Technology Overview
Qualcomm offers the industrys most innovative and complete portfolio of 802.11n wireless LAN chip solutions. This generation of Qualcomm’s 802.11n technology builds upon the company’s Wi-Fi leadership – with enhanced performance, higher integration, smaller form factors and lower overall cost – to meet the needs of the rapidly growing 802.11n market. Like all Qualcomm’s 11n solutions, the new fourth-generation solutions are compliant to the IEEE 802.11n specification.

Qualcomm fourth-generation Wi-Fi solutions feature:
● Leading Integration that delivers end-product cost and form
   factors to drive broad market adoption of 802.11n products
● Single- and Dual-Band, and Multiple MIMO Configurations that
   enable OEMs to balance product price/performance for specific
   applications and market segment requirements
● Rich Media and Peripheral Interfaces that anticipate the
   requirements for advanced media networking applications
   and allow end-product feature differentiation
● Easy Network Setup with the industry’s simple network
   configuration software that supports both the PIN and
   push-button setup methods

Product Overview
Introducing the AR9280, the single-chip, dual-band (2.4/5 GHz) solution for PCIe in Qualcomm’s third generation of products. The AR9280 is the most integrated, most compact 802.11n solution for dual-band PCIe on the market, featuring a Half-Mini Card form factor that is 30% smaller than the nearest competitive 11n. This breakthrough product will drive the transition of legacy Wi-Fi to 802.11n in the mainstream-priced PC market. It offers the optimal balance of performance, power and price with its dual-band, 2x2 MIMO configuration which features downshift to 1x1 MIMO with Dynamic MIMO Power Save.

Solution Highlights
● Single-chip, 802.11n compliant wireless LAN client solution
   with integrated MAC, baseband and dual 2.4/5 GHz radios
● Based on third-generation 802.11n-compliant technology
● Support for 2x2 MIMO with spatial multiplexing and MRC
● Features 1x1 Dynamic MIMO Power Save to conserve system power
● Enables PHY rate of up to 300 Mbps
● Compliant with IEEE 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11d,
   802.11e, 802.11h, 802.11i, and 802.11n
● Lead-free RoHS compliant