MICRF219 300MHz to 450MHz ASK Receiver with RSSI, Auto-Poll, Bit-Check and Squelch NOT RECOMMENDED REFER TO MICRF219A FOR NEW DESIGNS General Description Features The MICRF219 is a 300MHz to 450MHz superheterodyne, image-reject, RF receiver with Automatic Gain Control, OOK/ASK demodulator and analog RSSI output. The device integrates Auto-Poll, Valid Bit-Check, Squelch, and Desense features. It only requires a crystal and a minimum number of external components to implement. It is ideal for low-cost, low-power, RKE, TPMS, and remote actuation applications. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • –110dBm sensitivity at 1kbps with 1% BER Supports data rates up to 10kbps at 433.92MHz 25dB Image-Reject Mixer No IF Filter Required 60dB Analog RSSI Output 3.0V to 3.6V Supply Voltage Range 4.0mA supply current at 315MHz (continuous receive) 6.0mA supply current at 434MHz (continuous receive) 0.5uA supply current in Shutdown Mode Optional Auto-Polling (sleep mode, current < 0.1mA) Optional Valid Bit-Check in Auto-Poll Mode Optional Programmable 6dB to 42dB Desense Optional Data Output Squelch until valid bits detected 16-pin QSOP Package (4.9mm x 6.0mm) −40°C to +105°C Temperature Range 2kV HBM ESD Rating Evaluation board QR219BPF Available The MICRF219 achieves −110dBm sensitivity at a data rate of 1kbps (Manchester encoded). Four demodulator filter bandwidths are selectable in binary steps from 1625Hz to 13kHz at 433MHz, allowing the device to support data rates to 10kbps. The device operates from a supply voltage of 3.0V to 3.6V, and consumes 4.0mA of supply current at 315MHz and 6.0mA at 433.92MHz. A shutdown mode reduces supply current to 0.5uA. The Auto-Polling feature allows the MICRF219 to sleep and poll for user defined periods, thus further reducing supply current. The Valid Bit-Check feature, when enabled in Auto-Poll mode, fully awakes the receiver and sends bits to the microcontroller once a valid number of bits are detected. During normal operation an Ordering Information optional Squelch feature disables the data output until Part Number Temperature Range Package valid bits are detected. An optional Desense feature reduces gain by 6dB to 42dB, distancing the receiver MICRF219AYQS 16-Pin QSOP −40°C to +105°C from distantly placed, undesired transmitters. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Typical Application QwikRadio is a registered trademark of Micrel, Inc. Micrel Inc. • 2180 Fortune Drive • San Jose, CA 95131 • USA • tel +1 (408) 944-0800 • fax + 1 (408) 474-1000 • http://www.micrel.com June 2011 M9999-060811 (408) 944-0800 Micrel MICRF219 Pin Configuration RO1 1 16 RO2 GNDRF 2 15 SCLK ANT 3 14 RSSI GNDRF 4 13 CAGC Vdd 5 12 CTH SQ 6 11 SEL1 SEL0 7 10 DO SHDN 8 9 GND MICRF219AYQS Pin Description 16-Pin QSOP Pin Name 1 RO1 2 GNDRF 3 ANT 4 GNDRF 5 VDD Positive supply connection for all chip functions. Bypass with 0.1µF capacitor located as close to the VDD pin as possible. 6 SQ Squelch Control Logic-Level Input. An internal pull-up pulls the logic-input HIGH when the device is enabled. Bit D17 sets whether squelch is enabled or disabled when a logic-level signal is applied the SQ pin. See Squelch Enable Truth-Table on page 7 SEL0 Demodulator Filter Bandwidth Select Logic-Level Input. Internal pull-up (3uA typical) when not in shutdown or SLEEP mode. Used in conjunction with SEL1 to control D3 bandwidth LSB when serial interface contains default setting. It does not need to be defined in SLEEP mode. 8 SHDN Shutdown control Logic-Level Input. A logic-level LOW enables the device. A logic-level HIGH places the device in low-power shutdown mode. An internal pull-up pulls the logic input HIGH. 9 GND 10 DO Data Input and Output. Demodulated data output. May be blanked until bit checking test is acceptable. A current limited CMOS output during normal operation this pin is also used as a CMOS Schmitt input for serial interface data. A 25kΩ pull-down is present when device is in shutdown and sleep modes. 11 SEL1 Demodulator Filter Bandwidth Select Logic-Level Input: Internal (3uA typical) pull-up when not in shutdown or SLEEP mode. Used in conjunction with SEL0, to control D4 bandwidth MSB, when serial interface contains default setting. It does not need to be defined in SLEEP mode. 12 CTH Demodulation threshold voltage integration capacitor. Capacitor-to-GND sets the settling time for the demodulation data slicing level. Values above 1nF are recommended and should be optimized for data rate and data profile. 13 CAGC AGC filter capacitor. A capacitor, normally greater than 0.47μF, is connected from this pin-to-GND 14 RSSI Received signal strength indication (output): Output is from a switched capacitor integrating op amp with 220Ω typical output impedance. 