AR5006EGS Solution Highlights

• Uses digital CMOS technology exclusively, minimizing power
  consumption and cost while maximizing reliability
• Highly integrated single chip PCI Express CMOS solution with
  MAC/baseband processor and 2.4 GHz radio
• Compliant with IEEE 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11d, 802.11h,
  802.11i and 802.11j standards
• Supports draft 802.11e Quality of Service (QoS) standard
• Super G® mode delivers up to 108 Mbps data link rate with
  typical end user throughput exceeding 60 Mbps
• Atheros XR™ eXtended Range technology gives Wi-Fi products
  twice the range of existing designs
• Hardware encryption for security provides Advanced Encryption
  Standard (AES), Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) and Wired
  Equivalent Privacy (WEP) without performance degradation
• Extended tuning range (2.300-2.500 GHz) enables worldwide use

AR2424 Single-Chip 802.11b/g PCI Express CMOS MAC/Baseband/Radio

• PCI Express Base specification 1.0a compliant
• Operates from 2.300 to 2.500 GHz
• Dynamic Frequency Selection/Transmit Power Control (DFS/TPC) support
• Industrial temperature version (-40 to 85˚C) option available
• Super G mode includes dynamic turbo capability, real-time hardware
  data compression, Fast Frames and standards-compliant bursting
• Advanced wideband receiver with best path sequencer for better range
  and multipath resistance than conventional equalizer-based designs
• Eliminates all IF filters and most RF filters; no external voltage-controlled
  oscillators (VCOs) or surface acoustic wave (SAW) filters needed
• Rx filter supports blocking specifications for half & quarter rate channels
• No external FLASH or RAM memory needed
• Serial EEPROM, LEDs, GPIOs peripheral interfaces
• Low power sleep modes

Reference Design Highlights

• PCI Express Mini Card 1.0 specification compliant single sided board
  design delivers lowest RBOM cost
• Worldwide regulatory compliant (country list available on request)
• Single worldwide SKU
• Integrated WPA supplicant supports Windows® drivers for
  Windows XP, Windows 2000
• A single driver and firmware code base supports previous generation
  Atheros chipsets, providing backward compatibility with legacy designs
• Client utility supports configuration profiles, current link status,
  statistics and diagnostics