IAmp VDD VDDA QAMP IAMP VDDP VDDF VDDD XE1202A TrueRF™ QAmp SCAN I BPF AMP Limiter AMP DCLK RFA FSK Demod. LNA Bit Sync. RFB DATAOUT Q AMP BPF Limiter AMP Pattern Recognition LO Buff. Phase Shifter PATTERN FEI RSSI MODE 0 MODE 1 Prog. divider MODE 2 Control Logic SI SO PA RFOUT VCO modulator /n Synthesizer PFD SCK EN POR Oscillator I Ref /n Clock Out VSS VSSA VSSA TVCO TSUPP CLKOUT XTB XTA LFB TKA TKB VSSP VSSP VSSF VSSD VSSF DATAIN XE1202A TrueRF™ 433 MHz / 868 MHz / 915 MHz Low-Power, Integrated UHF Transceiver GENERAL DESCRIPTION KEY PRODUCT FEATURES The XE1202A TrueRF™ is a single chip transceiver operating in the 433, 868 and 915 MHz license free ISM (Industry Scientific and Medical) frequency bands. Its highly integrated architecture allows for minimum external components while maintaining design flexibility. All major RF communication parameters are programmable and most of them can be dynamically set. The XE1202A TrueRF™ offers a wide range of channel bandwidths, without the need to modify the number or parameters of the external components. The XE1202A TrueRF™ is optimized for low power consumption whilst offering high RF output power and channelized operation suitable for both the European (ETSI-300-220) and the North American (FCC part 15) regulatory standards. Programmable RF output power: up to +15 dBm High reception sensitivity: down to –116 dBm Low power consumption: RX = 14 mA; TX = 62mA @15 dBm output power Supply voltage down to 2.4 V Data rates from 4.8 kbits/s to 76.8 kbits/s, NRZ coding Channel filter bandwidths from 20 kHz to 400 kHz On-chip frequency synthesizer with minimum frequency resolution of 500 Hz Continuous phase 2-level FSK modulation Incoming data pattern recognition Built-in Bit-Synchronizer for incoming data and clock synchronization and recovery RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) and FEI (Frequency Error Indicator) ORDERING INFORMATION APPLICATIONS Security systems Voice and data over an RF link Process and building control Access control Home automation Home appliances interconnection Rev 1 January 2006 Part number Temperature range Package XE1202AI027TRLF -40 °C to +85 °C LQFP44 www.semtech.com XE1202A TrueRF™ TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Functional Block Diagram....................................................................................................................... 4 2 Pin description......................................................................................................................................... 5 3 Electrical Characteristics ........................................................................................................................ 6 3.1 Absolute Maximum Operating Ranges.................................................................................................. 6 3.2 Specifications........................................................................................................................................ 6 3.2.1 Operating Range ....................................................................................................................................... 6 3.2.2 Electrical Specifications ............................................................................................................................. 6 4 Description ............................................................................................................................................... 9 4.1 Detailed description .................................................................................................................................. 9 4.1.1 Receiver .................................................................................................................................................... 9 4.1.2 Receiver LNA modes .............................................................................................................................. 10 4.1.3 RSSI ........................................................................................................................................................ 11 4.1.4 Frequency Error Indicator - FEI................................................................................................................ 11 4.1.5 Transmitter............................................................................................................................................... 14 4.1.6 Pattern recognition................................................................................................................................... 15 4.1.7 Frequency synthesizer............................................................................................................................. 15 5 Serial Interface Definition, Principles of Operation............................................................................. 16 5.1 Serial Control Interface ............................................................................................................................ 16 5.1.1 General description.................................................................................................................................. 16 5.1.2 Write sequence........................................................................................................................................ 16 5.1.3 Read sequence........................................................................................................................................ 16 5.2 Configuration and Status registers ........................................................................................................... 17 5.2.1 RTParam configuration register ............................................................................................................... 17 5.2.2 FSParam configuration register ............................................................................................................... 19 5.2.3 DataOut register ...................................................................................................................................... 20 5.2.4 ADParam configuration register ............................................................................................................... 20 5.2.5 Pattern register ........................................................................................................................................ 21 5.3 Operating Modes ................................................................................................................................ 23 5.4 Transmitted Data Interface ................................................................................................................. 25 5.5 Received Data Interface ..................................................................................................................... 25 5.6 Pattern Recognition Interface.............................................................................................................. 26 5.7 Clock Output Interface ........................................................................................................................ 