Single-band :: *102

Atheros ROCm® Technology

Radio-On-Chip for Mobile (ROCm) Products

The combination of wireless solutions for mobile WLAN, with our dominant position in the home, office and metro Wi-Fi networking markets, enables a worldwide wireless ecosystem based on the company’s technologies. Atheros-engineered ROCm technologies provide the most reliable wireless performance and connectivity anywhere you go. Atheros ROCm technologies give customers the unsurp*ed ability to:

• Build the most power-efficient devices
• Design for the *allest form factor applications
• Achieve the most cost-effective designs
• Deliver Atheros-cl* performance in a wide array of mobile devices, all featuring a high level of design and integration ease.

Product Overview

The *102 is Atheros’ second-generation Wi-Fi solution specifically designed for portable consumer electronics devices. Its compact size, low power consumption and fully integrated design makes it easy to add Wi-Fi to many battery-powered CE devices, such as: eBooks, *artbooks and tablets, Internet radios, printers, remote controls, and *art grid devices.

The *102 connects directly to an antenna, eliminating the need for complicated RF tuning and calibration. It is fully shielded and includes an integrated high-frequency reference clock, making it the *allest and lowest-cost, complete 802.11b/g solution in the market.

Solution Highlights

The *102 incorporates all the features and performance of the award winning ROCm *002 solution, including:

• Single chip 802.11b/g solution
• Industry-leading receive sensitivity, throughput, and power efficiency
• Highest level of on-chip integration:
  • MAC/BB
  • Complete RF front end
  • Integrated RISC processor for host-processor offloading
  • Security engine (WPA, WPA2, WEP, WAPI)
• Atheros Universal Wireless Cooperation™
  • Advanced algorithms for Wi-Fi/Bluetooth® coexistence
  • Support for 2-, 3-, and 4-wire handshaking protocols
• Host wakeup for system-level power savings
• Support of antenna diversity
• Mature, feature-rich, industry-tested software
  • Supports leading mobile operating systems including Windows Mobile, Google Android, Linux
  • Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ (WPS) support
• Instant Wi-Fi Hotspot using Atheros AP Mode technology