Features

IEEE 802.11x Key Features

■ IEEE 802.11ac compliant.

■ Support for MCS8 VHT20 in 20 MHz channels for up to 86.7

Mbps data.

■ Single-stream spatial multiplexing up to 433.3 Mbps data

rate.

■ Supports 20, 40, and 80 MHz channels with optional

SGI (256 QAM modulation).

■ Full IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n legacy compatibility with enhanced

performance.

■ On-chip power amplifiers and low-noise amplifiers for both

bands.

■ Support for optional front-end modules (FEM) with external

PAs and LNAs.

■ Supports integrated T/R switch for 2.4 GHz band.

■ Supports RF front-end architecture with a single dual-band

antenna shared between Bluetooth and WLAN for lowest

system cost.

■ Shared Bluetooth and WLAN receive signal path eliminates

the need for an external power splitter while maintaining

excellent sensitivity for both Bluetooth and WLAN.

■ Supports IEEE 802.15.2 external coexistence interface to

optimize bandwidth utilization with other co-located wireless

technologies such as LTE or ZigBee.

■ Supports standard SDIO v3.0 (including DDR50 mode at

50 MHz and SDR104 mode at 208 MHz, 4-bit and 1-bit) interfaces.

■ Backward compatible with SDIO v2.0 host interfaces.

■ USB 2.0 high-speed (480 Mbps) with integrated USB hub.

■ Intergrated Arm Cortex R4 processor and with tightly coupled

memory for complete WLAN subsystem functionality and

minimizing the need to wake-up the applications processor

for standard WLAN functions. This allows for further minimization

of power consumption, while maintaining the ability to

field upgrade with future features. On-chip memory for WLAN

core includes 896 KB RAM and 896 KB ROM.

■ Integrated Arm Cortex M3 processor that runs software from

the Link Control (LC) to the Host Controller Interface (HCI)

layer for Bluetooth.The Arm core is paired with a memory unit

that contains 1088 KB of ROM and 384 KB of RAM.

■ OneDriver™ software architecture for easy migration from

existing embedded WLAN and Bluetooth devices as well as

future devices.

Bluetooth Key Features

■ Qualified for Bluetooth Core Specification 5.0 with all Bluetooth

4.2 optional features

❐ QDID: 102901

❐ Declaration ID: D035922

■ Bluetooth Class 1 or Class 2 transmitter operation.

■ Supports extended synchronous connections (eSCO), for

enhanced voice quality by allowing for retransmission of

dropped packets.

■ Adaptive frequency hopping (AFH) for reducing radio frequency

interference.

■ Interface support, host controller interface (HCI) using a highspeed

UART interface and PCM for audio data.

■ Low power consumption improves battery life of IoT and

embedded devices.

■ Supports multiple simultaneous Advanced Audio Distribution

Profiles (A2DP) for stereo sound.

■ Automatic frequency detection for standard crystal and

TCXO values.

■ Programmable dynamic power management

■ 6 Kbit OTP for storing board parameters.

■ GPIOs: 10.

■ 128-ball WLBGA package (4.51 mm × 5.43 mm, 0.4 mm

pitch).

■ Security:

❐ WPA and WPA2 (Personal) support for powerful encryption

and authentication.

❐ AES and TKIP in hardware for faster data encryption and

IEEE 802.11i compatibility.

❐ Reference WLAN subsystem provides Wi-Fi Protected

Setup (WPS).

■ Worldwide regulatory support: Global products supported

with worldwide homologated design.