DATA SHEET – PRELIMINARY 802.11A/B/G MINI PCI CARD PH11107/PH12127 802.11a/b/g Mini PCI Card PH11107/12127 MAIN FEATURES OF THIS DESIGN • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • IEEE 802.11a compatible IEEE 802.11b compatible IEEE 802.11g compatible Support for draft 802.11e, 802.11f, 802.11h and 802.11i standards Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) modulation schemes supported for both frequency ranges Data rates of 1, 2, 5.5, 11 Mbps (802.11b) Data rates of 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 54 Mbps (802.11a/g) Turbo Mode™ offering up to 108-Mbps data rate (optional) Supports dual-band antenna diversity Standard MiniPCI Type III (A or B) form factor Antenna connectors for use with laptop with built-in antenna Low power sleep mode AdHoc and Infrastructure modes supported, for use in office and peer-to-peer wireless networks Automatic data rate and mode selection Encryption – WEP (Wire Equivalent Privacy) 64 and 128-bit modes, as well as TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) Wi-Fi™ certification pending WHQL (Windows® Hardware Quality Labs ) certification pending Supports passive and active scanning, subject to local regulatory requirements Dynamic frequency selection/Dynamic power control. DFS/TPC (Dynamic Frequency Selection/Transmit Power Control) used for international operation Full 802.11a frequency range, covers 5.15-5.85 GHz, subject to local regulatory requirements Full 802.11b frequency range coverage Support for hardware RF silence LEAP support CCX support WPA support 802.1x support Customisation upon request Version 1.1 6.13.03 Page 2 of 18 802.11a/b/g Mini PCI Card PH11107/12127 DESCRIPTION The Arcadyan™ 802.11a/b/g MiniPCI Card is a Type (IIIA or IIIB) MiniPCI Card, which provides WLAN networking to the host PC. IEEE 802.11A STANDARD 802.11a networking uses 300 MHz of bandwidth in the 5 GHz Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure (U-NII) band. The lower 200 MHz of this band is physically contiguous, but the FCC has divided the total 300 MHz into three distinct 100 MHz domains, each with a different legal maximum power output. The lowest frequency space lies between 5.15 and 5.25 GHz, the middle frequency band lies between 5.25 and 5.35 GHz, and the highest frequency band, which lies between 5.725 - 5.825 GHz. One requirement specific to the low band is that all devices must use integrated antennas. IEEE 802.11H STANDARD IEEE 802.11h is a pending standard required for European regulatory compliance. It adds Transmit Power Control and Dynamic Frequency Selection to the 802.11a (5 GHz) standard. It also adds support for eleven more channels between 5.5 GHz and 5.7 GHz. Version 1.1 6.13.03 Page 3 of 18 802.11a/b/g Mini PCI Card PH11107/12127 JAPAN SUPPORT In Japan, 5 GHz signalling occurs on four lower channels, which are offset by 10 MHz from their European and North American counterparts. The channels for Japan are 5.17, 5,19, 5.21, and 5.23 GHz. IEEE 802.11B SUPPORT IEEE 802.11b networking uses 62 MHz of bandwidth in the 2.4 GHz Industrial Scientific and Medical (ISM) band. This device uses 13 overlapping channels between 2.412-2.472 MHz (USA) and one channel at 2.484 GHz (Japan). IEEE 802.11G STANDARD IEEE 802.11g is a new standard for OFDM signalling at 2.4 GHz. It promises provides similar data rates to IEEE 802.11a networking, with the range and penetration capabilities of IEEE 802.11b networking. REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS The 802.11a/b/g MiniPCI Card can be configured to support local regulatory requirements, and Arcadyan has solutions to implement worldwide conformance with the minimum number of configurations. Version 1.1 6.13.03 Page 4 of 18 802.11a/b/g Mini PCI Card PH11107/12127 PCI AND MINIPCI STANDARD The PCI Local Bus is a high performance 32-bit or 64-bit bus with multiplexed address and data lines. The bus is intended for use as an interconnect mechanism between highly integrated peripheral controller components, peripheral add-in cards, and processor/memory systems. The Mini PCI Specification 1.0 defines an alternate