26 5.8 Default settings at power-up ............................................................................................................... 26 6 Application Information......................................................................................................................... 27 6.1 Receiver matching network................................................................................................................. 27 6.2 Transmitter matching network ............................................................................................................ 27 6.3 VCO tank ............................................................................................................................................ 29 6.4 Loop filter of the frequency synthesizer............................................................................................... 30 6.5 Reference crystal for the frequency synthesizer ................................................................................. 30 7 Packaging information .......................................................................................................................... 32 © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com 3 XE1202A TrueRF™ The XE1202A TrueRF™ UHF Transceiver IC provides a single chip solution intended for use as a low cost FSK transceiver to establish a frequency-agile, half-duplex, bi-directional RF link, with non-return to zero data coding. The device is available in an LQFP44 package and is designed to provide a fully functional multi-channel FSK transceiver. It is intended for applications in the 433 and 868 MHz European bands and the North American 902928 MHz ISM band. The single chip transceiver operates down to 2.4 V and provides low power consumption solutions for battery-operated and power sensitive applications. Thanks to the low external components count, the XE1202A is ideal for small size, low-cost UHF links. Its reference board has no tunable components, which facilitates high volume cost sensitive production. The XE1202A TrueRF™ can easily be interfaced to a controller such as the XEMICS’ XE8000 Series of ultra lowpower microcontrollers. The XE1202A TrueRF™ serial control registers are programmed by the MCU and the MCU manages the communication protocol. IAmp VDD VDDA QAMP IAMP VDDP VDDF VDDD 1 Functional Block Diagram QAmp SCAN I BPF AMP Limiter AMP DCLK RFA FSK Demod. LNA Bit Sync. RFB DATAOUT Q AMP BPF Limiter AMP Pattern Recognition LO Buff. Phase Shifter PATTERN FEI RSSI MODE 0 MODE 1 Prog. divider MODE 2 Control Logic SI SO RFOUT PA VCO modulator /n Synthesizer PFD SCK EN POR Oscillator I Ref /n Clock Out VSS VSSA VSSA TSUPP TVCO CLKOUT XTB XTA LFB TKB TKA VSSP VSSP VSSF VSSF VSSD DATAIN Figure 1: XE1202A TrueRF™ block diagram © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com 4 XE1202A TrueRF™ 2 Pin Description PIN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 NAME MODE(1) MODE(0) /EN VSSF RFA RFB VSSP VSSP RFOUT VDDP VSSP VDD TKA TKB VSSF LFB VDDD VSSD TSUPP SCAN OPT TMOD[0] TMOD[1] VSSA XTA VSSA XTB VDDA QAMP IAMP TMOD[2] TMOD[3] TIBIAS VDD SO SI SCK CLKOUT VSS DCLK DATAOUT DATAIN PATTERN MODE(2) In In In In In In In Out I/O I/O I/O In I/O I/O Out Out Out In In Out Out Out In Out In DESCRIPTION Transmit/Receive/Standby/Sleep Mode Select Transmit/Receive/Standby/Sleep Mode Select Chip Enable RF Analog Ground RF Input RF Input Power Amplifier Ground Power Amplifier Ground RF Output Power Amplifier Supply Voltage Power Amplifier Ground RF Analog Supply Voltage VCO Tank VCO Tank RF Analog Ground PLL Loop Filter RF Digital Supply Voltage RF Digital Ground Test Circuit Supply Voltage (connected to VSS in normal operation) Scan Test Input (connected to VSS in normal operation) (connected to VSS in normal operation) (connected to VSS in normal operation) (connected to VSS in normal operation) Analog Ground Ref Xtal / Input of external clock Analog Ground Reference Xtal Analog Supply Voltage Buffered Q Output Buffered I Output (connected to VSS in normal operation) (connected to VSS in normal operation) (connected to VSS in normal operation) Digital Supply Voltage Configuration Register Serial Output Configuration Register Serial Input Configuration Register Serial Clock Output clock at reference frequency divided by 4, 8, 16 or 32 Digital Ground Recovered Received Data Clock Received Data Transmit Data Output of the pattern recognition block Transmit/Receive/Standby/Sleep Mode Select Table 1: Pin Description © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com 5 XE1202A TrueRF™ 3 Electrical Characteristics 3.1 Absolute Maximum Operating Ranges Stresses above those values listed below may cause permanent device failure. Exposure to absolute maximum ratings for extended periods may affect device reliability. Symbol Description Min. VDDmax Supply voltage ML Receiver input level Tmax Storage temperature Max. -0.4 -55 Unit 3.9 V -5 dBm 125 °C Table 2: Absolute Maximum Operating Ranges The device is ESD sensitive and should be handled with precaution. 3.2 Specifications 3.2.1 Operating Range Symbol Description Min. Max. VDD Supply voltage T Temperature -40 85 °C CLop Load capacitance on digital ports - 25 pF 2.4 (*) Unit 3.6 V Table 3: Operating Range (*) For narrow-band configurations (base-band filter bandwidths of 10, 20 and 40 kHz), the minimum operating supply voltage is 2.4 V. For 200 kHz base-band filter bandwidth setting the minimum operating supply voltage is 2.7 V. 3.2.2 Electrical Specifications The table below gives the electrical specifications of the transceiver under the following conditions: Supply Voltage = 3.3 V, temperature = 25 °C, 2-level FSK without pre-filtering, fC = 434, 869 and 915 MHz, ∆f = 5 kHz, Bit rate = 4.8 kbits/s, BWSSB = 10 kHz, BER = 1 % (measured at the output of the bit synchronizer), LNA input and PA output matched to 50 Ω, environment as defined in section 6, unless otherwise specified. Symbol IDDSL IDDST IDDR IDDT RFS FDA CCR Description Supply current in sleep mode Supply current in standby mode Supply current in receive mode Supply current in transmitter mode RF sensitivity 869 / 915 MHz Conditions RFOP = 5 dBm RFOP = 15 dBm A-mode B-mode - RF sensitivity 434 MHz A-mode B-mode - -114 -100 Frequency deviation Programmable - 5 -13 10 20 40 100 -10 Crystal oscillator (39 MHz) enabled Co-channel rejection © Semtech 2006 Min - Typ 0.2 0.85 Max 1 1.10 Unit µA mA - 14 16.5 mA 33 62 -116 -103 40 75 mA mA dBm dBm - -113 -100 -111 -98 dBm dBm - kHz kHz kHz kHz kHz dBc - - www.semtech.com 6 XE1202A TrueRF™ Symbol IIP3 BW ACR Description Conditions Input intercept point (from LNA input to base-band filter output) f1 = fLO + 1 MHz, f2 = fLO + 1.995 MHz A-mode B-mode Base band filter bandwidth Min Programmable funw = fLO + 65 kHz Pw=-107 dBm, A-mode funw = fLO + 65 kHz Pw=-102 dBm, A-mode BR Bit rate Programmable RFOP RF output power Programmable RFOP1 RFOP2 RFOP3 RFOP4 Programmable Each range with its own external components FR Synthesizer frequency range TS_BBR Receiver baseband wake-up time (first step) Transmitter wake-up time TS_TR TS_FS Frequency synthesizer wakeup time TS_BB2 