AR9374

2.4/5 GHz 2-stream

dual-band-selectable 802.11n
WLAN solution for USB and
Embedded CE Applications
 AR9374
2.4/5 GHz 2-stream dual-band-selectable 802.11n
WLAN solution for USB and Embedded CE Applications

Technology Overview
Qualcomm offers the industry's most innovative and complete
Qualcomm offers the portfolio of 802.11n wireless LAN chip solutions. This generation
of Qualcomm’s 802.11n technology builds upon the company’s
industry's most innovative Wi-Fi leadership – with enhanced performance, higher integration,
and complete portfolio of smaller form factors and lower overall cost – to meet the needs
of the rapidly growing 802.11n market. Like all Qualcomm’s 11n
802.11n wireless LAN chip solutions. solutions, the new fourth-generation solutions are compliant to
Building on the company’s Wi-Fi the IEEE 802.11n specification.
leadership – with enhanced performance, Qualcomm fourth-generation Wi-Fi solutions feature:
higher integration, smaller formfactors £ Leading Integration that delivers end-product cost and form
factors to drive broad market adoption of 802.11n products
and lower overall cost – to meet the
needs of today’s 802.11n market. £ Single- and Dual-Band, and Multiple MIMO Configurations that
enable OEMs to balance product price/performance for specific
applications and market segment requirements

£ Rich Media and Peripheral Interfaces that anticipate the

requirements for advanced media networking applications
Solution Highlights and allow end-product feature differentiation
£ Delivers full-performing 2-stream 802.11n throughput in
embedded applications such as TVs and Printers, without £ Easy Network Setup with the industry’s simple network
burdening the system’s host CPU configuration software that supports both the PIN and
push-button setup methods
£ Delivers Qualcomm advanced 11n technologies to achieve

whole-home coverage for multi-media applications

£ Includes MLD, TxBF, MRC, LDPC and STBC Product Overview
£ Based on Qualcomm sixth-generation of 802.11n technology The AR9374 UB134 is the industry’s most advanced solution for
£ Lead-free ROHS and Halogen-free packaging
adding 2x2 dual-band 802.11n WLAN connectivity to a range of
USB connectivity or embedded CE applications. Some of the ideal
applications include Digital TVs, Blu-Ray Players, Digital Media
Adapters, Home Network-Attached-Storage, Wireless Audio, and a
AR9374 Architecture range of others. The AR9374 single-chip WLAN solution leverages
Bluetooth IC 2.4/5 GHz Qualcomm industry leadership in all-CMOS radio design. AR9374
is a highly-integrated single-chip delivering high performance 2x2
Audio codec I2S 2x DMA Bluetooth
Coexistence
Rx
Diversity MIMO configurations in both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands and offering
Host USB 2.0 USB 2.0 USB 2.0
robust link quality, maximum throughput and highest range. With its
or HSIC PHY Controller very small package footprint and low power consumption it enables
GSPI 802.11n 802.11n 802.11n
RF
Front WLAN connectivity in a new set of use-cases.
Host SDIO MAC BB Radio End
DMA
DMA Bus

or GSPI SDIO
AR9374 integrates into a single chip a powerful full-offload CPU with
Bluetooth HS & LC Xtensa
RAM a complete on-chip memory subsystem including ROM and RAM.
/GPS IC UART CPU
ROM This solution eliminates the need for external memory components
Host or SPI/I2C/ and enables ultra-low-cost and small-form-factor embedded WLAN
Optional

Flash USNAP
designs. With its powerful CPU and memory subsystem, the AR9374
OTP
LED GPIO Memory Power/Clock Management enables integration of WLAN into systems where the host CPU lacks
Test, ICE JTAG REF CLK LPO CLK headroom to support WLAN processing. The AR9374 also integrates
on-chip the complete MAC, Baseband and Radio as well as the
OSC/XTAL Battery/3.3V industry’s highest performing on-chip CMOS PAs (Power Amplifiers)
and LNAs (Low Noise Amplifiers). It also includes on-chip memory
and peripherals to enable a host of advanced WLAN applications
including streaming audio, streaming video, and direct ad-hoc peer-
to-peer wireless connections.
 2.4/5 GHz 2-stream dual-band-selectable 802.11n WLAN solution for USB and Embedded CE Applications
AR9374
AR9374 Specifications

Frequency Band 2.4 and 5 GHz

Network Standard 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11d,

802.11e, 802.11h, 802.11i, 802.11j, 802.11n

AR9374 Reference Design Highlights Modulation Technology OFDM with BPSK, QPSK, 16 QAM,
£ Cost-optimized RBOM for the cost-conscious CE market segments 64 QAM, DBPSK, DQPSK, CCK
£ Delivers the industry’s lowest power consumption from peak Tx to

idle to deep sleep. Implements a range of advanced power saving FEC Coding 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6
techniques including Wake-on-Wireless to enable not just UB134
but the entire system to dramatically reduce power consumption
£ Boots from flash or over USB interface Hardware Encryption AES, TKIP, WEP, WAPI
£ Ultra-small 20 mm x 25 mm form-factor

£ USB spec compliant

Quality of Service 802.11e
£ Worldwide regulatory compliancee

Communications Interface USB 2.0, HSIC, SDIO 2.0,

MII/RMII/RGMII, SPI

Peripheral Interface I2C, I2S, SPDIF, UART, JTAG, GPIO

Memory Interface EEPROM or Flash

Supported Data Rates IEEE 802.11a 6-54 Mbps

IEEE 802.11b 1-11 Mbps
IEEE 802.11g 6-54 Mbps
IEEE 802.11n 6.5-300 Mbps

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