AR5006X Solution Highlights

• Highly integrated single chip CMOS solution with multiprotocol
  MAC/baseband processor and 2.4/5 GHz radio

• Uses digital CMOS technology exclusively, minimizing power
  consumption and cost while maximizing reliability

• Support for IEEE 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g

• 802.11e standard compatible bursting

• Wireless Multimedia Enhancements Quality of Service support (QoS)

• Hardware encryption for the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) and
  IEEE 802.11i security specifications, 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 & 4.900-5.850 GHz) for worldwide use

• Dynamic Frequency Selection/Transmit Power Control (DFS/TPC)
  for international operation

• Support for draft IEEE 802.11e, h, i and j standards

• Atheros XR™ eXtended Range technology to give Wi-Fi products twice
  the range of existing designs

• Power-saving design improvements reduce system power consumption by 98%

AR5413 Single-Chip CMOS MAC/Baseband/Radio

• Support for IEEE 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g

• Operates from 4.900 to 5.850 and 2.300 to 2.500 GHz

• Advanced wideband receiver with best path sequencer for better range
  and multipath resistance than conventional equalizer-based designs

• Integrated low-noise amplifier (LNA)

• External PA and/or LNA can be used for special applications

• Eliminates all IF filters and most RF filters; no external voltage-controlled
  oscillators (VCOs) or surface acoustic wave (SAW) filters needed

• Enhanced transmit and receive chains

• Atheros XR eXtended Range technology to give Wi-Fi products twice
  the range of existing designs

• No external FLASH or RAM memory needed

• PCI 2.3 and PC Card 7.1 host interfaces with DMA support

• Integrated analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters

• High speed UART with DMA supports data rates up to 1 Mbps

• Serial EEPROM, LEDs, GPIOs peripheral interfaces

• Low power operational and sleep modes

AR5006X Reference Design Highlights

• Windows� drivers for Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows 98
  SE and Windows NT 4.0

• A single driver and firmware code base supports all Atheros chipsets, and provides both backward and forward compatibility with Atheros previous and next-generation multi-standard designs.

• Integrated WPA supplicant supports Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows 98 SE and Windows NT 4.0

• Client utility supports configuration profiles, current link status, statistics and diagnostics

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