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Timeline
- 2014 - Newracom was founded with Newratek (http://www.newratek.biz) in Korea,
- spun out from Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)
- Newracom company website: newracom.com
Wireless chipsets
| Chip | Interface | PHY modes |
MIMO config |
First seen (FCC) |
Notes | Adapters | ESystems | PR / PPage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NRC1291 | SDIO 3.0 | abgn+ac | 1x1:1 | 802.11ac/BT 4.2 Combo 40nm LP‐CMOS SoC Power-efficient WiFi for mobile devices |
0 devices | 0 devices | PPage | |
| NRC6101 | ah | 1x1:1 | large scale sensor networks, extended range hotspots sensor for next generation IoT/M2M solutions |
0 devices | 0 devices | PPage | ||
| NRC6171 | bgn | 1x1:1 | WFA Wi‐Fi Direct, Aware Baseband/MAC sensor for next generation IoT/M2M solutions |
0 devices | 0 devices | PPage | ||
| NRC6181 | bgn | 1x1:1 | RF/Baseband/MAC 40nm CMOS SoC sensor for next generation IoT/M2M solutions |
0 devices | 0 devices | PPage | ||
| NRC6271 | abgn+ac | 1x1:1 | 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Baseband/MAC sensor for next generation IoT/M2M solutions |
0 devices | 0 devices | PPage | ||
| NRC6281 | abgn+ac | 1x1:1 | RF/Baseband/MAC 40nm CMOS SoC sensor for next generation IoT/M2M solutions |
0 devices | 0 devices | PPage | ||
| NRC7191 | MCU SoC | ah | 1x1:1 | RF/Baseband/CPU 40nm LP‐CMOS SoC ARM Cortex-M0/M3 sensor for next generation IoT/M2M solutions 750MHz - 950MHz |
0 devices | 0 devices | PPage | |
| NRC7271 | MCU SoC | ah | 1x1:1 | 802.11ah draft 5.0 AP Baseband/MAC sensor for next generation IoT/M2M solutions 750MHz - 950MHz |
0 devices | 0 devices | PPage | |
| NRC7292 | MCU SoC | ah | 1x1:1 | 2021-09-28 | 802.11ah draft 5.0 AP Baseband/MAC sensor for next generation IoT/M2M solutions 750MHz - 950MHz |
1 devices | 0 devices | PPage |
| NRC8501 | SDIO 3.0 | abgn+ac | 1x1:1 | include BT 4.2 modules, RF radio integrated Power-efficient WiFi for mobile devices |
0 devices | 0 devices | PPage |
IoT
| Chip | Arch. | Clock speed |
Cores | PHY modes |
MIMO config |
First seen (FCC) |
Notes | Adapters | ESystems | External links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NRC7292 | ARM Cortex-M0/M3 |
192 / 200 MHz |
2 | ah | 1x1:1 | 2021-09-28 | 802.11ah Wi-Fi HaLow SoC, ARM Cortex-M0/M3, IoT, Smart Home |
1 devices | 0 devices | PPage |
- • WiFi SoC for Mobile Handsets
WiFi SoC for mobile handsets The most performance and power efficient Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac and Bluetooth 4.2 combo chipset. The chipset shall have an on chip SRAM big enough to store the needed firmware and as well to comply with several host offloading applications. Easy extension structure to Wi-Fi 802.11ax after standardizing Key Features Wi-Fi Single stream spatial multiplexing up to 433Mbps data rate Supports 20, 40, and 80MHz channel with optional SGI (256 QAM modulation) LDPC support Pre-calibrated and self-calibrated RF radio system is integrated to a SoC Bluetooth Bluetooth2.1 + EDR and Bluetooth 4.2 BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) are supported PCL (Packet Loss Concealment), WBS (Wide Band Speech) are supported Benefits No other RF transceiver is needed because high performance RF system is integrated Low power and high performance Wi-Fi/Bluetooth designs are available for not only SoC but also reusable IP Physical Interfaces SDIO and SPI for host I/F Peripheral I/F: I2C, I2S, UART, JTAG, GPIO Application Main target applications Mobile phone/tablet application Secondary target applications Remote Controls Home/Office automation devices Smart grid Industrial automation HID appliances (Mouse, Keyboards) Long coverage Wi-Fi SoC for Smart Grid & IoT services An ultra-low power sensor chip provided at an exceptionally competitive price, this cost-effective and efficient solution Large scale sensor networks, extended range hotspots, and outdoor Wi-Fi supporting 802.11ah standard Key Features 802.11ah Single stream up to 2.167Mbps data rate Data symbol block-wise repeated for increasing the reliability Supports 1 and 2MHz channel bandwidth with optional Short Guard interval Support TWT (Target Wake Time) function for power saving SoC Multi cores SoC system with dual ARM processors Low Power processor (Main CPU) for application software Low Power processor (WLAN CPU) for