RS9116 QMS Connectivity SoC Datasheet v1.0.10, June 2021
RS9116 n-Link™ and WiSeConnect™ Single Chip Wi-Fi® and Dual-Mode
Bluetooth® 5 Wireless Connectivity Solutions
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: 55 uA @
1 second beacon listen interval
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Support for 20 MHz channel bandwidth
Transmit power up to +20 dBm with integrated PA
Receive sensitivity as low as -98.5 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: Up to 11 Mbps; 802.11g: Up
to 54 Mbps; 802.11n: MCS0 to MCS7
Operating Conditions
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Wide operating supply range: 1.75 V to 3.63 V
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Operating Frequency Range: 2412 MHz – 2484
MHz
Operating temperature: -40 ºC to +85 ºC (Industrial
grade)
Bluetooth
Size
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Transmit power up to +20 dBm with integrated PA
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QMS: 7 mm x 7 mm x 0.85 mm
Receive sensitivity:- LE: -95 dBm, LR 125 Kbps: -
106 dBm
Evaluation Kit
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Compliant to dual-mode Bluetooth 5
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Single Band EVK: RS9116X-SB-EVK1
<8 mA transmit current in Bluetooth 5 mode, 2
Mbps data rate
Software Operating Modes
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Hosted mode (n-Link™): Wi-Fi stack, Bluetooth
stack and profiles and all network stacks reside on
the host processor
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Data rates: 125 Kbps, 500 Kbps, 1 Mbps, 2 Mbps,
3 Mbps
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
Hosted Mode (n-Link™)
Bluetooth Low Energy 1 Mbps, 2 Mbps and Long
Range modes
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Available host interfaces: SDIO 2.0 and USB HS
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Bluetooth Low Energy Secure connections
Application data throughput up to 50 Mbps (Hosted
Mode) in 802.11n with 20MHz bandwidth.
Bluetooth Low Energy supports central role and
peripheral role concurrently
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Host drivers for Linux
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Bluetooth auto rate and auto TX power adaptation
Support for Client mode, Access point mode (Up to
16 clients), Concurrent Client and Access Point
mode, Enterprise Security
Scatternet* with two slave roles while still being
visible
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Support for concurrent Wi-Fi, dual-mode
Bluetooth 5
RF Features
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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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Available host interface: UART, SPI, and USB
CDC
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Dual external antenna (diversity supported)
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