Receiver RF wake-up time Front-End Crystal oscillator enabled Frequency synthesizer enabled Crystal oscillator enabled Frequency enabled synthesizer Max -33 -18 -36 -21 - Adjacent channel rejection 869 / 915 MHz Adjacent channel rejection 434 MHz Typ Unit - dBm dBm - kHz kHz kHz kHz dBc - dBc 45 10 20 40 200 48 42 45 - 4.8 9.6 19.2 38.4 76.8 - kbits/ s kbits/ s kbits/ s kbits/ s kbits/ s -3 +2 +7 +12 433 868 902 - 0 +5 +10 +15 200 435 870 928 250 dBm dBm dBm dBm MHz MHz MHz µs - 100 150 µs - 200 250 µs - 500 600 µs 100 150 µs - - 1.0 ms - - 1.5 ms - RTParam_WBB=0 TS_FSW Frequency switching time synthesizer Between 2 channels at 1 MHz channel spacing TS_RS RSSI wake-up time (receiver operation in mode 100) RSSI enabled during mode 010 0.5 ms before switching to mode 100 (see figure 8) RSSI enabled during mode 100 TS_RSM RSSI measurement time - 0.5 - ms TS_OS Crystal time - 0.3 0.5 ms oscillator wake-up © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com 7 XE1202A TrueRF™ Symbol TS_FE Description Conditions Min Typ Max Receiver enabled RTParam_Fsel = 1 RTParam_Fsel = 0 - - 20/BR 4/BR FXTAL FEI wake-up time (RTParam_Fsel = 1) FEI counting duration (RTParam_Fsel = 0) Crystal oscillator frequency - 39 - MHz FSTEP Frequency synthesizer step - 500 - Hz VTHR Equivalent thresholds RSSI input FERR FEI error threshold SPR VIH Spurious emission in receiver mode Digital input level high VIL Exact step is XTAL / 77824 A-mode,low range:VTHR1 VTHR2 VTHR3 A-mode,high range:VTHR1 VTHR2 VTHR3 - -105 - -100 -95 -90 -85 -80 - Unit ms ms dBm dBm dBm - dBm dBm dBm - Pw=-100 dBm, A-mode RTParam_Fsel = 1 (1) - 0.5 - -65 % VDD 75 - - % Digital input level low % VDD - - 25 % VOH Digital output level high % VDD 75 - - % VOL Digital output level low % VDD - - - dBm 25 % Table 4: Electrical Specifications SPR strongly depends on the design of the application board and the choice of the external components. Values down to -70 dBm can be achieved with careful design. © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com 8 XE1202A TrueRF™ 4 Description The XE1202A TrueRF™ is a direct conversion (Zero-IF) half-duplex data transceiver. It includes a receiver, a transmitter, a frequency synthesizer and some service blocks. The circuit operates in the 3 ISM frequency bands (433 MHz, 868 MHz, 915 MHz) and uses 2-level FSK modulation/demodulation to provide a complete transmission link. In a typical application, the XE1202A TrueRF™ is programmed by a microcontroller via the 3-wire serial bus, SI, SO, SCK to write to and read from the configuration registers. The circuit consists of 5 main functional blocks: The Receiver converts the incoming 2-level FSK modulated signal into a synchronized bit stream. The receiver is composed of a low-noise amplifier, down-conversion mixers, baseband filters, baseband amplifiers, limiters, demodulator and the bit synchronizer. The bit synchronizer transforms the data output of the demodulator into a glitch-free bit stream DATAOUT and generates a synchronized clock, DCLK, which can be used to sample DATAOUT without requiring external signal processing. In addition, the receiver includes a Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) function, a Frequency Error Indicator (FEI) function that provides an indication of local oscillator frequency error, and pattern recognition function to detect programmable reference words in the received bit stream. The bandwidth of the base-band filters, the frequency deviation of the expected incoming FSK signal as well as the bit rate of the received data are all programmable. The Transmitter performs the modulation of the carrier by an input bit stream and the transmission of the modulated signal. Carrier modulation is achieved directly through the frequency synthesizer via a Sigma-Delta modulator. The frequency deviation and bit rate of the modulated carrier are programmable. An on-chip power amplifier then amplifies the signal. The output power can be programmed to one of 4 possible settings. The Frequency Synthesizer generates the local oscillator (LO) signal for the receiver section as well as the continuous phase FSK (CPFSK) modulated signal for the transmitter section. The core of the synthesizer is implemented with a PLL structure. The frequency is programmable with a step size of 500 Hz in the 3 ISM frequency bands at 433, 868 and 915 MHz. This frequency synthesizer includes a crystal oscillator which provides the reference for the PLL. This reference frequency can be divided by 4, 8, 16 or 32 and available as CLKOUT to provide a clock signal for an external processor. The Digital Interface provides internal control signals for the whole circuit according to the configuration register settings. The Service Block provides the internal voltage and current sources and provides all the necessary functions for the circuit to work properly. 4.1 Detailed description 4.1.1 Receiver The outputs of the receiver are the two signals DATAOUT and DCLK. When “RTParam_Bits” is set to “1” (see the Configuration register section below), the bit synchronizer is enabled, and the two output signals are the output NRZ demodulated data and the sampling clock, respectively. The function of the bit synchronizer is to remove the glitches from DATAOUT and to provide the output clock DCLK to sample the data. The value of DATAOUT is valid at the rising edge of DCLK. To ensure correct operation of the bit synchronizer, the following three conditions must be satisfied: the received data must start with a preamble of 24 bits for synchronization; this preamble must be a sequence of alternating “0” and “1”, the received data must have at least one transition from “0” to “1” or from “1” to “0” every 8 bits, the accuracy of the bit rate must be within ± 5 % of that programmed (assuming the reference Xtal oscillator is 39 MHz). © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com 9 XE1202A TrueRF™ When “RTParam_Bits” is set to “0”, the bit synchronizer is turned off, and DATAOUT is the output of the demodulator. In this case DCLK is not used and its value is set “low”. For guaranteed operation of the demodulator, the modulation index, β, of the modulated carrier should meet the 2 ⋅ ∆f following condition: β= ≥ 2, BR where ∆f is the frequency deviation, and BR the bit rate. Table 5 details typical sensitivity figures for different bit rates, frequency deviations and baseband filter bandwidths: Bit rate [kbits/s ] 4.8 9.6 19.2 38.4 76.8 ∆f [kHz] BW [kHz] 5 20 10 20 20 40 40 100 100 10 40 20 40 40 200 200 200 200 Sensitivity for 1 % BER [dBm] mode A mode B -116 -103 -117 -104 -115 -101 -115.5 -102.5 -112.5 -99.5 -109 -97.5 -107 -95 -109 -97.5 -106.5 -95 Table 5: Sensitivity for 1 % BER Figure 2 illustrates the typical BER curve under narrowband conditions: 10-2 RX in mode A 10-3 BER 10-4 10-5 10-6 -116 -115 -114 -113 -112 -111 -110 -109 Pin [dBm] Figure 2: BER versus Rx input power with BR=4.8 kbits/s, ∆f=5 kHz, BW=10 kHz 4.1.2 Receiver LNA modes The receiver can be operated in two different modes that provide the highest sensitivity (for reception of weak signals) or the highest linearity (in areas of strong signals). The receiver mode is determined