Data Sheet
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nRF24L01 Product Specification
5.2 General RF conditions
Table 5. General RF conditions
5.3 Transmitter operation
Table 6.Transmitter operation
Symbol Parameter (condition) Notes Min. Typ. Max. Units
f
OP
Operating frequency
a
a. Usable band is determined by local regulations
2400 2525 MHz
PLL
res
PLL Programming resolution 1 MHz
f
XTAL
Crystal frequency 16 MHz
Δf
1M
Frequency deviation @ 1Mbps ±160 kHz
Δf
2M
Frequency deviation @ 2Mbps ±320 kHz
R
GFSK
Air Data rate
b
b. Data rate in each burst on-air
1000 2000 kbps
F
CHAN-
NEL 1M
Non-overlapping channel spac-
ing @ 1Mbps
c
c. The minimum channel spacing is 1Mhz
1MHz
F
CHAN-
NEL 2M
Non-overlapping channel spac-
ing @ 2Mbps
c
2MHz
Symbol Parameter (condition) Notes Min. Typ. Max. Units
P
RF
Maximum Output Power
a
a. Antenna load impedance = 15Ω+j88Ω
0+4dBm
P
RFC
RF Power Control Range 16 18 20 dB
P
RFCR
RF Power Accuracy ±4 dB
P
BW2
20dB Bandwidth for Modulated Carrier
(2Mbps)
1800 2000 kHz
P
BW1
20dB Bandwidth for Modulated Carrier
(1Mbps)
900 1000 kHz
P
RF1
1
st
Adjacent Channel Transmit Power
2MHz
-20 dBm
P
RF2
2
nd
Adjacent Channel Transmit Power
4MHz
-50 dBm