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Table 7 Transceiver electrical specifications [26, 27]

From: Energy consumption analysis of modulation schemes in IEEE 802.15.6-based wireless body area networks

Parameter

Nordic nRF24L01+

zarlink zl70101

Supply voltage

3 V

3 V

Transmit current (I TX)

7.5 mA

5 mA

Receive current (I RX)

13.1 mA

5 mA

Sleep current (I Sleep)

900 nA

250 nA

Idle current (I idle)

26 μA

1 mA

Wakeup current (I Wup); 1.5 ms t Wup

400 μA

–

Wakeup current (I Wup); 1.15 s t Wup

–

250 nA

Transmit circuit energy/bit \(E_{\text {TX\_Elec}}\)

11.25 nJ/bit

18.75 nJ/bit

Receive circuit energy/bit \(E_{\text {RX\_Elec}}\)

11.25 nJ/bit

18.75 nJ/bit

E add (W/Hz)

3.3×10−14m

E mult (W/Hz)

3.7×10−14 m3

Power amplifier efficiency

1.85