by the programming of the “RTParam_Rmode” register (see the Configuration register section below). A-mode: high sensitivity mode (see RFS parameter) B-mode: high linearity mode (see IIP3 parameter) © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com 10 XE1202A TrueRF™ 4.1.3 RSSI When enabled, this function provides an RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indication) based on the signal at the output of the base-band filter. To enable the RSSI function, the bit “RTParam_RSSI” should be set to “1” (see the Configuration register section below). When enabled, the status of the RSSI is a 2-bit word stored in register “DataOut_RSSI”, which can be read via the serial control interface. The contents of the register are defined in Table 6 below, where VRFFIL is the differential amplitude of the equivalent input RF signal when the receiver is operated in A-mode. The thresholds VTHRi are the thresholds at the output of the base-band filter divided by the gain between the input of the receiver and this output. DataOut_RSSI 00 Description VRFFIL ≤ VTHR1 01 VTHR1 < VRFFIL ≤ VTHR2 10 VTHR2 < VRFFIL ≤ VTHR3 11 VTHR3 < VRFFIL Table 6: RSSI status description Two ranges, each of three VTHRi thresholds are defined and selected via the setting of the register “RTParam_RSSR”, to provide an overall RSSI range of typically 25 dB. The timing diagram of an RSSI measurement is illustrated by Figure 3 below. When the RSSI function has been activated the signal strength is periodically measured and the result is stored in the register “DataOut_RSSI” at each rising edge of DATAIN. TS_RS is the wake-up time required after the function has been enabled to ensure that a valid reading of RSSI is obtained. For a proper operation, the pulse length on DATAIN has to be higher than 8µs. RTParam_RSSI /en RSSI_out (internal signal) TS_RS xxx TS_RSM val1 val2 val3 val4 0 datain DtaOut_RSSI xxx val1 val4 Figure 3: RSSI measurement timing diagram For applications where a valid RSSI reading is required within as short a time frame as possible, enabling the RSSI during receiver mode 010 instead of 100 (see the definition of TS_RS in Table 4) allows a valid RSSI within 1 ms of valid data being received. 4.1.4 Frequency Error Indicator - FEI When enabled, this function provides an indication of the frequency error of the local oscillator compared with the received carrier frequency. For guaranteed operation of the FEI function, the following two conditions should be satisfied. © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com 11 XE1202A TrueRF™ The modulation index, b, of the modulated carrier should meet the following condition: 2 ⋅ ∆f β= ≥ 2, BR where ∆f is the frequency deviation and BR is the bit rate. The bandwidth of the baseband filter (BBW) must be greater than the sum of the frequency offset and the received signal bandwith, as defined below: BBW > fOFFSET + BWSIGNAL where BBW is the baseband filter bandwidth defined by the RTParam_BW parameter (see the Configuration Registers section below), fOFFSET is the difference between the carrier frequency and the LO frequency, and ⎞ ⎛ BR BWSIGNALis equal to ⎜ + ∆f ⎟ . ⎠ ⎝ 2 The FEI function has two modes of operation, defined by the value set in the register “RTParam_Fsel” (see the Configuration register section below). 4.1.4.1 “RTParam_Fsel” = 1 With the “RTParam_FEI” bit set to “1” and the “RTParam_Fsel” bit set to “1”, the FEI uses frequency correlation to provide a 2-bit status word, which is stored in the register “DataOut_FEI”. The contents of this register are defined below in Table 7. The status of this register is provided in the following table, where fLO is the internal local oscillator frequency, and fRF is the carrier frequency of the received signal. DataOut_FEI 00 Meaning ⏐fLO-fRF⏐ ≤ fERR 01 - 10 (fLO-fRF) > fERR 11 (fLO-fRF) < -fERR Table 7: FEI status description The value fERR = FERR * BR, where BR is the bit rate and FERR is a ratio given in the electrical specifications. As an example, for a bit rate of 4.8kbits/s and with FERR = 0.5, fERR is 2.4 kHz. The FEI-Correlator function works properly only if the input signal is the preamble sequence defined under the Receiver section above, and if the frequency error to be detected is lower than 20 kHz. The time diagram of an FEI measurement is similar to that of an RSSI measurement, and is illustrated in Figure 4 below. When the FEI is enabled, the frequency error is periodically measured and the result is stored in the register “DataOut_FEI” at each rising edge of DATAIN. TS_FE is the wake-up time required after the function has been enabled to obtain a valid result. For a proper operation, the pulse length on DATAIN has to be higher than 8µs. © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com 12 XE1202A TrueRF™ RTParam_FEI en fei_out XX VAL1 VAL2 VAL3 VAL4 XX datain DataOut_FEI XX VAL2 VAL4 TS_FE Figure 4: FEI measurement timing diagram when “RTParam_Fsel” = 1 4.1.4.2 “RTParam_Fsel” = 0 With the “RTParam_FEI” bit set to “1” and the RTParam_Fsel” bit set to “0”, the FEI function uses over sampling of the signal at the output of the demodulator. When activated by the rising edge of DATAIN, this function provides an 8-bit word equivalent to the duty cycle of the demodulated preamble, stored in register “DataOut_FEI”. Each sample is used to control an up/down counter, when the sample is "1" the content of the counter is incremented, when the sample is "0" the content of the counter is decremented. As a consequence, the final 8-bit value of the counter stored in “DataOut_FEI” gives an indication of the duty cycle of the demodulated signal. The range of stored values is from -128 and +127. The further from 0 the value of DataOut_FEI, the higher the error on the LO frequency. If the stored value in “DataOut_FEI” is typically zero, then the duty cycle of the preamble is about 50 %, and the LO frequency is nominally correct. Since this FEI uses the signal before the bit synchronizer, its value can vary from one measurement to another, due to the presence of jitter and glitches in the signal. If possible, it is advised to make 4-5 measurements and take the average value. The timing diagram for this FEI measurement is illustrated in Figure 5 below. The FEI function is activated at the rising edge of the /EN signal when the RTParam_FEI bit is set to “1”. Then, the internal FEI counter is activated at the rising edge of DATAIN. After a period TS_FE equal to the duration of 4 bits (see Electrical Specifications), the counter is stopped and the contents are stored in the register DataOut_FEI. For a proper operation, the pulse length on DATAIN has to be higher than 8µs. The maximum delay between the rising edge of DATAIN and the first clock on the internal FEI counter is 1/(16*BR), where BR is the bit rate. © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com 13 XE1202A TrueRF™ RTParam_FEI en Demodulated ffdemod_out data BIT B0 BIT B0+1 BIT B0+2 BIT B0+3 BIT B0+4 datain counter_out 0 N DataOut_FEI N X TS_FE Figure 5: Timing diagram of an FEI measurement when “RTParam_Fsel” = 0 (the number of transitions on “counter_out” is for illustration only) 4.1.5 Transmitter