28 • Atheros Communications, Inc.
COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL
Regulatory Compliance Notices
USA-Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
FCC Radio-Frequency Exposure & Approval Conditions:
FCC ID: PPD-AR5B95
1. Antennas must be installed to provide 20 cm separation distance from the transmitting
antenna to the body of user during normal operating condition.
2. Only those antennas filed under FCC ID:PPD-AR5B95 with same type and lesser gain can be
used with this device.
3. When the Minicard is installed in a netbook/notebook/laptop PC where the antenna
location is less than 20 cm separation distance to the body of the user, additional equipment
authorization is required except the conditions listed below:
1. Antenna must be installed at the position to provide at least 6.5 cm to the body of
user. Antenna-to-user distance is measured by positioning display screen open
90 degree to the keyboard..
4. The regulatory label on the final system must include the statement: “Contains FCC
ID:PPD-AR5B95 “or using electronic labeling method as documented in KDB 784748.
5. The final system integrator must ensure there is no instruction provided in the user manual
or customer documentation indicating how to install or remove the transmitter module
except such device has implemented two-ways authentication between module and the host
system..
6. Simultaneous Transmission Requirements
1. When multiple transmitters and antennas transmit simultaneously in a
laptop/notebook/netbook, the following may be used to determine
simultaneous transmission SAR evaluation reduction or exclusion requirements.
(a) Identify all possible combinations of simultaneous transmission
configurations for all transmitters and antennas installed in the display
screen and keyboard of the intended host computer configurations
(b) Drawingsshowingantennalocationsandseparationdistancesbetweeneachof
simultaneoustransmittingantenna(s)andantenna‐to‐user.
(c) FCCIDofalltransmitters,maximumaverageconductedoutputpowerineach
transmissionmodeandfrequencyband,operatingconfigurationsandexposure
conditionsapprovedfortheindividualt ransmitters
.
(d) Thetypeandphysicaldimensionsofantennasincorporatedintheintendedhost
configurations
(e) Antennagainspecifiedbytheantennamanufacturerforantennasqualifiedfor
mobileexposureconditions
(f) otherrelevantinformationandrestrictionsrequiredbytheequipment
certificationsofindividualtransmitters,includingantennachanges