Atheros
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Official website: http://www.atheros.com (long since defunct, here's
a snapshot from 2010-12, before the merger with Qualcomm)
For substantially more information, see:
Atheros on Wikipedia.
FCC grantee code
This company is assigned FCC grantee code: • PPD (320 devices in DB).
Vendor IDs
This company is assigned USB vendor ID: • 0cf3 (43 devices in DB).
This company is assigned PCI vendor ID: • 168c (428 devices in DB).
Timeline
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1997
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2009
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2021
Qualcomm Atheros timeline
- for Wi-Fi chipsets after merger, see: Qualcomm Atheros
For additional information on..
- Supported WiFi operations and capabilities, see Atheros WiFi Support
- Chips working with HTC drivers, see Atheros-htc
- Chipsets released after the merger with Qualcomm (such as chip names starting with QCA****) see Qualcomm Atheros.
Wireless chipsets
(a)bg
Chipset | Chips used | Interface | PHY modes | Super A/G | Reference designs |
First seen (FCC) |
Adapters | ESystems | PPage / PBrief |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AR5000 | AR5210 (Crete) + AR5110 (Fez) |
PCI/CB | a | X2 mode | CB13 | 2001-10-15 | 23 devices | 18 devices | PBrief |
AR5001A | AR5211 (Oahu) + AR5111 (Sombrero) |
PCI/CB | a | X2 mode | CB21 | 2002-08-20 | 2 devices | 4 devices | PBrief |
AR5001X | AR5211 (Oahu) + AR5111 (Sombrero) + AR2111 |
PCI/CB | ab | X2 mode | CB22AB (inf) |
2002-08-20 | 23 devices | 1 devices | PBrief |
AR5001G | AR5212 (Venice) + AR5111 (Sombrero) + AR2111 |
PCI/CB | bg | yes | CB22G (inf) |
2002-10-01 | 20 devices | 15 devices | |
AR5001X | AR5212 (Venice) + AR5111 (Sombrero) + AR2111 |
PCI/CB | abg | yes | CB22AG MB22AG (inf) |
2002-10-01 | 25 devices | 3 devices | |
AR5002G | AR5212 (Venice) + AR2112 |
PCI/CB | bg | yes | CB31 | 2003-06-13 | 14 devices | 3 devices | PBrief |
AR5002X | AR5212 (Venice) + AR5112 |
PCI/CB | abg | yes | CB32 | 2003-05-30 | 20 devices | 2 devices | PBrief |
AR5004G | AR5213 (Hainan) + AR2112 |
PCI/CB | bg | yes | CB43 MB43 |
2003-10-03 | 30 devices | 10 devices | PBrief |
AR5004X | AR5213 (Hainan) + AR5112 |
PCI/CB | abg | yes | CB42 | 2003-08-25 | 37 devices | 15 devices | |
AR5005G | AR2413 (Griffin Lite) |
PCI/CB | bg | no | CB51 MB51 |
2004-06-30 | 42 devices | 33 devices | PBrief |
AR5005GS | AR2414 (Griffin) |
PCI/CB | bg | yes | CB52? MB52 |
2004-05-18 | 65 devices | 23 devices | PBrief |
AR5005UG | AR5523 (Predator?) + AR2112 |
USB 2.0 | bg | yes | UB51 | 2004-09-21 | 49 devices | 1 devices | PBrief |
AR5005UX | AR5523 (Predator?) + AR5112 |
USB 2.0 | abg | yes | UB52 | 2004-10-29 | 25 devices | PBrief | |
AR5513 (Data Falcon) + AR2112 + AR2112 |
PCI/CB | bg | yes | 2005-01-05 | 11 devices | 4 devices | |||
AR5005VL | AR5513 (Data Falcon) + AR5112 + AR5112 |
PCI/CB | abg | yes | 2005-01-05 | 11 devices | 4 devices | PBrief | |
AR5006EG | AR2423 (Condor) |
PCIe | bg | no | XB61 | 2005-10-26 | 4 devices | PBrief | |
AR5006EGS | AR2424 (Condor) |
PCIe | bg | yes | 2006-02-21 | 1 devices | PBrief | ||
AR5006EX | AR5423 (Condor) |