The output power of the power amplifier is programmable on four values with the register “RTParam_Tpow” (see the Configuration register section below), as shown in the table below, where RFOP values are given in Electrical Specifications section. RTParam_Tpow 00 Output power RFOP1 01 RFOP2 10 RFOP3 11 RFOP4 Table 8: output power settings The degree of filtering of the baseband data prior to the modulation of the LO carrier frequency is programmable via the RTParam_Filter register: - the input bit stream is directly applied to the frequency synthesizer without any pre-filtering (RTParam_Filter=0) - the input bit stream is pre-filtered before being applied to the frequency synthesizer; with this filtering, each edge of the bit stream is linearly smoothed with a staircase transition (RTParam_Filter=1) This is illustrated in Figure 6, where DATAIN is the input bit stream to be transmitted: © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com 14 XE1202A TrueRF™ tbit datain no filtering IN freq_synth trise staircase filtering IN freq_synth Figure 6: Modulation without and with pre-filtering The characteristic of the smoothing filter is the ratio trise/tbit. The value of this ratio is programmable with the register “RTParam_Stair”, as illustrated in Table 9: 0 trise/tbit 10 % 1 20 % FSParam_Stair Table 9: Smoothing filter 4.1.6 Pattern recognition XE1202A TrueRF™ includes a pattern recognition function. When “ADParam_Pattern” (see the Configuration register section below) is set to “1” pattern recognition is enabled, providing that the bit synchronizer is also enabled. With the pattern recognition function enabled, the demodulated data is compared with a pattern stored in the “Pattern” register. The length of this pattern can be 8, 16, 24, or 32 bits, as defined by “ADParam_Psize”. When comparing the streams 0, 1, 2, or 3 errors, as defined by “ADParam_Psize” can be allowed to detect a match. The PATTERN output is driven by the output of this comparator. It is “high” when a match is detected, otherwise “low”. When the feature is disabled, the PATTERN output is set to “low”. 4.1.7 Frequency synthesizer The exact frequency step of the frequency synthesizer can be obtained from the following equation: FSTEP = FXTAL / 77 824. As an example, if FXTAL is exactly 39 MHz, FSTEP = 501.13 Hz. © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com 15 XE1202A TrueRF™ When the “RTParam_Clkout” bit is set high, FXTAL is frequency divided by 4, 8, 16, or 32, depending on the value of register “ADParam_Clkfreq” (see the Configuration register section below), and made available as CLKOUT, for use as clock signal for an MCU or external circuitry. If the reference frequency is 39 MHz, the available output frequency of CLKOUT is 1.22, 2.44, 4.87, or 9.75 MHz, respectively. When the XE1202A TrueRF™ is in Sleep Mode (MODE[2:0] = 000), CLKOUT is disabled. 5 Serial Interface Definition, Principles of Operation 5.1 5.1.1 Serial Control Interface General description A 3-wire bi-directional bus (SCK, SI, SO) is used to program the XE1202A TrueRF™ and read data from it. SCK and SI are input signals, for example generated by a microcontroller. SO is an output signal controlled by the XE1202A TrueRF™. In write mode, at the falling edge of the SCK signal, the logic data on the SI line is written into an internal shift register. In read mode, at the rising edge of the SCK signal, the data on the SO line becomes valid and should be sampled at the next falling edge of SCK. The signal /EN must be low during the complete write and read sequences. In write mode the actual content of the configuration register is updated at the rising edge of the /EN signal. Before this, the new data is stored in temporary registers whose content does not affect the transceiver settings. 5.1.2 Write sequence The time diagram of a write sequence is illustrated in Figure 7 below. This sequence is initiated when a Start condition is detected, defined by the SI signal being set to “0” during a period of SCK. The next bit is a read/write (R/W) bit which should be “0” to indicate a write operation. The next 5 bits are the address of the control register A[4:0] to be accessed, MSB first. Then the next 8 bits contain the data to be written in the register. The sequence ends with 2 stop bits set to “1”. The data on SI should change at the rising edges of SCK, and is sampled at the falling edge of SCK. After the 2 stop bits, the data transfer is terminated, even if the SI line stays at “1”. After this the SI line should be at “1” for at least one clock cycle on SCK before a new write or read sequence can start. This mode of operation allows data to be written to multiple registers without the need to alter the status of EN. The maximum frequency of SCK is 1 MHz. The minimum clock pulse width is 0.5us. Set-up and hold time for SI on the falling edge of SCK is 200 ns, over the operating supply and temperature range. SCK SI ST AR T R/W A(4) A(1) A(0) D(7) D(6) D(3) D(2) D(1) D(0) STOP STOP SO /EN Figure 7: Write sequence into configuration register 5.1.3 Read sequence The time diagram of a read sequence is illustrated in Figure 8. The sequence is initiated when a Start condition is detected, defined by the SI signal being set to “0” during a period of SCK. The next bit is a read/write (R/W) bit which should be “1” to indicate a read operation. The next 5 bits are the address of the control register A[4:0] to be accessed, MSB first. The data from the register is then output on the SO pin. The data becomes valid at the rising edges of SCK and should be sampled at the falling edge of SCK. After this the data transfer is terminated. The SI line must stay high for at least one clock cycle on SCK to start a new write or read sequence. The maximum current drive on SO is 2 mA for a supply voltage of 2.7 V, and the maximum load is CLop, as defined in the Electrical Specifications. © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com 16 XE1202A TrueRF™ SC K SI START R/W A(4) A(0) SO D(7) D(6) D(5) D(4) D(3) D(2) D(1) D(0) /EN Figure 8: Read sequence into configuration register When the serial interface is not used for read or write operations, both SCK and SI should be set to “1”. Note that except in read mode, SO is set to “0” and cannot be configured in a high-impedance mode. 5.2 Configuration and Status registers XE1202A TrueRF™ has a series of configuration registers programmable through the serial control interface described above. Their details are listed in Table 10 below. The size of these registers is 1, 2, 3, or 4 bytes. Their byte address is a 5 bit address, A[4:0]. In addition, there is one register, DataOut, from which users can read various transceiver status information. Size Name RTParam 2 x 8 bit FSParam 3 x 8 bit DataOut ADParam 1 x 8 bit 2 x 8 bit Pattern 4 x 8 bit Byte Address Description 00000 00001 00010 00011 00100 00101 00110 00111 01000 01001 01010 01011 Receiver and parameters registers Frequency parameters transmitter Transceiver data register Additional parameters Reference pattern for the “pattern recognition” function Table 10: Configuration registers All the bits that are referred to as “reserved” in this section should be set to “0” during write operations. 