Overview
Description
The CL8046 is a high-performing, highly integrated Wi-Fi 6E PCIe chip that delivers the best Wi-Fi network performance for its size by combining two 802.11ax radios into a single 11x11mm PCIe chip. The chip employs two concurrent Wi-Fi 6E radios at the 5GHz and 6GHz band with 4T4R architecture that can drive aggregated PHY/data link speeds up to 4.8Gbps. The two independent radios can function as an access point, client, AP/CLI, connectivity + dedicated spectrum intelligent engine.
CL8046 integrates dual MAC, dual PHY, analog and RFIC in a single package, including the required CPUs and memories to run more of the wireless LAN functions on-chip, eliminating the need for costly external memories. Interface to the host is over a dual-lane PCIe 3.0 interface.
The CL8046 is designed to support standard based features addressing security, quality of service and international regulation, as well as above-standard integrated value-add functionalities based on embedded and edge software technologies.
Features
- Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax in 6GHz)
- Concurrent dual band, dual transceiver
- 4.8Gbps aggregated PHY/data link speed
- Supports full 6GHz coverage (5925-7125 MHz)
- Single PCIe 3.0 (dual-lane) interface
- Small 11x11 BGA package
- DL/UL MU-OFDMA support
- DL/UL MU-MIMO support
- Beamforming support
- Uplink scheduling
- QAM 1024 (MCS 10, 11) modulation
- 20 / 40 / 80 / 160 MHz support
- WEP, WPA, WPA2, WPA3, TKIP, AES, WAPI
- QoS-WMM, WMM-PS
- IEEE 802.11e, h, i, k, r, v, w, z support
- Advanced spectrum intelligence
Comparison
Applications
- Home Gateways
- Multimedia Gateways
- Enterprise Access Points
- SMB Access Points
- Routers
- Extenders
- Mesh Nodes
- Bandwidth-Intense Connected IoT
- Smart TVs
- Industrial PLCs
Documentation
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Models
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News & Blog Posts
| Considerations in Wi-Fi 6 AP Design | Blog Post | Jun 23, 2022 |
| What You Need To Know About Wi-Fi 6/6E Tri-Band APs | Blog Post | Jun 23, 2022 |
| Renesas Announces 10 New Winning Combinations Integrating Celeno and Renesas Products | News | Apr 6, 2022 |
| Why Wi-Fi 6 is So Important for Latency Sensitive Applications | Blog Post | Mar 28, 2022 |
| 160MHz Wi-Fi Clients - It's Not All About Throughput! | Blog Post | Mar 23, 2022 |
| Renesas Completes Acquisition of Celeno | News | Dec 21, 2021 |
| Renesas Acquires Celeno to Expand Connectivity Portfolio | News | Oct 28, 2021 |