15 SCLK Serial interface input clock. CMOS Schmitt input. A 25kΩ pull-down is present when device is in shutdown mode. 16 RO2 Reference resonator connection. Internal capacitance of 7pF to GND during normal operation. June 2011 Pin Function Reference Oscillator Input: Reference resonator input connection to pierce oscillator stage. May also be driven by external reference signal of 200mVp-p to 1.5V p-p amplitude maximum. Internal capacitance of 7pF to GND during normal operation. Negative supply connection associated with ANT RF input. Antenna Input: RF signal input from antenna. Internally AC coupled. It is recommended a matching network with an inductor-to-RF ground be used to improve ESD protection. Ground connection for ANT RF input. Negative supply connection for all chip functions except for RF input. 2 M9999-060811 (408) 944-0800 Micrel MICRF219 Absolute Maximum Ratings(1) Operating Ratings(2) Supply Voltage (VDD) ................................................ +5V Input Voltage. ............................................................. +5V Junction Temperature ...........................................+150ºC Lead Temperature (soldering, 10sec.) ....................300°C Storage Temperature (Ts)...................... -65ºC to +150°C Maximum Receiver Input Power ......................... +10dBm EDS Rating(3) ................................................... 2KV HBM Supply voltage (VDD).............................+3.0V to +3.6V Ambient Temperature (TA) ................. –40°C to +105°C Input Voltage (Vin) ................................................. 3.6V Maximum Input RF Power................................ −20dBm Receive Modulation Duty Cycle(6) .................... 20~80% Frequency Range...........................300MHz to 450MHz Electrical Characteristics Specifications apply for VDD = 3.3V, GND = 0V, CAGC = 4.7µF, CTH = 0.1µF, fRX = 433.92 MHz unless otherwise noted. Bold values indicate –40°C – TA – 105°C. 1kbps data rate (Manchester encoded), reference oscillator frequency = 13.52127MHz. Parameter Operating Supply Current Condition Min. Typ. Continuous Operation, fRX = 315MHz 4.0 Continuous Operation, fRX = 433.92MHz 6.0 Shutdown Current Max. Units mA 0.15 µA 25 dB Receiver Image Rejection 1st IF Center Frequency Receiver Sensitivity @ 1kbps (Note 4) IF Bandwidth Antenna Input Impedance fRX = 315MHz 0.86 fRX = 433.92MHz 1.2 fRX = 315 MHz, 50Ω BER=10-2 MHz −110 -2 fRX = 433.92MHz, 50Ω BER=10 −110 fRX = 315MHz 235 fRX = 433.92MHz 330 fRX = 315MHz 32 – j235 fRX = 433.92MHz 19 – j174 kHz Ω Receive Modulation Duty Cycle Note 5 AGC Attack / Decay Ratio tATTACK / tDECAY 0.1 TA = 25ºC ±30 nA TA = +105ºC ±800 nA RFIN @ −40dBm 1.15 V RFIN @ −100dBm 1.70 V AGC Pin Leakage Current AGC Dynamic Range 20 dBm 80 % Reference Oscillator Reference Oscillator Frequency fRX = 315 MHz, Crystal Load Cap = 10pF 9.81563 fRX = 433.92 MHz, Crystal Load Cap = 10pF 13.52127 MHz Reference Oscillator Input Impedance RO1 1.6 kΩ Reference Oscillator Bias Voltage RO2 1.15 V June 2011 3 M9999-060811 (408) 944-0800 Micrel MICRF219 Electrical Characteristics (Continued) Specifications apply for VDD = 3.3V, GND = 0V, CAGC = 4.7µF, CTH = 0.1µF, fRX = 433.92 MHz unless otherwise noted. Bold values indicate –40°C – TA – 105°C. 1kbps data rate (Manchester encoded), reference oscillator frequency = 13.52127MHz. Parameter Condition Min. Reference Oscillator Input Range Reference Oscillator Source Current Typ. 0.2 Max. Units 1.5 VP-P V(REFOSC) = 0V 300 µA FREFOSC = 9.81563 MHz 165 FREFOSC = 13.52127MHz 120 CTH Leakage Current TA = 25ºC TA = +105ºC ±2 ±800 Demodulator Filter Bandwidth @ 315MHz Programmable, see application section 1170 9400 Hz Demodulator Filter Bandwidth @ 434MHz Programmable, see application section 1625 13000 Hz Demodulator CTH Source Impedance kΩ nA Digital / Control Functions DO Pin Output Current As output source @ 0.8 VDD sink @ 0.2 VDD 260 600 µA Output Rise And Fall Times CI = 15pF, pin DO, 10-90% 2 µsec Input High Voltage Pins SCLK, DO (As input), SHDN,SEL0, SEL1,SQ Input Low Voltage Pins SCLK, DO (As input), SHDN, SEL0, SEL1,SQ Output Voltage High DO Output Voltage Low DO 0.8VDD V 0.2VDD 0.8VDD V V 0.2VDD V RSSI −100dBm 0.4 −40dBm 2.0 −110dBm to -40dBm 25 mV/dB RSSI Output Current 400 µA RSSI Output Impedance 250 Ω 0.3 sec RSSI DC Output Voltage Range RSSI Response Slope RSSI Response Time 50% data duty cycle, input power to Antenna = 20dBm V Notes: 1. Exceeding the absolute maximum rating may damage the device. 2. The device is not guaranteed to function outside of its operating rating. 3. Device is ESD sensitive. Use appropriate ESD precautions. Exceeding the absolute maximum rating may damage the device. 4. Sensitivity is defined as the average signal level measured at the input necessary to achieve 10-2 BER (bit error rate). The input signal is defined as a return-to-zero (RZ) waveform with 50% average duty cycle (Manchester encoded) at a data rate of 1kbps. 5. When data burst does not contain preamble, duty cycle is defined as total duty cycle, including any “quiet” time between data bursts. When data bursts contain preamble sufficient to charge the slice level on capacitor CTH, then duty cycle is the effective duty cycle of the burst alone. [For example, 100msec burst with 50% duty cycle, and 100msec “quiet” time between bursts. If burst includes preamble, duty cycle is TON/(TON+tOFF)= 50%; without preamble, duty cycle is TON/(TON+ TOFF + TQUIET) = 50msec/(200msec)=25%. TON is the (Average number of 1’s/burst) × bit time, and TOFF = (TBURST – TON.) June 2011 4 M9999-060811 (408) 944-0800 Micrel MICRF219 Typical Characteristics 433MHz Selectivity and Bandwidth by Different Temps. -50 SELECTIVITY (dBm) -60 -70 -80 -90 -40°C -100 +105°C +20°C -110 432.9 433.1 433.3 433.5 433.7 433.9 434.1 434.3 434.5 434.7 434.9 -120 FREQUENCY (MHz) 433.92MHz V/I by Temperatures 7 105°C CURRENT (mA) 6.5 6 20°C 5.5 -40°C 5 4.5 4 3.0 June 2011 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 VOLTAGE (V) 3.5 3.6 5 M9999-060811 (408) 944-0800 Micrel MICRF219 Functional Diagram CAGC UHF DOWNCOVERTER CONTROL LOGIC AGC CONTROL DESENSE MIXER LNA -f DETECTOR IF AMP f RSSI MIXER RSSI i fLO IMAGE REJECT FILTER CONTROL LOGIC PROGRAMMABLE FILTER SYNTHESIZER OOK DEMODULATOR SLICER SLEEP OSCILLATOR SLEEP TIMER BITCHECK WAKE-UP SQUELCH DO' DO CTH AUTOPOLL DO' DO SLICE LEVEL CONTROL LOGIC REFERENCE OSCILLATOR CONTROL LOGIC REFERENCE AND CONTROL Figure 1. Simplified Block Diagram June 2011 6 M9999-060811 (408) 944-0800 Micrel MICRF219 The IF BW can be calculated via direct scaling: Functional Description The simplified block diagram, shown in Figure 1, illustrates the basic structure of the MICRF219 receiver. It is made up of four sub-blocks: • • • • BWIF = [email protected] MHz × ⎛ Operating Freq (MHz) ⎞ ⎜ ⎟ 433.92 ⎝ ⎠ UHF Down-converter OOK Demodulator Reference and Control logic Auto-poll circuitry These filters are fully integrated inside the MICRF219. After filtering, four active gain controlled amplifier stages enhance the IF signal to its proper level for demodulation. Outside the device, the MICRF219 receiver requires just three components to operate: two capacitors (CTH, and CAGC) and the reference frequency device (usually a quartz crystal). An additional five components are used to improve performance; a power supply decoupling capacitor, two components for the matching network, and two components for the pre-selector band-pass filter. OOK Demodulator The demodulator section is comprised of detector, programmable low pass filter, slicer, and AGC comparator. Detector and Programmable Low-Pass Filter The demodulation starts with the detector removing the carrier from the IF signal. Post detection, the signal becomes base band information. The programmable low-pass filter further enhances the baseband information. There are four programmable low-pass filter BW settings: 1625Hz, 3250Hz, 6500Hz, 13000Hz for 433.92MHz operation. Low pass filter BW will vary with RF Operating Frequency. Filter BW values can be easily calculated by direct scaling. See equation below for filter BW calculation: Receiver Operation UHF Downconverter The UHF down-converter has six components: LNA, mixers, synthesizer, image reject filter, band pass filter and IF amp. LNA The RF input signal is AC-coupled into the gate circuit of the grounded source LNA input stage. The LNA is a Cascoded NMOS amplifier. The amplified RF signal is then fed to the RF ports of two double balanced mixers. ⎛ Operating Freq (MHz) ⎞ BWOperating Freq = [email protected]* ⎜ ⎟ 433.92 ⎝ ⎠ Mixers and Synthesizer The LO ports of the Mixers are driven by quadrature local oscillator outputs from the synthesizer block. The local oscillator signal from the synthesizer is placed on the low side of the desired RF signal to allow suppression of the image frequency at twice the IF frequency below the wanted signal. The local oscillator is set to 32 times the crystal reference frequency via a phase-locked loop synthesizer with a fully integrated loop filter. It is very important to choose filter setting that fits best the intended data rate to minimize data distortion. Demod BW is set at 13000Hz @ 433.92MHz as default (assuming both SEL0 and SEL1 pins are floating). The low pass filter can be hardware set by external pins SEL0 and SEL1. Image-Reject Filter and Band-Pass Filter The IF ports of the mixer produce quadrature-down converted IF signals. These IF signals are low-pass filtered to remove higher frequency products prior to the image reject filter where they are combined to reject the image frequencies. The IF signal then passes through a third order band pass filter. The IF center frequency is 1.2MHz. The IF BW is 330kHz @ 433.92MHz. This varies with RF operating frequency. June 2011 SEL0 SEL1 0 0 Demod BW (@ 434MHz) 1625Hz 1 0 3250Hz 0 1 6500Hz 1 1 13000Hz - default Table 1. Demodulation BW Selection 7 M9999-060811 (408) 944-0800 Micrel MICRF219 The de-sense function is accessible only through serial programming. Slicer and Slicing Level The signal, prior to the slicer, is still AM. The data slicer converts the AM signal into ones and zeros based on the threshold voltage built up in the CTH capacitor. After the slicer, the signal is ASK or OOK digital data. The slicing threshold is default at 50%. The slicing threshold can be set via serial programming through register D5 and D6. D5 D6 1 0 Slice Level 30% 0 1 Slice Level 40% 1 1 Slice Level 50% 0 0 Slice Level 60% D1 D2 MODE: Desense 0 1 1 1 1 X 0 1 0 1 X 0 0 1 1 No Desense - default 6dB Desense 16dB Desense 30dB Desense 42dB Desense Slicing Level Reference Control There are 2 components in Reference and Control subblock: 1) Reference Oscillator and 2) Control Logic through parallel