implementation for small form factor PCI cards referred to in this specification as a Mini PCI Card. This specification uses a qualified sub-set of the same signal protocol, electrical definitions, and configuration definitions as the PCI Local Bus Specification 2.3. THE 802.11A/B/G MINIPCI CARD In the 5 GHz band, the 802.11a/b/g MiniPCI Card uses all 12 IEEE 802.11a channels, but does not support the high-power modes in the upper channels. The 802.11a/b/g MiniPCI Card also supports tuning to the Japan allocated 5 GHz frequency band from 5.17 to 5.23 GHz. The 802.11a/b/g MiniPCI Card uses the MiniPCI socket on a Microsoft® Windows®-based host computer to provide wireless networking to the computer. Once the NDIS (Network Driver Interface Specification) driver is installed and configured, the 802.11a/b/g MiniPCI Card allows peer-to-peer (Ad-Hoc Mode) connections with other computers with 802.11a or 802.11b/g products installed, and also allows connections between the host computer and 802.11a or 802.11b/g-based access points (Infrastructure Mode). The IEEE 802.11a/b/g MiniPCI Card operates from the PC host power supply and comprises of a baseband section and an RF section, refer to Figure 2. The baseband section deals with the interface to the host PC via the MiniPCI interface, and provides the data formatting, encoding and encryption required by both IEEE 802.11a and IEEE 802.11b/g standards. Selection between IEEE 802.11a, b, and g is determined within the NDIS driver configuration on the host PC using information provided by the baseband processor of the 802.11a/b/g MiniPCI Card. A discrete EEPROM memory device holds configuration data including the MAC address of the 802.11a/b/g MiniPCI Card. The Baseband Processor is the origin and destination for all the front-end signals. Both transmit and receive signals are switched and transferred either to a 5 GHz front-end or to a second chip (2.4 GHz RF Transceiver) which up converts or down converts the 5 GHz signals to 2.4 GHz. The 2.4 GHz RF Transceiver, in turn, feeds a 2.4 GHz front-end. Both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz front-ends are combined via two diplexers, which are designed to feed two dual-band diversity antennas. The 5 GHz signal is equivalent to the IEEE 802.11a signal, while the 2.4 GHz signal is equivalent to the IEEE 802.11b signal. The 5 GHz transmit signal is filtered after passing through an RF switch. The filter removes the different byproducts of the internal 5 GHz RF Transceiver local oscillator (LO). Also, the 5 GHz transmit signal is boosted with power amplifier (PA). The PA drives a coupler/detector (PDET) assembly. The coupler/detector’s function is to sample the transmit signal and rectify it. The rectified signal is proportional to the output power and is used for power levelling and control. The 5 GHz transmit signal then passes through a bridge switch. The bridge switch is a diversity (transfer) type and has 4 ports: two inputs (transmit and receive) and two outputs (antennas). It enables the connection of any Version 1.1 6.13.03 Page 5 of 18 802.11a/b/g Mini PCI Card PH11107/12127 of the input ports to either one of the outputs. The 5 GHz transmit signal is then transferred through a Low Pass Filter (LPF) which removes any 5 GHz harmonics generated by the PA and bridge switch. The 5 GHz transmit signal then passes through a diplexer to the antenna port. The diplexer has a common (antenna) port and two more ports for 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz. The diplexer is transparent to 5 GHz signals between the common and 5 GHz port. Likewise, the diplexer is transparent to 2.4 GHz signals between the common port and the 2.5 GHz port. The diplexer includes a low pass filter for 2 GHz harmonic rejection. The 5 GHz receive signal is transferred in a reverse order from the antenna through the diplexers and bridge switches. It is filtered to reject image frequencies via a BPF (Band Pass Filter) and boosted via a LNA (Low Noise Amplifier). The transmit and receive 2.4 GHz signals follow a similar path as the 5 GHz signals in the 2.4 GHz front-end. Version 1.1 6.13.03 Page 6 of 18 802.11a/b/g Mini PCI Card PH11107/12127 PERFORMANCE Note: 802.11g performance numbers are preliminary, and subject to change RECEIVER 802.11a Sensitivity 802. 