This section provides a summary of nRF7001 electrical specifications.

VDD supply voltage is 3.6 V and operating temperature is 25°C unless otherwise noted.

Table 1. General characteristics
Symbol Parameter Min. Nom. Max. Units Note
fOP,2.4GHz Operating frequencies 2.4 GHz 2401 2495 MHz
fMOD,MIN Minimum modulation rate 1DSSS
fMOD,MAX Maximum modulation rate MCS7
fTOL Crystal frequency tolerance at 25°C1 20 ppm
fSTA,TEMP Crystal frequency stability over temperature and aging 18 ppm
CL_XO XO load capacitance 8 pF
ESRXO Equivalent Series Resistance 100 ohm
tSHUTDOWN→ACTIVE Startup time from shutdown state 400 ms Depends on patch size and interface speed
tSLEEP→ACTIVE Startup time from sleep state 6.7 ms
Table 2. Current consumption
Symbol Parameter Min. Nom. Max. Units Note
ITX,1DSSS,2.4GHz Transmit current (2.4 GHz, 1DSSS, max output power) 252 mA
ITX,MSC0,2.4GHz Transmit current (2.4 GHz, MSC0, max output power) 187 mA
ITX,MCS7,2.4GHz Transmit current (2.4 GHz, MCS7, max output power) 191 mA
IRX,2.4GHz Receive current listen (2.4 GHz) 60 mA
I2.4GHz,DTIM1 Average current consumption (2.4GHz,DTIM=1, beacon duration 3.8 ms) 3.47 mA
I2.4GHz,DTIM3 Average current consumption (2.4GHz,DTIM=3, beacon duration 3.8 ms) 1.12 mA
I2.4GHz,DTIM10 Average current consumption (2.4GHz,DTIM=10, beacon duration 3.8 ms) 0.34 mA
I2.4GHz,TWT,1 min Average current consumption (2.4GHz, TWT, target wake interval 1 min)2 29.5 uA
I2.4GHz,TWT,1 hour Average current consumption (2.4GHz, TWT, target wake interval 1 hour)2 18.4 uA
I2.4GHz,TWT,1 day Average current consumption (2.4GHz, TWT, target wake interval 1 day)2 18.2 uA
IOFF Shutdown current 1.7 µA
ISLEEP Sleep current (with RTC) 15 µA
ISCAN Average current consumption during scan operation 60 mA The exact current depends on the number of APs detected during scan. The value quoted aligns with ~100 APs.

Table 3. Transmitter characteristics
Symbol Parameter Min. Nom. Max. Units Note
PTXMAX,2.4GHz,DSSS//CCK Maximum transmit power 2.4 GHz (DSSS/CCK) 20 dBm
PTXMAX,2.4GHz,MCS0 Maximum transmit power 2.4 GHz (6 Mbps/HT-MCS0/HE-MCS0) 15 dBm
PTXMAX,2.4GHz,MCS7 Maximum transmit power 2.4 GHz (54 Mbps/HT-MCS7/HE-MCS7) 15 dBm
Table 4. Transmitter power variation over temperature
Frequency band -40C<TA<=-20C -20C<TA<=0C 0C<TA<=60C 60C<TA<=85C
2.4GHz 0dB 0dB 0dB -1dB
Table 5. Transmitter power variation over supply voltage
Frequency band 2.9V<VBAT<=3.1V 3.1V<VBAT<=3.4V 3.4V<VBAT<=4.5V
2.4GHz -1dB 0dB 0dB
Table 6. Receiver characteristics
Symbol Parameter Min. Nom. Max. Units Note
PSENS,2.4GHz,1DSSS Sensitivity 2.4GHz (1 Mbps DSSS) -98.6 dBm
PSENS,2.4GHz,11CCK Sensitivity 2.4GHz (11 Mbps CCK) -90.4 dBm
PSENS,2.4GHz,6MBPS Sensitivity 2.4GHz (6 Mbps) -91.6 dBm
PSENS,2.4GHz,54MBPS Sensitivity 2.4GHz (54 Mbps) -75.4 dBm
PSENS,2.4GHz,HT-MCS0 Sensitivity 2.4GHz (HT-MCS0) -90.0 dBm
PSENS,2.4GHz,HT-MCS7 Sensitivity 2.4GHz (HT-MCS7) -71.5 dBm
1 Tolerance before calibration. See Clock accuracy considerations for more information.
2 Min wake duration 8.192 ms, transmit packet duration 100 µs.