Inputs: SEL0, SEL1, SHDN - default Reference Oscillator The reference oscillator in the MICRF219 (Figure 2) uses a basic Pierce crystal oscillator configuration with MOS transconductor to provide negative resistance. Though the MICRF219 has build-in load capacitors for the crystal oscillator, the external load capacitors are still required for tuning it to the right frequency. R01 and R02 are external pins of the MICRF219 to connect the crystal to the reference oscillator. Reference oscillator crystal frequency can be calculated: AGC Comparator The AGC comparator monitors the signal amplitude from the output of the programmable low-pass filter. When the output signal is less than 750mV thresh-hold, 1.5µA current is sourced into the external CAGC capacitor. When the output signal is greater than 750mV, a 15µA current sink discharges the CAGC capacitor. The voltage developed on the CAGC capacitor acts to adjust the gain of the mixer and the IF amplifier to compensate for RF input signal level variation. FREF OSC = FRF/(32 + 1.1/12) Desense Desense is a function designed to reduce the sensitivity of the MICRF219 receiver to a maximum of 45dB for training the MICRF219 receiver. This is done in order to recognize an intended transmitter. Very often, a receiver needs to learn how to recognize a particular transmitter. It is important for the receiver not to learn the signal of a stray transmitter near by. The simplest solution is to turn down the receiver gain, so the receiver only recognizes the transmitter at close range. June 2011 D0 For 433.92 MHz, FREF OSC = 13.52127 MHz. To operate the MICRF219 with minimum offset, crystal frequencies should be specified with 10pF loading capacitance. 8 M9999-060811 (408) 944-0800 Micrel MICRF219 RO2 C V BIAS R RO1 C Figure 2. Reference Oscillator Circuit SQUELCH Decode <=4 Good Data Edge Pulses CLK DOUT CLK Edge Detector D Window Counter S Q SQUELCH Disables DO 8 Stage Shift Register >=7 Good R CLK Window Decode Decode Bad Bits Good Bit Decode Good Bit Count QA1 Bad Bit Returns to SLEEP D7 D8 Select 0, 2, 4, 8 Good Bits Before Wakeup CLK WATCHDOG Timer Auto Poll S Serial Control Register R D15 WAKEUP Timer (300µs) D15 = 0 for Normal Operation D15 = 1 for Auto Polled Operation Figure 3. Autopoll, Bit-Check Block Diagram June 2011 9 M9999-060811 (408) 944-0800 Micrel MICRF219 Auto-Polling that a window time set longer than this will result in all bits being tested as bad and the device will remain in sleep polling mode. Now, when the serial command sets bit D15 high, the device will go to sleep for the timer period and will then awake to receive and check bits. The device will output data again at DO as soon as the programmed numbers of good RTZ bits have been received. If a bad bit is seen, the device will return to sleep mode and poll again for good bits after the sleep period. Both high and low periods are checked for each RTZ bit. The device will continue to check bits until sufficient good bits enable the device to wake up, or bad bits return the device to sleep. The auto-poll block (Figure 3) contains a low power oscillator that drives the sleep timer when the rest of the device is powered down. It also contains circuits to check whether the received bits are good. Autopolling is controlled by bit D15 in the serial register, in conjunction with bits D12, D13, D14 to set the sleep timer period. Bits D7, D8, are used for control of the bit-check operation and bits D9, D10, D11 are used to adjust the sensitivity of the bit-check action. Auto-Polling without Bit-Checking For simple auto-polling without bit-checking, send a serial command with bit D15 set high and bits D12, D13, D14 set to the desired sleep time. The device will go to sleep for the programmed timer duration then wake up to receive data if it is present. The device will stay awake until serial bit D15 is set low, then set high again, to enable a further sleep period. The sleep duty cycle may be controlled by the timing of serial commands. Operation Received pulse edges trigger a programmable window timer clocked by the reference frequency. If the next pulse edge falls within this window the bit is flagged as bad. Detected good bits are counted and the device will wake up once sufficient pulses have been received. Two bad pulses or a lack of pulses will cause the device to go to sleep for a further sleep timeout period. Auto-Polling with Bit-Checking For auto-polling with bit-checking, the serial register bits D7and D8 need to be set for the number of bits to be checked as good, before the receiver outputs data at the DO pin. The bit-check window bits D9, D10, D11 must also be set to match the data period. The shortest default window time gives the least critical bit check action. For better discrimination, the window setting may be increased up towards the normal minimum time expected between data edges. Note June 2011 Squelch During normal operation, if four or less out of eight bit pulses are good, the DO output is squelched. If good bit count increases to seven or more in any eight sequential bits, squelch is disabled allowing data to output at DO pin. 10 M9999-060811 (408) 944-0800 