as a Bluetooth Low Energy
o Multi-Stack / Multi-Channel support, operating in up to 3 peripheral and maintain a Bluetooth connection with a
PANs on different channels smartphone.
• Bluetooth 5.0 compliant Low Energy Controller
o High Data Rate (2 Mbits/s) Concurrent Listening Support
o Long Range Coded PHY The QPG7015M can concurrently listen to one IEEE 802.15.4
o Link Layer Privacy RF channel, and one Bluetooth Low Energy advertisement
o Advertising extensions channel.
o Support for Angle of Arrival and Angle of Departure In this way it can combine a Zigbee Router role with Bluetooth
o Support for Bluetooth Direct Test Mode (DTM) Low Energy Central/Observer role. Another example would be
• HW-accelerated dynamic multi-protocol support the combination of a Thread Router role with a Bluetooth Low
o Allows combining Bluetooth Low Energy Energy Mesh Node.
Peripheral/Advertiser with Zigbee/Thread router
• Concurrent IEEE 802.15.4 and Bluetooth listening Excellent Range and Reliability
o Allows combining Bluetooth Low Energy Central/Observer The QPG7015M has been optimized for reliable
or Mesh Node with Zigbee/Thread router communication in harsh radio environments. The excellent
• Stand-alone rf4ce DutyCycling support and rf4ce packet receiver sensitivity and integrated PA allow extended coverage.
filtering when the host is asleep Built-in IEEE 802.15.4 antenna diversity with two antennas
• Advanced Security Engine improves the reliable link budget by 8 dB resulting in
o Hardware accelerated AES and CCM* encryption with approximately 70% more reliable range compared to similar
128, 192 and 256-bit keys systems with only one antenna. In high density networks the
o Hashing engine: SHA-128, SHA-2 (SHA-256, SHA-512) packet-in-packet resynchronization further improves the
o Public Key Crypto communication reliability.
▪ Elliptic Curve; support for ECDSA, ECDH, P256, The Coexistence Interface can be used to enable coexistence
Curve25519, J-Pake, ECMQV, EdDSA, etc. of the QPG7015M radio with other potentially interfering radios
o Cryptographic Random Number Generator (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth) within the same device.
o Support for Physical Unclonable Function (PUF) Ultra-Low Power Consumption
• Flash Program and RAM memory for real-time firmware,
filtering code and data buffering The QPG7015M is designed for ultra-low power network
• SPI Slave, UART or USB Device host interface applications. It supports rf4ce duty cycling and can wake up the
host when a specified message has been received, with rf4ce
• Coexistence Interface with other radios in the device
Network layer and Profile layer Deep Packet Inspection, to
allow the host to stay asleep as much as possible.
Multi-Protocol Stack Support at Host Processor
The QPG7015M can support multiple protocol stacks in the Low Cost
host processor. Multiple IEEE 802.15.4 based stacks (Zigbee, The QPG7015M is designed to operate on PCB designs using
rf4ce or Thread) can interface simultaneously with the only low-cost components and printed circuit antennas. It has
QPG7015M MAC API through a MAC Dispatcher, while the two single-ended RF ports with integrated matching and
Bluetooth Low Energy Host Stack can interface with the filtering. No expensive shielding, chip antennas or voltage
QPG7015M at the HCI level at the same time. regulators are required.

Multi-Channel Support
For the IEEE 802.15.4 communications, the QPG7015M can
simultaneously listen for packets on three different PANs
(Personal Area Networks) that may be on the same or on
different RF channels. In this way it can support the Zigbee
coordinator role, concurrently with an rf4ce Target role and a
Thread Border Router role, even if these networks run on
different RF channels.
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IEEE 802.15.4 / Bluetooth® Low Energy Multi-Protocol Multi-Channel
Communications Controller

General Characteristics IEEE 802.15.4 Radio Characteristics

Standards compliant IEEE 802.15.4-2015
Package LGA32, 4x4 mm
Frequency Band 2400 – 2483.5 MHz
(0.4 mm pitch)
Channels 16 (programmable, 5 MHz steps)
Operating Temperature -40 to +85 °C (industrial)
Data Rate 250 kbit/s
Storage Temperature -50 to +150 °C
Receiver Sensitivity 1
Soldering Temperature 260 °C (10 s max)
Single channel -98 dBm
Compliance RoHS
Multi-channel -96 dBm
IEEE/Bluetooth
Electrical Characteristics concurrent mode
-95 dBm

Antenna diversity gain 2 8 dB

Standby Mode Currents 1, 3
(increases the 'effective' receiver sensitivity to -108 dBm)
Using internal LjRC oscillator 4.0 µA
Using 32 KiHz crystal oscillator 4.7 µA Bluetooth Low Energy Radio Characteristics
Using 32MHz crystal oscillator 850 µA Standards compliant Bluetooth Core Specification
Operational Currents 1 (with / without DC/DC Converter) v5.0, Low Energy
Receive IEEE (single antenna) 4 / 5.6 mA Frequency Band 2402 – 2480 MHz
Receive IEEE (antenna diversity) 5.2 / 7.3 mA Channels 40 (2 MHz step size)
Receive IEEE (multi-channel) 7.8 / 11.2 mA Data Rates 125 kbit/s, 500 kbit/s,
1 Mbit/s, 2 Mbit/s
Receive Bluetooth 7.2 / 10.2 mA
Receiver Sensitivity 1
Transmit (at 0 dBm) 15 / 22 mA
(channel 0)
Transmit (at 20 dBm) 100 / 110 mA
2 Mbit/s -92 dBm
Supply Voltage 2.1 to 3.6 V
1 Mbit/s, Bluetooth only -95.5 dBm
Interfaces and Peripherals
500 kbit/s, Bluetooth only -98 dBm
SPI Slave host interface up to 16 MHz
125 kbit/s, Bluetooth only -103.5 dBm
UART host interface 2 MBd
Concurrent IEEE 802.15.4 -95 dBm
USB Device host interface USB 2.0, up to 12 Mbit/s and Bluetooth LE mode
Programmable GPIO lines 15
Analog input lines 1 1) Typical, at 3.0 V and 25 °C, unless specified otherwise.
2) For typical indoor usage in an environment with 50 ns delay spread
10/12-bit ADC to monitor the analog input line, and 2 MHz signal bandwidth using the Rayleigh fading model:
the power supply level and the temperature antenna diversity with 2 antennas results in a 8 dB improved link
Crystal Frequency 32.000 MHz (±40 ppm) budget at a 1% outage probability compared to no antenna diversity.
The 8 dB in link budget translates into 70% more range, if using a
Optional 32.768 kHz two-slope range model with the breakpoint at 10 m and g1 = 2, g2 =
3.5.
3) Standby Mode is not supported with USB host interface.
Radio Characteristics
Radio Regulations ETSI EN 300 328
compliant FCC CFR-47 Part 15
ARIB STD-T66
Transmit Power +20 dBm
(adjustable down in 1 dB steps)

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Communications Controller

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