nRF7120 module Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth LE module

Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth LE module for battery-powered IoT, designed for modular certification

The nRF71 Series is Nordic's family of Wi-Fi MCUs. The nRF7120 module is Nordic Semiconductor's own module for the series. It combines the dual-band Wi-Fi® 6 nRF7120 or the tri-band Wi-Fi 6E nRF7120E with everything needed for a complete radio design in a 10 × 14 mm package: RF matching and filtering, a T/R switch and diplexer, a 64 MHz crystal, RF shielding and a PCB antenna.

The module is designed for modular certification and is planned to be certified for FCC, CE and Japan. Customers can carry the certification over to their end product, which removes RF design work and shortens the path to market.

Inside, the Wi-Fi MCU runs Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth® LE on independent radios with an on-chip coexistence controller, so both can operate at the same time. The Wi-Fi radio has an integrated PA and LNA, and an Arm® Cortex®-M33 application processor runs the customer application, so no separate host MCU is needed.

The module is available in two pin-compatible variants. The nRF7120-LAAA is based on the dual-band Wi-Fi 6 nRF7120. The nRF7120E-LAAA is based on the tri-band Wi-Fi 6E nRF7120E, which also adds the Axon NPU for machine learning at the edge. Both are fully supported in nRF Connect SDK, using the same Wi-Fi stack as the other nRF71 Series Wi-Fi MCUs and the nRF70 Series.

The nRF7120 module is ideal for smart home devices and smart locks, wearables, asset and pet trackers, industrial sensors and other battery-powered Wi-Fi products where size, time to market and certification matter.

Performance highlights

  • Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth LE on independent radios, with on-chip coexistence so both run at the same time
  • Dual-band Wi-Fi 6 (nRF7120-LAAA) or tri-band Wi-Fi 6E at 2.4, 5 and 6 GHz (nRF7120E-LAAA)
  • Integrated Wi-Fi PA and LNA
  • Bluetooth LE: up to +8 dBm TX power, −99 dBm sensitivity
  • Complete radio design in 10 × 14 mm, including the PCB antenna
  • Axon NPU for on-device machine learning (nRF7120E-LAAA)

Key benefits

  • No RF design needed: matching, filtering, crystal, shielding and antenna are on the module
  • Shorter path to market with modular certification (FCC, CE and Japan planned)
  • One Wi-Fi MCU runs the application, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth LE, so no separate host MCU is needed
  • Pin-compatible variants: move between nRF7120 and nRF7120E without changing the board
  • Fully supported in nRF Connect SDK, with the same Wi-Fi stack as the nRF70 Series

The nRF71 Series

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  • nRF7120 (dual-band Wi-Fi 6) or nRF7120E (tri-band Wi-Fi 6E) Wi-Fi MCU with Bluetooth LE
  • 10 × 14 mm module
  • Integrated PCB antenna, RF matching and filtering, T/R switch and diplexer
  • Integrated 64 MHz crystal; internal low-frequency RC oscillator
  • RF shielding
  • Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) with integrated PA/LNA; tri-band Wi-Fi 6E (2.4, 5 and 6 GHz) on the nRF7120E-LAAA
  • Bluetooth LE: up to +8 dBm TX power, −99 dBm sensitivity
  • Independent Wi-Fi and Bluetooth LE radios with on-chip coexistence controller
  • Axon NPU for edge AI (nRF7120E-LAAA)
  • Pin-compatible variants: nRF7120-LAAA and nRF7120E-LAAA
  • Planned FCC, CE and Japan certification
  • Fully supported in nRF Connect SDK

nRF71 Series

Wi-Fi MCUs for battery-powered IoT
The nRF71 Series is Nordic's family of Wi-Fi MCUs. It brings Wi-Fi 6 or Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth LE and an application processor together on one chip, so no separate host MCU or Wi-Fi companion IC is needed. The first variants are the dual-band Wi-Fi 6 nRF7120 and the tri-band Wi-Fi 6E nRF7120E.

Low-power Wi-Fi 6
Wi-Fi 6 power-saving features and a dedicated low-power receiver let devices stay connected to the network while drawing very little current between transmissions.

Wi-Fi and Bluetooth LE at the same time
Independent Wi-Fi and Bluetooth LE radios with an on-chip coexistence controller let both run at once. This suits Matter over Wi-Fi devices, which use Bluetooth LE for commissioning and Wi-Fi for connectivity.

Edge AI with the Axon NPU
The nRF7120E adds Nordic's Axon neural processing unit (NPU), which accelerates machine-learning inference on the device. Models such as sensor fusion, audio and anomaly detection can run locally, sending only results over Wi-Fi.

nRF Connect SDK
The nRF71 Series is fully supported in nRF Connect SDK, including Wi-Fi station and SoftAP modes, IP networking, cloud connectivity and firmware over-the-air (FOTA) updates. Developers get the same workflow they use with the nRF54 and nRF70 Series.

Chip-down or module
Choose the nRF7120 or nRF7120E for chip-down designs. Choose the nRF7120 module for a complete radio design in 10 × 14 mm, with planned modular certification.