11b/ g Sensi tivity 6Mbps -91 9 Mbps -90 12 Mbps -89 18 Mbps -87 24 Mbps -84 36 Mbps -80 48 Mbps -74 54 Mbps -72 Units dBm 1Mbp s 2 Mbps 5.5 Mbps 11 Mbps 6 Mbps 9 Mbps 12 Mbps 18 Mbps 24 Mbps 36 Mbps 48 Mbps 54 Mbps Units -93 -92 -91 -89 -89 -88 -86 -84 -82 -78 -72 -68 dBm TRANSMITTER 802.11a Avg. Channel Power Avg. Channel Power 802. 11b/ g Avg. Chan nel Powe r 5.1705.700 GHz 5.7455.865 GHz 6 Mbps 9 Mbps 17 12 Mbps 17 18 Mbps 17 24 Mbps 17 36 Mbps 15 48 Mbps 14 54 Mbps 13 17 16 Units dBm 16 16 16 16 15 12 10 dBm 1 Mbps 2 Mbps 5.5 Mbps 11 Mbps 6 Mbps 9 Mbps 12 Mbps 18 Mbps 24 Mbps 36 Mbps 48 Mbps 54 Mbps Units 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 15.5 13.5 11.5 dBm Channel Power may be limited, subject to local regulatory requirements. DC CHARACTERISTICS The following conditions apply to all PCI interface DC characteristics unless otherwise specified: Vdd = 3.3 V, Tamb = 25 °C Version 1.1 6.13.03 Page 7 of 18 802.11a/b/g Mini PCI Card SYMBOL VDD VIH VIL VIPU IIL VOH VOL CIN CCLK CIDSEL LPIN PARAMETER Supply Voltage High level input voltage Low level input voltage Input pull-up voltage Input leakage current High level output voltage Low level output voltage Input capacitance PCI_CLK pin capacitance PCI_IDSEL pin capacitance Pin inductance PH11107/12127 CONDITION MIN 3.0 MAX 3.6 UNITS V NOTES — 0.7⋅Vdd Vdd + 0.5 V — — -0.5 0.3⋅Vdd V — — 0.7⋅Vdd — V 1 0 < Vin < Vdd — ± 10 µA 2 Iout = -500µA Iout = 1500µA — 0.9⋅Vdd — V — 0.1 ⋅Vdd V — — — 10 pF 3 — 5 12 pF — — — — — 8 20 pF nH 4 Notes: 1. By design. Minimum voltage to which pull-up resistors are calculated to pull a floated network. Applications sensitive to static power utilization must ensure that the input buffer is conducting minimum current at this input voltage. 2. Input leakage currents include hi-Z output leakage for all bi-directional buffers with tri-state outputs. 3. Absolute maximum pin capacitance for a PCI input is 10 pF (except for PCI_CLK). 4. Lower capacitance on this input-only pin allows for nonresistive coupling to PCI_AD[XX]. POWER CONSUMPTION The 802.11a/b/g MiniPCI Card supports the following power modes: MODE 802.11b 802.11a 802.11a Turbo mode UNINITIALIZED 33 33 33 33 TX 1640 1782 1897 2294 RX 832 815 1402 1234 IDLE/LISTENING 898 822 1320 NA SLEEP 33 33 33 33 UNITS mW mW mW mW ENVIRONMENTAL Version 1.1 6.13.03 Page 8 of 18 802.11a/b/g Mini PCI Card PH11107/12127 NON-OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS: • Ambient temperature : -40°C to +85°C • Relative humidity : 5-95%, non-condensing. • Bump acceleration : According to Mini PCI Specification 1.0 • Shock acceleration : According to Mini PCI Specification 1.0 OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS: • Ambient temperature : 0°C to +60°C • Relative humidity : 95% max DEFINITION OF TERMINALS / LED DATA The 802.11a/b/g MiniPCI Card is compliant with PCI 2.3. During operation, the interface provides data and command transfer between the host software and the DMA engine, and the configuration registers of the 802.11a/b/g MiniPCI Card. For details refer to the PCI 2.3 specification. Signals in grey are not used by this product. PIN 1 SIGNAL TIP Key 2 RING 3 8PMJ-3 4 8PMJ-1 5 8PMJ-6 6 8PMJ-2 7 8PMJ-7 8 8PMJ-4 Version 1.1 DESCRIPTION Conductor of the wire pair comprising the local loop. - PIN 63 SIGNAL 3.3V DESCRIPTION 3.3 V Supply voltage 64 FRAME# Conductor of the wire pair comprising the local loop. Pin 3 of an 8pin modular jack interface Pin 1 of an 8pin modular jack interface Pin 6 of an 8pin modular jack interface Pin 2 of an 8pin modular jack interface Pin 7 of an 8pin modular jack interface Pin 4 of an 8pin modular 65 CLKRUN# 66 TRDY# Indicates Bulk Transfer Used to stop clock on certain mobile PCI devices Target Ready 67 SERR# 68 STOP# 69 GROUND 70 3.3V 3.3 V Supply voltage 71 PERR# Indicates Parity Error 6.13.03 Indicates catastrophic system error Indicates target wishes to end transfer Ground Page 9 of 18 