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10 Power Consumption
Operating mode
VDD_PA/peak
VDD_PA/typ
VDD_REGIN/peak
VDD_REGIN/typ
Transmit (802.11b, 1M, +16dBm)
248 mA
190 mA
240 mA
100 mA
Transmit (802.11b, 1M, +8dBm)
144 mA
90 mA
Transmit (802.11g, 54M,
+15dBm)
154 mA
104 mA
Receive, no data
12 mA
10.5 mA
240 mA
114 mA
Deep sleep
9 µA
75 µA
Table 16: Current consumption during specific operating modes
Operating mode
Bit rate
Throughput (sw. limited)
Current/3.3V
Transmit/802.11n
65 Mbps
12 Mbps
144 mA
Transmit/802.11g
18 Mbps
5.9 Mbps
192 mA
Transmit/802.11b
11 Mbps
4.8 Mbps
192 mA
Transmit/802.11b
1 Mbps
920 kbps
184 mA
Transmit/802.11n
72.2 Mbps
1 Mbps
74 mA*
Transmit/802.11g
54 Mbps
1 Mbps
78 mA
Transmit/802.11g
18 Mbps
1 Mbps
86 mA
Transmit/802.11b
11 Mbps
1 Mbps
94 mA
Transmit/802.11b
2 Mbps
1 Mbps
158 mA
Receive
72 Mbps
16.5 Mbps
88 mA
Receive
72 Mbps
1 Mbps
70 mA*
Idle, associated
1.7 mA**
Idle, non-associated
110µA
Table 17: Average current consumption in normal use with various constant throughputs measured
from evaluation board test point (Preliminary)
*) Note 1: The module draws about 70mA in idle mode without power saves enabled.
**) Note 2: With 100ms beacon interval and full power save enabled. Increasing beacon interval will reduce
consumption further.