Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)

Add innovation to your designs with low-power and high-performance Wi-Fi 5 Bluetooth® combo solutions, bringing versatility and interoperability

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Overview

Infineon's Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) + Bluetooth® combo solutions combine powerful dual-band Wi-Fi with Bluetooth® and Bluetooth® LE offering robust connectivity for a wide range of advanced IoT applications like smart speaker, IP cameras, home automation, and industrial. Our Wi-Fi 5 portfolio offers some of the industry’s lowest power solutions and high-performance options to choose from, maximizing flexibility for innovative product designs.

Key Features

  • Wi-Fi 5 link speed up to 300 Mbps
  • Offered in 1x1 & 2x2 configurations
  • SDIO, PCIe, and UART host interfaces
  • Supports Linux, Android, and RTOS
  • Wi-Fi and Bluetooth® Coexistence

Products

About

High performance, robust connectivity for IoT applications

Infineon’s AIROC™ Wi-Fi 5 family combines high-performance Wi-Fi + Bluetooth® in a single chip. Operating in the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequency bands, these radios offer broad interoperability with the global installed base of new and existing access points and client devices. 

Each combo product can be combined with Infineon or third-party MCUs or with Linux-based Microprocessors (MPUs). Supported host interfaces include SDIO, PCIe, USB and UART. 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.

AIROC™ Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth® 5.x compliant single-chip portfolio

Infineon's AIROC™ Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth® 5.x compliant single-chip portfolio offers reliable connectivity across its wide selection of high-performance and low-power combo solutions. The 1x1 SISO and 2x2 MIMO configurations can be combined with Infineon, third-party MCUs or with Linux-based MPUs. Supported host interfaces include SDIO, PCIe, USB and UART. 

Infineon also provides AIROC™ Connectivity Processors, self-hosted solutions that combine on-chip MCU, memory, and the networking protocols required for customers to easily create their cloud-connected applications.

Get started on your design with Infineon’s flexible, easy-to-use Software Development Kit (SDK) ModusToolbox™. It allows you to combine our broad collection of sensors and MCUs to rapidly develop your cloud-connected systems using your preferred AIROC™ wireless solution. 

Explore AIROC™ Connectivity Processors
Focus applications for Wi-Fi 5

Wi-Fi 5 offers high performance across a wide frequency range in the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands, making it suitable for a variety of IoT applications requiring reliable connectivity even in challenging RF environments. Infineon's AIROC™ Wi-Fi 5 lineup includes both high performance and ultra-low-power combo devices serving a variety of needs.

Suitable applications include 

Certifications and testing

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 and 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 several popular access points in the market, adding assurance that your end products will operate smoothly in real-world network environments.

High performance, robust connectivity for IoT applications

Infineon’s AIROC™ Wi-Fi 5 family combines high-performance Wi-Fi + Bluetooth® in a single chip. Operating in the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequency bands, these radios offer broad interoperability with the global installed base of new and existing access points and client devices. 

Each combo product can be combined with Infineon or third-party MCUs or with Linux-based Microprocessors (MPUs). Supported host interfaces include SDIO, PCIe, USB and UART. 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.

AIROC™ Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth® 5.x compliant single-chip portfolio

Infineon's AIROC™ Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth® 5.x compliant single-chip portfolio offers reliable connectivity across its wide selection of high-performance and low-power combo solutions. The 1x1 SISO and 2x2 MIMO configurations can be combined with Infineon, third-party MCUs or with Linux-based MPUs. Supported host interfaces include SDIO, PCIe, USB and UART. 

Infineon also provides AIROC™ Connectivity Processors, self-hosted solutions that combine on-chip MCU, memory, and the networking protocols required for customers to easily create their cloud-connected applications.

Get started on your design with Infineon’s flexible, easy-to-use Software Development Kit (SDK) ModusToolbox™. It allows you to combine our broad collection of sensors and MCUs to rapidly develop your cloud-connected systems using your preferred AIROC™ wireless solution. 

Explore AIROC™ Connectivity Processors

Focus applications for Wi-Fi 5

Wi-Fi 5 offers high performance across a wide frequency range in the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands, making it suitable for a variety of IoT applications requiring reliable connectivity even in challenging RF environments. Infineon's AIROC™ Wi-Fi 5 lineup includes both high performance and ultra-low-power combo devices serving a variety of needs.

Suitable applications include 

Certifications and testing

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 and 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 several popular access points in the market, adding assurance that your end products will operate smoothly in real-world network environments.

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