Samsung includes NXP secure UWB chip in Galaxy Note20 Ultra

NXP Semiconductors announced that NXP’s Secure Ultra Wideband (UWB) fine-ranging solution, embedded SIM (eSIM) as well as near field communication (NFC) and secure element (eSE) unit are deployed in Samsung’s new Galaxy Note20 Ultra1.

NXP and Samsung are two of the founding members of the FiRa Consortium, which was established in 2019 to foster interoperability in the development and widespread adoption of UWB.

UWB technology delivers unprecedented accuracy in both line-of-site (LoS) and strong localisation in non-line-of-sight (nLoS) scenarios, such as crowded, multipath signal environments with numerous walls, people, and other obstacles. It also uses angle-of-arrival (AoA) technology to indicate the direction of a signal for added precision, and to locate and identify other devices or objects at centimetre level. With that, Samsung’s utilisation of UWB in its latest Galaxy Note20 Ultra brings users powerful tools to help maximise their time and simplify their daily routines.