Atheros ROCm :: AR6102

Atheros ROCm® Technology

Radio-On-Chip for Mobile (ROCm) Products

The combination of wireless solutions for mobile WLAN, with our dominant position in the home, office and metro Wi-Fi networking markets, enables a worldwide wireless ecosystem based on the company’s technologies. Atheros-engineered ROCm technologies provide the most reliable wireless performance and connectivity anywhere you go. Atheros ROCm technologies give customers the unsurpassed ability to:

• Build the most power-efficient devices
• Design for the smallest form factor applications
• Achieve the most cost-effective designs
• Deliver Atheros-class performance in a wide array of mobile devices, all featuring a high level of design and integration ease.

Product Overview

The AR6102 is Atheros’ second-generation Wi-Fi solution specifically designed for portable consumer electronics devices. Its compact size, low power consumption and fully integrated design makes it easy to add Wi-Fi to many battery-powered CE devices, such as: eBooks, smartbooks and tablets, Internet radios, printers, remote controls, and smart grid devices.

The AR6102 connects directly to an antenna, eliminating the need for complicated RF tuning and calibration. It is fully shielded and includes an integrated high-frequency reference clock, making it the smallest and lowest-cost, complete 802.11b/g solution in the market.

Solution Highlights

The AR6102 incorporates all the features and performance of the award winning ROCm AR6002 solution, including:

• Single chip 802.11b/g solution
• Industry-leading receive sensitivity, throughput, and power efficiency
• Highest level of on-chip integration:
  • MAC/BB
  • Complete RF front end
  • Integrated RISC processor for host-processor offloading
  • Security engine (WPA, WPA2, WEP, WAPI)
• Atheros Universal Wireless Cooperation™
  • Advanced algorithms for Wi-Fi/Bluetooth® coexistence
  • Support for 2-, 3-, and 4-wire handshaking protocols
• Host wakeup for system-level power savings
• Support of antenna diversity
• Mature, feature-rich, industry-tested software
  • Supports leading mobile operating systems including Windows Mobile, Google Android, Linux
  • Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ (WPS) support
• Instant Wi-Fi Hotspot using Atheros AP Mode technology