Highly integrated single chip CMOS solution
with multiprotocol
MAC/baseband processor and 2.4/5 GHz radio
Uses digital CMOS technology exclusively,
minimizing power
consumption and cost while maximizing reliability
Support for IEEE 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g
802.11e standard compatible bursting
Wireless Multimedia Enhancements Quality
of Service support (QoS)
Hardware encryption for the Wi-Fi Protected
Access (WPA) and IEEE 802.11i security specifications, provides Advanced Encryption
Standard (AES), Temporal Key Integrity
Protocol (TKIP) and Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) without performance degradation
Extended tuning range (2.300-2.500 &
4.900-5.850 GHz) for worldwide use Dynamic Frequency Selection/Transmit Power Control (DFS/TPC) for international operation
Support for draft IEEE 802.11e, h, i and j
standards
Atheros XR™ eXtended Range technology to give
Wi-Fi products twice the range of existing designs Power-saving design improvements reduce system power consumption by
98%
AR5413 Single-Chip
CMOS MAC/Baseband/Radio
Support for IEEE
802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g
Operates from
4.900 to 5.850 and 2.300 to 2.500 GHz
Advanced wideband
receiver with best path sequencer for better range and multipath resistance than conventional equalizer-based designs
Integrated
low-noise amplifier (LNA) External PA and/or LNA can be used for special applications
Eliminates all IF
filters and most RF filters; no external voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs) or surface acoustic wave (SAW) filters needed
Enhanced transmit
and receive chains
Atheros XR
eXtended Range technology to give Wi-Fi products twice the range of existing designs
No external FLASH
or RAM memory needed
PCI 2.3 and PC
Card 7.1 host interfaces with DMA support
Integrated
analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters
High speed UART
with DMA supports data rates up to 1 Mbps
Serial EEPROM,
LEDs, GPIOs peripheral interfaces
Low power
operational and sleep modes
AR5006X Reference
Design Highlights
Windows® drivers for Windows XP, Windows 2000,
Windows ME, Windows 98 SE and Windows NT 4.0
A single driver and firmware code base supports all Atheros chipsets, and provides both backward and forward compatibility with Atheros previous and next-generation multi-standard designs.
Integrated WPA supplicant supports Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows 98 SE and Windows NT 4.0
Client utility supports configuration profiles, current link status, statistics and diagnostics
* Theoretical wireless link rate based
on applicable IEEE 802.11 standards. Actual user throughput will be
lower than the theoretical link rate and will vary, as network
conditions and environmental factors can lower actual throughput rate.
