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15.5 WLAN 5 GHz Receiver Performance Specifications
Note: The specifications in Ta b le 34 are specified at the RF port and include the use of an external FEM with LNA from Cypress’s
approved-vendor list (AVL), unless otherwise specified. Results with FEMs that are not on Cypress’s AVL are not guaranteed.
Table 34. WLAN 5 GHz Receiver Performance Specifications
Parameter Condition/Notes Minimum Typical Maximum Unit
Frequency range – 4900 – 5845 MHz
RX sensitivity IEEE 802.11a
(10% PER for 1000 octet PSDU)
1
6 Mbps OFDM – –94.5 – dBm
9 Mbps OFDM – –93.1 – dBm
12 Mbps OFDM – –92.2 – dBm
18 Mbps OFDM – –89.6 – dBm
24 Mbps OFDM – –86.3 – dBm
36 Mbps OFDM – –83 – dBm
48 Mbps OFDM – –78.3 – dBm
54 Mbps OFDM – –76.8 – dBm
RX sensitivity IEEE 802.11n
(10% PER for 4096 octet PSDU)
a
Defined for default parameters: 800 ns
GI and non-STBC.
20 MHz channel spacing for all MCS rates
MCS0 – –94 – dBm
MCS1 – –91.7 – dBm
MCS2 – –89.2 – dBm
MCS3 – –86.1 – dBm
MCS4 – –82.5 – dBm
MCS5 – –77.9 – dBm
MCS6 – –76.3 – dBm
MCS7 – –74.7 – dBm
RX sensitivity IEEE 802.11n
(10% PER for 4096 octet PSDU)
a
Defined for default parameters: 800 ns
GI and non-STBC.
40 MHz channel spacing for all MCS rates
MCS0 – –91.8 – dBm
MCS1 – –88.9 – dBm
MCS2 – –86.5 – dBm
MCS3 – –83.0 – dBm
MCS4 – –79.9 – dBm
MCS5 – –75.2 – dBm
MCS6 – –73.7 – dBm
MCS7 – –72.3 – dBm
RX sensitivity IEEE 802.11ac
(10% PER for 4096 octet PSDU)
a
Defined for default parameters: 800 ns
GI and non-STBC.
20 MHz channel spacing for all MCS rates
MCS0 – –93.3 – dBm
MCS1 – –90.3 – dBm
MCS2 – –87.9 – dBm
MCS3 – –84.9 – dBm
MCS4 – –81.4 – dBm
MCS5 – –76.7 – dBm
MCS6 – –75.1 – dBm
MCS7 – –74.6 – dBm
MCS8 – –70.2 – dBm