Datasheet for Qualcomm Atheros AR9002WB-1NGCD

Industry’s first 1-stream 11n and Bluetooth Half-Mini Card design.

Product Overview
Industry's first 1-stream 11n and Bluetooth design on Half-Mini Card
With the growing demand for both WLAN and Bluetooth in portable PCs, Qualcomm has developed the industry’s first 1-stream 11n plus Bluetooth combo solution on a Half-Mini Card. The AR9002WB-1NGCD delivers the 11n performance of Qualcomm Align’s AR9285, the popular single-chip 11n 1-stream PCIe solution featured in notebooks and netbooks of seven of the top 10 PC OEMs (as of Q309). This market-leading 11n solution combines with Qualcomm’s single-chip Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR and 3.0 + HS solution optimized for PCs.

Qualcomm Universal Wireless Cooperation
Qualcomm new WLAN and Bluetooth combo solution goes beyond coexistence to enable cooperation between WLAN, Bluetooth and even 3G technologies co-located on computing platforms. To support this new level of radio coexistence, Qualcomm has engineered a suite of advanced wireless techniques to deliver Qualcomm Universal Wireless Cooperation, consisting of channel protection and timesharing mechanisms, custom 3G coexistence optimization, and Qualcomm’ proprietary WLAN/Bluetooth Coexistence Agent.

Single-board efficiency
By combining WLAN and Bluetooth on a single board, the AR9002WB-1NGCD offers a 20% RBOM reduction vs. separate WLAN and Bluetooth boards. The single board design enables sharing of elements such as the PCB and antennas to reduce duplication. The AR9285 integrates the MAC/baseband and radio transceiver, as well as the power amplifier, low noise amplifiers and antenna switch – the entire RF front end.