RTL8192CE PCI-Express miniCard User’s Manual Rev. 1.0 11 Feb 2010 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. No. 2, Innovation Road II, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan Tel.: +886-3-578-0211. Fax: +886-3-577-6047 www.realtek.com.
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RTL8192CE User’s Manual Table of Contents 1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION................................................................................................................................................4 2. GENERAL FEATURES ......................................................................................................................................................5 3. PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS...................................................................................................
RTL8192CE User’s Manual 1. General Description The Realtek RTL8192CE miniCard is a highly integrated MIMO wireless LAN (WLAN) used for high speed wireless local network access. The card is built with a MAC and 2T2R capable RF/baseband single chip RTL8192CE. The RTL8192CE miniCard implements multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) with 2 transmit and 2 receive paths and is compatible with 802.11n Draft specification 2.0.
RTL8192CE User’s Manual 2. General Features General • Operate at ISM frequency bands (2.4GHz) • IEEE standards support: IEEE 802.11b, 802.11g, draft 802.11n • Mini PCI Express interface • Enterprise level security which can apply WPA2 certification • 2 transmitter and 2 receivers allow data rates supporting up to 300 Mbps downstream and 300 Mbps upstream PHY rates.
RTL8192CE User’s Manual PHY Features • IEEE 802.11n draft 2.0 MIMO OFDM - 2 transmitter and 2 receivers (2T2R). - 20MHz and 40MHz bandwidth transmission. - Long Guard Interval (800ns). - 1 spatial stream STBC transmission for extended coverage. - Sounding packet. • DSSS with DBPSK and DQPSK, CCK modulations with long and short preamble. • OFDM with BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, and 256QAM modulations. Convolutional coding rate: 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, and 5/6. • Maximum data rate 54Mbps in 802.11g and 300Mbps in 802.
RTL8192CE User’s Manual 3. Product specifications 3.1. Mini PCI Express Pin Assignment Table 1. Mini PCI Express Pin Assignment PIN# Pin Name PIN# Pin Name 1 WAKE# YES 2 3.3V YES 3 RESERVED NC 4 GND YES 5 RESERVED NC 6 1.
RTL8192CE User’s Manual 3.2. Mechanical Figure 1. RTL8192CE miniCard Mechanical Specification 3.3. Environmental 3.3.1. Operating Operating Temperature: Relative Humidity: 0 to 70 °C 5-90% (non-condensing) 3.3.2. Storage Temperature: Relevant Humidity: -55 to 125 °C 5-95% (non-condensing) 3.4. Functional Specifications Table 2. Functional Specifications DC 3.3V +/- 0.
RTL8192CE User’s Manual Transfer rate FREQUENCY Range NUMBER OF CHANNEL 802.11b: 11 / 5.5 / 2 / 1Mbps 802.11g: 54 / 48 / 36 / 24 / 18 / 12 / 9 / 6Mbps Draft 802.11n (20MHz, 800ns GI): 130 / 117 / 104 / 78 / 65 / 58.5 / 52 / 39 / 26 / 19.5 / 13 / 6.5Mbps Draft 802.11n (40MHz, 800ns GI): 270 / 243 / 216 / 162 /135 / 121.5 / 108 / 81 / 54 / 40.5 / 27 / 13.5Mbps Draft 802.11n (20MHz, 400ns GI): 144.4 / 130 / 115.6 / 86.7 / 72.2 / 65 / 57.8 / 43.3 / 28.9 / 21.7 / 14.4 / 7.2Mbps Draft 802.
RTL8192CE User’s Manual This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. IEEE 802.11b or 802.11g operation of this product in the U.S.A. is firmware-limited to channels 1 through 11.
RTL8192CE User’s Manual IMPORTANT NOTE: IC Radiation Exposure Statement: This equipment complies with IC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body. 4.5.2 Industry Canada Statement This device complies with RSS-210 of the Industry Canada Rules.
RTL8192CE User’s Manual End Product Labeling The final end product must be labeled in a visible area with the following: “Contains TX IC : 6317A-RTL8192CE”. Manual Information That Must be Included The OEM integrator has to be aware not to provide information to the end user regarding how to install or remove. This RF module in the user’s manual of the end product which integrates this module.
