NXP Semiconductors N.V. has developed its first Wi-Fi 6E tri-band SoC for the 6-GHz band that expands the available spectrum available for Wi-Fi by up to 1.2 GHz. The new CW641 Wi-Fi 6E device is designed for access points and service provider gateways to leverage the 6-GHz band, delivering higher throughput, increased capacity, and improved latency.
The CW641 supports 160-MHz channel bandwidth with peak PHY rates of 4.8 Gbits/s and over 4 Gbits/s of real-world throughput.
“Adding 6GHz capabilities to gateway platforms gives service providers options to efficiently partition available bandwidth across devices to ensure optimum user experience for a wide range of applications,” said NXP. “Mission critical, high bandwidth, low latency applications like mesh back haul and cloud gaming are ideal for migration to 6 GHz, freeing up the 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz bands for other lower bandwidth applications.”
Key features of the 4×4 Wi-Fi device with 4-spatial streams include support for 6 GHz, 5 GHz, and 2.4 GHz operation, and 160/80/40/20 MHz channel bandwidth. It also offers an uplink/ downlink OFDMA and an uplink/downlink MU-MIMO (for 802.11ax).
NXP’s Wi-Fi 6E tri-band SoC (Image: NXP Semiconductors)
NXP also recently introduced a family of 2×2 Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth chip solutions for next-generation consumer wireless connectivity. The Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth chip solutions are the first to deliver a Wi-Fi 6-enabled gaming console, according to NXP.
In order to take advantage of the increased availability of the unlicensed 6-GHz spectrum “the Wi-Fi industry requires new Wi-Fi 6E chipsets that can effectively address the varied demands of the market,” said Andrew Zignani, principal analyst at ABI Research.
ABI Research and NXP offer a new research paper, “How Wi-Fi 6 is Driving the Next Wave of Wireless Innovation,” for download at NXP’s website.
The CW641 Wi-Fi 6E tri-band SoC is sampling now.
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