TX2-RTL8812AE802.11a/b/g/n/ac RTL8812AE miniCard

Half Mini-Card User’s Manual Rev. 1.0 29 November 2012 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. No. 2, Innovation Road II, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan Tel.: +886-3-578-0211. Fax: +886-3-577-6047 www.realtek.com.tw RTL8812AE RTL8812AE Half Mini-Card User Manual ii Rev.1.0 COPYRIGHT ©2012 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means without the written permission of Realtek Semiconductor Corp. DISCLAIMER Realtek provides this document “as is”, without warranty of any kind. Realtek may make improvements and/or changes in this document or in the product described in this document at any time. This document could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. TRADEMARKS Realtek is a trademark of Realtek Semiconductor Corporation. Other names mentioned in this document are trademarks/registered trademarks of their respective owners. USING THIS DOCUMENT This document is intended for the software engineer’s reference and provides detailed programming information. Though every effort has been made to ensure that this document is current and accurate, more information may have become available subsequent to the production of this guide. RTL8812AE Half Mini-Card User Manual iii Rev.1.0 Table of Contents 1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION................................................................................................................................................ 1 2. FEATURES........................................................................................................................................................................... 1 3. PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS.......................................................................................................................................... 3 3.1. ENVIRONMENTAL ............................................................................................................................................................. 3 3.1.1. Operating ............................................................................................................................................................... 3 3.1.2. Storage.................................................................................................................................................................... 3 3.2. FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATIONS .......................................................................................................................................... 3 3.3. WARNING......................................................................................................................................................................... 5 3.3.1 Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement ...................................................................................... 5 3.3.2 Industry Canada Statement .......................................................................................................................................... 6 3.3.3 NCC警語 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 7 List of Tables TABLE 2. FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATIONS ......................................................................................................................................... 3 RTL8812AE Half Mini-Card User Manual 1 Rev.1.0 1. General Description The Realtek RTL8812AE is a highly integrated single-chip MIMO (Multiple In, Multiple Out) Wireless LAN (WLAN) PCI Express network interface controller complying with the wireless very high throughput IEEE 802.11ac Draft 2.0 and high throughput 802.11n specification. The RTL8812AE provides a complete solution for a high-performance wireless client and also supports WiFi Direct feature that can easily build a WiFi P2P PAN network. The RTL8812AE baseband implements Multiple Input, Multiple Output (MIMO) Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) with two transmit and two receive paths (2T2R). Features include two spatial stream transmissions, short Guard Interval (GI) of 400ns, spatial spreading, and support for 20MHz, 40MHz and 80MHz channel bandwidth. Moreover, RTL8812AE provides one spatial stream space-time block code (STBC), Transmit Beamforming (TxBF) and Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) to extend the range of transmission. At the receiver, extended range and good minimum sensitivity is achieved by having receiver diversity up to 2 antennas. As the recipient, the RTL8812AE also supports explicit sounding packet feedback that helps senders with beamforming capability. With 2 independent RF blocks, the RTL8812AE can perform fast roaming without link interruption. For legacy compatibility, Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS), Complementary Code Keying (CCK) and OFDM baseband processing are included to support all IEEE 802.11b, 802.11g and 802.11a data rates. Differential phase shift keying modulation schemes, DBPSK and DQPSK with data scrambling capability are available, and CCK provides support for legacy data rates, with long or short preamble. The high speed FFT/IFFT paths, combined with BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM and 256QAM modulation of the individual subcarriers, and rate compatible coding rate of 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, and 5/6, provide up to 866.7Mbps for IEEE 802.11ac MIMO OFDM. The RTL8812AE builds in an enhanced signal detector, an adaptive frequency domain equalizer, and a soft-decision Viterbi decoder to alleviate severe multi-path effects and mutual interference in the reception of multiple streams. For better detection quality, receive diversity with Maximal-Ratio-Combine (MRC) applying up to two receive paths is implemented. Robust interference detection and suppression are provided to protect against Bluetooth, cordless phone, and microwave oven interference. Receive vector div…

