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TM
PRELIMINARY
Data Sheet
HFA3842B
June 2001
File Number 8020
PCMCIA/USB Wireless LAN Medium Access Controller
The Intersil HFA3842B Wireless LAN Medium Access Controller is part of the PRISMĀ® 2.4GHz radio chip set. The HFA3842B directly interfaces with the Intersil HFA386x family of Baseband Processors, offering a complete end-to-end chip set solution for wireless LAN products. Protocol and PHY support are implemented in firmware to allow custom protocol and different PHY transceivers.
The HFA3842B is designed to provide maximum performance with minimum power consumption. Package pin layout provides optimal PC board layout to all user interfaces including PCMCIA and USB.
Firmware implements the full IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN MAC protocol.