Monday, May 24, 2004

Agere's Mini 801.11g Module Delivers 6 Mbps at 100m

Agere Systems announced a small-form-factor 802.11g mobile Wi-Fi module specifically designed for handheld consumer devices such as PDAs, media players, Smartphones, handheld video game devices, and digital cameras and camcorders. Measuring only 20x29 millimeters, the mini-module delivers an extended range of up to 100 meters at 6 Mbps. Using Agere's WaveLAN chip set -- which includes an RF transceiver, media access controller, baseband processor and power amplifier -- the module delivers output power of 14 dBm at 54 Mbps operation and 16 dBm at 12 Mbps. http://www.agere.com/