Overview

The CL2442 is a powerful, highly integrated, 4x4 802.11ac 2.4GHz single chip implementing 802.11ac functionality including beamforming and four spatial streams. The CL2442 integrates both a CPU and memory to run more of the wireless LAN functions on-chip, with no need for costly external memories. Designed for fit, the CL2442 comes in a compact 88-pin QFN enabling a full 4x4 high performance 802.11ac interface in a standard full-sized min PCIe card with the lowest power consumption.

CL2442 Wi-Fi 5 Chip
CL2442 Wi-Fi 5 Chip
  • Single chip solution with integrated RF, baseband and MAC
  • IEEE 802.11ac 4T4R
  • Explicit and implicit beamforming for increased coverage
  • IEEE 802.11b/g/n compliant
  • Cost effective PCIe bus and architecture
  • Built-in powerful CPU, memories and accelerators for maximum host offloading
  • 20MHz/40MHz bandwidth
  • QAM 256 (MCS 8, 9) modulation
  • Real-time Rx and Tx antenna diversity
  • LDPC Tx and Rx on both 802.11ac and 802.11n
  • STBC Tx and Rx
  • Short guard interval (Short GI)
  • Frame aggregation and block ACK
  • WEP 64/128, WPA, WPA2, TKIP, AES, WAPI
  • QoS-WMM, WMM-PS
  • IEEE 802.11e, h, i, k, r, v, w, z support
  • Multiple BSSID support
  • PCI Express v2.0 (backwards compatible with v1.1)
  • Support wake event signaling in Wake-On-WLAN applications

Applications

  • Home Gateways
  • Multimedia Gateways
  • Enterprise Access Points
  • Routers
  • Mesh Nodes
  • Multi-Room DVR
  • Wi-Fi enabled Set-Top Boxes and Hybrid DVB-S/C/T
  • Wireless TV for Over the Top Content

Design & Development

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