802.11a/b/g Mini PCI Card PH11107/12127 jack interface 9 8PMJ-8 Pin 8 of an 8pin modular jack interface Pin 5 of an 8pin modular jack interface Interface for external LEDs Interface for external LEDs 72 DEVSEL# PCI Device Select 10 8PMJ-5 73 C/BE[1]# Byte Enable 11 LED1_GRNP 74 GROUND Ground 12 LED2_YELP 75 AD[14] LED1_GRNN RF Silent input 76 AD[15] 14 LED2_YELN 77 GROUND 15 CHSGND Interface for external LEDs Chassis Ground Multiplexed Address/Data Bus Multiplexed Address/Data Bus Ground 13 78 AD[13] 16 RESERVED - 79 AD[12] 17 INTB# Interrupt Request B 80 AD[11] 18 5V 5 V Supply voltage 81 AD[10] 19 3.3V 82 GROUND 20 INTA# 83 GROUND Ground 21 RESERVED 3.3 V Supply voltage Interrupt Request A - Multiplexed Address/Data Bus Multiplexed Address/Data Bus Multiplexed Address/Data Bus Multiplexed Address/Data Bus Ground 84 AD[09] 22 RESERVED - 85 AD[08] 23 24 GROUND 3.3VAUX Ground 3.3 V supplyuninterrupted 86 87 C/BE[0]# AD[07] 25 CLK PCI Clock 88 3.3V 26 RST# PCI Reset 89 3.3V Multiplexed Address/Data Bus Multiplexed Address/Data Bus Byte Enable Multiplexed Address/Data Bus 3.3 V Supply voltage 3.3 V Supply Version 1.1 6.13.03 Page 10 of 18 802.11a/b/g Mini PCI Card PH11107/12127 voltage Multiplexed Address/Data Bus Multiplexed Address/Data Bus Multiplexed Address/Data Bus Multiplexed Address/Data Bus Multiplexed Address/Data Bus Multiplexed Address/Data Bus 5 V Supply voltage 27 GROUND Ground 90 AD[06] 28 3.3V 3.3 V Supply voltage 91 AD[05] 29 REQ# PCI Bus Request 92 AD[04] 30 31 GNT# 3.3V PCI Bus Grant 3.3 V Supply voltage 93 94 RESERVED AD[02] 32 GROUND Ground 95 AD[03] 33 AD[31] 96 AD[00] 34 PME# 97 5V 35 AD[29] 98 RESERVED_WIP 5 - 36 RESERVED Multiplexed Address/Data Bus Power Management Event Multiplexed Address/Data Bus - 99 AD[01] 37 GROUND Ground 100 38 AD[30] 101 39 AD[27] 102 GROUND Ground 40 3.3V 103 AC_SYNC AC97 Sync 41 AD[25] 104 M66EN Enables 66 MHz PCI bus 42 AD[28] 105 AC_SDATA_IN AC97 Data Input 43 RESERVED Multiplexed Address/Data Bus Multiplexed Address/Data Bus 3.3 V Supply voltage Multiplexed Address/Data Bus Multiplexed Address/Data Bus - RESERVED_WIP 5 GROUND Multiplexed Address/Data Bus - 106 AC_SDATA_OUT AC97 Data Output Version 1.1 6.13.03 Ground Page 11 of 18 802.11a/b/g Mini PCI Card 44 AD[26] 45 C/BE[3]# 46 AD[24] 47 AD[23] 48 IDSEL 49 50 GROUND GROUND 51 AD[21] 52 AD[22] 53 AD[19] 54 AD[20] 55 PH11107/12127 Multiplexed Address/Data Bus Byte Enable Multiplexed Address/Data Bus Multiplexed Address/Data Bus Initialization Device Select Ground Ground 107 AC_BIT_CLK AC97 Bit Clock 108 AC_ CODEC_ID0# 109 AC_CODEC_ID1 # Identifier for AC97 CODEC Identifier for AC97 CODEC 110 AC_RESET# AC97 Reset 111 112 113 MOD_AUDIO_M ON RESERVED AUDIO_GND 114 GROUND Modern Audio Monitor Analog Ground for line-level audio Ground 115 SYS_AUDIO_OU T Telephone Audio Out 116 SYS_AUDIO_IN Telephone Audio In Analog Ground for telephone audio Analog Ground for telephone audio Analog Ground for line-level audio Analog Ground for line-level audio - 117 SYS_AUDIO_OU T GND GROUND Multiplexed Address/Data Bus Multiplexed Address/Data Bus Multiplexed Address/Data Bus Multiplexed Address/Data Bus Ground 118 SYS_AUDIO_IN GND 56 PAR Parity Bit 119 AUDIO_GND 57 AD[17] 120 AUDIO_GND 58 AD[18] 121 RESERVED 59 C/BE[2]# Multiplexed Address/Data Bus Multiplexed Address/Data Bus Byte Enable 122 MPCIACT# 60 AD[16] 123 VCC5VA Version 1.1 Multiplexed Address/Data Bus 6.13.03 MiniPCI Function Active 5V Analog Page 12 of 18 802.11a/b/g Mini PCI Card PH11107/12127 61 IRDY# Initiator Ready 62 GROUND Ground 124 3.3VAUX 3.3 V supplyuninterrupted LED There is a signal on the MiniPCI card which can be connected inside the host to an external LED. The Anode of the LED should be connected to LED1_YELP – pin 12 of the MiniPCI connector and the Cathode of the LED should be connected to LED1_YELN – pin 14 of the MiniPCI connector. LED Slow-rate blink ON Fast-rate blink OFF MEANING Looking for network association Associated or joined with network; no activity Associated or joined with network; blink rate increases with activity on the network over the air or locally on the network device based on