5.2.1 RTParam configuration register Bits Byte Address Description 7 00000 Receiver modes: 0 -> A-mode (high sensitivity) 1 -> B-mode (high linearity) RTParam_Bits 6 00000 RTParam_RSSI 5 00000 RTParam_FEI 4 00000 Bit synchronizer on/off: 0 -> off; 1 -> on RSSI on/off: 0 -> off; 1 -> on FEI on/off: 0 -> off; 1 -> on Name RTParam_Rmode © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com 17 XE1202A TrueRF™ Bits Byte Address Description RTParam_BW 3-2 00000 RTParam_Tpow 1-0 00000 RTParam_Osc 7 00001 RTParam_WBB 6 00001 RTParam_Filter 5 00001 Bandwidth of the BB filter: 0 0 -> 10 kHz 0 1 -> 20 kHz 1 0 -> 40 kHz 1 1 -> 200 kHz Transmitter output power: 0 0 -> 0 dBm 0 1 -> 5 dBm 1 0 -> 10 dBm 1 1 -> 15 dBm Source for the reference frequency: 0 -> on-chip crystal oscillator 1 -> external signal Receiver wake-up type selection 0 -> “Boost” power up sequence 1 -> Standard power-up sequence Pre-filtering of bit stream in transmitter mode: 0 -> no filtering; 1 -> filtering RTParam_Fsel 4 00001 FEI mode: 0 -> FEI_Demodulator 1 -> FEI_Correlator RTParam_Stair 3 00001 Rise and fall time RTParam_Filter = 1: 0 -> 10 % of bit duration 1 -> 20 % of bit duration RTParam_Modul 2 00001 Modulation switch: 0 -> modulation enabled; 1 -> modulation disabled RTParam_RSSR 1 00001 RSSI range: 0 -> low range; 1 -> high range RTParam_Clkout 0 00001 CLKOUT enable: 0 -> CLKOUT disabled 1 -> CLKOUT enabled (equal to FXTAL divided by 4, 8, 16 or 32) Name when Table 11: RTParam configuration register © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com 18 XE1202A TrueRF™ 5.2.2 FSParam configuration register Name FSParam_Band Bits 7-6 Byte Address 00010 Description Frequency band: 0 0 -> not valid 0 1 -> 433 – 435 MHz 1 0 -> 868 – 870 MHz 1 1 -> 902 – 928 MHz FSParam_Dev 5-3 00010 Frequency deviation: 0 0 0 -> 5 kHz 0 0 1 -> 10 kHz 0 1 0 -> 20 kHz 0 1 1 -> 40 kHz 1 0 0 -> 100 kHz FSParam_BR 2-0 00010 Bit rate: 0 0 0 -> 4.8 kbits/s 0 0 1 -> 9.6 kbits/s 0 1 0 -> 19.2 kbits/s 0 1 1 -> 38.4 kbits/s 1 0 0 -> 76.8 kbits/s others -> not valid 7-0 7-0 00011 00100 LO frequency in 2’s-complement representation: 00…0 -> fLO = middle of the range 0X…X -> fLO = higher than the middle of the range 1X…X -> fLO = lower than the middle of the range MSB = bit 7 of byte at pos. 00011 LSB = bit 0 of byte at pos. 00100 FSParam_Freq See example below Table 12: FSParam configuration register Table 13 below provide an example of LO frequency setting in FSParam_Freq: Byte 00011 Bit 7 Address Bit 0 Byte Address 00100 Bit 7 Bit 0 LO frequency Note: FXTAL = 39.0 MHz 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000001 F0, where F0 depends on the selected frequency band (see FSParam_Band ) F0 = 434.0 MHz for the 433-435 MHz band F0 = 869.0 MHz for the 868-870 MHz band F0 = 915.0 MHz for the 902-928 MHz band F0 + 500 Hz 00000000 00000010 F0 + 2 * 500 Hz 11111111 11111111 F0 – 500 Hz 11111111 11111110 F0 – 2 * 500 Hz Table 13: LO Frequency setting © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com 19 XE1202A TrueRF™ 5.2.3 DataOut register Name Bits Byte Address Description DataOut_RSSI 7-6 DataOut_FEI When RTParam_Fsel = 0 7-0 00101 FEI output: Output of the up/down counter in 2’s-complement representation MSB = bit 7 DataOut_FEI When RTParam_Fsel = 1 5-4 00101 FEI output: 0 0 -> frequency OK 1 0 -> frequency too low 1 1 -> frequency too high 00101 RSSI output: 0 0 -> lowest level 0 1 -> 2nd level rd 1 0 -> 3 level 1 1 -> highest level Table 14: DataOut register 5.2.4 ADParam configuration register Bits Byte Address Description 7 00110 Pattern recognition enable: 0 -> Disabled 1 -> Enabled ADParam_Psize 6-5 00110 Size of reference pattern recognition word: 0 0 -> 8 bits 0 1 -> 16 bits 1 0 -> 24 bits 1 1 -> 32 bits ADParam_Ptol 4-3 00110 Number of tolerated errors for the pattern recognition: 0 0 -> 0 error 0 1 -> 1 error 1 0 -> 2 errors 1 1 -> 3 errors ADParam_Clkfreq 2-1 00110 Frequency of CLKOUT: 0 0 -> 1.22 MHz (div. ratio: 32) 0 1 -> 2.44 MHz (div. ratio: 16) 1 0 -> 4.87 MHz (div. ratio: 8) 1 1 -> 9.75 MHz (div. ratio: 4) ADParam_IQA 0 00110 IQ amplifiers enable: 0 -> Disabled 1 -> Enabled ADParam_Res1 7 00111 Reserved. Should be set to “0” ADParam_Invert 6 00111 Inversion of the Rx output data: 0 -> non-inverted data 1 -> inverted data Name ADParam_Pattern © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com 20 XE1202A TrueRF™ Bits Byte Address Description ADParam_RegBW 5 00111 Baseband regulation: 0 -> Enabled 1 -> Disabled ADParam_Regfreq 4 00111 Periodicity of baseband filter bandwidth regulation: 0 -> only at start-up of the receiver 1 -> every 60 seconds whilst receiver enabled ADParam_Regcond 3 00111 Regulation process of the baseband filter bandwidth according to the selected bandwidth: 0 -> regulation restarted each time the bandwidth is changed 1 -> no regulation when bandwidth is changed ADParam_WBBcond 2 00111 Boosting process of the baseband filter according to the selected bandwidth: 0 -> boosting restarted each time the bandwidth is changed 1 -> no boosting when bandwidth is changed ADParam_Xsel 1 00111 Selection of the XOSC load capacitance mode: 0 -> CLop + C0 = 15 pF 1 -> CLop + C0 = 11 pF (low-current mode) RESERVED 0 00111 RESERVED Name filter bandwidth Table 15: ADParam configuration register 5.2.5 Pattern register The pattern register may be used to automatically detect the reception of a user-defined pattern and asserts the PATTERN signal for one bit duration. In this register, a reference pattern length of 8, 16, 24, or 32 bits (see ADParam_Psize parameter) may be defined. The first byte of the pattern is always stored at byte address A[4:0] (= 01000). If defined, the second and subsequent byte(s) are stored at address A[4:0] = 01001, and so on. The MSB of the reference pattern is always bit 7 of the address 01000 and the LSB is bit 0 of address 01000, 01001, 01010, or 01011 if the pattern length is 8, 16, 24, or 32 bits, respectively. Comparing the demodulated data, the first bit received of the last word (or second, third or fourth from last word, depending upon the value stored in the ADParam_Psize register) is compared with bit 7 (the MSB) of byte address 01000. The last bit received is compared with bit 0 (the LSB) in the Pattern register. Name Bits Pattern 7-0 Byte Address 01000 01001 01010 01011 Description 1st byte of the reference pattern 2nd byte 3rd byte 4th byte Table 16: Pattern register addresses © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com 21 XE1202A TrueRF™ Table 17 below shows an example of pattern recognition with a 32-bit pattern: Byte 01000 Bit 7 Address Bit 0 Byte Address 01001 Bit 7 Bit 0 Byte Address 01010 Bit 7 Bit 0 Byte Address 01011 Bit 7 Bit 0 10010011 10101010 10010011 10101010 101 10010011 10101010 10010011 10101010 previous bits demodulator from last bit received Table 17: Pattern recognition example (32-bit) Table 18 below shows an example of pattern recognition with an 8-bit pattern. Byte 01000 Bit 7 Address Bit 0 10010011 Byte Address 01001 Bit 7 Bit 0 xxxxxxxx Byte Address 01010 Bit 7 Bit 0 xxxxxxxx Byte Address 01011 Bit 7 Bit 0 xxxxxxxx 101 10010011 previous bits from demodulator