LM511 WiFi 802.

11ac Dual Band 2T2R PCIe Minicard Product LM511

2.4GHz & 5GHz ISM Band Mini PCI Express Card with RF IPEX Receptical Part No See Last Page
Revised 8/JUN/2020
Datasheet Version v1.4

XP Vista 7 8.1 10

Features
WiFi 802.11 ac (2x2 MIMO technology improves effective throughput and Complete 802.11n MIMO solution
range over existing 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac products). for 2.4GHz and 5Ghz band.

PCI express & 2 x IPEX recepticals. Support 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz band channels.

Linux, Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8.1, 10 compatible. 2.4 GHz backward compatible with 802.11a/b/g devices
while operating at 802.11n data rates.
Up to 866.7 Mbps High Speed Data Transfer Rate.
5 GHz backward compatible with 802.11a/n devices
802.11e-compatible bursting and I standards. while operating at 802.11ac data rates.

BPSK, QPSK, 16 QAM, 64 QAM, 256 QAM, DBPSK, DQPSK Complies with PCI Express Base
and CCK modulation schemes. Specification Revision 1.1.

WEP, TKIP, and AES hardware encryption Schemes. 2T2R Two Transmit and Two Receive paths.

Support soft AP for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. RoHS, REACH and WEEE compliant.

WiFi Direct supports wireless peer to peer applications. See our website for more information and certifications.

Overview
The LM511 WiFi PCIe Minicard, fully supports IEEE 802.11 e and i standards.

It supports up to 866.7Mbps high-speed wireless network connections and is designed to provide excellent performance with low power
consumption.

It is designed to be a highly cost-effective module that offers superior performance, better power management applications above its
competitors.

Shield Option
This card is also offered with or without a shielding cover. Please speak with our team for guidance when looking at this option.

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Features (Continued)

MAC Features PHY Features

Frame aggregation for increased MAC efficiency 2x2 MIMO technology for extended reception
(A-MSDU, A-MPDU) robustness and exceptional throughput.
IEEE 802.11ac MIMO OFDM.
Low latency immediate High-Throughput Block
Acknowledgement (HT-BA) IEEE 802.11n MIMO OFDM.

Long NAV for media reservation with CF-End 5MHz / 10MHz / 20MHz / 40MHz / 80MHz
for NAV release bandwidth transmission.

PHY-level spoofing to enhance legacy compatibility Short Guard Interval (400ns).

MIMO power saving mechanism Sounding packet.

Channel management and co-existence Support STBC.

Multiple BSSID feature allows the LM511 to assume Support LDPC.

multiple MAC identities when used as a wireless bridge
Selectable digital transmit and receiver FIR filters.
Transmit Opportunity (TXOP) Short Inter-Frame Space
(SIFS) bursting for higher multimedia bandwidth Programmable scaling in transmitter and receiver to trade
quantization noise against increased probability of clipping.

Fast receiver Automatic Gain Control (AGC).

Other Features
On-chip ADC and DAC.
Supports Wake-On-WLAN via Magic Packet and
Wake-up frame
Build-in both 2.4GHz and 5GHz PA.
Transmit Beamforming
Build-in both 2.4GHz and 5GHz LNA.
CCA on secondary through RTS/CTS handshake.

Support TCP/UDP/IP checksum offload Standards Supported

IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Draft 2.0 compatible WLAN.

IEEE 802.11e QoS Enhancement (WMM).
IEEE 802.11i (WPA, WPA2). Open, shared key, and
Peripheral Interfaces pair-wise key authentication services.
IEEE 802.11h TPC, Spectrum Measurement.
Configurable Bluetooth Coexistence Interface (mux with IEEE 802.11k Radio Resource Measurement.
GPIO pins) WAPI (Wireless Authentication Privacy Infrastructure)
certified.
Single external power source 3.3v only. Cisco Compatible Extensions (CCX) for WLAN devices.

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General Specification

Wireless
Wireless Standard 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Card Type 11ac 2T2R Minicard (PCI express)
OS Compatibility Linux, Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8.1, 10 compatible
Security WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2, WPA2-PSK, WEP 64bit & 128bit, IEEE 802.11x, IEEE 802.11i
Network Architecture Ad hoc mode (Peer-to-Peer), Infrastructure mode, Soft AP

Data Rate 802.11b: 11, 5.5, 2, 1 Mbps;

802.11g: 54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 9, 6 Mbps
802.11n: MCS 0 to 15 for HT20MHz; MCS 0 to 15 for HT40MHz
802.11ac: MCS 0 to 8 for HT20MHz; MCS 0 to 9 for HT40MHz; MCS 0 to 9 for HT80MHz

Media Access Control CSMA/CA with ACK

Hardware
Chipset Realtek
Antenna 2 x IPEX recepticals
Interfaces PCI express (PCIe)

