Broadcom 2x2 802.11be Wi-Fi 7 enterprise access point chips - BCM43720

The BCM43740 is a 4x4 IEEE 802.11be Wi-Fi 7 MAC/PHY/radio system-on-a-chip (SoC) device, and the BCM43720 is a 2x2 IEEE 802.11be Wi-Fi 7 MAC/PHY/radio system-on-a-chip (SoC) device. The BCM43740 and BCM43720 devices can operate in 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz and 6 GHz bands selectively up to 320 Mhz and 160MHz channel bandwidths, respectively. Taking advantage of Multi-Link Operation (MLO) in addition to multi-user technologies such as downlink and uplink OFDMA and downlink and uplink MU-MIMO, the BCM43740 and BCM43720 deliver better throughput, lower latency, and high reliability to commercial grade devices for enterprise networks. These devices are optimized to be used in enterprise Wi-Fi access points.

Features

• BCM43720 support 2 streams of Wi-Fi 7
• BCM43720: 160 MHz channel bandwidth in 2.4GHz, 5GHz, and 6GHz band up to 2.8 Gbps PHY rate
• 4096-QAM modulation
• Multi-Link Operation (MLO)
• Automated Frequency Coordination (AFC)
• Uplink and downlink OFDMA
• Uplink and downlink MU-MIMO
• ZeroWait DFS
• Full compliance to IEEE and WFA Wi-Fi 7 specifications

Applications

• Enterprise Wi-Fi access points

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