PCIe | abg | no | 0 devices | PBrief | |||
AR5006EXS | AR5424 (Condor) |
PCIe | abg | yes | 2005-07-14 | 9 devices | PBrief | ||
AR5006G | AR2415 (Talon) |
PCI/CB | bg | unk. | 2005-11-04 | 1 devices | 0 devices | ||
AR5006X | AR5413 (Eagle Lite) |
PCI/CB | abg | no | 2005-06-10 | 14 devices | 5 devices | PBrief | |
AR5006XS | AR5414 (Eagle) |
PCI/CB | abg | yes | CB62 MB62 |
2005-03-08 | 75 devices | 9 devices | PBrief |
AR5007G | AR2417 (Nala) |
PCI/CB | bg | no | CB55 MB55 |
2007-03-23 | 16 devices | 6 devices | PBrief |
AR5007EG | AR2425 (Swan) |
PCIe | bg | no | HB63 XB63 |
2006-08-07 | 16 devices | PBrief | |
AR5007UG | AR2524 + AR2124 |
USB 2.0 | bg | no | (relabeled ZyDAS ZD1211B) |
2006-11-27 | 3 devices | 1 devices | |
AR5007UX | AR5524 + RFIC chip |
USB 2.0 | abg | no | (relabeled ZyDAS ZD1211B) |
0 devices | |||
AR2427 (HT-less AR9285) |
PCIe | bg | no | 2008-12-12 | 2 devices |
(a)bgn
AR5400/AR9100 series
Chips used (Family) Chipset |
Interface | PHY modes | MIMO config | Reference designs |
First seen (FCC) |
Notes | Adapters | ESystems | PPage / PBrief |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AR5416 (Owl) + AR2122 AR5008-2NG |
PCI/CB | bgn | 2x2:2 | 2006-04-03 | draft-n | 3 devices | 7 devices | PBrief | |
AR5416 (Owl) + AR5122 AR5008-2NX |
PCI/CB | abgn | 2x2:2 | draft-n | 0 devices | 0 devices | PBrief | ||
AR5416 (Owl) + AR2133 AR5008-3NG |
PCI/CB | bgn | 3x3:2 | CB71 MB71 |
2006-04-03 | draft-n | 34 devices | 19 devices | PBrief |
AR5416 (Owl) + AR5133 AR5008-3NX |
PCI/CB | abgn | 3x3:2 | CB72 MB72 |
2006-11-06 | draft-n | 7 devices | 13 devices | PBrief |
AR5418 (Owl) + AR2122 AR5008E-2NG |
PCIe | bgn | 2x2:2 | 2006-10-20 | draft-n | 2 devices | PBrief | ||
AR5418 (Owl) + AR5122 AR5008E-2NX |
PCIe | abgn | 2x2:2 | draft-n | 0 devices | PBrief | |||
AR5418 (Owl) + AR2133 AR5008E-3NG |
PCIe | bgn | 3x3:2 | XB72 | 2006-12-19 | draft-n | 1 devices | PBrief | |
AR5418 (Owl) + AR5133 AR5008E-3NX |
PCIe | abgn | 3x3:2 | 2006-06-22 | draft-n | 7 devices | PBrief | ||
AR9160 (Sowl) + AR9104 AR9001-2NX |
PCI/CB | abgn | 2x2:2 | 2007-12-14 | draft-n | 0 devices | 2 devices | ||
AR9160 (Sowl) + AR9103 AR9001-3NG |
PCI/CB | bgn | 3x3:2 | MB81 | 2007-10-02 | draft-n | 3 devices | 18 devices | PBrief |
AR9160 (Sowl) + AR9106 AR9001-3NX |
PCI/CB | abgn | 3x3:2 | MB82 | 2008-03-02 | draft-n | 16 devices | 25 devices | PBrief |
AR9170 (Otus) + AR9101 AR9001U-NG |
USB 2.0 | bgn | 1x2:2 | 2008-04-23 | draft-n | 8 devices | PBrief | ||
AR9170 (Otus) + AR9102 AR9001U-2NG |
USB 2.0 | bgn | 2x2:2 | UB81 | 2008-01-15 | draft-n | 15 devices | PBrief | |
AR9170 (Otus) + AR9104 AR9001U-2NX |
USB 2.0 | abgn | 2x2:2 | UB82 | 2008-01-11 | draft-n | 19 devices | PBrief |
AR9200/AR9500 series
Chips used (Family) Chipset |
Interface | PHY modes | MIMO config | Reference designs |
First seen (FCC) |
Notes | Adapters | ESystems | PPage / PBrief |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AR9220 (Merlin) |
PCI/CB | abgn | 2x2:2 | 2008-11-12 | similar to AR9280 (w/ PCI IF) |
24 devices | 41 devices | ||
AR9223 (Merlin) |
PCI/CB | bgn | 2x2:2 | 2008-11-12 | similar to AR9283 (w/ PCI IF) |
20 devices | 40 devices | ||
