Laird SSD50NBT User manual

A
User Guide
SSD50NBT
Version 1.0

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REVISION HISTORY
Version
Date
Notes
Approver
1.0
22 Feb 2016
Preliminary Release
Connie Lin

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CONTENTS
Scope ..........................................................................................................................................................................4
SSD50NBT Features Summary....................................................................................................................................4
Specifications..............................................................................................................................................................5
WLAN Functional Description.................................................................................................................................. 10
Bluetooth Functional Description............................................................................................................................ 14
Electrical Characteristics.......................................................................................................................................... 15
Absolute Maximum Ratings ................................................................................................................................ 15
Recommended Operating Conditions ................................................................................................................. 15
DC Electrical Characteristics ................................................................................................................................ 16
WLAN Radio Receiver Characteristics ................................................................................................................. 18
WLAN Transmitter Characteristics ...................................................................................................................... 19
Bluetooth Radio Characteristics .............................................................................................................................. 21
SDIO Timing Requirements...................................................................................................................................... 22
Pin Definitions ......................................................................................................................................................... 24
Boot Straps Options for Wi-Fi Interface .................................................................................................................. 27
Mechanical Specifications ....................................................................................................................................... 28
RF Layout Design Guidelines ................................................................................................................................... 29
Recommended Storage, Handling, Baking, and Reflow Profile............................................................................... 30
Required Storage Conditions............................................................................................................................... 30
Baking Conditions................................................................................................................................................ 31
Surface Mount Conditions................................................................................................................................... 31
Soldering.......................................................................................................................................................... 31
Cautions When Removing the SIP from the Platform for RMA....................................................................... 32
Precautions for Use ......................................................................................................................................... 34
Regulatory ............................................................................................................................................................... 34
Certified Antennas............................................................................................................................................... 34
FCC and IC Regulatory ............................................................................................................................................. 34
FCC....................................................................................................................................................................... 35
Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement....................................................................... 35
End Product Labeling....................................................................................................................................... 36
Manual Information to the End User .............................................................................................................. 36
Industry Canada................................................................................................................................................... 36
European Union Regulatory .................................................................................................................................... 39
EU Declarations of Conformity................................................................................................................................ 39
SSD50NBT ............................................................................................................................................................ 39
Ordering Information .............................................................................................................................................. 40
General Comments.............................................................................................................................................. 40
Labeling Requirements.................................................................................................................................... 41

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Scope
This document describes key hardware aspects of the Laird SSD50NBT system in
package (SIP) modules providing either SDIO or USB bus interface for WLAN
connection and UART/PCM for Bluetooth connection. This document is intended
to assist device manufacturers and related parties with the integration of this
radio into their host devices. Data in this document is drawn from a number of
sources and includes information found in the Qualcomm Atheros (QCA)
QCA6004 and Cambridge Silicon Radio Ltd. (CSR) CSR8811 A08 data sheets issued
in July 2011, along with other documents provided from QCA and CSR.
The Laird 50-series SIP is currently in development stage and this document is
preliminary. The information in this document is subject to change. Please contact Laird to obtain the most
recent version of this document.
SSD50NBT FEATURES SUMMARY
The Laird SSD50NBT device features are described in Table 1.
Table 1: SSD50NBT features
Feature
Description
Radio Front End
Integrates the complete transmit/receive RF paths including baluns, coexistence band pass filter,
diplexer, switches, power amplifier, low noise amplifier, and reference crystal oscillator.
Enhanced WLAN/BT
Coexistence
Algorithms
Enhanced important use cases including:
PCM/I2S digital audio interface
BT stereo audio (A2DP)
BT data transfer profiles (such as OPP and FTP)
BT2.1+EDR
BT-LE
Flexible radio architecture ensures simple customization for future use cases.
Power Management
Uses power-saving techniques including:
Gating clocks to idle or inactive blocks
Fast start and settling circuits to reduce Tx power
Active duty cycles
CPU frequency scaling
Pre-Calibration
RF system tested and calibrated in production.
Internal Sleep Clock
Integrated on-chip low power sleep clock to regulate internal timing.
Multiple Interface
Support
SDIO 2.0 (50 MHz, 4-bit and 1-bit) or USB for WLAN
HS-UART for Bluetooth HCI (compatible with any upper layer Bluetooth stack)
Advanced 802.11n
Half Guard Interval and Frame Aggregation for high throughput
Space Time Block Coding (STBC) Rx for improved downlink robustness over range
Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) for improved uplink and downlink robustness over range
Reference
Frequency
Incorporates a 26 MHz reference frequency source in package
Sleep regulated and gated to enable the internal crystal to be powered down when the device is in
sleep mode
BT shares the clock from the Wi-Fi chip.
Wi-Fi cannot be turned off or in reset when running BT.