last bit received Table 18: Pattern recognition example (8-bit) © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com 22 XE1202A TrueRF™ 5.2.6 Supplementary configuration Configuration settings to optimize device performance under certain operation conditions are described in Table 19 below: Name TParam_BW Bits Byte Address Description 2 10011 Bandwidth decoding map: Baseband filter bandwidth (RTParam_BW): 0 -> default values: RTParam_BW(1:0) = 00 => 10 kHz RTParam_BW(1:0) = 01 => 20 kHz RTParam_BW(1:0) = 10 => 40 kHz RTParam_BW(1:0) = 11 => 200 kHz 1 -> new values: RTParam_BW(1:0) = 00 => 14.3 kHz RTParam_BW(1:0) = 01 => 28.5 kHz RTParam_BW(1:0) = 10 => 66.7 kHz RTParam_BW(1:0) = 11 => 100 kHz TParam_HPF 5-3 10110 Cut-off frequency of the HPF stages allowing to cancel the DC and lowfrequency offsets in the baseband circuit: 0 0 0 -> 660 Hz (default value) 0 0 1 -> 1.48 kHz 0 1 0 -> 1.75 kHz 0 1 1 -> 1.96 kHz 1 0 0 -> 2.55 kHz 1 0 1 -> 3.34 kHz 1 1 0 -> 5.11 kHz 1 1 1 -> 10.2 kHz Table 19: Supplementary configuration Using TParam_BW allows intermediate bandwidths to be accessed; these additional bandwidths can be selected to optimize the sensitivity and the selectivity of the applications for which the signal bandwidth is different from the 4 default filter bandwidths. The wake-up time of the receiver may be reduced by increasing the cut-off frequency of the HPF stages. This is accomplished by changing the value of TParam_HPF. Note that the selected cut-off frequency should be less than (∆f – (BR/2)) to avoid sensitivity degradation. 5.3 Operating Modes The XE1202A TrueRF™ has 4 main operating modes as set by the MODE[2:0] inputs as illustrated in Table 20 below. Switching between modes is only possible when the /EN signal is low. The actual change will be applied to the transceiver upon the rising edge of the /EN signal. Over the operating supply and temperature range, set-up and hold time for MODE[2:0] on the rising edge of /EN is 200 ns, while the negative pulse duration on /EN is 2 µs minimum. Please refer to Figure 9: © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com 23 XE1202A TrueRF™ MODE[2:0] XXX YXY Transceiver in Mode XXX Transceiver in Mode YXY EN Figure 9: Switching mode sequence Name Sleep mode MODE(2:0) 000 Description - Standby mode 001 Xtal oscillator enabled Receiver mode 100 Xtal oscillator, Frequency synthesizer, Receiver enabled Transmitter mode 111 Xtal oscillator, Frequency synthesizer, Transmitter enabled Table 20: XE1202A Main operating modes Three additional operating modes are defined and should be used when the transceiver is switched from the standby mode to the receiver or transmitter mode. These additional operating modes are illustrated in Table 21 below. Name Receiver mode Transmitter mode MODE(2:0) 010 011 110 Description Xtal oscillator, Baseband enabled (first step) Xtal oscillator, Frequency synthesizer, Baseband enabled (first step) Xtal oscillator, Frequency synthesizer enabled Table 21: XE1202A Additional operating modes The power up sequence from sleep to receiver mode is selected by setting the RTParam_WBB parameter to “0”. The sequence is described in Table 22 below: Received data valid Mode = 000 Mode = 001 Mode = 010 Mode = 011 Mode = 100 Mode=001 - Sleep Xtal oscillator enenabled - Baseband - Xtal oscillator enabled Frequency synthesizer - Baseband Xtal oscillator enabled - RF Front End - Frequency synthesizer - Baseband Xtal oscillator enabled Xtal oscillator enabled ≥TS_OS ≥TS_BBR ≥TS_FS ≥TS_BB2 Table 22: Power up sequence from Standby to Receive Mode © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com 24 XE1202A TrueRF™ The typical current consumption values during the power-up sequence from Standby to Receive Mode are shown in Table 23 as follows: 14.0 mA 11.5 mA 3.0 mA 0.85 mA <1 uA Mode= 000 Mode= 001 Mode=010 Mode =011 Mode = 100 ≥TS_OS ≥TS_BBR ≥TS_FS ≥TS_BB2 Table 23: Typical current consumption profile during the power up sequence from Standby to Receive Mode The power up sequence from sleep to transmit mode is described in Table 24: Transmission Mode = 000 Mode = 001 Mode = 110 Mode =111 Mode=001 - Sleep - Xtal oscillator enabled - Frequency synthesizer Xtal oscillator enabled - Power Amplifier - Frequency synthesizer Xtal enabled Xtal oscillator enabled ≥TS_OS ≥TS_FS ≥TS_TR oscillator Table 24: Standard power up sequence from Standby to Transmit Mode 5.4 Transmitted Data Interface When in transmit mode (MODE[2:0] = 111), the DATAIN signal is used as input for the on-chip modulator. DATAIN is not sampled, so the bit duration should match the bit rate setting of the receiver. Whenever XE1202A TrueRF™ are used on both sides of the communication link, the bit rate should be one of those defined in Table 4 (BR). In this case the bit rate error should be less than 5 % compared to the specified value. DATAIN (NRZ) BIT N+1 BIT N 1/BR Figure 10: DATAIN timing 5.5 Received Data Interface The outputs of the receiver are the two signals DATAOUT and DCLK. When the bit “RTParam_Bits” is “1”, the bit synchronizer is turned on, and the two output signals are respectively the output NRZ bit stream and the sampling clock. The value of DATAOUT is valid at the rising edge of DCLK (see Figure 11 on next page): © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com 25 XE1202A TrueRF™ DATAOUT (NRZ) BIT N+1 BIT N DCLK Figure 11: DATAOUT timing When “RTParam_Bits” is “0”, the bit synchronizer is turned off, and the signal DATAOUT is the output of the demodulator. In this case DCLK is not used and its value is set to “low”. The maximum current drive on DATAOUT and DCLK is 2 mA @ 2.7 V, the maximum load is CLop. 5.6 Pattern Recognition Interface When this feature is enabled, the incoming NRZ bit stream is compared with a pattern stored in the “Pattern” register. The PATTERN output (active-low) is driven by the output of this comparator and is synchronized by DCK. It is asserted when a match is detected, otherwise negated (please see Figure 12, below). Changes occur at the rising edge of DCK. DATAOUT (NRZ) BIT N-1=PATTERN[1] BIT N=PATTERN[0] BIT N-x=PATTERN[x] DCLK PATTERN Figure 12: Pattern Recognition timing When the feature is disabled, the PATTERN output is always negated. The maximum current drive on PATTERN is 2 mA @ 2.7 V, the maximum load is CLop. 5.7 Clock Output Interface CLKOUT is a clock signal at 1.22, 2.44, 4.87, or 9.75 MHz, depending on user-programming. When the XE1202A TrueRF™ is in Sleep Mode (MODE[2:0] = 000) or when “RTParam_Clkout” is low, this clock is disabled. 5.8 Default settings at power-up Upon power-up all RTParam, FSParam, ADParam and Pattern registers are set to 00H. At power-up, the XE1202A TrueRF™ is in Standby mode, which means that the Xtal oscillator is enabled; additionally a clock signal at 1.22 MHz (reference frequency divided by 32) is present at CLKOUT. However, internally, RTParam_Clkout is low, which means that if the configuration register remains unaltered, the clock signal at CLKOUT will be disabled on the first rising edge of /EN; in addition, at the first rising edge of /EN, the circuit will be put in the mode corresponding to the status of the signals at MODE(2:0) inputs. Thus, to keep the circuit in Standby mode and the clock signal present on CLKOUT, RTParam_Clkout has to be set high during the first communication through the 3-wire bus, and the MODE(0) has to be set high before the first rising edge of /EN. © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com 26 XE1202A TrueRF™ 6 Application Information This section provides details of the recommended component values for the frequency dependant blocks of the XE1202A TrueRF™. Note that these values are dependent upon circuit layout and PCB structure, and that decoupling components have been omitted for clarity. 