RF Characteristics
Tx Output Power 17dBm – 802.11b@CCK 11Mbps 15dBm – 802.11g@OFDM 54Mbps
13dBm – 802.11n@MCS7_HT20 13dBm – 802.11n@MCS7_HT40
13dBm – 802.11a@OFDM 54Mbps 12dBm – 802.11ac@NSS1 MCS7_BW20, BW40, BW80
10dBm – 802.11ac@NSS1 MCS9_BW20, BW40, BW80

Rx Sensitivity -82dBm – 802.11b@11Mbps -71dBm – 802.11g@54MBps

-67dBm – 802.11n@MCS7_BW20 -64dBm – 802.11n@MCS7_BW40
-57dBm – 802.11ac@NSS1_MCS9_BW20 -54dBm – 802.11ac@NSS1_MCS9_BW40
-51dBm – 802.11ac@NSS1_MCS9_BW80

Power Consumption Transmit: max. 533 mA (Maximum)

Receive: max 391 mA (Maximum)

Operating Voltage 3.3v ±9% I/O supply voltage

Frequency 2.400GHz ~ 2.4835 GHz 5.1500GHz ~ 5.3500GHz

5.4700GHz ~ 5.7250GHz 5.7250GHz ~ 5.8500GHz

Modulation Scheme 802.11b: CCK, DQPSK, DBPSK

802.11a/g/n: 64 QAM, 16 QAM, QPSK, BPSK
802.11ac: 256QAM, 64 QAM, 16 QAM, QPSK, BPSK

Spread Spectrum IEEE 802.11b: CCK (Complimentary Code Keying)

IEEE 802.11g/n/a/ac: OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing)

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General Specification (Continued)

Physical Characteristics

Operating Temperature -20°C to +70°C ambient temperature, Humidity: 5-90% (non-condensing)

Storage Temperature -55°C to +125°C ambient temperature, Humidity: 5-95% (non-condensing)
Dimensions (L x W x H) 29.85mm x 26.65mm x 4.45mm
Weight 7g +/- 0.25g tolerance
Certifications See our website for this products certifications.
Compliance RoHS, REACH and WEEE

Block Diagram

Frequency Bands
ANT Connector 1
Card Interface

Freq Bands Bands

LM511
2.4 GHz 2.412-2.472 GHz,
Realtek Chipset
2.484 GHz

5 GHz UNII1 5.18 -5.825 GHz

ANT Connector 2

Pin Assignments
Pin Pin Name Pin Pin Name Pin Pin Name Pin Pin Name Pin Pin Name Pin Pin Name

1 WAKE# 10 UIM_DATA 19 RESERVED 28 +1.5V 37 GND 46 LED_WPAN#

2 +3.3 Vaux 11 REFCLK- 20 W_DISABLE1# 29 GND 38 USB_D+ 47 RESERVED

3 COEX1 12 UIM_CLK 21 GND 30 SMB_CLK 39 +3.3 Vaux 48 +1.5V

4 GND 13 REFCLK+ 22 PERST# 31 PETn0 40 GND 49 RESERVED

5 COEX2 14 UIM_RESET 23 PERn0 32 SMB_DATA 41 +3.3 Vaux 50 GND

6 + 1.5V 15 GND 24 +3.3 Vaux 33 PETp0 42 LED_WWAN# 51 W_DISABLE2#

7 CLKREQ# 16 UIM_VPP 25 PERp0 34 GND 43 GND 52 +3.3 Vaux

8 UIM_PWR 17 RESERVED 26 GND 35 GND 44 LED_WLAN#

9 GND 18 GND 27 GND 36 USB_D- 45 RESERVED

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Diagrams

TOP VIEW BOTTOM VIEW

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IPEX Connector Dimensions

2.60±0.10

0.25±0.050
ø2.00±0.050

0.25
ø1.85±0.050

1.80±0.050

2.60±0.10
0.60
0.10
A
3.10

A A

MAX

0.60 A

0.25±0.050
0.60

0.050 A B

A ø1.70±0.050

ø1.00
30.0
1.25±0.050

0°
B ø0.50±0.050
0.10

Ground Contact
0.15
0.05

Housing
0.90±0.05
0.35

SECT A-A
Contact

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Datasheet Version Notes

v1.0 29 JAN 2018 Added version notes to datasheet.

v1.1 01 MAY 2019 Updated Draft status
v1.3 04 DEC 2019 New Page 1, 2 and 3. Plus Packing page updates.
v1.4 08 JUN 2020 Operating Temperature Revision

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LM511 Packaging Options

511-0511 LM511
PCIe M2 WiFi 802.11ac RTL8812ae 2T2R REALTEK TRAY

See our website to download any applicable Product Software, Manuals and Notes - http://www.lm-technologies.com/downloads

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