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Realtek Semiconductor Corp. No. 2,Innovation Road II, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu 300,Taiwan Tel: 03-5780211 / Fax: 03-5776598 Power of Attorney Date: 2012/12/18 Dear Sir, I hereby have entrusted the following person to be a proxy regarding application for Type Certification. Sporton International Inc. Address : No.8, Lane 724, Bo-ai St., Jhubei City, HsinChu County 302, Taiwan, R.O.C. Name : Leo Huang Job Title : Manager e-mail : [email protected] I am therefore responsible for the contents of the application. Brand name and model type of the specified radio equipment: Realtek / RTL8812AE FCC ID: TX2-RTL8812AE Product name: 802.11a/b/g/n/ac RTL8812AE miniCard Note: The registered grantee contact is not available, Judy Hsu is signing for grantee contact. He/She can be reached at email: [email protected]. FCC Grantee contact person information. Applicant’s company name : Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Applicant’s company address : No. 2,Innovation Road II, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu 300,Taiwan Signature : Signed for Ricky Lee Job Title and Dept. : Ricky Lee / Assistant Project Manager E-Mail : [email protected] Tel. : 03-5780211

Realtek Semiconductor Corp. No. 2,Innovation Road II, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu 300,Taiwan Tel: 03-5780211 / Fax: 03-5776598 Date: 2012/12/18 Confidential Letter Federal Communications Commission Office of Engineering and Technology Equipment Authorization Division 7345 Oakland Mills Road Columbia, Maryland 21046 Subject: Confidentiality Request for FCC ID：TX2-RTL8812AE Gentlemen: The form 731 and application have been electronically submitted and any attachments will be up loaded to your web site to be used in obtaining a grant of certification. Short-term Pursuant to DA 04-1705 of the Commission’s pubic notice, we request short-term confidential treatment for the following information until 180 days after the Grant Date of Equipment Authorization in order to ensure sensitive business information remains confidential until the actual marketing of the device: 1. External Photos 2. Internal Photos 3. Test Setup photos 4. User’s Manual Permanent Realtek Semiconductor Corp. requests that the material in the following files be withheld from public disclosure in accordance with Section 0.459 of the Commission’s Rules, 47 C.F.R. 0.459, following grant of the application. 1. Block Diagram 2. Circuit Diagram 3. Operational Description Should you require any further information, please contact the undersigned. Thank you for your consideration in this matter. Note: The registered grantee contact is not available, Judy Hsu is signing for grantee contact. He/She can be reached at email: [email protected]. Sincerely, Applicant’s company name : Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Applicant’s company address : No. 2,Innovation Road II, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu 300,Taiwan Signature : Signed for Ricky Lee Job Title and Dept. : Ricky Lee / Assistant Project Manager E-Mail : [email protected] Tel. : 03-5780211

Realtek Semiconductor Corp. No. 2,Innovation Road II, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu 300,Taiwan Tel: 03-5780211 / Fax: 03-5776598 DoC Attestation Letter Date: 2012/12/18 We Realtek Semiconductor Corp., as the grantee of this project (FCC ID: TX2-RTL8812AE / Brand Name: Realtek / Model No.: RTL8812AE), would like to declare that the composite portion categorized as computer peripheral has been authorized under the Declaration of Conformity procedures (Sproton report No.: FD2N2613, FCC Test Firm Registration No.: 187376). The final product shall consequently comply with the FCC rule applied for DoC Procedure. Regards, Note: The registered grantee contact is not available, Judy Hsu is signing for grantee contact. He/She can be reached at email: [email protected]. FCC Grantee contact person information. Applicant’s company name : Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Applicant’s company address : No. 2,Innovation Road II, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu 300,Taiwan Signature : Signed for Ricky Lee Job Title and Dept. : Ricky Lee / Assistant Project Manager E-Mail : [email protected] Tel. : 03-5780211

