Broadcom Dual 2x2 160MHz Wi-Fi 6/6E Quad-core ARM SoC - BCM6756

Product Description

Broadcom Dual 2x2 160MHz Wi-Fi 6/6E Quad-core ARM SoC - BCM6756

The BCM6756 is a dual 2x2 160MHz Wi-Fi 6/6E system-on-a-chip (SoC) communications processor that enables low-power, small size, multi-gigabit access points, routers, repeaters and service provider gateways for residential applications. The SoC features a quad-core ARM Cortex CPU with a dual 802.11ax two spatial stream (2×2) 160MHz WLAN radio and an integrated 802.3-compliant Gigabit PHY.

Features

• Quad core ARM-A7 with 32 KB I/D caches and 512 KB L2 cache
• Dual 2x2 IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ax compliant MAC/BB/radios
• Dual 2x2 radios selectable 2.4GHz, 5GHz, or 6GHz up to 160MHz bandwidth channels
• Integrated 2.4 GHz power amplifiers and low-noise amplifiers
• Integrated IEEE 802.3 compliant Gigabit PHY
• 16-bit DDR3 & DDR4 memory interface
• 2 Lane PCIe Gen2 controller
• HSGMII and RGMII ports
• Dual USB ports
• Automated Frequency Coordination (AFC)
• Uplink and downlink OFDMA increases wifi capacity in congested environments
• Downlink MU-MIMO
• 1024-QAM modulation rates
• Supports LDPC in both TX and RX direction for increased wireless coverage
• Supports DFS
• Supports DPD external FEMs reducing power consumption
• Full compliance with IEEE and Wi-Fi Alliance (WFA) Wi-Fi 6/6E specifications

Applications

• Residential Wi-Fi access points, routers and extenders