RS9116 Wi-Fi Transceiver Modules

Wi-Fi

• Compliant to single-spatial stream IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n with single-band (2.4 GHz) and dual-band (2.4/5 GHz) support
• Support for 20 MHz channel bandwidths
• Transmit power up to +18 dBm with integrated PA
• Receive sensitivity as low as -96 dBm
• Data Rates: 802.11b: Up to 11 Mbps ; 802.11g/a: Up to 54 Mbps ; 802.11n: MCS0 to MCS7
• Operating Frequency Range:
  2412 MHz - 2484 MHz; 4.9 GHz - 5.975 GHz
  

Bluetooth

• Transmit power up to +16 dBm with integrated PA
  
• Receive sensitivity: LE: -92 dBm, LR 125 Kbps: -102 dBm
• Compliant to dual-mode Bluetooth 5
• <8 mA transmit current in Bluetooth 5 mode, 2 Mbps data rate
• Data rates: 125 Kbps, 500 Kbps, 1 Mbps, 2Mbps, 3 Mbps
• Operating Frequency Range:
  2402 MHz - 2480 MHz
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, Bluetooth Low Energy 4.0 / 4.1 / 4.2 / 5.0
• Bluetooth Low Energy 1 Mbps, 2 Mbps and Long Range modes
• Bluetooth Low Energy Secure connections
• Bluetooth Low Energy supports central role and peripheral role concurrently
• Bluetooth auto rate and auto TX power adaptation
• Scatternet with two slave roles while still being visible
  

RF Features

• Integrated baseband processor with calibration memory, RF transceiver, high-power amplifier, balun and T/R switch
• Dual external antenna (diversity supported)
  

Power Consumption

• Wi-Fi Standby Associated mode current:
  50 μA @ 1-second beacon listen to interval
• Wi-Fi 1 Mbps Listen current: 14 mA
• Wi-Fi LP chain Rx current: 19 mA
• Deep sleep current <1 μA, Standby current (RAM retention) < 10 μA
  

Embedded Mode

• Available host interface: UART, SPI, SDIO, and USB CDC
• TCP throughput > 20 Mbps over SDIO host interface with 20 MHz bandwidth
• Support for Embedded Client mode, Access Point mode (Up to 8 clients), Concurrent Client and Access Point mode, and Enterprise Security
• Supports advanced security features: WPA/WPA2-Personal and Enterprise
• Integrated TCP/IP stack (IPV4/IPV6), HTTP/HTTPS, DHCP, ICMP, SSL 3.0/TLS1.2, WebSockets, IGMP, DNS, DNS-SD, SNMP, FTP Client, MQTT
• Bluetooth inbuilt stack support for L2CAP, RFCOMM, SDP, SPP, GAP
• Bluetooth profile support for GAP, SDP, L2CAP, RFCOMM, SPP, GATT, PBAP
• Wireless firmware upgrade and provisioning
• Support for concurrent Wi-Fi, dual-mode Bluetooth 5
  

Hosted Mode

• Hosted mode (n-Link™): Wi-Fi stack, Bluetooth stack and profiles and all network stacks reside on the host processor
• Available host interfaces: SDIO* 2.0 and USB HS
• Application data throughput up to 50 Mbps (Hosted Mode) in 802.11n with 20 MHz bandwidth
• Host drivers for Linux
• Support for Client mode, Access point mode (Up to 16 clients), Concurrent Client and Access Point mode, Enterprise Security
• Support for concurrent Wi-Fi, dual-mode Bluetooth 5
  

Operating Conditions

• Wide operating supply range: 1.75 V to 3.63 V
• Operating temperature: -40 °C to +85 °C (Industrial grade)

Wireless Co-Existence Modes

• Wi-Fi Access Point, Wi-Fi Client
• Wi-Fi Access Point + Wi-Fi Client
• Wi-Fi (Client / AP) + Bluetooth 5
• Wi-Fi (Client / AP) + Bluetooth Low Energy
• Wi-Fi (Client) + Bluetooth 5 + Bluetooth Low Energy
  

Security

• Accelerators: AES128/256 in Embedded Mode
• WPA/WPA2-Personal, WPA/WPA2 Enterprise for Client
• Secure Firmware upgrade with backup*
  

Software and Regulatory Certification

• Bluetooth Qualification*
  
• Regulatory certifications (FCC, IC, CE/ETSI, TELEC)*