Realtek Semiconductor Corp. No. 2,Innovation Road II, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu 300,Taiwan Tel: 03-5780211 / Fax: 03-5776598 Ad Hoc Mode Function Declaration Date: 2012/12/18 FCC ID：TX2-RTL8812AE To Whom it may concern, We, the undersigned, declare that the EUT (Model Name: RTL8812AE) doesn’t have Ad Hoc function on “non-US/Canada frequencies”. Regards, Note: The registered grantee contact is not available, Judy Hsu is signing for grantee contact. He/She can be reached at email: [email protected]. FCC Grantee contact person information. Applicant’s company name : Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Applicant’s company address : No. 2,Innovation Road II, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu 300,Taiwan Signature : Signed for Ricky Lee Job Title and Dept. : Ricky Lee / Assistant Project Manager E-Mail : [email protected] Tel. : 03-5780211

Page No. : 22 Module Approval Request Letter Subject: Module Approval Date: 2012/12/18 FCC ID: TX2-RTL8812AE Dear Reviewer, We, Sporton International Inc., are authorized by Realtek Semiconductor Corp. to have their state-of-the-art 802.11a/b/g/n/ac RTL8812AE miniCard approved under module approval authorization. The application of this module is specified to mobile host equipment. The requirements regulated in Public Notice DA00-1407 have been fulfilled and clearly explained below. 1. The requirement of RF shielding: The shielding of the radio portion can be demonstrated in exhibition External Photo. 2. The requirement of buffered inputs: Buffered data inputs stage has been integrated in chip RTL8812AE. 3. The requirement of power supply regulation: The power regulator has been integrated in chip RTL8812AE. 4. The requirements of section 15.203 and 15.204(C): The requirements of antenna connector and spurious emission have been fulfilled. Please reference the exhibition Test Report. 5. The requirement of stand-alone test configuration: Please reference exhibition Test Configuration Photo for the stand-alone test configuration. 6. The requirement of labeling: The instruction on the labeling rule of the end product has been stated in the users manual of this module. Please also see the exhibition Label Sample. 7. The requirement of compliance on specific rule or operating requirements: The required FCC rule has been fulfilled and all the instructions for maintaining compliance has been clearly stated in the Users Manual. 8. The requirement of RF exposure: Please refer exhibition RF Exposure for the compliance of MPE RF exposure rule. Please do not hesitate to contact me for any questions of this request letter. Thank you. Company name : Sporton International Inc. Company Address : No.8, Lane 724, Bo-ai St., Jhubei City, Hsinchu County 302, Taiwan, R.O.C. Signature : Name : Leo Huang Job Title : Manager

Report No.: 2N2613 SPORTON International Inc. PAGE NUMBER : 1 OF 3 TEL : 886-2-2696-2468 ISSUED DATE : Jan. 02, 2013 FAX : 886-2-2696-2255 Photographs of EUT Report No.: 2N2613 SPORTON International Inc. PAGE NUMBER : 2 OF 3 TEL : 886-2-2696-2468 ISSUED DATE : Jan. 02, 2013 FAX : 886-2-2696-2255 Report No.: 2N2613 SPORTON International Inc. PAGE NUMBER : 3 OF 3 TEL : 886-2-2696-2468 ISSUED DATE : Jan. 02, 2013 FAX : 886-2-2696-2255

Realtek RTL8812AE Label description Label location Label sample FCC Equality Ratio: 300% Equality Ratio: 100% 802.11a/b/g/n/ac RTL8812AE miniCard Model: RTL8812AE FCC ID: TX2-RTL8812AE IC: 6317A-RTL8812AE DC Input Voltage Range : 3.3V850mA 27mm 15mm LABEL HERE

Report No.: 2N2613 SPORTON International Inc. PAGE NUMBER : 1 OF 2 TEL : 886-2-2696-2468 ISSUED DATE : Jan. 02, 2013 FAX : 886-2-2696-2255 Photographs of EUT Report No.: 2N2613 SPORTON International Inc. PAGE NUMBER : 2 OF 2 TEL : 886-2-2696-2468 ISSUED DATE : Jan. 02, 2013 FAX : 886-2-2696-2255