WLAN software BUS System supports 2-Layer and Full Matrix AHB Low Power Design Benefits Wide range, Low power Wi-Fi solution is available for not only SoC but also reusable IP Physical Interfaces Peripheral I/F: I2C, HSUART, UART, SSP, SPI Application Main target applications Smart Grid/Extend Wi-Fi coverage Secondary target applications Remote Controls Home/Office automation devices Industrial automation _______________________________________________________ NRC6231 - 2.4/5GHz Dual Band 40nm LP‐CMOS RF Transceiver This dual band RF transceiver IP is a complete radio front‐end, optimized for 802.11a/b/g/n/ac SoC implementation, based on the industry’s proven direct conversion transceiver architecture. NRC6231_diagram_overlay Key Features Dual band transceiver for 802.11ac Compliant with 802.11a/b/g/n Supports up to 80MHz channel BW Integrated power amplifiers Integrated LDOs TX LOFT/IQ mismatch calibration RX IQ mismatch calibration Fast AGC using built‐in RSSI PAPD calibration LPF calibration PLL calibration Bias current calibration Support of external FEM modules Internal temperature sensing Internal battery monitoring NRC7141 - Sub 1GHz 40nm LP‐CMOS RF Transceiver The RF transceiver IP is a complete radio front‐end optimized for sub‐GHz band, 802.11ah SoC implementation, based on the industry’s proven direct conversion transceiver architecture. NRC7141_diagram_overlay Key Features Low power sub‐GHz band transceiver for 802.11ah Compliant with 802.11ah draft 5.0 Support up to 16MHz channel BW Integrated power amplifiers Integrated LDOs TX LOFT/IQ mismatch calibration RX IQ mismatch calibration Fast AGC using built‐in RSSI LPF calibration PLL calibration Bias current calibration Support of external FEM modules Internal temperature sensing Internal battery monitoring NRC6111 - 2.4GHz 40nm LP‐COMS RF Transceiver This complete radio front‐end and dual band RF transceiver IP is optimized for 802.11b/g/n SoC implementation, based on the industry’s proven direct conversion transceiver architecture. The RF transceiver IP has fully integrated power amplifiers along with the capability to support various commercial external FEM support. RF IO ports are single ended and fractional‐N synthesizers while the power amplifiers and LDOs are fully integrated for minimum BOM and PIN counts. NRC6111_diagram_overlay Key Features Compliant with 802.11b/g/n Supports up to 40MHz channel BW Integrated power amplifiers and R/TX switch Integrated LDOs Wide supply voltage supportable integrated DC‐DC TX LOFT/IQ mismatch calibration RX IQ mismatch calibration Fast AGC using built‐in RSSI PAPD calibration LPF calibration PLL calibration Bias current calibration Internal temperature sensing Internal battery monitoring NRC8111 - 2.4GHz 40nm LP‐COMS RF Transceiver for Bluetooth This RF transceiver IP is a complete radio front‐end optimized for Bluetooth SoC implementation integrating Basic Rate (BR), Enhanced Data Rate (EDR), Low Energy (LE) features fully compatible with the Bluetooth 4.2 specification. It has fully integrated power amplifiers, RF switch, a fractional‐N synthesizer, and LDOs for minimum BOM and PIN counts. A special LPO for the high Sleep Clock Accuracy (SCA) is also integrated for the low power Bluetooth (BLE) applications. NRC8111_diagram_overlay Key Features 2.4GHz RF transceiver for Bluetooth Compliant with BT Core 4.2 specification Supports BR/EDR/BLE modes Integrated RF switch Integrated LDOs TX LOFT/IQ mismatch calibration RX IQ mismatch calibration Fast AGC using built‐in RSSI LPO calibration LPF calibration PLL calibration Bias current calibration Internal temperature sensing Internal battery monitoring ________________________________________________ NRC1291 - 802.11ac/BT 4.2 Combo 40nm LP‐CMOS SoC The NRC1291 is a PPA competitive Wi‐Fi and Bluetooth (BT) combo System‐on‐Chip (SoC) that is targeted for mobile solution. NRC1291_diagram_overlay Key Features 40nm LP‐CMOS Wi‐Fi/BT Combo SoC Wi‐Fi and BT combo architecture: ‐ PPA competitive SoC IP (small size) ‐ 2.4/5GHz 1×1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi‐Fi ‐ BT 2.1 + EDR and BT 4.2 (BLE) Host interface: ‐ SDIO 3.0 including SPI mode ‐ High speed UART ‐ I2S Li‐Ion VBAT (2.7 to 5.5V) Power management: ‐ Fully integrated power mgmt. (supports programmable feature) Wafer level CSP or WLBGA NRC8171 - Bluetooth Smart Ready 4.2 Baseband IP The