setting of the PCI configuration register Radio is off (card may still be powered) RF SILENT Pin 13 of the MiniPCI connector is used to turn the radio off. It can be connected to an external switch, to disable the radio without software intervention (for example – before opening a laptop on a plane, where a WLAN may be disallowed). Pull this pin low to turn off the radio. ANTENNAS There are two antenna connectors (Hirose u.FL-type) along the top edge of the card which should be connected to dual-band antennas. SOFTWARE/SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS MEDIA SUPPLIED WITH 802.11A/B/G MINIPCI CARD The 802.11a/b/g MiniPCI Card ships with a single 3” Mini-CD, which contains drivers and PDF files with installation and usage instructions. APPLICATIONS SUPPLIED WITH 802.11A/B/G MINIPCI CARD Once installed, the driver provides standard NDIS (Network Driver Interface Specification) services to the host operating system. Version 1.1 6.13.03 Page 13 of 18 802.11a/b/g Mini PCI Card PH11107/12127 NDIS (Network Driver Interface Specification) is a Windows. specification for how communication protocol programs (such as TCP/IP) and network device driver should communicate with each other. Using NDIS, Windows. software developers can develop protocol stacks that work with the MAC driver for any hardware manufacturer's communications adapter. By the same token, any adapter maker can write a MAC driver software that can communicate with any protocol stack program. An API is provided to the customer to enable custom configuration applications with access to the parameters and modes of the 802.11a/b/g MiniPCI Card. A sample configuration application is also supplied, which allows the end-user to configure parameters and modes of the 802.11a/b/g MiniPCI Card. OPERATING SYSTEMS SUPPORTED BY 802.11A/B/G MINIPCI CARD Support for Microsoft Windows® 98SE, 2000, and XP. Linux, VX Works support is in progress. Version 1.1 6.13.03 Page 14 of 18 802.11a/b/g Mini PCI Card PH11107/12127 MECHANICAL DIMENSIONS Inches [mm] Legend: 1. Mini-PCI card-edge connector 2. Top side RF shield 3. Top side label 4. Bottom side RF shield 5. Bottom side label Version 1.1 6.13.03 Page 15 of 18 802.11a/b/g Mini PCI Card PH11107/12127 PACKAGING The modules are packed in a cardboard box. The packaging meets the requirements of transportation test stipulated in UAN-D1463. The transport of filled boxes should be done on pool pallets. Packaging can be customized according to customer specifications. ORDERING INFORMATION TYPE PH11107/1 2127 Version 1.1 FORM FACTOR RF-CONNECTOR(S) DESCRIPTION MiniPCI Type IIIA Two RF connectors Hirose u.FL-R-SMT(01) 802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN Adapter with MiniPCI Type IIIA Host Interface 6.13.03 PART NUMBER Page 16 of 18 802.11a/b/g Mini PCI Card PH11107/12127 DEFINITIONS Data sheet status Objective specification Preliminary specification Platform specification This data sheet contains target or goal specifications for product development. This data sheet contains preliminary data; supplementary data may be published later. This data sheet contains final platform specification. Application Information Where application information is given, it is advisory and does not form part of the specification LIFE SUPPORT APPLICATIONS These platforms are not designed for use in life support appliances, devices, or systems where malfunctions of these platforms can reasonably be expected to result in personal injury. Arcadyan customers using or selling these platforms for use in such applications do so at their own risk and agree to fully indemnify Arcadyan for any damages resulting from such improper use or sale. Version 1.1 6.13.03 Page 17 of 18 802.11a/b/g Mini PCI Card PH11107/12127 CONTACT INFORMATION Headquarters: 4F, No. 9, Park Avenue II Science-Based Industrial Park, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan, R.O.C [email protected] USA: 1962 Zanker Road, San Jose, CA 95112 USA [email protected] www.arcadyan.com Arcadyan Technology Corporation, 2003 All rights are reserved. 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