Montage Technology Co. Ltd. WM6800K User Manual

Montage Technology Proprietary and Confidential

iii

This data sheet is the primary reference for the 802.11b/g/n Single-Chip Wi-Fi Micro Controller - M88WI

6800-K. It 

includes complete pin information, functional description, register description and electrical specifications for 
engineers who may evaluate or use the device. 

The following conventions are used in this data sheet for easy and effective explanation.

Cross-references are highlighted in blue for your attention. You can click on them to jump to the target pages.

Number representation
− A hexadecimal number is represented by xxxxH or n’hxxxx (h/H: hexadecimal; n: number of bits).
− A binary number is represented by xxxxB or n’bxxxx (b/B: binary; n: the number of bits). Sometimes the 

binary number with only one bit is also represented by ‘0’ or ‘1’.

− Other numbers should be considered as decimal numbers unless otherwise stated.

ADC

Analog to Digital Converter

PHY

Physical layer device

AGC

Automatic Gain Control

QoS

Quality of Service

AMPDU

Aggregated MAC Protocol Data Unit

RF

Radio Frequency

AP

Access Point

SDR

Single Data Rate

BBP

Baseband Processor

SNAP

Subnetwork Access Protocol 

BOM

Bill of Material

SPI

Serial Programming Interface

DDR

Dual Data Rate

TR

Transmit / Receive (T/R)

LAN

Local Area Network

UART

Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter

LLC

Logical Link Control

UDP

User Datagram Protocol

MAC

Media Access Controller

WAPI

WLAN Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure

MIC

Message Integrity Check

WEP

Wireless Encryption Protocol

MSDU

MAC Service Data Unit

WLAN

Wireless Local Area Network

NAT

Network Address Translation

WMM

Wi-Fi Multimedia

NVRAM

Non-Volatile Random Access Memory

WMM-PS

WMM-Power Save

OS

Operating System

WPA

Wi-Fi Protected Access

PA

Power Amplifier

WPS

Wi-Fi Protected Setup