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Feature
Description
Advanced WLAN
Includes the following advanced WLAN features:
IEEE 802.11e QoS, Wi-Fi Alliance
WMM Power Save, and 802.11n
power saving compliance
AES, AES-CCMP, TKIP engines for
faster data encryption
Cisco CCXv4 ASD, WPS support
Standard WEP/WPA/WPA2 for
personal and enterprise environments
support
WWR, 802.11d, 802.11h support
Wi-Fi Direct (Peer-to-Peer)
RTT for indoor positioning
Statistics and events for monitoring
Self-managed power state handling
Self-contained beacon processing
Shared authentication
Ad-hoc power save
Multiple PMK ID support
Simulated UAPSD
T-Spec support
Production flow diagnostics
3-wire scheme for Wi-Fi and BT
coexistence.
Host Offloading
(WLAN)
Integrates extensive hardware signal processing and an embedded on-chip CPU to offload complete
11n MAC/BB/PHY processing to minimize host processor loading and support application specific
customization.
Advanced Bluetooth
High-speed UART port (up to 4 Mbps)
HFP v1.6 wide-band speech supported on-chip
On-chip encoding of SBC and aptX® codecs for A2DP music streaming
PCM/I2S digital audio interface
Support for IEEE 802.11 coexistence
The flexible RAM/ROM based architecture enables custom or future profiles to be easily added.
SPECIFICATIONS
Table 2: Specifications
Feature
Description
Physical Interface
64-pin LGA package
Wi-Fi Interface
1-bit or 4-bit Secure Digital I/O or USB 2.0
Bluetooth Interface
Host Controller Interface (HCI) using High Speed UART
Main Chip
Wi-Fi: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6004.
BT: Cambridge Silicon Radio Ltd. (CSR) CSR8811 A08
Input Voltage Requirements
3.3 VDC (3.20 V min to 3.46V max)
I/O Signaling Voltage
3.3 VDC ± 5% or 1.8 VDC ± 5%
Average Current Consumption,
VDDIO = 3.3 volts
(At maximum transmit power
setting)
Note: Standby refers to the radio
operating in PM1 power saving
mode.
Note: MIMO measurements are
generally higher than Single
Stream.
Single Stream
802.11a (with BT in standby)
@ 18 dBm 6 Mbps
Transmit: 600 mA
Receive: 260 mA
Standby: 130 mA
802.11b (with BT in standby)
@ 18 dBm 1 Mbps
Transmit: 460 mA
Receive: 250 mA
Standby: 130 mA
MIMO
802.11a (with BT in standby)
@ 18 dBm 6 Mbps
Transmit: 900 mA
Receive: 140 mA
Standby: 130 mA
802.11b (with BT in standby)
@ 18 dBm 1 Mbps
Transmit: 680 mA
Receive: 140 mA
Standby: 130 mA

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Feature
Description
802.11g (with BT in standby)
@ 18 dBm 6 Mbps
Transmit: 450 mA
Receive: 250 mA
Standby: 130 mA
802.11n (2.4 GHz) (with BT in standby)
@ 14 dBm MCS7
Transmit: 340 mA
Receive: 250mA
Standby: 130 mA
802.11n (5 GHz) (with BT in standby)
@ 14 dBm MCS7
Transmit: 490 mA
Receive: 260 mA
Standby: 130 mA
Bluetooth (with Wi-Fi in standby)
Transmit: 85 mA
Receive: 70 mA
Standby: 130 mA
802.11g (with BT in standby)
@ 18 dBm 6 Mbps
Transmit: 710 mA
Receive: 140 mA
Standby: 130 mA
802.11n (2.4 GHz) (with BT in standby)
@ 14 dBm MCS7
Transmit: 460 mA
Receive: 140 mA
Standby: 130 mA
802.11n (5 GHz) (with BT in standby)
@ 14 dBm MCS7
Transmit: 720 mA
Receive: 140 mA
Standby: 130 mA
Bluetooth (with Wi-Fi in standby)
Transmit: TBD mA
Receive: TBD mA
Standby: 130 mA
Operating Temperature
-30° to 85°C (-22° to 185°F)
Operating Humidity
10 to 90% (non-condensing)
Storage Temperature
-40° to 85°C (-40° to 185°F)
Storage Humidity
10 to 90% (non-condensing)
Maximum Electrostatic Discharge
Conductive 4KV; Air coupled 8KV
Size
16 mm (length) x 16 mm (width) x 2.5 mm (thickness)
Weight
1.20 g
Mounting
Please see the mounting and handling guide.
Wi-Fi Media
Direct Sequence-Spread Spectrum (DSSS)
Complementary Code Keying (CCK)
Orthogonal Frequency Divisional Multiplexing (OFDM)
Bluetooth Media
Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS)
Wi-Fi Media Access Protocol
Carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA)
Network Architecture Types
Infrastructure and ad-hoc
Wi-Fi Standards
IEEE 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11d, 802.11e, 802.11g, 802.11h, 802.11i, 802.11n,
802.11r
Bluetooth Standards
Bluetooth version 2.1 with Enhanced Data Rate
Bluetooth 4.0 (Bluetooth Low Energy or BLE)