AR9227 (Kiwi) |
PCI/CB | bgn | 2x2:2 | 2009-05-11 | similar to AR9287 (w/ PCI IF) |
11 devices | 20 devices | ||
AR9271 | USB 2.0 | bgn | 1x2:1 | UB91, UB93, UB173 |
2009-07-27 | 8Bit Spectral Scan ath9k |
51 devices | 4 devices | PBrief |
AR9271 + [BT] AR3011 AR9002U-1NGB |
USB 2.0 | bgn | 1x2:1 | UB193 | 0 devices | PBrief | |||
AR9280 (Merlin) |
PCIe | abgn | 2x2:2 | HB92, XB92 | 2008-03-17 | rev1-draft-n; rev2-n 8bit Spectral Scan |
19 devices | 18 devices | PBrief PBrief |
AR9281 (Merlin) |
PCIe | bgn | 1x2:2 | HB91/XB91 | 2008-02-24 | draft-n | 8 devices | 1 devices | PBrief |
AR9283 (Merlin) |
PCIe | bgn | 2x2:2 | HB93/XB93 | 2009-01-22 | draft-n | 6 devices | 39 devices | |
AR9285 (Kite) |
PCIe | bgn | 1x1:1 | HB95/XB95 | 2008-12-12 | 8bit Spectral Scan | 32 devices | 38 devices | PBrief |
AR9287 (Kiwi) |
PCIe | bgn | 2x2:2 | HB97/XB97 | 2009-08-14 | 8bit Spectral Scan | 15 devices | 39 devices | PBrief |
AR9285 (Kite) + [BT] AR3011 AR9002WB-1NGCD |
PCIe | bgn | 1x1:1 | WB195 | 8bit Spectral Scan | 1 devices | PBrief | ||
AR9287 (Kiwi) + [BT] AR3011 AR9002WB-2NG |
PCIe | bgn | 2x2:2 | WB197 | 8bit Spectral Scan | 0 devices | PBrief | ||
AR7010 (Magpie?) + AR9280 (Merlin) |
USB 2.0 | abgn | 2x2:2 | UB94 | 2009-09-14 | 8bit Spectral Scan | 13 devices | 1 devices | PBrief |
AR7010 (Magpie?) + AR9287 (Kiwi) |
USB 2.0 | bgn | 2x2:2 | UB95 | 2011-09-22 | 8bit Spectral Scan | 5 devices | 0 devices | PBrief |
AR9374(X) | USB 2.0 | abgn | 2x2:2 | UB134 | 2011-11-30 | similar to AR6004X (w/ USB IF) |
7 devices | 2 devices | PBrief |
AR1021X | USB 2.0 | abgn | 2x2:2 | 2013-01-16 | similar to AR9374X (AR6004X w/ USB IF) |
1 devices | 0 devices | ||
AR9380 (Osprey) |
PCIe | abgn | 3x3:3 | HB112, XB112 |
2010-12-01 | AR938* has internal LNA, PA, RF switch |
16 devices | 27 devices | PBrief |
AR9381 (Osprey) |
PCIe | bgn | 3x3:3 | 2011-05-27 | 3 devices | 32 devices | PBrief | ||
AR9382 (Osprey) |
PCIe | abgn | 2x2:2 | HB116 | 2010-09-23 | 12 devices | 39 devices | PBrief | |
AR9388 (Osprey) |
PCIe | abgn | 3x3:3 | XB112 | 2010-12-23 | AR9388-AL1A Teardown |
1 devices | 0 devices | Blog |
AR9390 (Osprey) |
PCIe | abgn | 3x3:3 | XB114 | 2010-12-01 | Support 4.9/5/10MHz; 8bit Spectral Scan |
8 devices | 12 devices | PBrief |
AR9392 (Osprey) |
PCIe | abgn | 2x2:2 | HB118 | Support 4.9/5/10MHz; 8bit Spectral Scan |
0 devices | 0 devices | PBrief | |
AR9462 (Jupiter?) |
PCIe | abgn | 2x2:2 | WB222 | 2012-02-03 | int. BT 4.0, WoW, WoBT, 8bit Spectral Scan, LDPC, TxBF, MLD, STBC |
19 devices | 0 devices | PBrief |
AR9463 (Jupiter?) |
PCIe | bgn | 2x2:2 | WB221, WB222-SB | 2012-02-22 | int. BT 4.0 | 2 devices | 0 devices | |
AR9485 (Poseidon) |
PCIe | bgn | 1x1:1 | HB125 | 2011-02-17 | 1x2:1 ?? arh talk |
23 devices | 0 devices | |
AR9485 (Poseidon) + [BT] AR3012 AR9004WB-1NG |
PCIe | bgn | 1x1:1 | WB225, CUS198 | 1 devices | PBrief | |||
AR9580 (Peacock) |
PCIe | abgn | 3x3:3 | 2012-03-04 | 6 devices | 29 devices | |||
AR9582 (Peacock) |
PCIe | abgn | 2x2:2 | 2012-06-11 | 6 devices | 14 devices | |||
AR9590 (Peacock)) |
PCIe | abgn | 3x3:3 | 2008-12-12 | 10 devices | 11 devices | |||
AR9592 (Peacock) |
PCIe | abgn | 2x2:2 | 2013-05-27 | 5 devices | 0 devices |
