
RTL8812AEBTCombomoduleUserManual
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1. GeneralDescription
TheRealtekRTL8812AEisahighlyintegratedsingle-chip802.11b/g/n/ac 2T2RWLANPCIExpress
networkinterface controller,andRTL8761AUisaintegratedBluetooth2.1/3/0/4.0USBinterface
controller.ItcombinesaWLANMAC,a2T2RcapableWLANbaseband,BTProtocolStack(LM,LL,and
LE),BTBaseband,modem,andWLAN/BTRFinasinglemodule.TheRTL8812AEwithRTL8761AU
provideacompletesolutionforahighthroughputperformance integratedwireless LANandBluetooth
device.
TheRTL8812AEWLANbasebandimplements OrthogonalFrequencyDivisionMultiplexing(OFDM)with
1transmitand1receivepathandis compatiblewiththe802.11ac specification. Featuresincludeonespatial
streamtransmission,shortguardinterval(GI) of400ns,spatialspreading,andtransmissionover20MHz,
40MHzand80MHzchannelbandwidth.
Forlegacycompatibility,DirectSequence SpreadSpectrum(DSSS),ComplementaryCodeKeying(CCK)
andOFDMbasebandprocessingareincludedtosupportall 802.11band802.11g datarates.Differential
phaseshiftkeyingmodulationschemes, DBPSKandDQPSKwithdatascramblingcapability, areavailable,
andCCKprovidessupportforlegacydatarates,withlongorshortpreamble.Thehigh-speedFFT/IFFT
paths,combinedwithBPSK,QPSK,16QAM,64QAMand256-QAMmodulationoftheindividual
subcarriersandratecompatiblepuncturedconvolutionalcodingwithcodingrateof1/2,2/3,3/4,and5/6,
provideup to866.6Mbpsfor802.11ac OFDM.
ARTL8812AEbuilt-inenhancedsignaldetector,adaptivefrequencydomainequalizer,andasoft-decision
Viterbidecoderhelptoalleviatemulti-patheffectsandmutualinterference inthereceptionofmultiple
streams. Robustinterference detectionandsuppressionareprovidedtoprotectagainstBluetooth,cordless
phone, andmicrowaveoveninterference.
EfficientIQ-imbalance,DCoffset,phasenoise,frequencyoffset,andtimingoffsetcompensationsare
providedfortheradiofrequencyfront-end.SelectabledigitaltransmitandreceiveFIRfilters areprovidedto
meettransmitspectrummaskrequirementsandtorejectadjacentchannelinterference, respectively.
TheRTL8812AEWLANControllersupportsfastreceiverAutomaticGainControl(AGC)with
synchronousandasynchronouscontrolloopsamongantennas,antennadiversityfunctions,andadaptive
transmitpowercontrolfunctiontoobtainbetterperformance intheanalogportionsofthetransceiver.
TheRTL8812AEWLANMACsupports802.11eformultimediaapplications,802.11iforsecurity,and
802.11n/802.11ac Draft2.0forenhancedMACprotocolefficiency.Usingpacketaggregationtechniques
suchasA-MPDU withBAandA-MSDU,protocolefficiencyissignificantlyimproved.Powersaving
mechanismssuchasLegacyPowerSave,andU-APSD,reduce thepowerwastedduringidletime,and