Electrical specification

This section provides a summary of nRF7002 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
f_OP,2.4GHz	Operating frequencies 2.4 GHz	2401		2495	MHz
f_OP,5GHz	Operating frequencies 5 GHz	5170 5490 5735		5330 5730 5895	MHz	U-NII-1/U-NII-2A sub-bands U-NII-2C sub-band U-NII-3/U-NII-4 sub-bands
f_MOD,MIN	Minimum modulation rate		1DSSS 6 Mbps			2.4 GHz 5 GHz
f_MOD,MAX	Maximum modulation rate		MCS7
f_TOL	Crystal frequency tolerance at 25°C¹			20	ppm
f_STA,TEMP	Crystal frequency stability over temperature and aging			13	ppm
C_{L_XO}	XO load capacitance		8		pF
ESR_XO	Equivalent Series Resistance			100	ohm
t_{SHUTDOWN→ACTIVE}	Startup time from shutdown state		400		ms	Depends on patch size and interface speed
t_{SLEEP→ACTIVE}	Startup time from sleep state		6.7		ms

Table 2. Current consumption
Symbol	Parameter	Nom.	Units	Note
I_RX,2.4GHz	Receive current listen (2.4 GHz)	60	mA
I_RX,5GHz	Receive current listen (5 GHz)	56	mA
I_2.4GHz,DTIM1	Average current consumption (2.4GHz,DTIM=1, beacon duration 3.8 ms)	3.47	mA
I_2.4GHz,DTIM3	Average current consumption (2.4GHz,DTIM=3, beacon duration 3.8 ms)	1.12	mA
I_{2.4GHz,DTIM10}	Average current consumption (2.4GHz,DTIM=10, beacon duration 3.8 ms)	0.34	mA
I_5GHz,DTIM1	Average current consumption (5GHz,DTIM=1, beacon duration 0.7 ms)	1.70	mA
I_5GHz,DTIM3	Average current consumption (5GHz,DTIM=3, beacon duration 0.7 ms)	0.56	mA
I_5GHz,DTIM10	Average current consumption (5GHz,DTIM=10, beacon duration 0.7 ms)	0.19	mA
I_{2.4GHz,TWT,1 min}	Average current consumption (2.4GHz, TWT, target wake interval 1 min)^²	29.5	uA
I_{2.4GHz,TWT,1 hour}	Average current consumption (2.4GHz, TWT, target wake interval 1 hour)^²	18.4	uA
I_{2.4GHz,TWT,1 day}	Average current consumption (2.4GHz, TWT, target wake interval 1 day)^²	18.2	uA
I_{5GHz,TWT,1 min}	Average current consumption (5GHz, TWT, target wake interval 1 min)^²	28.9	uA
I_{5GHz,TWT,1 hour}	Average current consumption (5GHz, TWT, target wake interval 1 hour)^²	18.2	uA
I_{5GHz,TWT,1 day}	Average current consumption (5GHz, TWT, target wake interval 1 day)^²	18.0	uA
I_OFF	Shutdown current	1.7	µA
I_SLEEP	Sleep current (with RTC)	15	µA
I_SCAN	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. Receiver characteristics
Symbol	Parameter	Nom.	Units
P_{SENS,2.4GHz,1DSSS}	Sensitivity 2.4GHz (1 Mbps DSSS)	-98.6	dBm
P_{SENS,2.4GHz,11CCK}	Sensitivity 2.4GHz (11 Mbps CCK)	-90.4	dBm
P_{SENS,2.4GHz,6MBPS}	Sensitivity 2.4GHz (6 Mbps)	-91.6	dBm
P_{SENS,2.4GHz,54MBPS}	Sensitivity 2.4GHz (54 Mbps)	-75.4	dBm
P_{SENS,2.4GHz,HT-MCS0}	Sensitivity 2.4GHz (HT-MCS0)	-90.0	dBm
P_{SENS,2.4GHz,HT-MCS7}	Sensitivity 2.4GHz (HT-MCS7)	-71.5	dBm
P_{SENS,5GHz,VHT-MCS0}	Sensitivity 5.0GHz (VHT-MCS0)	-89.3	dBm
P_{SENS,5GHz,VHT-MCS7}	Sensitivity 5.0GHz (VHT-MCS7)	-71.0	dBm
P_{SENS,5GHz,HE-MCS0}	Sensitivity 5.0GHz (HE-MCS0)	-89.3	dBm
P_{SENS,5GHz,HE-MCS7}	Sensitivity 5.0GHz (HE-MCS7)	-70.6	dBm