Report No.: FR2N2613 FCC ID: TX2-RTL8812AE Page No. : B1 of B3 Appendix B. Maximum Permissible Exposure Report No.: FR2N2613 FCC ID: TX2-RTL8812AE Page No. : B2 of B3 1. Maximum Permissible Exposure 1.1. Applicable Standard Systems operating under the provisions of this section shall be operated in a manner that ensures that the public is not exposed to radio frequency energy levels in excess limit for maximum permissible exposure. In accordance with 47 CFR FCC Part 2 Subpart J, section 2.1091 this device has been defined as a mobile device whereby a distance of 0.2 m normally can be maintained between the user and the device. (A) Limits for Occupational / Controlled Exposure Frequency Range (MHz) Electric Field Strength (E) (V/m) Magnetic Field Strength (H) (A/m) Power Density (S) (mW/ cm²) Averaging Time |E|²,|H|² or S (minutes) 0.3-3.0 614 1.63 (100)* 6 3.0-30 1842 / f 4.89 / f (900 / f)* 6 30-300 61.4 0.163 1.0 6 300-1500 F/300 6 1500-100,000 5 6 (B) Limits for General Population / Uncontrolled Exposure Frequency Range (MHz) Electric Field Strength (E) (V/m) Magnetic Field Strength (H) (A/m) Power Density (S) (mW/ cm²) Averaging Time |E|²,|H|² or S (minutes) 0.3-1.34 614 1.63 (100)* 30 1.34-30 824/f 2.19/f (180/f)* 30 30-300 27.5 0.073 0.2 30 300-1500 F/1500 30 1500-100,000 1.0 30 Note: f = frequency in MHz ; *Plane-wave equivalent power density 1.2. MPE Calculation Method E (V/m) ＝ d GP30 Power Density: Pd (W/m²) ＝ 377 2 E E ＝ Electric field (V/m) P ＝ Average RF output power (W) G ＝ EUT Antenna numeric gain (numeric) d ＝ Separation distance between radiator and human body (m) The formula can be changed to Pd ＝ 2 377 30 d GP   From the EUT RF output power, the minimum mobile separation distance, d=0.2m, as well as the gain of the used antenna, the RF power density can be obtained. Report No.: FR2N2613 FCC ID: TX2-RTL8812AE Page No. : B3 of B3 1.3. Calculated Result and Limit For 5GHz UNII Band: Antenna Type : PIFA Antenna Max Conducted Power for IEEE 802.11n MCS8 20MHz : 16.95dBm Antenna Gain (dBi) Antenna Gain (numeric) Average Output Power (dBm) Average Output Power (mW) Power Density (S) (mW/cm²) Limit of Power Density (S) (mW/cm²) Test Result 5.00 3.1623 16.9455 49.4941 0.031153 1 Complies For 5GHz ISM Band: Antenna Type PIFA Antenna Max Conducted Power for IEEE 802.11ac MCS8 20MHz : 25.73dBm Antenna Gain (dBi) Antenna Gain (numeric) Average Output Power (dBm) Average Output Power (mW) Power Density (S) (mW/cm²) Limit of Power Density (S) (mW/cm²) Test Result 5.00 3.1623 25.7303 374.1374 0.235495 1 Complies For 2.4GHz Band: Antenna Type : PIFA Antenna Max Conducted Power for IEEE 802.11n MCS8 20MHz : 23.98 dBm Antenna Gain (dBi) Antenna Gain (numeric) Average Output Power (dBm) Average Output Power (mW) Power Density (S) (mW/cm²) Limit of Power Density (S) (mW/cm²) Test Result 3.50 2.2387 23.9809 250.0843 0.111439 1 Complies