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Feature
Description
Wi-Fi Data Rates Supported
11a (OFDM) 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54 Mbps
802.11b (DSSS, CCK) 1, 2, 5.5, 11 Mbps
802.11g (OFDM) 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54 Mbps
802.11n (OFDM, MCS 0-15)
Full Guard Interval: 6.5,13.0, 19.5, 26.0,39.0,52.0,58.5,65.0, 13.0,26.0,39.0, 52.0,
78.0,104.0,117.0 Mbps
Short Guard Interval: 1.2,14.4,21.7,29.9,43.3,57.8,65.0,72.2, 14.4,28.9,43.3,57.8,
86.7,115.6,130.0,144.4 Mbps
Modulation
BPSK @ 1, 6,9, 6.5, 7.2,13 and 14.4 Mbps
QPSK @ 2, 12, 18, 13, 14.4,19.5, 21.7, 26, 28.9, 39,43.3 Mbps
CCK @ 5.5 and 11 Mbps
16-QAM @ 24, 36,26, 29.9,39,43.3,52,57.8,78,86.7 Mbps
64-QAM @ 48,54,52, 57.8, 58.5, 65,72.2,104.0,115.6,117.0,130.0,144.4 Mbps
802.11n Spatial Streams
2 (2x2 MIMO)
Bluetooth Data Rates Supported
1, 2, 3 Mbps
Bluetooth Modulation
GFSK@ 1 Mbps
Pi/4-DQPSK@ 2 Mbps
8-DPSK@ 3 Mbps
Regulatory Domain Support
FCC (Americas, Parts of Asia, and Middle East)
ETSI (Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Parts of Asia)
IC (Industry Canada )
MIC (Japan) (formerly TELEC) –Option
KC (Korea) (formerly KCC) –Option
2.4 GHz Frequency Bands
ETSI: 2.4 GHz to 2.483 GHz
FCC: 2.4 GHz to 2.473 GHz
MIC: 2.4 GHz to 2.495 GHz
KC: 2.4 GHz to 2.483 GHz
2.4 GHz Operating Channels
(Wi-Fi)
ETSI: 13 (3 non-overlapping)
FCC: 11 (3 non-overlapping)
MIC: 14 (4 non-overlapping)
KC: 13 (3 non-overlapping)

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Feature
Description
5 GHz Frequency Bands
ETSI
5.15 GHz to 5.35 GHz (Ch 36/40/44/48/52/56/60/64)
5.47 GHz to 5.725 GHz (Ch 100/104/108/112/116/120/124/128/132/136/140)
FCC
5.15 GHz to 5.35 GHz (Ch 36/40/44/48/52/56/60/64)
5.47 GHz to 5.725 GHz (Ch 100/104/108/112/116/120/124/128/132/136/140
5.725 GHz to 5.825 GHz(Ch 149/153/157/161/165)
MIC (Japan)
5.15 GHz to 5.35 GHz (Ch 36/40/44/48/52/56/60/64)
5.47 GHz to 5.725 GHz (Ch 100/104/108/112/116/120/124/128/132/136/140)
KC
5.15 GHz to 5.35 GHz (Ch 36/40/44/48/52/56/60/64)
5.47 GHz to 5.725 GHz (Ch 100/104/108/112/116/120/124)
5.725 GHz to 5.825 GHz (Ch 149/153/157/161)
5 GHz Operating Channels
(Wi-Fi)
ETSI: 19 non-overlapping
FCC: 24 non-overlapping
MIC: (Japan): 19 non-overlapping
KC: 19 non-overlapping
Transmit Power
Note: Transmit power on each
channels varies according to
individual country regulations. All
values for lowest data rate is
nominal, +/-2 dBm.
Others are +/-2.5dBm.
Note:
HT40 –40 Mhz-wide channels
HT20 –20 MHz-wide channels
802.11a
6 Mbps
18 dBm (63 mW)
54 Mbps
15 dBm (32 mW)
802.11b
1 Mbps
18 dBm (63 mW)
11 Mbps
18 dBm (63 mW)
802.11g
6 Mbps
18 dBm (63 mW)
54 Mbps
15 dBm (32 mW)
802.11n (2.4 GHz)
6.5 Mbps (MCS0)
18 dBm (63 mW)
65 Mbps (MCS7)
14 dBm (25 mW)
802.11n (5 GHz)
6.5 Mbps (MCS0;HT20)
18 dBm (63 mW)
65 Mbps (MCS7;HT20)
(MCS0;HT40)
(MCS7; HT40)
14 dBm (25 mW)
15 dBm (32 mW)
12 dBm (16 mW)
Bluetooth
1 Mbps
6 dBm (4 mW)
2 Mbps
6 dBm (4 mW)
3 Mbps
3 dBm (2 mW)

