RS9116 Wi-Fi Transceiver SoCs

Wi-Fi

• Compliant to single-spatial stream IEEE 802.11 b/g/n with single-band support
• Support for 20 MHz bandwidth
• Transmit power up to +20 dBm with integrated PA
• Receive sensitivity as low as -98.5 dBm
• Data Rates: 802.11b: Up to 11 Mbps ; 802.11g: Up to 54 Mbps ; 802.11n: MCS0 to MCS7
• Operating Frequency Range:
  2412 MHz - 2484 MHz
  

Bluetooth

• Transmit power up to +20 dBm with integrated PA
  
• Receive sensitivity: LE: -95 dBm,
  LR 125 Kbps: -106 dBm
• <8 mA transmit current in Bluetooth 5 mode,
  2 Mbps data rate
• Data rates: 125 kbps, 500 kbps, 1 Mbps,
  2 Mbps, 3 Mbps
• Operating Frequency Range:
  2402 MHz - 2480 MHz
• EDR+2.1, 4.0, 4.1, 4.2 and 5.0
• Bluetooth Low Energy 1 Mbps, 2 Mbps and Long Range modes
• Bluetooth Low Energy Secure connections
• Bluetooth Low Energy supports the central role and peripheral role concurrently
• Bluetooth auto rate and auto TX power adaptation
• Scatternet* with two slave roles while still being visible
  

Operating Conditions

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

Size

• 7.00 mm x 7.00 mm x 0.85 mm
  

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
  

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

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
  

Embedded Mode

• Embedded mode (WiSeConnect™): Wi-Fi stack, TCP/IP stack, IP modules, Bluetooth stack and some profiles reside in RS9116; Some of the Bluetooth profiles reside in the host processor
  
• 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, PBAT
• Wireless firmware upgrade and provisioning
• Support for concurrent Wi-Fi, dual-mode Bluetooth 5
  

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*