Introducing Wi-R

Wire-like Wireless

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Non-radiative wireless: security and performance of wired communication with the convenience of wireless

Non-radiative wireless

Traditional wireless signals radiate uniformly in every direction. The Bluetooth signal created on your phone can be accessed by anyone in a 5-10m radius.

Wi-R on the other hand, confines the signal around the surface. Someone sitting on your next table doesn't even have access to the signal.

Why Wi-R?

100X lower energy wireless

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Lower Energy compared to Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

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Our ultra-low-power wireless YR11 chip equips wearables and Metaverse devices with all-day, real-time AI

Breakthrough technology for high-speed human-computer interaction

Our patented Wi-R technology delivers unique benefits over existing wireless solutions. YR11 is our first Wi-R product chip already integrated in headsets.

  • Touch Selectivity leading to touch detection
  • High-speed, Low-power
  • Physically Secure

Traditional wireless signal is available everywhere within a radius. Near-field communications simply reduce the radius. Such direction agnostic transmission is inherently inefficient. Designed for communications between wearables, Wi-R behaves as a wire by confining the signal in a bubble around you. This allows Wi-R to offer superior robustness, efficiency and touch selectivity.

Wi-R: Wireless to amplify you with all-day AI co-pilot

Ixana's Wi-R enables all-day video streaming for real-time AI as well as charging-free wearables. In addition, Wi-R introduces unique experiences with the touch selectivity.

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F.A.Q

Frequent questions about Wi-R. For more information, visit our FAQ page

  • What is non-radiative wireless?

    Wireless such as Bluetooth/Wi-Fi radiates signals in every direction making it inefficient. Wi-R does not radiate. Signal is confined in a bubble around the surface making it efficient like a wire.

  • Does it need to touch for Wi-R communication? If my phone/laptop is on the table, will it work?

    One of the most surprising aspects of Wi-R is that there is no touch/contact required for data communication. The devices do need to be within a few inches of the surface. It the table has conductive elements e.g. a metallic laptop, you can very likely listen to audiobooks/music if your phone is on the table and there is no contact.

  • Yes, you can. Infact, seamless authentication might be one of the first usecases that our partners bring to market. See the below video to get an idea of how that might work.

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  • Our information processing architecture is very different from what AR headsets have typically pursued. Few even believed a 100X improvement in energy efficiency is possible until we demonstrated it. Multiple major discoveries, exploiting novel physics enabled the 100X advantage.

  • The broad physics of the tech is patented (3 granted, 8 filed). The know-how of how to design the system is a trade secret. Unlike most hardware built with off-the-shelf components, mixed-signal silicon chips like ours, are nearly impossible to reverse engineer. We do not expect copycats. However, if a company with a lot of resources put together the best engineers in the world to develop it, we estimate it would take 2-4 years to get to the first version of the chip.

  • The most well-known ones are Wi-Fi, Cellular radio, Bluetooth, and Ultrawideband (UWB).

    1. Wi-R can transmit 10X higher data rate than Bluetooth (up to 30Mbps demonstrated). This is important to transfer video and multi-sensor data.
    2. Wi-R can be battery-free without severe duty cycling. There are charging-free Bluetooth tags available(Wiliot, Atmosic). However, they achieve it by severely reducing the data rate(<1kbps). Even in the charging-free regime (10uW power consumption), Wi-R can enable ~10-100kbps data rate. This is important for continuous monitoring of health data e.g. ECG waveform and motion capture data.
    3. Wi-R can transmit data by touch. Bluetooth can’t select a device based on touch. This would be important for public screens that behave differently based on who is touching them. In the future, this would also be used for payments, replacing/augmenting NFC.
    4. One-to-many connections: This year, our firmware would be able to support one-to-25 device connections. Bluetooth is limited to 8, and that too with a lot of limitations and interference.

  • The die area of Ixana's Wi-R chips varies between 1mm*1mm and 2mm*2mm. The larger area chips contain camera interface for streaming video. The packaged area depends on a few factors. But, the chips are chiplet friendly for space constrained electronics.

  • How can I get datasheets for the chip or the Evaluation Kits?

    Please email hello@ixana.ai to request datasheets. We can share the datasheets with a signed Non-Disclosure Agreement.