Micrel MICRF219 Serial Interface Register Programming Default State D9, D10, D11 is 111 Control Register Individual Truth Tables: D0 0 1 1 1 1 D1 X 0 1 0 1 D3 D4 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 D9 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 D9 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 D2 X 0 0 1 1 MODE: Desense No Desense - default 6dB Desense 16dB Desense 30dB Desense 42dB Desense MODE: Demod Bandwidth (at 433.92MHz) 1625Hz 3250Hz 6500Hz 13000Hz - default D5 1 0 1 0 D6 0 1 1 0 MODE Slice Level 30% Slice Level 40% Slice Level 50% Slice Level 60% D7 0 1 0 1 D8 0 0 1 1 MODE: Bit-Check Setting Bit-check 0 bits - default Bit-check 2 bits Bit-check 4 bits Bit-check 8 bits D10 D11 Set D3 to Set D4 to 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 D10 D11 Set D3 to Set D4 to 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 June 2011 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 D12 D13 D14 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 D15 0 1 MODE: Auto-Poll Awake – does not poll - default Auto-polls with Sleep periods D16 Always Set This Bit to 0 SQ Pin 0 0 1 1 - default MODE: Sleep Time 10ms 20ms 40ms Default 80ms 160ms 320ms 640ms 1280ms D17 0 1 0 1 MODE: Squelch Enable Squelch Circuit Enabled Squelch Circuit Disabled Squelch Circuit Disabled (default) Squelch Circuit Enabled The external pin SQ can invert the setting of squelch on/off defined by register bit D17. The external pin defaults high via an internal pull-up so the squelch is off with default D17 = 0 and on if D17 = 1. Such bit logic is reversed if SQ pin is tied to low (Ground). MODE: Bit-Check Window Times (315 MHz) D3=1 D3=0 D3=1 D3=0 D4=1 D4=1 D4=0 D4=0 98us, 196us, 393us, 785us 92us, 183us, 367us, 733us 85us, 170us, 341us, 681us 79us, 157us, 314us, 629us 72us, 144us, 288us, 577us 66us, 131us, 262us, 525us 59us, 118us, 236us, 473us 53us, 105us, 210us, 420us D18 Always Set This Bit to 1 D19 Always Set This Bit to 0 MODE: Bit-Check Window Times (433.92MHz) D3=1 D3=0 D3=1 D3=0 D4=1 D4=1 D4=0 D4=0 71us, 143us, 285us, 570us 67us, 133us, 266us, 532us 62us, 124us, 247us, 494us 57us, 114us, 228us, 457us 52us, 105us, 209us, 419us 48us, 95us, 190us, 381us 43us, 86us, 172us, 343us 38us, 76us, 152us, 305us 11 M9999-060811 (408) 944-0800 Micrel MICRF219 Application Information Figure 4. QR219BPF Application Example, 433.92MHz Table 2 shows the component values for most often used frequencies. Antenna and RF Port Connections Figure 4 shows the schematic of the QR219BPF configured for 433.29 MHz operation. Figure 19 through Figure 23 are PCB pictures. The QR219BPF is a good starting point for the prototyping of most applications. Current design offers two antenna options: A wire antenna or 50Ω SMA antenna. The SMA connection also allows an RF signal to be injected for test or verification. To use an antenna such as a 50 Ω whip, remove the SMA and solder the whip antenna in the hole on the PCB instead. A wire of 22AWG with 167mm (6.-inch) can be used as a substitution if low cost antenna is needed. Freq (MHz) C8 (pF) L1 (nH) 315.0 6.8 39 390.0 6.8 24 418.0 6.0 24 433.92 5.6 24 Table 2. Front Band-Pass Filter values for Various Frequencies This band-pass filter can be removed if the outside band noise does not cause a problem. The MICRF219 has built-in image reject mixers which improve the selectivity significantly and reject outside band noise. Front-End Band Pass Filter Components L1 and C8 form the band-pass filter at front of the receiver. Its purpose is to attenuate undesired outside band noise that degrades the receiver performance. It is calculated by the parallel resonance equation: f = 1/(2×PI×(SQRT L1×C8)) June 2011 12 M9999-060811 (408) 944-0800 Micrel MICRF219 Doing the same calculation example with the Smith Chart, would appear as follows, First, one plots the input impedance of the device, (Z = 18.6 – j174.2)Ω @ 433.92MHz.(Figure 5): Low-Noise Amplifier Input Matching Capacitor C3 and inductor L2 form the “L” shape input matching network. The capacitor provides additional attenuation for low-frequency outside band noise. The inductor provides additional ESD protection for the antenna pin. Two methods can be used to find these values that best matched near 50Ω. One method is done by calculating the values using the equations below and the other is using a Smith chart utility. The latter is made easier via a software plot where components are added on. In this way, the user can see the impedance moving direction for best values of C8 and L1 toward to central matching point, like WinSmith by Noble Publishing. To calculate the matching values, one needs to know the input impedance of the device. Table 3 shows the input impedance of the MICRF219 and suggested matching values for the most often used frequencies. These suggested values may be different if the layout is not exactly the same as the one made here: Freq (MHz) C3 (pF) L2(nH) Z device (Ω) 315 1.8 68 33 - j235 390 1.5 47 23 – j199 418 1.5 43 21 – j186 433.92 1.5 39 19 – j174 Figure 5. Device’s Input Impedance, Z = 19 – j174Ω Table 3. Matching Values for the Most Used Frequencies Second, one plots the shunt