NRC8171 is silicon‐proven Bluetooth Smart Ready IP solution. It is fully compliant with 2.1+EDR and BT Low Energy (LE) 4.2 standard, tested, and certified as a dual mode BT controller. NRC8171_diagram_overlay Key Features BR/EDR features: ‐ Master role with up to 7 slaves ‐ Up to 2 synchronous connections ‐ 3 simultaneous scatternet ‐ Legacy and secure simple pairing ‐ Connection slave broadcast ‐ Triggered clock capture ‐ Low power mode (Sniff and Hold) ‐ Legacy and secure simple pairing ‐ HSUART interface for HCI ‐ I2S interface for voice ‐ Coexistence interface LE features: ‐ 4 Roles (Peripheral, Central, Broadcaster, Observer) ‐ Up to 8 connections ‐ LE data packet length extension, LE privacy, Ping ‐ Fast connection with low duty cycle direct advertising ‐ AES‐CCM HW accelerator ___________________________________________ NRC6271 - 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Baseband/MAC IP The NRC6271 is silicon‐proven dual band 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Baseband/MAC wireless solution for low‐power and high‐throughput mobile and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. NRC6271_diagram_overlay Key Features Compliant with 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Low‐Power and High‐Throughput 1×1 Dual Band 802.11ac Data rate up to 433Mbps 256‐QAM, 80MHz bandwidth for high data rate LDPC and SGI support Supports SU/MU Beamforming packet reception and feedback Optional A‐MSDU, A‐MPDU, Quiet Channel, and Link Adaptation support NRC6281 - 433Mbps 802.11ac RF/Baseband/MAC 40nm CMOS SoC The NRC6281 is the silicon‐proven dual‐band 802.11a/b/g/n/ac RF/Baseband/MAC wireless solution for low power and high‐throughput mobile or Internet of Things (IoT) applications. NRC6281_diagram_overlay Key Features Compliant with 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Low‐Power and High‐Throughput 1×1 Dual Band 802.11ac Data rate up to 433Mbps 256‐QAM, 80MHz bandwidth for high data rate LDPC and SGI support Supports SU/MU Beamforming packet reception and feedback Optional A‐MSDU, A‐MPDU, Quiet Channel and Link Adaptation support Dual band transceiver for 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Integrated power amplifiers Integrated LDOs Support of external FEM modules Built‐in calibration NRC6181 - 802.11n RF/Baseband/MAC 40nm CMOS SoC The NRC6181 is silicon‐proven, highly integrated 802.11n RF/Baseband/MAC solution operating in a single-stream mode for low‐power standalones, embedded stations, access points, and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. This IP supports both mandatory and optional features of the IEEE 802.11n standard and its corresponding Wi‐Fi Alliance certifications. It can also be used in a variety of configurations, including 802.11b only and 802.11b/g or 802.11b/g/n combinations. NRC6181_diagram_overlay Key Features Supports WFA Wi‐Fi Direct, Wi‐Fi Aware, PMF and WPS Frequency band: 2.4GHz Modulation modes: ‐ OFDM with BPSK, QPSK, 16‐QAM, 64‐QAM, DSSS, CCK Supported data rates: ‐ 802.11b: 1 to 11Mbps ‐ 802.11g: 6 to 54Mbps ‐ 802.11n: 6.5 to 72.2Mbps Power saving: Legacy, WMM‐PS Integrated low power 32‐bit MCU Integrated TCP/IP protocol stack Supports STA/AP/STA+AP operation modes Built‐in calibration Memory: ‐ Highly compact, small size internal RAM/ROM ‐ External Flash interfaces NRC6171 - 802.11b/g/n Baseband/MAC IP The NRC6171 is the IEEE 802.11n Baseband/MAC wireless solution operating in a single‐stream mode for low‐power standalones, embedded stations, access points, and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. NRC6171_diagram_overlay Key Features Supports WFA Wi‐Fi Direct, Wi‐Fi Aware, PMF and WPS Frequency band: 2.4GHz Modulation modes: ‐ OFDM with BPSK, QPSK, 16‐QAM, 64‐QAM, DSSS, CCK Supported data rates: ‐ 802.11b: 1 to 11Mbps ‐ 802.11g: 6 to 54Mbps ‐ 802.11n: 6.5 to 72.2Mbps Power saving: Legacy, WMM‐PS Integrated low power 32‐bit MCU Integrated TCP/IP protocol stack Supports STA/AP/STA+AP operation modes Built‐in calibration Memory: ‐ Highly compact, small size internal RAM/ROM ‐ External Flash interfaces ____________________________________________________ NRC7191 - 802.11ah RF/Baseband/CPU 40nm LP‐CMOS SoC The NRC7191 is a powerful SoC solution for 802.11ah. It has fully integrated radio transceiver and baseband processor, which can also be used as an application