User's Manual

Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 105 (Canyon Peak)
Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 135 (Canyon Peak w/Bluetooth)
Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 2200 (Marble Peak)
Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 2230 (Jackson Peak 1)
Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6235 (Jackson Peak 2)
Hardware Specification, Rev. 2.2
Intel Confidential
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Contents
1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 7
1.1 Key Features ................................................................................................................ 8
2 System Architecture ............................................................................................................ 10
2.1 Frequency Stability ....................................................................................................... 10
2.2 Data Transmission ........................................................................................................ 10
3 Electrical Specifications ........................................................................................................ 14
3.1 Hardware Interface Signals ............................................................................................ 14
3.2 Pinout Definitions ......................................................................................................... 16
3.2.1 No Connect (NC) Signals ..................................................................................... 17
3.2.2 Power ............................................................................................................... 17
3.2.3 Ground (GND) .................................................................................................... 18
3.3 Module level Power Consumption .................................................................................... 18
3.3.1 Power Pins ......................................................................................................... 18
3.3.2 Power Consumption Definitions ............................................................................ 18
3.3.3 Wi-Fi Power Consumption .................................................................................... 18
3.3.4 Bluetooth Power Consumption .............................................................................. 20
3.3.5 ACPI Device State Support................................................................................... 25
3.3.6 Enabling Ethernet Controllers with ASPM ............................................................... 25
3.4 Mini Card DC Specifications ............................................................................................ 26
3.5 Wireless Disable ........................................................................................................... 26
3.5.1 Wi-Fi Hardware RF Disable ................................................................................... 26
3.5.2 Bluetooth Hardware RF Disable ............................................................................ 27
3.6 Auxiliary Signal (PERST#, WAKE#, REFCLK) .................................................................... 28
3.7 Mini Card Supply Ripple Limits ....................................................................................... 28
4 Host interface Description .................................................................................................... 29
4.1 USB Interface .............................................................................................................. 29
4.2 PCI Interface ............................................................................................................... 29
5 Thermal Specifications ......................................................................................................... 30
5.1 Thermal Dissipation ...................................................................................................... 30
5.2 Thermal Specifications .................................................................................................. 31
5.2.1 Thermal Management and Critical Shutdown .......................................................... 31
5.2.2 Wi-Fi Thermal Throttling ...................................................................................... 31
6 LED Indicators .................................................................................................................... 33
7 Regulatory Channel Support and Output Power ....................................................................... 34
7.1 Wi-Fi Channel Configuration ........................................................................................... 34
7.1.1 Channel Configuration Tables ............................................................................... 34
7.1.2 Antenna Gain for Product and Country Certifications ............................................... 34
7.1.3 Maximum Legacy and MIMO RF Output Power ........................................................ 34
7.1.4 Maximum Bluetooth Output Power ........................................................................ 35
7.1.5  ................................................................. 35
7.1.6 Channel Configuration Tables / RF Output Power .................................................... 35