inductor (39nH) and the series capacitor (1.5pF) for the desired input impedance (Figure 6). One can then see the matching leading to the center of the Smith Chart or close to 50Ω. For the frequency of 433.92MHz, the input impedance is Z = 18.6 – j174.2Ω, then the matching components are calculated by: Equivalent parallel = B = 1/Z = 0.606 + j5.68msiemens Rp = 1 / Re (B); Xp = 1 / Im (B) Rp = 1.65kΩ; Xp = 176.2Ω Q = SQRT (Rp/50 + 1) Q = 5.831 Xm = Rp / Q Xm = 282.98Ω Resonance Method for L-shape Matching Network Lc = Xp / (2×Pi×f); Lp = Xm / (2×Pi×f) L2 = (Lc×Lp) / (Lc + Lp); C3 = 1 / (2×Pi×f×Xm) L2 = 39.8nH C3 = 1.3pF June 2011 13 M9999-060811 (408) 944-0800 Micrel MICRF219 Crystal Selection Crystal Y1 or Y1A (SMT or leaded respectively) is the reference clock for all the device internal circuits. Crystal characteristics of 10pF load capacitance, 30ppm, ESR < 50Ω, −40ºC to +105ºC temperature range are desired. Table 4 shows Micrel’s approved crystal suppliers such as (www.hib.com.br or http://www.abracon.com/ ) and the frequencies. The oscillator of the MICRF219 is a Pierce-type oscillator. Good care must be taken when laying out the printed circuit board. Avoid long traces and place the ground plane on the top layer close to the REFOSC pins RO1 and RO2. When care is not taken in the layout, and the crystals used are not verified, the oscillator may take longer time to start. Time-togood-data in the DO pin will be longer as well. In some cases, if the stray capacitance is too high (> 20pF). In this case, either the receiving central frequency will offset too much or the oscillator may not start. The crystal frequency is calculated by REFOSC = RF Carrier/(32+(1.1/12)). The local oscillator is low-side injection (32 × 13.52127MHz = 432.68MHz), that is, its frequency is below the RF carrier frequency and the image frequency is below the LO frequency. See Figure 7. The product of the incoming RF signal and local oscillator signal will yield the IF frequency, which will be demodulated by the detector of the device. Figure 7. Low-Side Injection Local Oscillator Figure 6. Plotting of Shunt Inductor and Series Capacitor June 2011 14 M9999-060811 (408) 944-0800 Micrel MICRF219 REFOSC (MHz) Carrier (MHz) HIB Part Number Abracon Part Number 9.81563 315.0 SA-9.815630-F-10-H-30-30-X ABLS-9.81563MHz-10J4Y 12.15269 390.0 SA-12.152690-F-10-H-30-30-X ABLS-12.15269MHz-10J4Y 13.02519 418.0 SA-13.025190-F-10-H-30-30-X ABLS-13.025190MHz-10J4Y 13.52127 433.92 SA-13.521270-F-10-H-30-30-X ABLS-13.521270MHz-10J4Y Table 4. Crystal Frequencies and Vendor Part Numbers Demodulator Bandwidth Selection and Data Stream Optimization JP1 and JP2 are the bandwidth selection for the demodulator bandwidth. To set it correctly, it is necessary to know the shortest pulse width of the encoded data sent in the transmitter. Similar to the example of the data profile in the Figure 7, PW2 is shorter than PW1, so PW2 should be used for the demodulator bandwidth calculation which is found by 0.65/shortest pulse width. After this value is found, the setting should be done according to Table 5. For example, if the pulse period is 100µsec, 50% duty cycle, the pulse width will be 50µsec (PW = (100µsec × 50%) / 100). Therefore, a bandwidth of 13kHz would be necessary (0.65 / 50µsec). However, if this data stream had a pulse period with a 20% duty cycle, then the bandwidth required would be 32.5kHz (0.65 / 20µsec). This would exceed the maximum bandwidth of the demodulator circuit. If one tries to exceed the maximum bandwidth, the pulse would appear stretched or wider. SEL0 JP1 SEL1 JP2 Demod. BW (hertz) Shortest Pulse (µsec) Maximum Baud Rate for 50% Duty Cycle (Hz) Short Short 1625 400 1250 Open Short 3250 200 2500 Short Open 6500 100 5000 Open Open 13000 50 10000 SEL1 JP2 Short Short BW (hertz) Maximum Baud Rate for 50% Duty Cycle (Hz) 1565 416 1204 Open Short 3130 208 2408 Short Open 6261 104 4816 Open Open 12523 52 9633 Table 6. P1 and JP2 Setting, 418.0MHz BW (hertz) Shortest Pulse (µsec) Maximum Baud Rate for 50% Duty Cycle (Hz) Demod. SEL0 JP1 SEL1 JP2 Short Short 1170 445 1123 Open Short 2350 223 2246 Short Open 4700 111 4493 Open Open 9400 56 8987 Table 7. JP1 and JP2 Setting, 315MHz AGC Capacitor and Data Slicer Threshold Capacitor Selection Capacitors C6 and C4 are CTH and CAGC capacitors respectively providing a time base reference for the data pattern received. These capacitors are selected according to data profile, pulse duty cycle, dead time between two received data packets, and if the data pattern does has or not have a preamble. See Figure 8 for example of a data profile. Table 5. JP1 and JP2 Setting, 433.92MHz Other frequencies will have different demodulator bandwidth limits, which is derived from the reference oscillator frequency. Table 6 and Table 7 shows the limits for the other two most used frequencies. June 2011 SEL0 JP1 Shortest Pulse (µsec) Demod. 