STCOMET Smart-Meter System-on-Chips from STMicroelectronics Continue to Soar, Powering ERDF-Led Smart-Grid Pilot
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New 500kHz certifications, additional new ICs supporting modular design, and key
role in SOGRID pilot confirm leading position
Geneva, November 3, 2015 - STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global
semiconductor leader servings customers across the spectrum of electronics
applications, has surpassed important milestones with its STCOMET smart-meter
System-on-Chip family, enabling utilities worldwide to deliver sustainable
electricity, incorporating multiple sources including renewables, by leveraging
smart-grid technologies.
STCOMET simplifies the design of smart meters by implementing key functions on a
single chip, including a powerline communication (PLC) modem compliant with
major smart-metering industry standards. Vital to wide-scale adoption, ST has
recently achieved certification to the latest G3-PLC[1] and PRIME[2] v1.4-
profile 2 specifications covering frequency bands up to 500kHz, such as FCC[3]
bands. Together with existing G3-PLC and PRIME v1.4 approvals covering European
CENELEC-A[4], STCOMET is now certified according to all major standards in force
globally.
In addition, ST has extended the STCOMET family to four devices, allowing meter
designers the flexibility to scale their applications to the needs of various
markets and territories. STCOMET05 and STCOMET10 contain either 512Kbyte or
1Mbyte of program Flash, together with an application-processing subsystem,
dedicated security engine with privacy and anti-hacking protection and high-
accuracy metering front end, and the PLC module. The simplified STCOM05 and
STCOM10 give designers flexibility to combine their own proprietary metering
front end with ST's on-chip application processor, security engine, and PLC
module, and to leverage ST's global approvals to accelerate project completion.
ST has also confirmed that STCOMET is the IC powering smart meters currently
rolling out to 1000 households in the Toulouse area of France, as part of the
SOGRID[5] smart-grid pilot. ST is a member of the consortium led by ERDF[6],
which is conducting SOGRID to study automated network control under real
operating conditions.
"The vision of the future world, enabled by the smart grid, becomes more real
and more exciting day by day," said Matteo Lo Presti, Group Vice President and
General Manager, Industrial and Power Conversion Division, STMicroelectronics.
"Our STCOMET smart-meter SoCs are leading the advance, combining outstanding
technical features with unrivalled integration and flexibility to realize the
smart-energy revolution everywhere from developed economies to emerging
markets."
As projects such as SOGRID continue to drive evolution of smart metering and the
smart grid, ST's unique programmable and firmware-upgradeable architecture
allows designers to create multiple product variants leveraging a common design,
and take advantage of future-proof adaptability to minimize lifetime ownership
costs. ST has a fully featured development ecosystem supporting rapid
development of single-phase or three-phase smart meters based on STCOMET ICs,
which includes certified protocol stacks, reference designs, prototyping
hardware, and tools such as metrology-management software and drivers.
About STMicroelectronics
ST is a global semiconductor leader delivering intelligent and energy-efficient
products and solutions that power the electronics at the heart of everyday life.
ST's products are found everywhere today, and together with our customers, we
are enabling smarter driving and smarter factories, cities and homes, along with
the next generation of mobile and Internet of Things devices.
By getting more from technology to get more from life, ST stands for
life.augmented.
In 2014, the Company's net revenues were $7.40 billion, serving more than
100,000 customers worldwide. Further information can be found at www.st.com.
For Press Information Contact:
STMicroelectronics
Michael Markowitz
Director Technical Media Relations
+1 781 591 0354
michael.markowitz(at)st.com
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[1] G3-PLC: protocol for narrow-band low-frequency power-line communications,
supported by the G3-PLC Alliance
[2] PRIME: PoweRline Intelligent Metering Evolution, the power-line
communication architecture supported by the PRIME Alliance
[3] FCC: The US Federal Communications Commission
[4] CENELEC: the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
[5] http://www.sogrid.info/
[6] ERDF is the distribution arm of EDF (Electricity of France), a French
electric utility with global operations
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