Datasheet

NXP Semiconductors

88W8977

2.4 GHz/5 GHz Dual-band 1x1 Wi-Fi 4

and Bluetooth

5 Combo SoC

Product short data sheet Rev. 1 — 13 July 2020

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2.3 Wi-Fi baseband

• 802.11n 1x1 SISO

• Backward compatibility with legacy 802.11a/g/b technology

• 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi and Bluetooth share LNA for receive operation

• PHY data rates up to 150 Mbps

• 20 MHz bandwidth/channel, 40 MHz bandwidth/channel, upper/lower 20 MHz packets

in 40 MHz channel, 20 MHz duplicate legacy packets in 40 MHz channel mode

operation

• Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS)—MCS0~7

• Dynamic frequency selection (radar detection)

– Enhanced radar detection for long and short pulse radar

– Enhanced AGC scheme for DFS channel

– Compliance with Japan DFS requirements for W53 and W56

• Radio resource measurement

• Optional 802.11n SISO features:

– 20/40 MHz coexistence

– One spatial stream STBC reception

– Short guard interval

– RIFS on receive path for 802.11n packets

– 802.11n greenfield Tx/Rx

• Wi-Fi indoor locationing (802.11mc)

• Power save features

2.4 Wi-Fi radio

• Integrated direct-conversion radio

• 20 and 40 MHz channel bandwidths

• Shared Wi-Fi/Bluetooth receive input scheme for 2.4 GHz band

Wi-Fi receive path

• Direct conversion architecture eliminates need for external SAW filter

• On-chip gain selectable LNA with optimized noise figure and power consumption

• High dynamic range AGC function in receive mode

Wi-Fi transmit path

• Internal PA with power control

• Optimized transmit gain distribution for linearity and noise performance

Wi-Fi local oscillator

• Fine channel step