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The Ism Band - A Review of The Essentials

The ISM band refers to industrial, scientific, and medical radio bands between 902 MHz and 5.925 GHz that allow unlicensed use. Devices using these frequencies have grown significantly since rules were established in 1985 allowing low-power transmissions without licenses. Common applications using ISM bands include wireless LANs, Bluetooth, RFID, and cordless phones. Interference is a challenge as there are no protections against it and microwave ovens can limit useful ranges. Standards development has focused on wireless LANs while other areas have more diversity and a lack of emphasis on coexistence and interoperability. The market for ISM band products is large and growing as wireless technologies are increasingly adopted.

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The Ism Band - A Review of The Essentials

The ISM band refers to industrial, scientific, and medical radio bands between 902 MHz and 5.925 GHz that allow unlicensed use. Devices using these frequencies have grown significantly since rules were established in 1985 allowing low-power transmissions without licenses. Common applications using ISM bands include wireless LANs, Bluetooth, RFID, and cordless phones. Interference is a challenge as there are no protections against it and microwave ovens can limit useful ranges. Standards development has focused on wireless LANs while other areas have more diversity and a lack of emphasis on coexistence and interoperability. The market for ISM band products is large and growing as wireless technologies are increasingly adopted.

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THE ISM BAND – A REVIEW OF THE 1

ESSENTIALS

ISM stands for:

Industrial

Scientific

Medical

A SET OF UNLICENSED FREQUENCIES


ALLOWED IN MOST COUNTRIES BETWEEN
902 MHZ to 5.925 GHZ.

Signal Processing Group Inc., the Analog Specialists,


1 Web: www.signalpro.com,
Tel: 480 – 892 – 1399 FAX: 480 – 892 – 1782 email: [email protected]
2 THE ISM BAND – A REVIEW OF THE
ESSENTIALS

HISTORY
In 1985 the Federal Communications Commission issued rules
permitting “ intentional radiators” to use the “ Industrial, Scientific
and Medical (ISM) Bands ( 902-928, 2400-2483.5, 5725-5850 Mhz)
at power levels of up to one Watt without end-user licenses.

Originally these bands had been reserved for unwanted, but


unavoidable emissions from industrial and other processes, but
They also supported a few ( often military) communications users.
The new rules led to the development of a large number of consumer
and professional products and is considered to be an important step
towards the development of wireless computing or multimedia
applications.

Applications in the ISM band include, wireless LANs, short range


links for advanced traveller systems ( electronic toll collection),
garage door openers, home audio distribution, cordless phones,
private point to point links, remote control, wireless telemetric
systems ( e.g electrical power consumption monitoring) etc.
Applications seem to be limited by the imagination rather than
technology.

A drawback of the ISM band is lack of any protection against


interference. In particular microwave ovens limit the useful range of
such communications devices

Signal Processing Group Inc., the Analog Specialists,


2 Web: www.signalpro.com,
Tel: 480 – 892 – 1399 FAX: 480 – 892 – 1782 email: [email protected]
THE ISM BAND – A REVIEW OF THE 3

ESSENTIALS

UNLICENSED FREQUENCIES
Country Frequency Notes Standards
US 2.400 – ISM Band 802.11x
2.483.5 Ghz ( Max 4W
EIRP)
902-928 Mhz ISM Band
( Used by
GSM in most
countries)
5.800-5.925 ISM Band
Ghz
5.15 – 5.25 U – NII 802.11a
Ghz ( Unlicensed –
National
Information
Infrastructure)
Max 200mW
EIRP
5.25 – 5.35 U – NII Max 802.11a
Ghz 1 W EIRP
5.725 – 5.825 U – NII Max 802.11a
Ghz 4W EIRP

Signal Processing Group Inc., the Analog Specialists,


3 Web: www.signalpro.com,
Tel: 480 – 892 – 1399 FAX: 480 – 892 – 1782 email: [email protected]
4 THE ISM BAND – A REVIEW OF THE
ESSENTIALS

DEFACTO STANDARDS

• Little Standards Activity, except for the Wireless LAN


standardization work in the European Telecommunications
Standardization Institute ( ETSI), the 802.11 and Blue Tooth?