6.1 Receiver matching network The schematic of the matching network at the input of the receiver is given Figure 13 below (for a source impedance of 50 Ω). CR1 RFA SOURCE LR1 CR3 XE1202A EAGLE ASIC TrueRF™ RFB CR2 VSS Figure 13: Receiver matching network The typical recommended values for the external components are given in Table 25: Name 434 MHz 868 MHz 915 MHz CR1 1.5 pF ± 5 % 1.2 pF ± 5 % 0.82 pF ± 5 % CR2 1.5 pF ± 5 % 1.5 pF ± 5 % 0.82 pF ± 5 % CR3 NC NC NC LR1 100 nH ± 5 % 27 nH ± 5 % 27 nH ± 5 % Table 25: External Matching Components 6.2 Transmitter matching network The optimum load impedances for 15 dBm output power at the three main frequencies are given in Table 26: PA optimum load 434 MHz 868 MHz 915 MHz 66 – 5j 66 + 14j 64 + 13j Table 26: Optimum load impedance versus frequency © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com 27 XE1202A TrueRF™ The Smith charts in Figure 14 and Figure 15 below show curves of output power versus load impedance when the highest output level is selected (15 dBm mode): 15 d B m 869M H z 0 .8 0 .9 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 0 .5 2 0 .4 2 .4 3 0 .3 4 0 .2 5 0 .1 15 dBm 10 0.6 20 50 250 .4 20 10 14 dBm 0 .1 5 0 .2 12 dBm 4 0 .3 3 0 .4 2 0 .5 0 .6 1.8 1.6 1.4 0 .8 0 .9 1.2 1 Figure 14: Output power versus load impedance at 868 MHz 15 d B m 91 5 M H z 0 .8 0 .9 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 0 .5 2 0 .4 2 .4 3 0 .3 4 0 .2 5 0 .1 10 15 dB m 0.6 20 50 250 .4 20 14 dB m 0 .1 10 5 0 .2 12 dB m 4 0 .3 3 0 .4 2 0 .5 0 .6 1.8 1.6 1.4 0 .8 0 .9 1 1.2 Figure 15: Output power versus load impedance at 915 MHz © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com 28 XE1202A TrueRF™ The schematic of the recommended matching network at the output of the transmitter is given in Figure 16 below. The two Π-sections are used to provide harmonic filtering for passing FCC and ETSI regulations: VDD XE1202A TrueRF™ CT3 CT1 LT2 CT4 LT3 CT5 LT1 CT2 ... Figure 16: Transmitter output network The typical component values of this matching circuit are given Table 27 below: Name Typical Value for 434 MHz Typical Value for 869 MHz Typical Value for 915 MHz Tolerance CT1 6.8 pF 1.5 pF 1.8 pF ±5% CT2 1.0 pF 0.56 pF NC ±5% CT3 22 pF 15 pF 33 pF ±5% CT4 6.8 pF 3.3 pF 3.3 pF ±5% CT5 4.7 pF 2.2 pF 2.2 pF ±5% LT1 33 nH 39 nH 47 nH ±5% LT2 22 nH 10 nH 10 nH ±5% LT3 22 nH 8.2 nH 8.2 nH ±5% Table 27: Matching circuit component values 6.3 VCO tank The tank of the VCO is implemented with an inductor in parallel with an (optional) capacitor. The recommended values for these components are given in Table 28 below: Name 434 MHz 869 MHz 915 MHz LR1 39 nH ± 2 % 6.8 nH ± 2 % 5.6 nH ± 2 % CR1 NC NC NC Table 28: VCO tank component values In order to optimize the tuning range of the VCO, the value of the inductance should be as high as possible and external capacitance must be avoided if possible. It is recommended that the PCB layout includes two ‘footprints’ in order to place two inductances in parallel; this enables the tank of the VCO to be centered more precisely. © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com 29 XE1202A TrueRF™ 6.4 Loop filter of the frequency synthesizer The loop filter of the frequency synthesizer is shown in Figure 17 below: LFB RL1 CL2 XE1202A TrueRF™ CL1 VSS Figure 17: Loop filter of the frequency synthesizer The recommended values for the external components are given in the following table: Name 434 MHz 869 MHz 915 MHz CL1 22 nF ± 10 % 22 nF ± 10 % 22 nF ± 10 % CL2 1 nF ± 5 % 1 nF ± 5 % 1 nF ± 5 % RL1 0.56 kΩ ± 5 % 0.47 kΩ ± 5 % 0.47 kΩ ± 5 % Table 29: loop filter component values 6.5 Reference crystal for the frequency synthesizer For narrow band applications, (lowest frequency deviation and the narrowest baseband filter), the crystal for reference oscillator of the frequency synthesizer should have characteristics as shown in Table 30: Name Fs Description Nominal frequency Min. value - CL Rm Cm C0 ∆fs(0) ∆fs(∆T) Load capacitance for fs (on-chip) Motional resistance Motional capacitance Shunt capacitance Calibration tolerance at 25 °C Stability over temperature range (-40 °C to 85 °C) Aging tolerance in first 5 years ∆fs(∆t) - Typ. Value 39.0 MHz (fundamental) 8 pF (*) - Max. value 40 Ω 30 fF 7 pF (*) 10 ppm 10 ppm - - 5 ppm Table 30: Recommended crystal characteristics (*) The on-chip oscillator is implemented in two selectable versions: the first for CL = 8 pF and C0 = 7 pF, and the second for CL = 8 pF and C0 = 3 pF; the latter will allow larger amplitude for the internal signal with slightly lower power consumption. The electrical specifications given in Section 3.2.2 are valid provided the crystal satisfies the specifications given in Table 30. For less demanding applications (wider signal bandwidth and/or reduced temperature range), it is possible to use a crystal with larger values for ∆fs(0), ∆fs(∆T), and/or ∆fs(∆t). In this case fOFFSET + BWssb should be lower than BBW, where fOFFSET is the offset (error) from the carrier frequency (the sum of ∆fs(0), ∆fs(∆T), and/or ∆fs(∆t)), © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com 30 XE1202A TrueRF™ BWssb is the single side-band bandwidth of the signal, and BBW is the single side-band bandwidth of the baseband filter. The XE1202A TrueRF™ can be used with a 3rd overtone reference crystal operating on its 3rd harmonic at 39.00 MHz. Note however that: • the oscillator start-up time is higher than in fundamental mode, • an extra 1.5 k – 16 kΩ resistor has to be placed in parallel with the crystal. In this case, the crystal should have CL = 8 to 10 pF, Rm < 60 Ω, C0 < 7 pF. © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com 31 XE1202A TrueRF™ 7 Packaging information VDD SO SI SCK CLKOUT VSS DCLK DATAOUT DATAIN PATTERN MODE(2) XE1202A TrueRF™ is assembled in a 44-lead LQFP package as shown in Figure 18 VSS MODE(1) VSS MODE(0) VSS EN IAMP VSSF QAMP RFA RFB VSSP VSSP VDDA XE1202A XE1202A TrueRF™ XTB VSSA XTA RFOUT VSSA VDDP VSS VSS VSS SCAN TSUPP VSSD VDDD LFB VSSF TKB TKA . VDDF VSSP Figure 18: Package pinning and dimensions © Semtech 2006 www.semtech.com 32 XE1202A TrueRF™ © Semtech 2005 All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part is prohibited without the prior written consent of the copyright owner. The information presented in this document does not form part of any quotation or contract, is believed to be accurate and reliable and may be changed without notice. No liability will be accepted by the publisher for any consequence of its use. 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