Overview
Description
The CL8040 is a high-performing, highly integrated Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) R2 single PCIe chip that delivers the best Wi-Fi network performance for its size by combining two Wi-Fi 6 radios into a single 11mm x 11mm PCIe chip. The chip employs two concurrent dual-band Wi-Fi 6 radios with 4T4R architecture that can drive aggregated PHY/data link speeds up to 3Gbps. The two independent radios can function as an access point, client, or as repeater.
CL8040 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 CL8040 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 Renesas’s embedded and edge software technologies
Features
- Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) R2
- Concurrent dual-band, dual transceiver
- 4T4R MIMO architecture
- 3Gbps aggregated PHY/data link speed
- Single PCIe 3.0 (dual-lane) interface
- Small 11mm x 11mm BGA package
- DL/UL MU-OFDMA support
- DL MU-MIMO support
- Beamforming support
- Target-Wait-Time
- Uplink scheduling
- QAM 1024 (MCS 10, 11) modulation
- 20, 40, 80, 160MHz support in 5GHz
- 20 and 40MHz support in 2.4GHz
- WEP CAC support to enable seamless channel change to DFS channels
- WEP 64/128, WPA, WPA2, WPA3, TKIP, AES, WAPI
- QoS-WMM, WMM-PS, WMM-ACM
- IEEE 802.11e, h, i, k, r, v, w, z support
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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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 |