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Wireless chipsets

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Chip	Radio chips	Interface	PHY modes	First seen (FCC)	Notes	Adapters	ESystems	Page
RTL8180L	numerous	PCI/CB	b	2003-01-01		63 devices	0 devices	here
RTL8185(L/B)	RTL8225	PCI/CB	bg	2005-03-03		46 devices	10 devices	here for L
RTL8185(L/B)	RTL8255	PCI/CB	abg			0 devices	0 devices	here for L
RTL8187(L/B)	RTL8225	USB 2.0	bg	2005-04-03		80 devices	0 devices	L, B
RTL8187(L/B)	RTL8255	USB 2.0	abg			0 devices	0 devices	L, B
RTL8187SE	n/a	PCIe	bg	2008-02-18		7 devices	0 devices	here
RTL8187SU	n/a	USB 2.0	bg	2009-10-21		0 devices	2 devices

(a)bgn

Chip	Radio chips	Interface	PHY modes	MIMO status	First seen (FCC)	Notes	Adapters	ESystems	Page
RTL8190	RTL8256	PCI/CB	bgn	1x2:2 w/ 1 RF	2008-05-19	draft-n	15 devices	10 devices	here
RTL8190	RTL8258	PCI/CB	abgn	1x2:2 w/ 1 RF		draft-n	0 devices	0 devices	here
RTL8192U	RTL8256	USB 2.0	bgn	1x2:2	2008-05-30	draft-n	12 devices	0 devices	here
RTL8192U	RTL8258	USB 2.0	abgn	1x2:2		draft-n	0 devices	0 devices	here
RTL8192E	RTL8256	PCIe	bgn	1x2:2	2008-05-09	draft-n	3 devices	0 devices	here
RTL8192E	RTL8258	PCIe	abgn	1x2:2			0 devices	0 devices	here
RTL8188SU	n/a	USB 2.0	bgn	1x1:1	2009-07-02		61 devices	0 devices	here
RTL8191SU	n/a	USB 2.0	bgn	1x2:2	2009-04-07		59 devices	0 devices	here
RTL8192SU	n/a	USB 2.0	bgn	2x2:2	2009-06-26		25 devices	1 devices	here
RTL8188RE	n/a	PCIe	bgn	1x1:1	2010-09-02		0 devices	41 devices	here
RTL8191RE	n/a	PCIe	bgn	1x2:2	2009-09-11		0 devices	6 devices	here
RTL8191SE	n/a	PCIe	bgn	1x2:2	2009-01-22		7 devices	0 devices	here
RTL8192SE	n/a	PCIe	bgn	2x2:2	2009-08-25		1 devices	16 devices	here
RTL8188CUS	n/a	USB 2.0	bgn	1x1:1	2010-04-16	small form factor	64 devices	10 devices	here
RTL8188RU	n/a	USB 2.0	bgn	1x1:1	2011-10-05		2 devices	0 devices	here
RTL8192CU	n/a	USB 2.0	bgn	2x2:2	2010-08-19		42 devices	0 devices	here
RTL8188CE	n/a	PCIe	bgn	1x1:1	2010-02-10		15 devices	9 devices	here
RTL8192CE	n/a	PCIe	bgn	2x2:2	2010-08-18		7 devices	91 devices	here
RTL8192DR	n/a	PCIe	abgn	2x2:2	2011-06-24		0 devices	17 devices
RTL8192DE	n/a	PCIe	abgn	2x2:2	2011-07-22	dual MAC	2 devices	2 devices	here
RTL8192DU	n/a	USB 2.0	abgn	2x2:2	2011-07-21	dual MAC	21 devices	1 devices	here
RTL8188CTV	n/a	USB 2.0	bgn	1x1:1	2012-04-30	small form factor	4 devices	0 devices
RTL8188EUS	n/a	USB 2.0	bgn	1x1:1	2013-03-05	small form factor	3 devices	0 devices
RTL8723AE	n/a	PCIe	bgn	1x1:1	2011-12-06	Integrated BT v2.1/3.0/4.0 (UART)	1 devices	0 devices
RTL8723AS	n/a	USB 2.0 / SDIO	bgn	1x1:1	2012-04-12	Integrated BT v2.1/3.0/4.0 (UART)	1 devices	0 devices
RTL8189ES	n/a	SDIO	bgn	1x1:1			0 devices	0 devices

ac

Chip	First seen	Interface	PHY modes	MIMO status	First seen (FCC)	Notes	Adapters	ESystems	Page
RTL8811AU		USB 2.0	ac+abgn	1x1:1	2013-04-30	draft 11ac	1 devices	0 devices
RTL8812AU		USB 3.0	ac+abgn	2x2:2	2012-12-19	draft 11ac	7 devices	0 devices
RTL8812AE		PCIe	ac+abgn	2x2:2	2013-01-04	draft 11ac	1 devices	0 devices
RTL8812AR		PCIe	ac+abgn	2x2:2	2013-01-03	draft 11ac	1 devices	4 devices

SoC

Chip	Radio chips	Core	Clock speed	PHY modes	First seen (FCC)	Notes	ESystems	Page
RTL8181	SA2400A / MAX2820	Lexra LX5280 [1]	up to 200MHz	b	2003-09-24		20 devices	here
RTL8181P	SA2400A / MAX2820	Lexra LX5280 [2]	up to 200MHz	b			1 devices
RTL8186	RTL8225	Lexra LX5280 [3]	up to 180MHz	bg	2005-05-09		59 devices	here
RTL8186P	RTL8225	Lexra LX5280 [4]	up to 180MHz	bg		PCI IF	2 devices	here
RTL8186V	RTL8225	Lexra LX5280 [5]		bg			1 devices
RTL8650B	n/a	Lexra LX5280 [6]	200MHz	n/a		PCI IF, integrated FE switch	6 devices
RTL8651B	n/a	Lexra LX5280 [7]	200MHz	n/a	2004-11-30	PCI IF, integrated FE switch	19 devices
RTL8651C	n/a	Lexra LX5280?		n/a	2008-06-19	PCI IF, integrated FE switch	6 devices
RTL8670	n/a		150MHz	n/a		PCI IF, ADSL	0 devices	here
RTL8671P	n/a		200MHz	n/a	2008-11-11	PCI IF, ADSL2+	7 devices	here
RTL8672	n/a		400MHz	n/a	2010-03-10	PCIe IF, ADSL2+	14 devices
RTL8196	n/a	Lexra		n/a	2011-02-24	PCIe IF, integrated FE switch	2 devices
RTL8196B	n/a	Lexra	330MHz	n/a	2009-08-25	PCIe IF, integrated FE switch	19 devices
RTL8196BU	n/a	Lexra		n/a	2009-11-13	PCIe IF, integrated FE switch	4 devices
RTL8196C	n/a	Lexra RLX4181 [8]	390MHz	n/a	2010-08-18	PCIe + USB 2.0 IF, integrated FE switch	122 devices
RTL8196CS	n/a	Lexra	390MHz	n/a	2012-05-29	PCIe IF, small form factor	8 devices
RTL8197D	n/a	Lexra		n/a	2012-04-05	2x PCIe IF, integrated FE switch	8 devices
RTL8198	n/a	Lexra RLX5281	500-620MHz	n/a	2010-12-21	2x PCIe IF, USB 2.0, integrated GBE switch	24 devices	here