Wi-Fi 6/6E (802.11ax)
Innovative solutions for premium Wi-Fi 6/6E connectivity combined with Bluetooth® in a single chip, designed for IoT applications
Our Wi-Fi 6/6E (802.11ax) + Bluetooth® combo solutions combine premium Wi-Fi with Bluetooth® and Bluetooth® Low Energy (LE) offering reliable, high-performance connectivity in single-band, dual-band, and tri-band radio configurations.
These products leverage Infineon’s versatile and flexible architecture to cover a wide spectrum of IoT applications – smart watches to building automation, handhelds to home appliances, and everything in between.
Key features
- Wi-Fi 6/6E data rates up to 1.2Gbps
- Offered in 1x1 & 2x2 configurations
- SDIO, SPI, UART host interfaces
- Supports Linux, Android, and RTOS
- Wi-Fi & Bluetooth® Coexistence
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Infineon’s AIROC™ Wi-Fi 6/6E family combines the most advanced Wi-Fi + Bluetooth® in a single chip. Operating in the 2.4GHz, 5GHz, and 6GHz frequency bands, these radios interoperate with both new and older generations of access points and client devices.
The newly-opened 6GHz band (Wi-Fi 6E) offers a large number of channels in a relatively uncrowded frequency, enabling low latency and high performance for the most demanding applications. Infineon’s architectural innovations provide additional power efficiency and reliability across a variety of use cases.
This family includes products that can be combined with Infineon or third-party microcontrollers (MCUs) or with Linux-based Microprocessors (MPUs). Our flexible software architecture enables easy porting between different host platforms.
Infineon’s advanced Coexistence technology ensures reliable operation of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth® to minimize performance degradation and connectivity issues when the two radios operate concurrently.
Infineon’s AIROC™ Wi-Fi 6/6E and Bluetooth® 5.x combo family expands our Wi-Fi leadership into 802.11ax including tri-band (2.4GHz, 5GHz, 6GHz) capability. Solutions include both 1x1 SISO and 2x2 MIMO configurations.
AIROC™ Wi-Fi 6/6E enables exceptional high-quality video/audio streaming and gaming experiences even in congested network environments, and significantly reduces latency operating in the 6GHz spectrum.
Additional technical benefits include increased range and network robustness. Infineon’s innovative architecture builds on the efficiency improvements in the Wi-Fi 6 specification with additional enhancements to improve battery life and overall user experience.
The unique benefits of AIROC™ Wi-Fi 6/6E enable advanced use cases including multichannel audio/video streaming, low-latency interactive video, and other high-throughput applications.
Our solutions feature enhanced power efficiency which is beneficial for battery-operated applications as well as small-form-factor designs where thermal control may be a concern.
Reliability - Wi-Fi 6E promises to reduce RF interference in the home through the opening of the 6 GHz band.
Range/Congestion - The Wi-Fi 6 standard has a number of features that address range and congestion issues that are important for IoT products.
Power consumption - For many battery-operated or power-sensitive IoT products, Wi-Fi 6 can provide a breakthrough in benefits
Infineon’s AIROC™ Wi-Fi and Bluetooth® solutions meet the rigorous requirements for global regulatory certifications. Our module partners offer pre-certified solutions with integrated antennas, as well as flexible solutions that can be certified at the product level.
Our combo solutions also carry Bluetooth® SIG certifications and meet the requirements for Wi-Fi Alliance system-level certification, providing an extra level of interoperability assurance.
Infineon’s test infrastructure covers interoperability with many of the most popular access points in the market, adding assurance that your end products will operate smoothly in real-world network environments.