Table 4. Transmit current consumption (QFN package)
Symbol	Parameter	Nom.	Units
I_{TX,1DSSS,2.4GHz}	Transmit current (2.4 GHz, 1DSSS, max output power)	252	mA
I_{TX,MCS0,2.4GHz}	Transmit current (2.4 GHz, MCS0, max output power)	187	mA
I_{TX,MCS7,2.4GHz}	Transmit current (2.4 GHz, MCS7, max output power)	191	mA
I_TX,MCS0,5GHz	Transmit current (5 GHz, MCS0, max output power)	260	mA
I_TX,MCS7,5GHz	Transmit current (5 GHz, MCS7, max output power)	260	mA

Table 5. Transmitter characteristics (QFN package)
Symbol	Parameter	Nom.	Units
P_{TXMAX,2.4GHz,DSSS/CCK}	Maximum transmit power 2.4 GHz (DSSS/CCK)	20	dBm
P_{TXMAX,2.4GHz,MCS0}	Maximum transmit power 2.4 GHz (6 Mbps/HT-MCS0/HE-MCS0)	15	dBm
P_{TXMAX,2.4GHz,MCS7}	Maximum transmit power 2.4 GHz (54 Mbps/HT-MCS7/HE-MCS7)	15	dBm
P_{TXMAX,5GHz,MCS0}	Maximum transmit power 5 GHz (6 Mbps/HT-MCS0/VHT-MCS0/HE-MCS0)	13	dBm
P_{TXMAX,5GHz,MCS7}	Maximum transmit power 5 GHz (54 Mbps/HT-MCS7/VHT-MCS7/HE-MCS7)	13	dBm

Table 6. Transmitter power variation over temperature (QFN package)
Frequency band	-40C<TA<=-20C	-20C<TA<=0C	0C<TA<=60C	60C<TA<=85C
2.4GHz	0dB	0dB	0dB	-1dB
5GHz	-2dB	-1dB	0dB	-2dB

Table 7. Transmitter power variation over supply voltage (QFN package)
Frequency band	2.9V<VBAT<=3.1V	3.1V<VBAT<=3.4V	3.4V<VBAT<=4.5V
2.4GHz	-1dB	0dB	0dB
5GHz	-2dB	-1dB	0dB

Table 8. Transmit current consumption (WLCSP package)
Symbol	Parameter	Nom.	Units
I_{TX,1DSSS,2.4GHz}	Transmit current (2.4 GHz, 1DSSS, max output power)	181	mA
I_{TX,MCS0,2.4GHz}	Transmit current (2.4 GHz, MCS0, max output power)	174	mA
I_{TX,MCS7,2.4GHz}	Transmit current (2.4 GHz, MCS7, max output power)	174	mA
I_TX,MCS0,5GHz	Transmit current (5 GHz, MCS0, max output power)	261	mA
I_TX,MCS7,5GHz	Transmit current (5 GHz, MCS7, max output power)	262	mA

Table 9. Transmitter characteristics (WLCSP package)
Symbol	Parameter	Nom.	Units
P_{TXMAX,2.4GHz,DSSS/CCK}	Maximum transmit power 2.4 GHz (DSSS/CCK)	17	dBm
P_{TXMAX,2.4GHz,MCS0}	Maximum transmit power 2.4 GHz (6 Mbps/HT-MCS0/HE-MCS0)	15	dBm
P_{TXMAX,2.4GHz,MCS7}	Maximum transmit power 2.4 GHz (54 Mbps/HT-MCS7/HE-MCS7)	15	dBm
P_{TXMAX,5GHz,MCS0}	Maximum transmit power 5 GHz (6 Mbps/HT-MCS0/VHT-MCS0/HE-MCS0)	13	dBm
P_{TXMAX,5GHz,MCS7}	Maximum transmit power 5 GHz (54 Mbps/HT-MCS7/VHT-MCS7/HE-MCS7)	13	dBm

Table 10. Transmitter power variation over temperature (WLCSP package)
Frequency band	-40C<TA<=-20C	-20C<TA<=0C	0C<TA<=60C	60C<TA<=85C
2.4GHz	0dB	0dB	0dB	-5dB
5GHz	-3dB	-3dB	0dB	-1dB

Table 11. Transmitter power variation over supply voltage (WLCSP package)
Frequency band	2.9V<VBAT<=3.1V	3.1V<VBAT<=3.4V	3.4V<VBAT<=4.5V
2.4GHz	-1dB	0dB	0dB
5GHz	-5dB	-2dB	0dB

¹ Tolerance before calibration. See Clock accuracy considerations for more information.

² Min wake duration 8.192 ms, transmit packet duration 100 µs.