Silicon Laboratories RS9116 n-Link Manual

RS9116 CC0 Connectivity Module Datasheet v1.0.10, December 2021
RS9116 n-Link™ and WiSeConnect™ Wi-Fi® and Dual-Mode Bluetooth® 5

Overview

1.1 Features

Wi-Fi
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Compliant to 1x1 IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n with dual
band (2.4 and 5 GHz) support
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Transmit power up to +18 dBm in 2 GHz and
+13.5 dBm in 5 GHz
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Receive sensitivity as low as -96 dBm in 2 GHz
and -89 dBm in 5 GHz
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Data Rates: 802.11b: Up to 11 Mbps; 802.11g/a:
Up to 54 Mbps; 802.11n: MCS0 to MCS7
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Operating Frequency Range: 2412 MHz – 2484
MHz, 4.9 GHz – 5.975 GHz
Bluetooth
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Transmit power up to +17 dBm with integrated PA
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Receive sensitivity: LE: -92 dBm, LR 125 Kbps: -
103 dBm
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Compliant to dual-mode Bluetooth 5
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<8 mA transmit current in Bluetooth 5 mode, 2
Mbps data rate
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Data rates: 125 Kbps, 500 Kbps, 1 Mbps, 2 Mbps,
3 Mbps
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Operating Frequency Range: 2.402 GHz - 2.480
GHz
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Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, Bluetooth Low Energy 4.0 /
4.1 / 4.2 / 5.0
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Bluetooth Low Energy 1 Mbps, 2 Mbps and Long
Range modes
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Bluetooth Low Energy Secure connections
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Bluetooth Low Energy supports central role and
peripheral role concurrently
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Bluetooth auto rate and auto TX power adaptation
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Scatternet* with two slave roles while still being
visible
RF Features
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Integrated baseband processor with calibration
memory, RF transceiver, high-power amplifier,
balun and T/R switch
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Dual external antenna (diversity supported)
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Power Consumption (2.4 GHz)
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Wi-Fi Standby Associated mode current: 102 uA
@ 1 second beacon interval
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Wi-Fi 1 Mbps Listen current: 14 mA
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Wi-Fi LP chain Rx current: 20 mA
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Deep sleep current <1 uA, Standby current (RAM
retention) < 10 uA
Operating Conditions
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Operating supply range: 3.0 V to 3.63 V
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Operating temperature: -40 ºC to +85 ºC
Size
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Small Form Factor: 9.1 x 9.8 x 1.6 mm
Software Operating Modes
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Hosted mode (n-Link™): Wi-Fi stack, Bluetooth
stack and profiles and all network stacks reside on
the host processor
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Embedded mode (WiSeConnect™): Wi-Fi stack,
TCP/IP stack, IP modules, Bluetooth stack and
some profiles reside in RS9116; Some of the
Bluetooth profiles reside in the host processor
Hosted Mode (n-Link™)
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Available host interfaces: SDIO 2.0 and USB HS
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Support for 20 MHz channel bandwidth
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Application data throughput up to 50 Mbps (Hosted
Mode) in 802.11n with 20 MHz bandwidth
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Host drivers for Linux
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Support for Client mode, Access point mode (Up to
16 clients), Concurrent Client and Access Point
mode, and Enterprise Security
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Support for concurrent Wi-Fi, dual-mode
Bluetooth 5
Embedded Mode (WiSeConnect™)
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Available host interface: UART, SPI, and USB
CDC
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Support for Embedded Client mode, Access Point
mode (Up to 8 clients), Concurrent Client and
Access Point mode, and Enterprise Security
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Supports advanced security features: WPA/WPA2-
Personal and Enterprise
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