Mobile / SDIO
(a)bg
Chip | Interface | PHY modes |
Reference designs |
First seen (FCC) |
Notes | Adapters | ESystems | PPage / PBrief |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AR6001G | SDIO 1.1 / SPI / ... |
bg | SP11 (SPI) | 2008-07-31 | . | 0 devices | 1 devices | DS |
AR6001GL | SDIO 1.1 / SPI / ... |
bg | SD13 (SDIO) | . | 0 devices | 0 devices | DS | |
AR6001GZ | SDIO 1.1 / SPI / ... |
bg | 0 devices | 0 devices | DS | |||
AR6001X | SDIO 1.1 / SPI / ... |
abg | 0 devices | 0 devices | DS | |||
AR6001XL | SDIO 1.1 / SPI / ... |
abg | SD12 (SD card) |
2008-08-21 | . | 6 devices | 0 devices | DS |
AR6001XZ | SDIO 1.1 / SPI / ... |
abg | 0 devices | 0 devices | DS | |||
AR6002 | SDIO / SPI / ... |
abg | SD20, SD23 (SD card) |
2008-11-18 | AR6002X-AC1E, AR6002XZ (CSP AR6002) |
5 devices | 2 devices | PR DS |
AR6014 | SDIO 1.1 / SPI / ... |
bg | 2010-04-30 | 2 devices | 1 devices | |||
AR6101X | SDIO 1.1 / SPI / ... |
abg | 0 devices | 0 devices | DS | |||
AR6101G | SDIO 1.1 / SPI / ... |
bg | 0 devices | 0 devices | DS | |||
AR6101VG | SDIO 1.1 / SPI / ... |
bg | 2007-08-17 | 1 devices | 0 devices | DS | ||
AR6102G | SDIO | bg | SD25, SD27 (SDIO) |
2010-06-11 | ROCm Atheros AR6102G-BM2D 802.11bg Wi-Fi module |
0 devices | 3 devices | DS |
AR6122 | SDIO 2.0 / SPI / ... |
bg | 0 devices | 0 devices | ||||
AR6133 | SDIO 2.0 / SPI / ... |
bg | 0 devices | 0 devices | DS |
(a)bgn
Chip | Interface | PHY modes |
MIMO config |
Reference designs |
First seen (FCC) |
Notes | Adapters | ESystems | PPage / PBrief |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AR6003 | SDIO 2.0 / SPI / ... |
abgn | 1x1:1 | 2010-09-03 | query for AR6003* devices (G+X+unknown) |
2 devices | 1 devices | DS | |
AR6003G | SDIO 2.0 / SPI / ... |
bgn | 1x1:1 | SD31 (SDIO), WB31 (SDIO) |
2012-01-19 | SD31 - 2.4GHz (+17dBm MCS0, +12dBm MCS7) WB31 - AR6003 + AR3001 |
0 devices | 5 devices | DS |
AR6003X | SDIO 2.0 / SPI / ... |
abgn | 1x1:1 | SD32 (SDIO), WB31 (SDIO) |
2011-04-25 | SD32 - 2.4/5GHz (w/5GHz xPA) WB31 - AR6003 + AR3001 |
2 devices | 2 devices | DS |
AR6004 | SDIO 2.0 / SPI / ... |
abgn | 2x2:2 | 2012-12-10 | Single Chip 2x2 802.11abgn MIMO MAC/BB/Radio |
6 devices | 5 devices | PPage DS | |
AR6005 | SDIO 2.0 / SPI / ... |
bgn | 1x1:1 | 2013-07-02 | . | 0 devices | 1 devices | PPage DS | |
AR6103 | SDIO 2.0 / SPI / ... |
bgn | 1x1:1 | 2012-07-10 | . | 1 devices | 1 devices | DS
| |
AR6203 | SDIO 2.0 / SPI / ... |
abgn | 1x1:1 | 2013-06-17 | AR6203X-AM2D LGA-116 AR6203X-AM2D-R LBGA196 |
1 devices | 1 devices | ||
AR6233 | SDIO 2.0 / SPI / ... |
abgn | 1x1:1 | 2012-08-20 | 802.11abgn 1T1R bluetooth |
1 devices | 1 devices | ||
AR6302 | SDIO 2.0 / SPI / ... |
bgn | 1x1:1 | . | 0 devices | 0 devices | DS |
IoT
Chip | Interface | PHY modes |
MIMO config |
First seen (FCC) |
Notes | Adapters | ESystems | PPage / PBrief |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AR4100 | SPI | bgn | 1x1:1 | System-In-Package (SIP); not HT40; HT20 only (72MBps) |
0 devices | 0 devices | PBrief Freescale site |
- Followed by Qualcomm Atheros QCA4002, QCA4004.
SoC
Ethernet PHY / Switch
PLC
See also
- An older version of this page can be found here.