Examples of Technology Application ~Product Introduction~ Murata's Wireless Connectivity Modules Supporting the IoT Era

Summary

Murata’s wireless connectivity modules employ world-class miniaturized packaging technology, achieving high quality and reliability.
By utilizing RF matching technology to optimize wireless performance, they provide a stable communication environment.
They have passed diverse reliability tests and feature a composition suitable for temperature fluctuations, shock, and long-term operation.
As a solution that achieves compact design while meeting advanced technical requirements, they are widely utilized across the broader IoT market.

Product Description
Product Strengths
Product Evolution
Product Applications

Murata's Wireless Connectivity Modules

Product Description

Murata's wireless connectivity modules are designed to deliver high communication performance and reliability, supporting diverse wireless standards such as Wi‑Fi^TM, Bluetooth^®, and UWB.
Furthermore, they have obtained key market certifications including FCC, CE, and Japan's Radio Law, enabling seamless integration into device designs worldwide. Evaluation boards and reference circuits are also available, providing an environment that enables users to advance product development quickly and efficiently.

The modules employ a composition where wireless ICs and electronic components are densely mounted on multilayer substrates and packaged within a metal case and resin-sealed structure. This ensures stable communications and provides high environmental resistance. Furthermore, their compact design allows flexible adaptation to space-constrained applications such as medical devices, industrial equipment, and smart security systems.

Furthermore, we provide support accessible even to technical beginners through our web community site. We are committed to enhancing both product development and support systems to promote the adoption and broader use of our high-performance, compact wireless connectivity modules across a wide range of IoT fields.

Product Strengths

Murata's wireless connectivity modules excel by combining compact design with high RF performance, while adapting to diverse wireless communication standards.

To achieve miniaturization, high-quality capacitors, inductors, and wireless ICs manufactured in-house are densely mounted on multilayer boards.
Furthermore, advanced module design technology minimizes electromagnetic interference caused by the close proximity of electronic components. Unique packaging technology, utilizing metal cases and resin sealed components, ensures robustness and high reliability. This enables compatibility with various applications where space is limited.
To achieve high RF performance, RF matching technology optimized for each wireless standard is used to effectively suppress noise and interference. This enables a design that maximizes transmission/reception sensitivity and communication stability.
These performance characteristics have passed rigorous reliability testing, ensuring stable operation even under harsh conditions such as long-term operation, temperature fluctuations, and shock.
These wireless connectivity modules, which achieve both miniaturization and high RF performance, enable high-performance, highly reliable communications and are utilized across a wide range of IoT fields.

Miniaturization Technology for Connectivity Modules

Product Evolution

Murata's wireless connectivity modules have continuously advanced in miniaturization and high functionality to meet the progress of communications technology and the demands of the times.
For Bluetooth^® modules, we initially launched metal case types and subsequently evolved to resin molded types, achieving even greater compactness. In terms of communications functions, we have developed module products supporting various communication standards, including dual connectivity modules with Wi-Fi^TM and Bluetooth^®, as well as UWB and millimeter wave.
This evolution has enabled applications in diverse fields such as smart home appliances and wearable devices.
We also offer a diverse range of variations tailored to specific applications, including vertically elongated and low-profile modules, as well as models with sensors, secure elements, and built-in antennas.
In recent years, we have strengthened our solution proposals beyond simply providing components, encompassing software and entire systems. We are also actively pursuing custom solutions tailored to user needs.
This enables us to provide easy-to-use and secure communication environments while merging technological advancement with a user-centric perspective, paving the way for the future of wireless communication.

Product Applications

Murata’s wireless connectivity modules are widely applicable across the entire IoT market.
Primary applications to date have included cameras, printers, commercial equipment, smart home appliances, and wearable devices. Currently, we are focusing particularly on three key sectors: the medical field, the industrial field, and access control (the security field).

Medical Field: We provide highly reliable and stable communication for patient monitoring devices and remote diagnostic systems.
Industrial Field: We provide products designed for environmental resistance and long-term operation, suitable for manufacturing line automation and equipment monitoring systems.

Application Example of Murata's Wireless Connectivity Modules (Smart Factory)
Security Field: We provide products pursuing secure communication technology and miniaturization for wireless authentication and access management in smart security systems.

Application Example of Murata's Wireless Connectivity Modules (Smart Lock)

To meet these applications, we are advancing support for various communication standards and strengthening cybersecurity measures. Murata's wireless connectivity modules, equipped with high communication performance and reliability, will meet the diverse demands of the IoT market and contribute to its further development.

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