BCM4748 Product Brief

BCM4748
Brief
®
INTENSI-FI® XLR 2 × 2 IEEE 802.11N 2.4 GHZ + 5 GHZ SOC
SUMMARY OF BENEFITS
FEATURES
• High-performance, low-cost IEEE 802.11n-compliant System-
• Single-chip IEEE 802.11n with reduced power consumption
on-a-Chip (SoC) CPU/MAC/baseband/radio for enterprise
wireless Access Point (AP) solutions
enables compact form factors with low cost and highperformance.
• Optimized Intensi-fi ® XLR platform with Accelerange™
• Optimized reduced bill of materials (RBOM) and PCB enable
Technology — a unique set of hardware and software
enhancements that ensure more robust wireless coverage
smallest cost delta over IEEE 802.11g designs.
• Reduced host CPU utilization
• Integrated 533 MHz MIPS32® 74K® core
• Enhanced system performance
• 32 KB I-cache, 32 KB D-cache
• 64-entry translation lookaside buffer (TLB)
• Two-stream spatial multiplexing with data rates up to 300
Mbps
• Enhanced 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC controller
• Multiple memory (DDR/Flash) configurations supported to
• Integrated dual-band radio transceiver
enable low-end to high-end performance options
• On-chip SRAM for latency-sensitive applications
APPLICATIONS
• State-of-the-art security (IEEE 802.1X/WPA™/WPA2™)
• USB 2.0 EHCI host ports
• Single- and dual-band IEEE 802.11n enterprise wireless APs
• Up to 2 Gb DDR SDRAM and up to 32 MB Flash memory
• Simultaneous dual-band AP with additional MAC/PHY/
radio (e.g., BCM4342)
Functional Block Diagram
2x2 11n
BCM4748
2.4/5 GHz (BCM4748)
FEM/PA
Draft 802.11n
MAC/BB/Radio
2x2 11n
533 MHz (BCM4748)
Flash
Interface
Flash Memory
MIPS32® 74K®
Core
2.4/5 GHz
1-Lane
PCIeTM RC
FEM/PA
BCM4342E
I-Cache
(32 KB)
D-Cache
(32 KB)
EJTAG
DDR1/DDR2
(BCM4748)
SRAM
128 KB
GPIO
GPIOs
UART
UART Interface
I2S and S/PDIF
Audio Interface
DDR SDRAM
I/F
10/100/1000
MAC
MII/RvMII/RGMII
Interface
High-Speed
USB 2.0 Host
USB 2.0 Host Ports
Two BCM4748
OVERVIEW
The Broadcom BCM4748 processor is the highest performance SoC in
the Intensi-fi XLR processor family. This device is an IEEE 802.11ncompliant CPU/MAC/baseband/radio AP solution designed for
enterprise applications. Integrated on-chip is a powerful 533 MHz
MIPS32 74K core with four-way set associative 32 KB instruction cache,
a 32 KB two-way set associative data cache, and a 64-entry translation
lookaside buffer. Enhanced CPU memory subsystem architecture
provides increased system performance.
Using multiple in/multiple out (MIMO) signaling with IEEE 802.11n
protocol, information is sent and received over two or more antennas
simultaneously using the same frequency band, thus providing greater
range and increasing throughput while maintaining compatibility with
legacy IEEE 802.11a/b/g devices. This improved functionality is
accomplished through a combination of enhanced MAC and PHY
implementations, including spatial multiplexing modes in the transmitter
and receiver as well as advanced digital signal processing techniques to
improve receive sensitivity.
With its fully integrated dual-band radio transceiver, the chip
architecture supports two streams with two antennas for TCP throughput
of over 200 Mbps per radio. Switched antenna diversity operation is also
supported for three antenna configurations.
State-of-the-art security is provided by industry-standardized system
support for WPA, WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i), and hardware-accelerated
AES encryption/decryption coupled with TKIP and IEEE 802.1X
support.
Embedded hardware acceleration enables increased system performance
and significantly reduces host CPU utilization in both client and AP
configurations. The BCM4748 supports Broadcom FASTPATH®
Unified Access Point (UAP) software to enable complete enterprise AP
solutions for standalone or switch-managed products.
The BCM4748 integrates two USB 2.0 EHCI host ports. The device also
includes an 8/16-bit parallel external bus interface (EBI) for Flash
memory as well as other generic parallel devices. The 16 dedicated
GPIOs are another feature of the device .
Device Features
Feature
BCM4748
Package ball count
570 pins
CPU
480 MHz
SDRAM
32-bit DDR2 up to DDR2-533
Flash
Serial or 8-bit parallel Flash
Ethernet (External PHY + MII/RGMII)
Yes
PCIe™
Yes
USB 2.0 port
Two hosts
2
IS
Multiplexed onto six parallel Flash pins
GPIO
16
Band
2.4 GHz/5 GHz
Support for up to three antennas
Yes
External LNA support
Yes, multiplexed onto eight GPIOs
Reference design
BCM95474EAP
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05/06/09
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