AR9485

Industrys greenest 1x1 Single-Chip 802.11n PCI Express CMOS MAC/Baseband/Radio

AR9485 Industrys greenest 1x1 Single-Chip 802.11n

PCI Express CMOS MAC/Baseband/Radio
Qualcomm Align Technology Overview

Qualcomm offers the industry's most innovative and complete portfolio of 802.11n wireless LAN chip solutions.

The AR9485 single-chip PCI Express solution features Qualcomm Align 1-stream 802.11n. Align solutions are available in reference designs to serve the networking, computing and consumer electronics markets. Align employs all the mandatory and select optional features of the 11n specification, and Qualcomms advanced radio design techniques. The AR9485 leverages unprecedented silicon integration and an advanced 55nm design to offer the industrys lowest power consumption and manufacturing costs making it the greenest WLAN solution on the market. The new AR9485 extends Qualcomms family of Align 1-stream 802.11n solutions, which are featured in 9 of the top 10 PC brands. Building upon Qualcomms historic leadership in the computing market, Qualcomm has re-designed the WLAN architecture to deliver even greater benefits for PC manufacturers and consumers alike. By cutting the power consumption in half, the AR9485 is enabling best-in-class wireless features with a greatly-reduced impact on the battery life of mobile PCs.

Solution Highlights
Highly integrated single chip PCI Express solution MAC/baseband processor and 2.4 GHz radio Supports up to 150 Mbps Data Rate Backward-compatible to 802.11g; forward-compatible to multi-stream 802.11n Supports all mandatory IEEE 802.11n features, including several optional features such as HT40, half-guard interval in HT40 and Rx Space Time Block Coding (STBC) Compliant with IEEE 802.11b, 802.11d, 802.11e, 802.11g standards and 802.11i specification Highly compact, small footprint package Optimal BOM cost with integrated power amplifier, low noise amplifier, Tx/Rx switch, memory, regulator, etc. PCI Express Based Specification 1.1 compliant Supports Wake on Wireless LAN (WoW) Low power sleep modes supported Wi-Fi Alliance CERTIFIED

Technology Overview

The highly-integrated AR9485 targets the value computing market. The AR9485 provides a complete WLAN solutionmedia access controller (MAC), baseband, and a highperformance 2.4 GHz radio in a lowcost digital CMOS design. The AR9485 is backward compatible to 802.11b/g and forward compatible to multi-stream 11n. Targeting the growing value computing products market segment with 150 Mbps PHY rates, Align is the ideal technology for computing users seeking robust throughput, enhanced range and extended battery life for data networking applications as well as P2P applications. The AR9485 offers the industrys lowest power consumption 30 to 50 percent lower than comparable solutions. Such significant power savings are the result of Qualcomms enhanced PHY architecture, 55nm design and efficient power amplifiers. The new products also use a unique Green Transmission mode, which dynamically adjusts the systems Wi-Fi transmit power depending on the distance between the router and the client device.
40 MHz Crystal

AR9485 Architecture
2.4 GHz

Combiner LC Network

Rx Radio

ADC DAC Baseband MAC/ Conguration/ Control/ Memory

Tx Radio

Frequency Synthesizers Bias Control

The unmatched silicon integration eliminates the need for external power amplifiers, low-noise amplifiers (LNAs), a transmit/receive switch and several other components to reduce bill of material (BOM) costs by up to 30 percent, compared to previous solutions.

Host and Peripheral Interface

PCI Express GPIOs

Wi-Fi Direct Support

AR9485 also includes Qualcomm Direct Connect peer-to-peer technology, which enables PCs to easily connect with Wi-Fi enabled printers, cameras, and other peripherals without an access point or broadband connection. Direct Connect brings unprecedented convenience and simplicity to Wi-Fi devices and lets people do more with their wireless products.

Industrys greenest 1x1 Single-Chip 802.11n PCI Express CMOS MAC/Baseband/Radio

AR9485

HB125 Reference Design 1x1 802.11n 2.4 GHz WLAN HMC

AR9485 Specifications
Frequency Band Network Standard Modulation Modes FEC Coding Rate Hardware Security Quality of Service Media Access Technique Communication Interface Peripheral Interface Supported Data Rates IEEE 802.11b IEEE 802.11g IEEE 1-stream 802.11n Operating Voltage Package Dimensions Package 2.4 GHz 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n OFDM with BPSK, QPSK, 16 QAM, 64 QAM; DBPSK, DQPSK, CCK 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6 AES, TKIP, WEP 802.11e CSMA/CA PCI Express GPIOs, LEDs

Low RBOM, component count and cost 2 layer, Half-Mini Card design for optimized PCB cost PCI Express Half-Mini Card 1.2 specification compliant Supports single antenna and dual antenna Driver support on Windows Win7/Vista/XP and Linux Worldwide regulatory compliant (country list available on request) Single worldwide SKU

1 to 11 Mbps 6 to 54 Mbps 6.5 to 150 Mbps 1.2V +/-5%, 3.3V +/-10% 7 mm x 7 mm 56-pin LPCC

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