• Little or no emphasis on interoperability

• Great Diversity in products, and in the traffic they generate

• Interference limited ( as opposed to noise limited) system


design

• Little focus on co-existence

Signal Processing Group Inc., the Analog Specialists,


4 Web: www.signalpro.com,
Tel: 480 – 892 – 1399 FAX: 480 – 892 – 1782 email: [email protected]
THE ISM BAND – A REVIEW OF THE 5

ESSENTIALS

THE EUROPEAN SITUATION

In Europe ISM – type regulations exist in similar bands, except that


The 900 Mhz frequencies are part of the GSM allocation. This implies
that 900 Mhz ISM equipment ( illegally ) imported from the US, Asia
or South Africa causes and suffers substantial interference.

CEPT recommendation TR/01-04 allows for low powered


( ERP < 10mW) devices to operate in the 433.05 – 434.79 Mhz band.
Manufacturers are free to select their own modulation method,
carrier frequency and transmit bandwidth. Type approval using ETSI
norm ETS 300 220 is required.

Signal Processing Group Inc., the Analog Specialists,


5 Web: www.signalpro.com,
Tel: 480 – 892 – 1399 FAX: 480 – 892 – 1782 email: [email protected]
6 THE ISM BAND – A REVIEW OF THE
ESSENTIALS

FCC RULES FOR ISM BAND WIRELESS


EQUIPMENT

In the US, FCC regulates and manages the electromagnetic spectrum. FCC
regulations appear in title 47 of the United States Code of Federal Regulations
(47CFR) and radio spectrum issues are the subject of part 15 of the FCC rules, or
47CFR15 in brief.

Consult FCC Website at http://www.fcc.gov for a lot of material online including


FCC rules ( 47CFR)

Signal Processing Group Inc., the Analog Specialists,


6 Web: www.signalpro.com,
Tel: 480 – 892 – 1399 FAX: 480 – 892 – 1782 email: [email protected]
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FCC RULES FOR ISM BAND WIRELESS


EQUIPMENT

FCC Rules applicable to ISM – SS Radios:

FCC Conducted Emissions including AC line


FCC Unintentional Radiation
FCC Restricted bands of operation
FCC Conducted emissions from intentional radiators
FCC Radiated emissions limits, general requirements
FCC ISM Band Communications Equipment

Summary of Power output rules for ISM bands

1.0 Maximum transmitter output is 1 Watt ( 30 dBm) (47CFR15.247.b.1).

2.0 Maximum EIRP is 4 Watt ( 36 dBm) (47CFR15.247.b.3) i.e. for every


dB of antenna gain above 6dBi, the transmitter output must be reduced by
1 dBm; per this rule, a 24 dBi antenna limits the output power to 12 dBm
which is 16 mW.

3.0 For fixed point to point operation in ISM2.4, peak output need only be
reduced by 1 dBm for every 3 dBi of antenna gain above 6 (
47CFR15.247.b.3.i) i.e per this rule, a 24 dBi antenna may be fed by
a 24 dBm or 250 mW.

4.0 In ISM5.8, you can apply all the antenna gain you
want(47CFR15.247.b.3.ii) with no reduction in output power.

The responsibility of staying within these limits falls on the operator ( or, if
professionally installed on the installer).

Signal Processing Group Inc., the Analog Specialists,


7 Web: www.signalpro.com,
Tel: 480 – 892 – 1399 FAX: 480 – 892 – 1782 email: [email protected]
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SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES FOR ISM


BAND PRODUCTS

• 0.6um Si-Ge Process – XFAB

• 0.35 um CMOS Process- XFAB

• 0.18 um RF CMOS process – TSMC/UMC

among others. The requirement on the technology is that it should be


fairly well characterized either by the supplier or the user. Technology
is freely available both in MPW form and MLM form for prototypes
and test chips before volume fabrication.

Some additional design tools may be required as well as custom


built routines. Packaging and board interactions are very important as
are the noise/interference issues. FCC compliance testing is an added
requirement ( compared to simple probe tests and package tests for
low frequency devices).

Signal Processing Group Inc., the Analog Specialists,


8 Web: www.signalpro.com,
Tel: 480 – 892 – 1399 FAX: 480 – 892 – 1782 email: [email protected]
THE ISM BAND – A REVIEW OF THE 9

ESSENTIALS

MARKET FOR ISM BAND PRODUCTS

• Market is very large and growing


• Present day products are based on 802.11/Bluetooth Standards.
• HOMERF and other applications are being addressed.
• Wireless is rapidly becoming the technology of choice for
interconnect.
• ISM band security products are being identified.
• RFID is a major application area and is growing

Signal Processing Group Inc., the Analog Specialists,


9 Web: www.signalpro.com,
Tel: 480 – 892 – 1399 FAX: 480 – 892 – 1782 email: [email protected]

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