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PRELIMINARY

ISL38001M-EVAL

ISL38001M PRISM GT™ miniPCI

IEEE 802.11g, 802.11b WLAN NIC

The Intersil ISL38001M WLAN NIC

(Note 1) is a complete wireless high

speed Network Interface Card (NIC).

utilizing the Intersil PRISM GT chip

set. The ISL38001M is a lower cost alternative to the

ISL38000M radio. It offers improved range compared to the

ISL38000M while providing equivalent performance in other

categories. It conforms to the IEEE 802.11b and 802.11g

protocols and therefore operates in the 2.45GHz ISM

frequency band. It provides a complete reference design

evaluation platform of hardware and software to system

providers or integrators requiring wireless data

communications capability and is ideal for integration into

computer platforms.

Evaluation kits include one WLAN miniPCI card and one

WLAN CARDBUS32 card,each designed to Intersil’s PRISM

Network evaluation software, Test Utilities (Note 3), and

documentation to get your evaluation started quickly. It

provides OFDM data rates of 54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 9, and

6Mbps as well as CCK data rates of 11 and 5.5Mbps and

legacy data rates of 2 and 1Mbps. Access Points are

available from a number of suppliers, enabling a total

wireless network solution. Typical operating ranges are

shown in Table 1.

A complete PRISM chipset WLAN reference design package

(ISL38001M-CD) is also available. The reference design

package contains all the documentation needed for

manufacturing of the PRISM GT miniPC wireless network card

including: Cadence/Allegro Layout, Gerber files, Concept

schematic, Bill of Materials, assembly and mechanical

drawings, manufacturing test software, and even a copy of the

application for FCC equipment authorization. Customers who

license the reference design also receive password access to

Intersil’s Premier Web site for up to the minute updates on

hardware and software.

Ordering Information

Features

• Low cost Zero IF (ZIF) architecture

• Fully compliant with the IEEE 802.11b and 802.11g WLAN

standards

• FCC Certified Under Part 15 (pending)

• Support for 54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 9, and 6Mbps OFDM,

11 and 5.5Mbps CCK and legacy 2 and 1Mbps data rates

2000 (SR1)

• Supports Dual Diversity Antennas

• Provides Wireless Data Communications to support live

video applications

• Designed to Fully Support PC Card Specification Revision

8 Defined Mechanical and Environmental Stress

Conditions

• Intelligent Power Control, Including 802.11 Power Save

Mode

• Complete Reference Design, the ISL38001M-CD is

available to ensure minimum time-to-market

NOTES:

1. Throughout this document, all references to ‘miniPCI’, ‘WLAN

adapter’, refer to a card assembly conforming to the mechanical

size specifications of the miniPCI Type3A card.

2. The range will vary in different operating environments due to

effects such as building construction. The indoor range data

have been taken in very tough office environment with a lot of

walls between transmitter and receiver.

3. At present, Test utilities supports Windows 2000.

PART NUMBER

DESCRIPTION

CARDS/SET

ISL38001M-EVAL

WLAN Evaluation Kit

1miniPCI

1 Cardbus32

ISL38001M-CD

Reference Design

NA

Data Sheet

May 2003

CAUTION: These devices are sensitive to electrostatic discharge; follow proper IC Handling Procedures.

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