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88W8987: 2.4/5 GHz Dual-Band 1x1 Wi-Fi^® 5 (802.11ac) + Bluetooth^® 5.2 Solution

Overview

The 88W8987 is a highly integrated Wi-Fi (2.4/5 GHz) and Bluetooth single-chip solution specifically designed to support the speed, reliability and quality requirements of Very High Throughput (VHT) products. The System-on-Chip (SoC) provides both simultaneous and independent operation of IEEE 802.11ac (Wave 2), 1x1 with data rates up to MCS9 (433 Mbit/s), and Bluetooth 5.2 (includes Low Energy (LE)). The SoC also provides Bluetooth Classic and Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) Smart Ready operation.

Host interfaces include SDIO 3.0 and high-speed UART interfaces for connecting Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technologies to the host processor.

The device is designed with two front-end configurations to accommodate Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on either separate or shared paths:

2-antenna configuration: 1x1 Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on separate paths (QFN)
1-antenna configuration: 1x1 Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on shared paths (eWLP)

Features

IEEE 802.11ac (wave2) with MU-MIMO receive
Virtual Dual MAC (via optimized DRCS)
Wi-Fi Stations (STA), Access Point (AP), Wi-Fi Direct (P2P)
WPA3 Encryption
Bluetooth 5.2 support
2-antenna configuration for Wi-Fi/Bluetooth coexistence

Features

IEEE 802.11ac (wave2) with MU-MIMO receive
Virtual Dual MAC (via optimized DRCS)
Wi-Fi Stations (STA), Access Point (AP), Wi-Fi Direct (P2P)
WPA3 Encryption
Bluetooth 5.2 support
2-antenna configuration for Wi-Fi/Bluetooth coexistence

Application Notes

88W8987 application diagram – QFN option

88W8987 application diagram – QFN option

88W8987 internal diagram – QFN option

88W8987 internal diagram – QFN option

88W8987 application diagram – eWLP option

88W8987 application diagram – eWLP option

88W8987 internal diagram – eWLP option

88W8987 internal diagram – eWLP option

88W8987 application diagram – QFN option
88W8987 internal diagram – QFN option
88W8987 application diagram – eWLP option
88W8987 internal diagram – eWLP option

88W8987 application diagram – QFN option

88W8987 application diagram – QFN option

88W8987 internal diagram – QFN option

88W8987 internal diagram – QFN option

88W8987 application diagram – eWLP option

88W8987 application diagram – eWLP option

88W8987 internal diagram – eWLP option

88W8987 internal diagram – eWLP option

Development Boards and Designs

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Evaluation and Development Boards

PAN9028 : Panasonic PAN9028: Mid Range All Round Solution thumbnail

Panasonic PAN9028: Mid Range All Round Solution

Evaluation and Development Boards

8MNANOD3L-EVK : Evaluation Kit for the i.MX 8M Nano UltraLite Applications Processor thumbnail

Evaluation Kit for the i.MX 8M Nano UltraLite Applications Processor

Evaluation and Development Boards

Development Boards and Designs

8MNANOD4-EVK : Evaluation Kit for the i.MX 8M Nano Applications Processor thumbnail

Evaluation Kit for the i.MX 8M Nano Applications Processor

Evaluation and Development Boards

PAN9028 : Panasonic PAN9028: Mid Range All Round Solution thumbnail

Panasonic PAN9028: Mid Range All Round Solution

Evaluation and Development Boards

8MNANOD3L-EVK : Evaluation Kit for the i.MX 8M Nano UltraLite Applications Processor thumbnail

Evaluation Kit for the i.MX 8M Nano UltraLite Applications Processor

Evaluation and Development Boards

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Target Applications

Mobile

Personal computing systems including notebooks and ultrabooks.
WLAN and Bluetooth enabled smart phones and tablets.

Smart Home

Wireless home audio and video entertainment systems including DTV, set-top boxes, blue-ray DVD players, media servers, and gaming consoles.

Technologies

Bluetooth BLE based key-fob using wake on BLE function.
Mobile routers and Internet of Things (IoT) gateways

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