SPORTON International Inc. No. 52, Hwa Ya 1st Rd., Kwei-Shan Hsiang, TaoYuan Hsien, Taiwan, R.O.C. Ph: 886-3-327-3456 / FAX: 886-3-327-0973 / www.sporton.com.tw Report Format Version: 01 FCC RADIO TEST REPORT Applicant’s company Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Applicant Address No. 2,Innovation Road II, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu 300,Taiwan FCC ID TX2-RTL8812AE Manufacturer’s company Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Manufacturer Address No. 2,Innovation Road II, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu 300,Taiwan Product Name 802.11a/b/g/n/ac RTL8812AE miniCard Brand Name Realtek Model Name RTL8812AE Test Rule Part(s) 47 CFR FCC Part 15 Subpart C § 15.247 Test Freq. Range 2400 ~ 2483.5MHz / 5725 ~ 5850MHz Received Date Nov. 26, 2012 Final Test Date Dec. 10, 2012 Submission Type Original Equipment Statement Test result included is only for the IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11b/g part and IEEE 802.11a/ac (5725 ~ 5850MHz) of the product. The test result in this report refers exclusively to the presented test model / sample. Without written approval of SPORTON International Inc., the test report shall not be reproduced except in full. The measurements and test results shown in this test report were made in accordance with the procedures and found in compliance with the limit given in ANSI C63.10-2009, 47 CFR FCC Part 15 Subpart C, KDB 558074 D01 v02 and KDB 662911 D01 v01r02. The test equipment used to perform the test is calibrated and traceable to NML/ROC. Report No.: FR2N2613AA Report Format Version: 01 Page No. : i of ii FCC ID: TX2-RTL8812AE Issued Date :Jan. 02, 2013 Table of Contents 1. CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE ........................................................................................................................... 1 2. SUMMARY OF THE TEST RESULT ............................................................................................................................ 2 3. GENERAL INFORMATION..................................................................................................................................... 3 3.1. Product Details ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 3.2. Accessories ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6 3.3. Table for Filed Antenna ............................................................................................................................................................................. 7 3.4. Table for Carrier Frequencies ................................................................................................................................................................... 9 3.5. Table for Test Modes ................................................................................................................................................................................ 10 3.6. Table for Testing Locations...................................................................................................................................................................... 12 3.7. Table for Supporting Units ....................................................................................................................................................................... 12 3.8. Table for Parameters of Test Software Setting ..................................................................................................................................... 13 3.9. Test Configurations................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 4. TEST RESULT......................................................................................................................................................... 20 4.1. AC Power Line Conducted Emissions Measurement ......................................................................................................................... 20 4.2. Maximum Conducted Output Power Measurement......................................................................................................................... 24 4.3. Power Spectral Density Measurement.................................................................................................................................................. 29 4.4. 6dB Spectrum Bandwidth Measurement ............................................................................................................................................. 43 4.5. Radiated Emissions Measurement......................................................................................................................................................... 55 4.6. Band Edge Emissions Measurement...................................................................................................................................................... 94 4.7. Antenna Requirements ......................................................................................................................................................................... 125 5. LIST OF MEASURING EQUIPMENTS .................................................................................................................. 126 6. TEST LOCATION................................................................................................................................................ 128 7. TAF CERTIFICATE OF ACCREDITATION............................................................................................................ 129 APPENDIX A. TEST PHOTOS........................................................................................................................... A1 ~ A6 APPENDIX B…

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Report No.: FR2N2613 FCC ID: TX2-RTL8812AE Page No. : A1 of A6 Appendix A. Test Photos Report No.: FR2N2613 FCC ID: TX2-RTL8812AE Page No. : A2 of A6 1. Photographs of Conducted Emissions Test Configuration FRONT VIEW REAR VIEW Report No.: FR2N2613 FCC ID: TX2-RTL8812AE Page No. : A3 of A6 SIDE VIEW Report No.: FR2N2613 FCC ID: TX2-RTL8812AE Page No. : A4 of A6 2. Photographs of Radiated Emissions Test Configuration Test Configuration: 9kHz ~30MHz FRONT VIEW REAR VIEW Report No.: FR2N2613 FCC ID: TX2-RTL8812AE Page No. : A5 of A6 Test Configuration: 30 MHz~1 GHz FRONT VIEW REAR VIEW Report No.: FR2N2613 FCC ID: TX2-RTL8812AE Page No. : A6 of A6 Test Configuration: Above 1 GHz FRONT VIEW REAR VIEW