15 M9999-060811 (408) 944-0800 Micrel MICRF219 Figure 8. Example of a Data Profile For best results, they should always be optimized for the data pattern used. As the baud rate increases, the capacitor values decrease. Table 8 shows suggested values for Manchester Encoded data, 50% duty cycle. SEL0 JP1 SEL1 JP2 Demod. BW (Hz) Cth Cagc Short Short 1625 100nF 4.7µF Open Short 3250 47nF 2.2µF Short Open 6500 22nF 1µF Open Open 13000 10nF 0.47µF Figure 9. Data Out Pin with No Squelch (SQ = 1) Table 8. Suggested CTH and CAGC Values JP3 and JP4 are jumpers selectable to high or low and used to configure the digital squelch function. When it is tied to high, there is no squelch applied to the digital circuits and the DO (data out) pin has a hash signal. When the pin is low, the DO pin activity is considerably reduced. It will have more or less than shown in the figure below depending upon the outside band noise. The penalty for using squelch is a delay in getting a good signal in the DO pin. This means that it takes longer for the data to show up. The delay is dependent upon many factors such as RF signal intensity, data profile, data rate, CTH and CAGC capacitor values, and outside band noise See Figure 9 and Figure 10. Please note that Squelch action is based on the Bitcheck operation and may be optimized using the Bitcheck Window serial register setting. June 2011 Figure 10. Data Out Pin with Squelch (SQ = 0) Other components used are C5, which is a decoupling capacitor for the VDD line; R3 for the shutdown pin (SHDN = 0, device is operation), which can be removed if that pin is connected to a microcontroller or an external switch; and R1 and R2 which form a voltage divider for the AGC pin. One can force a voltage in this AGC pin to purposely decrease the device sensitivity. Special care is needed when doing this operation, as an external control of the AGC voltage may vary from lot to lot and may not work the same in several devices. 16 M9999-060811 (408) 944-0800 Micrel MICRF219 Three other pins are worthy of comment. They are the DO, RSSI, and shutdown pins. The DO pin has a driving capability of 0.4mA. This is good enough for most of the logic family ICs on the market today. The RSSI pin provides a transfer function of the RF signal intensity versus voltage. It is very useful to determine the signal-to-noise ratio of the RF link, crude range estimate from the transmitter source and AM demodulation, which requires a low CAGC capacitor value. The shutdown pin (SHDN) is useful to save energy. Making its level close to VDD (SHDN = 1), the device is not in operation. Its DC current consumption is less than 1µA (do not forget to remove R3). When toggling from high to low, there will be a time required for the device to come to steady-state mode, and a time for data to show up in the DO pin. This time will be dependent upon many things such as temperature, the crystal used, and if there is an external oscillator with faster startup time. See Figure 11 and Figure 12 or time-to-good-data on both 433.92MHz and 315MHz versions. Figure 12. Time-to-Good-Data after Shutdown Cycle, 315MHz at Room Temperature Serial Register Programming Programming the device is accomplished by the use of pins DO and SCLK. Normally, D0 (Pin 10) is outputting data and needs to switch to an input pin made by the start sequence, as shown at Figure 13. High at the SCLK pin tri-states the DO pin, enabling the external drive into the DO pin with an initial low level. The start sequence is completed by taking SCLK low, then high while DO is low, followed by taking DO high, then low while SCLK is high. The serial interface is initialized and ready to receive the programming data. T6 BIT TIME 0 T7 BIT TIME 1 BIT TIME 2 “19” “0” “0” D19 D18 D17 SCLK T1 T2 T4 T5 T8 T9 T3 DO AS OUTPUT Figure 11. Time-to-Good-Data after Shutdown Cycle, 433.92MHz, Room Temperature June 2011 DO INPUT BITS: “1” Figure 13. Serial Interface Start Sequence 17 M9999-060811 (408) 944-0800 Micrel MICRF219 Bits are serially programmed starting with the most significant bit (MSB = D19) if all bits are being programmed until the least significant bit (LSB =D0) For instance, if only the desense bits D0, D1, and D2 are being programmed, then these are the only bits that need to be programmed with the start sequence D2, D1, D0, plus the stop sequence. Or, if only the squelch bit D17 is needed, then the sequence must be from start sequence, D17 through D0 plus the stop sequence, making sure the other bits (besides D17) are programmed as needed. It is recommended that all parallel input pins (SEL0, SEL1, and SQ) be kept high when using the serial interface. After the programming bits are finished, a stop sequence (as shown in Figure 14) is required to end the mode and reestablish the DO pin as an output again. To do so, the SCLK pin is kept high while the DO pin changes from low to high, then low again, followed by the SCLK pin made low. Timing of the programming bits are not critical, but should be kept as shown below: Serial Interface Register Loading Examples See Figures 15 – 17. (Channel 1 is the DO pin, and channel 2 is the SCLK pin). T1 < 0.1µs, Time from SCLK to convert DO to input pin T6 > 0.1µs, SCLK high time T7 > 0.1µs, SCLK low time T2, T3, T4, T5, T8, T9, T10 > 0.1µs BIT TIME 18 Figure 15. All Bits D19 through D0 = 0 BIT TIME 19 SCLK T10 “1” “0” D1 DO “1” DO DO PIN AS OUTPUT Figure 14. Serial Interface