Wireless USB Host Controller and Device Adapter - µPD720170 - µPD720180 - NEC

NEC announced the USB-IF certification of the µPD720170 Wireless USB host controller for PCI interfaces and µPD720180 Wireless USB device wire adapter.  The new USB products help developers to implement wireless ultra wideband link between USB peripherals and computers or other consumer electronics products.

Application Example: µ PD720180 as Wireless USB HUB

The uPD720170 wireless USB host controller and uPD720180 wireless USB device wire adapter comply  with the WiMedia MAC and wireless USB specification. Each device has one wired upstream-port and four wired downstream-ports. The chips are used with WiMedia UWB PHY that complies with WiMedia MAC-PHY interface specification.

Kunio Mori, NEC Electronics, said:

NEC Electronics is at the forefront of delivering innovative solutions that will help to speed the adoption of the Certified Wireless USB specification, and we are continuing our commitment to the standard by having some of the first products to be fully certified…

These certified chips allow users to leverage the investment they have made in their current USB peripherals to make a seamless transition to the wireless standard…

Certified Wireless USB is an extension to the USB 2.0 standard, targeted for next gen interface periperals and computers. It able to deliver data up to 480 Mbps, comparable to wired USB 2.0 connections, with a 10 meters maximum range.

Block Diagram of µ PD720170 Wireless USB Host Controller

Key features of μ PD720170 wireless USB host controller:

• Compliant with wireless universal serial bus specification
  • Supports four data transfer types (control transfer, bulk data transfer, interrupt data transfer, and isochronous data transfer)
  • Supports eight data rates (53.3 Mbps, 80.0 Mbps, 106.7 Mbps, 160 Mbps, 200 Mbps, 320 Mbps, 400 Mbps, 480 Mbps)
  • Supports up to 32 physical wireless USB devices
  • Supports AES-128 CCM
• Compliant with WiMedia MAC specification
• Compliant with WiMedia MAC-PHY interface specification
• Compliant with wireless USB association model guideline
• Compliant with wireless host controller interface specification
• Modular 32-bit 33 MHz host interface compliant to PCI specification release 2.2 and PC card standard 8.0
  • Supports PCI-bus power management interface specification release 1.1
  • PCI signal input pins have 5 V tolerant circuit
• Supports 2-wire serial EEPROM interface
• Operational registers are direct-mapped to PCI memory space
• 30 MHz crystal clock source
• 3.3 V and 1.5 V power supply

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Block Diagram of µ PD720180 Wireless USB Device Wire Adapter

Key features of μ PD720180 wireless USB device wire adapter:

• Compliant with wireless USB specification
  • Supports four data transfer types (control transfer, bulk data transfer, interrupt data transfer, and isochronous data transfer)
  • Supports eight data rates (53.3 Mbps, 80.0 Mbps, 106.7 Mbps, 160 Mbps, 200 Mbps, 320 Mbps, 400 Mbps, 480 Mbps)
  • Self beaconing device
  • Supports AES-128 CCM
• Compliant with wireless USB association model guideline
  • Supports USB cable model association
• Compliant with WiMedia MAC-PHY interface specification
• Compliant with WiMedia MAC specification
• Compliant with USB specification revision 2.0 (data rate 1.5/12/480 Mbps)
• Supports 2-wire serial EEPROM interface
• Supports wired-HUB function
• 30 MHz crystal clock source
• 3.3 V and 1.5 V power supply

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The uPD720170 wireless USB host controller is shipped in 144-pin plastic FBGA (12×12) and the uPD720180 wireless USB device wire adapter is in 120-pin plastic TQFP (Fine pitch) (14×14). Both USB Wireless chips is in sampling now with pricing at $20 each.

Source: NEC’s Wireless USB host controller and device wire adapter