FACT SHEET
88W8987

2.4/5 GHZ DUAL-BAND
1 x 1 WI-FI® 5 (802.11ac) AND
BLUETOOTH® 5.2 SOLUTION
PRODUCT OVERVIEW

The device is designed with two front end configurations:

The 88W8987 system-on-chip (SoC) is a highly integrated
Wi-Fi (2.4/5 GHz) and Bluetooth single-chip solution. This
SoC is specifically designed to support the speed, reliabilityand quality requirements of next-generation very-highthroughput (VHT) products.

• 2-antenna configuration—1 x 1 Wi-Fi and Bluetoothon separate paths (QFN package)• 1-antenna configuration—1 x 1 Wi-Fi and Bluetoothon shared paths (eWLP package, QFN package withexternal FEM)

The SoC provides simultaneous and independent operationof the following features:

APPLICATIONS• Wireless home audio and video entertainment systems• IEEE® 802.11ac (Wave 2), 1 x 1 with data rates up toMCS9 (433 Mbit/s)• Mobile routers and Internet of Things (IoT) gateways• Bluetooth 5.2 (includes Bluetooth Low Energy (LE)The SoC also provides:• Bluetooth Classic and Bluetooth LE dual(Smart Ready) operation• Wi-Fi indoor location positioning(802.11mc)
For security, the device supports highperformance 802.11i security standards
through implementation of the Advanced
Encryption Standard (AES)/Counter Mode
CBCMAC Protocol (CCMP), AES/Galois/
Counter Mode Protocol (GCMP), Wired
Equivalent Privacy (WEP) with Temporal
Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP), AES/CipherBased Message Authentication Code(CMAC), and WLAN Authentication andPrivacy Infrastructure (WAPI) security
mechanisms.
For video, voice, and multimedia
applications, 802.11e quality of service(QoS) is supported. The device also
supports 802.11h dynamic frequency
selection (DFS) for detecting radar pulses
when operating in the 5 GHz range.
Host interfaces include SDIO 3.0
and high-speed UART interfaces forconnecting Wi-Fi and Bluetoothtechnologies to the host processor.

88W8987 APPLICATION DIAGRAM (QFN PACKAGE)

88W8987 APPLICATION DIAGRAM – QFN OPTIONSDIO 3.0

Wi-Fi
Antenna

88W8987
Wi-Fi® 5 GHz
Diplexer

Bluetooth® UART
Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz
PCM
GPIO

Bluetooth
Antenna

Supply Voltages
Power-down
XTAL_IN
XTAL_OUT

Bluetooth Tx/Rx

88W8987DIAGRAMAPPLICATIONDIAGRAM (eWLP PACKAGE)
88W8987 APPLICATION– eWLP PACKAGE

Wi-Fi KEY FEATURES• Supports 802.11ac/n/a/g/b• Dual band: 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz

SDIO 3.0• Up to MCS9 data rates

Wi-Fi
Antenna

88W8987
Wi-Fi® 5 GHz Rx

Bluetooth® UART

• 20/40/80 MHz channel bandwidth
Security: TKIP, AES, WAPI

T/R
SwitchWi-Fi 5 GHz Tx
Diplexer

PCM

BLUETOOTH KEY FEATURESGPIO• Bluetooth 5.2 support

Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz Tx/Rx andBluetooth Tx/Rx

Supply Voltages• PCM audio interface• Security: AES

Power-down
XTAL_IN

HOST INTERFACES
WI-FI

BLUETOOTH

SDIO 3.0

UART

SDIO 3.0

SDIO 3.0

XTAL_OUT

88W8987 INTERNAL DIAGRAM – QFN OPTIONOPERATING CHARACTERISTICS

INTERNAL DIAGRAM—QFN PACKAGE OPTION• Supply voltage: 2.2 V, 1.8 V, and 1.1 V

Wi-Fi 5G Tx/Rx
SDIO 3.0

GENERAL FEATURES• Independent Arm-based Wi-Fi
and Bluetooth CPUs

PCM

SupplyVoltages• Peripheral interfaces
o GPIO interface (up to 21)

Wi-Fi 2.4G Tx/Rx

Bluetooth®
CPU

Bluetooth/Bluetooth LE
BasebandBluetooth RF

Bluetooth Tx/Rx

Power Regulator

OTP

Coexistence

88W8987 INTERNAL DIAGRAM – eWLP PACKAGE OPTION

88W8987 INTERNAL DIAGRAM—eWLP PACKAGE OPTION

Wi-Fi 5G Tx/Rx

UARTPCM

SupplyVoltages

Wi-FiCPU®

SDIO 3.0• Supports reference clock signal
from external crystal or external
crystal oscillator• Memoryo Internal SRAMo Boot ROM
o One-time programmable(OTP memory

1x1
Wi-Fi 5 RF(802.11ac)

1 x 1 Wi-Fi 5
MAC/Baseband(802.11ac)

1x1
Wi-Fi 5 RF(802.11ac)

Wi-Fi 2.4G Tx/Rx
Bluetooth Tx/Rx

Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz Tx

Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz Rx
and Bluetooth Tx/Rx

Bluetooth®
CPUBluetooth/Bluetooth LEBaseband

Power Regulator

SP3T• Power managemento Low power dissipationo Optional lower power operation
with external sleep clocko Sleep and standby modes for
low-power operation

UART

Host Interface• Package options
o 68-pin 8 x 8 mm QFN withwettable flankso 83-bump 4.6 x 4.2 mm eWLP

Wi-Fi
CPU

1 x 1 Wi-Fi 5
MAC/Baseband(802.11ac)®

Host Interface• Operating temperatureo Extended: -30 to 85 °C
o Industrial: -40 to 85 °C

Bluetooth RF
Bluetooth Tx

OTP

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Document Number: 88W8987FS REV 1