Stop Sequence SCLK frequency should be greater than 5kHz to avoid automatic reset from internal circuitry. Figure 16. All Bits D19 through D0 = 1 June 2011 18 M9999-060811 (408) 944-0800 Micrel MICRF219 From MSB to LSB (see Table 9): D19 D18 D17 D16 D15 D14 D13 D12 0 D11 0 D4 0 1 D10 1 D3 0 0 D9 1 D2 0 0 D8 1 D1 0 1 D7 0 D0 0 1 D6 1 0 D5 1 0 Table 9. Auto-Poll Example Bit Sequence Figure 17. D19 = D18 = 1, D17 = D0 = 0 Auto-Poll Programming Example Auto-Poll example (see Figure 18): D0 = D1 = D2 = 0, no desense D3 = D4 = 0, demodulator bandwidth = 1712 hertz, 1 kHz baud rate, pulse = 500µsec. Required demodulator bandwidth is 0.65/500usec = 1300 hertz D5 = D6 = 1, Slice level = 50% D7 = 0, D8 = 1, bit check = 4 bits. This is the time the device is ON checking for four consecutive valid windows. D9 = D10 = 1, D11 = 0, data rate is 1 kHz, (500µsec pulses), window set to 433µsec (< 500 usec) D12 = D13 = 0, D14 = 1, sleep timer set to 160msec, that is, 4 bit is ON and 160msec is OFF. D15 = 1, device is placed in autopoll D16 = 0, not used. Always set to 0. D17 = 0, squelch is OFF D18 = 1, watchdog timer is OFF D19 = 0, no RSSI offset June 2011 Figure 18. Autopoll Example 19 M9999-060811 (408) 944-0800 Micrel MICRF219 inductance. Ground plane should be solid and with no sudden interruptions. Avoid using ground plane on top layer next to the matching elements. It normally adds additional stray capacitance which changes the matching. Do not use Phenolic materials as they are conductive above 200MHz. Typically, FR4 or better materials are recommended. The RF path should be as straight as possible to avoid loops and unnecessary turns. Separate ground and VDD lines from other digital or switching power circuits (such microcontroller…etc). Known sources of noise should be laid out as far as possible from the RF circuits. Avoid unnecessary wide traces which would add more distribution capacitance (between top trace to bottom GND plane) and alter the RF parameters. PCB Considerations and Layout Figure 19 to Figure 23 show the QR219BPF PCB layout. The Gerber files provided are downloadable from Micrel Website and contain the remaining layers needed to fabricate this board. When copying or making one’s own boards, make the traces as short as possible. Long traces alter the matching network and the values suggested are no longer valid. Suggested matching values may vary due to PCB variations. A PCB trace 100 mills (2.5mm) long has about 1.1nH inductance. Optimization should always be done with exhaustive range tests. Make sure the individual ground connection has a dedicated via rather then sharing a few of ground points by a single via. Sharing ground via will increase the ground path Figure 19. QR219BPF Top Layer Figure 20. QR219BPF Bottom Layer June 2011 20 M9999-060811 (408) 944-0800 Micrel MICRF219 Figure 21. QR219BPF Top Silkscreen Layer Figure 22. QR219BPF Bottom Silkscreen Layer Figure 23. QR219BPF Dimensions (in inches) June 2011 21 M9999-060811 (408) 944-0800 Micrel MICRF219 QR219BPF Bill of Materials, 433.92MHz Item Reference Part Description Qty. 1 ANT1 22AWG rigid wire 167mm (6.6”) 22AWG wire 1 2 C3 1.5pF 50V 0603 chip capacitor 1 3 C4 4.7uF 6.3V 0805 chip capacitor 1 4 C6,C5 0.1uF 16V 0603 chip capacitor 2 5 C8 5.6pF 50V 0603 chip capacitor 1 6 C10,C9 10pF 50V 0603 chip capacitor 2 7 JP1, JP2, R5, R6, R7 0ohm 0603 chip resistor 5 8 R1, R2, JP3, JP4 (np) 0603 chip resistor, not placed 4 9 J1 CON7 7 pin connector 1 10 J2 (np) Edge mount SMA connector 1 11 L1 24nH 5% 5%, 0603 SMT inductor 1 12 L2 39nH 5% 5%, 0603 SMT inductor 1 13 R3 100kohm 0603 chip resistor 2 14 U1 MICRF219AYQS MICRF219 chip 1 15 Y1 13.52127MHz Crystal 1 Table 10. QR219BPF Bill of Materials, 433.92MHz QR219BPF Bill of Materials, 315MHz Item Reference Part Description ANT1 22AWG rigid wire 230mm (9.0”) 22AWG wire 2 C3 1.8pF 50V 0603 chip capacitor 1 3 C4 4.7µF 6.3V 0805 chip capacitor 1 4 C6,C5 0.1µF 16V 0603 chip capacitor 2 5 C8 6.8pF 50V 0603 chip capacitor 1 6 C10,C9 10pF 50V 0603 chip capacitor 2 7 JP1, JP2, R5, R6, R7 0Ω 0603 chip resistor 5 8 R1, R2, JP3, JP4 (np) 0603 chip resistor, not placed 4 9 J1 CON7 7 pin connector 1 10 J2 (np) Edge mount SMA connector 1 11 L1 39nH 5% 5%, 0603 SMT inductor 1 12 L2 68nH 5% 5%, 0603 SMT inductor 1 13 R3 100kΩ 0603 chip resistor 2 14 U1 MICRF219AYQS MICRF219 chip 1 15 Y1 9.81563MHz Crystal 1 1 Qty. 1 Table 11. QR219BPF Bill of Materials, 315MHz June 2011 22 M9999-060811 (408) 944-0800 Micrel MICRF219 Package Information QSOP16 Package Type (AQS16) MICREL, INC. 2180 FORTUNE DRIVE SAN JOSE, CA 95131 USA TEL +1 (408) 944-0800 FAX +1 (408) 474-1000 WEB http://www.micrel.com Micrel makes no representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information furnished in this data sheet. This information is not intended as a warranty and Micrel does not assume responsibility for its use. Micrel reserves the right to change circuitry, specifications and descriptions at any time without notice. No license, whether express, implied, arising by estoppel or otherwise, to any intellectual property rights is granted by this document. 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