processor. NRC7191_diagram_overlay Key Features Complies with 802.11ah draft 5.0 Prepared for upcoming WFA ERah certification Modem: ‐ Supports 1/2MHz bandwidth ‐ MCS 0, 1, 2, and 10 ‐ Power Saving: Target Wake Time (TWT) ‐ Security: AES‐CCMP CPU: ‐ Dual Processor ARM Cortex - M0 / M3 Memory: ‐ 704KB System SRAM ‐ External Flash interfaces System peripherals: ‐ 4 ch. 32‐bits timers ‐ 3 ch. 32‐bits Watchdog timers Communication peripherals: ‐ GPIO: 4 ch., 8 bits ‐ Serial Interface: 2 SPI, 3 UART ‐ I2C: 1ch. NRC7271 - 802.11ah AP Baseband/MAC IP The 802.11 standard is most widely adopted for wireless connectivity technology and has evolved steadily. Although, most of the enhancements have been focused on a small number of high data rate devices such as laptop and smartphone, the new 802.11ah standard is intended for a large number of low data rate devices such as sensors and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. NRC7271_diagram_overlay Key Features Complies with 802.11ah draft 5.0 Prepared for upcoming WFA ERah certification Low‐Power and High‐Throughput 1×1 802.11ah‐AP Modulation modes: ‐ OFDM with BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM Supported data rates: ‐ 1MHz BW: 150Kbps to 3.3Mbps ‐ 2MHz BW: 650Kbps to 6.5Mbps ‐ 4MHz BW: 1350Kbps to 15Mbps ____________________________________________ NRC7292 - 802.11ah Wi-Fi Solution + MCU SOC As an optimized Wi-Fi solution for the internet of things (IoT) devices, NRC7292 is the industry’s first system on a chip (SoC) that is compliant with the 802.11ah standard. The NRC7292 is the industry’s first system on a chip (SoC) that is compliant with the 802.11ah Wi-Fi HaLow standard. Wi-Fi HaLow is optimized Wi-Fi solution for internet of things (IoT) devices. Operating in the Sub 1GHz license-exempt band, it offers a much greater range and material penetration when compared to 2.4GHz and 5GHz technologies. Configurable 1/2/4MHz channel widths with optional short guard interval (SGI) yield 150 Kbps to 15 Mbps PHY throughput which can support low data rate sensors up to high data rate surveillance camera applications. The protocol’s power-saving mechanisms greatly reduce power consumption and increase battery life. The NRC7292 is a self-contained 802.11ah Wi-Fi HaLow SoCs that includes application processing and networking capabilities with a fully integrated radio transceiver. The NRC7292 is the ideal solution to add Wi-Fi connectivity to IoT products. It minimizes the PCB size, requires minimal external circuitries, and enables fast time-to-market. The RF transceiver is a complete radio front-end optimized for Sub 1GHz band and it has fully integrated pre-power amplifiers as well as the capability to support various commercial external FEM devices. With the dual embedded ARM Cortex-M0 and Cortex-M3 processor, NRC7292 can be used either as a standalone device or a slave to a host processor via the serial peripheral interface (SPI) or universal asynchronous receiver transmitter (UART) interface. In addition, it can support both Station and Access Point roles. 802.11ah Wi-Fi HaLow Compliant SoC Fully Integrated on-chip 11ah modem, RF transceiver, dual Cortex processors, and memory Support for Hosted, Hostless and Standalone operation Supports 1/2/4 MHz bandwidth Up to 15 Mbps data rate Low power operation modes Legacy: WMM-PS, TWT, AES-CCMP security Dedicated SPI and UART interface for host Various peripheral interfaces for sensor device Manufacturing tools for configuration and test Diagnostic test tools for indoor and outdoor test Software development kit and sample applications NRC7292 EVK - 802.11ah Wi-Fi Module Evaluation Kit NRC7292 EVK facilitates evaluation and software development around NRC7292 Wi-Fi module. NRC7292 module contains an external RF front end module (FEM) which can increase transmission power up to 23 dBm. NRC4792 - 802.11N Wi-Fi Solution in TVWS Bands + MCU SOC As an optimized Wi-Fi solution for internet of things (IoT) devices, NRC4792 is the industry’s first single system on a chip (SoC) that fully integrates digital baseband modem and RF transceiver, operated in the UHF TVWS bands. NRC6791 - 802.11N Wi-Fi Solution + MCU SOC NRC6791 is an SoC, highly integrated 802.11n RF/Baseband/ MAC solution operating in a single stream mode for low-power standalone, embedded stations, access points, and Internet of Things (IoT) applications.
