RS9116 AA1 Connectivity Module Datasheet v1.0.8, December 2022
RS9116 n-Link™ and WiSeConnect™ Wi-Fi® and Dual-mode Bluetooth® 5
Wireless Connectivity AA1 Module Solution Overview
1.1 Features
Wi-Fi
Power Consumption
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Compliant to single-spatial stream IEEE 802.11
b/g/n with single band support
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Wi-Fi Standby Associated mode current: 50 uA @
1 second beacon listen interval
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Support for 20 MHz channel bandwidth
Transmit power up to +18 dBm with integrated PA
Receive sensitivity as low as -96 dBm
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Wi-Fi 1 Mbps Listen current: 14 mA
Wi-Fi LP chain Rx current: 19 mA
Deep sleep current <1 uA, Standby current (RAM
retention) < 10 uA
Data Rates:- 802.11b: Upto11 Mbps ; 802.11g:
Upto54 Mbps ; 802.11n: MCS0 to MCS7
Operating Conditions
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Operating Frequency Range:- 2412 MHz – 2484
MHz
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Wide operating supply range: 1.75 V to 3.63 V
Bluetooth
Operating temperature: -40 ºC to +85 ºC (Industrial
grade)
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Transmit power up to +16 dBm with integrated PA
Size
Receive sensitivity:- LE: -92 dBm, LR 125 Kbps: -
102 dBm
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Small Form Factor: 27 x 16 x 3.1 mm
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Compliant to dual-mode Bluetooth 5
Evaluation Kit
<8 mA transmit current in Bluetooth 5 mode, 2
Mbps data rate
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Single Band EVK: RS9116X-SB-EVK1
Software Operating Modes
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Data rates: 125 Kbps, 500 Kbps, 1 Mbps, 2Mbps,
3 Mbps
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Hosted mode (n-Link™): Wi-Fi stack, Bluetooth
stack and profiles and all network stacks reside on
the host processor
Operating Frequency Range:- 2.402 GHz - 2.480
GHz
Embedded mode (WiSeConnect™): Wi-Fi stack,
TCP/IP stack, IP modules, Bluetooth stack and
some profiles reside in RS9116; Some of the
Bluetooth profiles reside in the host processor
Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, Bluetooth Low Energy 4.0 /
4.1 / 4.2 / 5.0
Bluetooth Low Energy 1 Mbps, 2 Mbps and Long
Range modes
Hosted Mode (n-Link™)
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Bluetooth Low Energy Secure connections
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Available host interfaces: SDIO 2.0 and USB HS
Bluetooth Low Energy supports central role and
peripheral role concurrently.
Application data throughput up to 50 Mbps (Hosted
Mode) in 802.11n with 20MHz bandwidth.
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Bluetooth auto rate and auto TX power adaptation
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Host drivers for Linux
Scatternet* with two slave roles while still being
visible.
Support for Client mode, Access point mode (Up to
16 clients), Concurrent Client and Access Point
mode, Enterprise Security
RF Features
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Support for concurrent Wi-Fi, dual-mode
Bluetooth 5
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Integrated baseband processor with calibration
memory, RF transceiver, high-power amplifier,
balun and T/R switch
Embedded Mode (WiSeConnect™)
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Integrated Antenna and u.FL connector
Diversity is supported
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Available host interface: UART, SPI, SDIO*, and
USB CDC
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