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Feature
Description
Typical Receiver Sensitivity
Note: All values nominal, +/-3 dBm.
802.11a:
6 Mbps
-93 dBm
54 Mbps
-75 dBm (PER <= 10%)
802.11b:
1 Mbps
-95 dBm
11 Mbps
-88 dBm (PER <= 10%)
802.11g:
6 Mbps
-92 dBm
54 Mbps
-75 dBm (PER <= 10%)
802.11n (2.4 GHz)
MCS0 Mbps
-92 dBm
MCS7 Mbps
-72 dBm
802.11n (5 GHz)
MCS0 Mbps
MCS7 Mbps
-93 dBm
-72 dBm
Bluetooth:
1 Mbps
-84 dBm
(1DH1)
3 Mbps
-76 dBm
(3DH5)
BLE
-87 dBm
Operating Systems Supported
Windows Mobile 5.0, 6.0, 6.1, 6.5
Windows Embedded Compact (CE) 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 2013
Windows 7, 8, 8.1
Linux 2.6.x, 3.x.x, 4.0.x kernel
Android 4.1.2 (Jellybean) and forward
Security
Standards
Wireless Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
IEEE 802.11i (WPA2)
Encryption
Wireless Equivalent Privacy (WEP, RC4 Algorithm)
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP, RC4 Algorithm)
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES, Rijndael Algorithm)
Encryption Key Provisioning
Static (40-bit and 128-bit lengths)
Pre-Shared (PSK)
Dynamic
802.1X Extensible Authentication Protocol Types
EAP-FAST
EAP-TLS
EAP-TTLS
PEAP-GTC
PEAP-MSCHAPv2
PEAP-TLS
LEAP

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Description
Compliance
ETSI Regulatory Domain
EN 300 328 (Wi-Fi®)
EN 300 328 v1.8.1 (BT 2.1)
EN 301 489-1
EN 301 489-17
EN 301 893
EN 60950-1
EU 2002/95/EC (RoHS)
FCC Regulatory Domain
FCC 15.247 DTS –802.11b/g (Wi-Fi) –2.4 GHz
FCC 15.407 UNII –802.11a (Wi-Fi) –5 GHz
FCC 15.247 DSS –BT 2.1
Industry Canada
RSS-247 –802.11a/b/g/n (Wi-Fi) –2.4 GHz, 5.8 GHz, 5.2 GHz, and 5.4 GHz
RSS-247 –BT 2.1
Certifications
Wi-Fi Alliance
802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g , 802.11n
WPA Enterprise
WPA2 Enterprise
Cisco Compatible Extensions (Version 4)
Bluetooth SIG Qualification
Warranty
Five Year Limited Lifetime
All specifications are subject to change without notice
WLAN FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
Overview
The SSD50NBT WLAN block is based on the Qualcomm-Atheros AR6004 802.11a/b/g/n chipset. It is optimized
for low power embedded applications and is configured to operate in dual-band, two-stream (2x2 MIMO) mode.
Its functionality includes:
Improved throughput on the link due to frame aggregation, RIFS (reduced inter-frame spacing), and half
guard intervals.
Support for STBC (space time block codes) and LDPC (Low Density Parity Check) codes.
Improved 11n performance due to features such as 11n frame aggregation (A-MPDU and A-MSDU) and
low-overhead host-assisted buffering (RX A-MSDU and RX A-MPDU). These techniques can improve
performance and efficiency of applications involving large bulk data transfers such as file transfers or high-
resolution video streaming.
Other functionality includes the following: