Data Sheet
Table Of Contents
- Overview
- Wi-Fi Key Features
- Specifications
- Applications
- CPU, Memory, and Flash
- Clock
- Radio
- Wi-Fi
- Power Management
- General Purpose Input/Output Interface (GPIO)
- Secure Digital Input/Output Interface (SDIO)
- Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI/HSPI)
- I2C Interface
- I2S Interface
- Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter (UART)
- Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM)
- IR Remote Control
- ADC (Analog-to-Digital Converter)
- Electrical Characteristics
- RF Power Consumption
- Wi-Fi Radio Characteristics
- Must-Read Documents
- Must-Have Resources
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3. Functional Description 
3.4.1. Wi-Fi Radio and Baseband 
The ESP8266EX Wi-Fi Radio and Baseband support the following features: 
• 802.11 b and 802.11 g 
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802.11 n MCS0-7 in 20 MHz bandwidth 
• 802.11 n 0.4 μs guard-interval 
• up to 72.2 Mbps of data rate 
• Receiving STBC 2 x 1 
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Up to 20.5 dBm of transmitting power 
• Adjustable transmitting power 
3.4.2. Wi-Fi MAC 
The ESP8266EX Wi-Fi MAC applies low-level protocol functions automatically, as follows: 
• 2 × virtual Wi-Fi interfaces 
•
Infrastructure BSS Station mode/SoftAP mode/Promiscuous mode 
• Request To Send (RTS), Clear To Send (CTS) and Immediate Block ACK 
• Defragmentation 
•
CCMP (CBC-MAC, counter mode), TKIP (MIC, RC4), WEP (RC4) and CRC 
• Automatic beacon monitoring (hardware TSF) 
• Dual and single antenna Bluetooth co-existence support with optional simultaneous 
receive (Wi-Fi/Bluetooth) capability 
3.5. Power Management 
ESP8266EX is designed with advanced power management technologies and intended for 
mobile devices, wearable electronics and the Internet of Things applications. 
The low-power architecture operates in the following modes: 
• Active mode: The chip radio is powered on. The chip can receive, transmit, or listen. 
•
Modem-sleep mode: The CPU is operational. The Wi-Fi and radio are disabled. 
• Light-sleep mode: The CPU and all peripherals are paused. Any wake-up events 
(MAC, host, RTC timer, or external interrupts) will wake up the chip. 
• Deep-sleep mode: Only the RTC is operational and all other part of the chip are 
powered off.!
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