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ASK/FSK Single Conversion Receiver
TDA 5210 Version 3.0
Specification May 2001
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Revision History
Current Version: 3 .0 as of 18.05.01
Previous Version: 2.4, Dec. 2000
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Subjects (major changes since last revision)
Product Info,
2-2 Product Info,
2-2 typ. supply current changed
3-12 3-12 Sec. 3.4.8: max. datarate changed, Sec. 3.4.9: max. output current changed
4-4 4-4 value of a changed to 1.414
4-8 4-8 FSK demodulator gain changed to 140µV/kHz
4-13 4-13 value for C 2 cha ng ed to 22n F acc ord in g to bil l of mat eria ls, τ2 and T2 changed
5-3 5-3 min. supply current limits added, max. limits changed
5-4 5-4 supply current max. limit changed, min. limit added
5-5 5-5 NFLNA specification removed
5-6 5-6 3VOUT min. & max. limits changed, TAGC typ. & max. values changed, IFO:
NFmix and RF/IF isolation removed
5-7 5-7 Section “SLICER” reworked, max. datarate at given load capacitance quoted,
high output voltage limits changed, precharge current: min., max. limits
changed, PDO load and leakage currents limits and typ. values changed,
5-8 5-8 FSK demodulation gain min. limit changed
5-9 5-9 PDWN-curre nt max. limit changed, s upply curr ents m in. limits added, max. li m-
its changed, 3VOUT min. & max. limits changed, ITAGC_out limits changed
5-10 5-10 Section “SLICER” reworked, max. datarate at given load capacitance quoted,
high output voltage limits changed, precharge current: min., max. limits
changed, PDO output voltage removed
5-15 5-15 C18 value changed
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Package
TDA 5210
Product Info
General Description The IC is a very lo w power consump-
tion single chip FSK/ASK Superhet-
erodyne Receiver (SHR) for the
frequen cy bands 810 to 870 MHz and
400 to 4 40 MHz th at is pin c ompati ble
with the ASK Rec eiver TDA5200 . The
IC offers a high level of integration and
needs only a few external compo-
nents. The device contains a low noise
amplifier (LNA), a double balanced
mixer, a fully integrated VCO, a PLL
synthesiser, a crystal oscillator, a lim-
iter with RSSI generator, a PLL FSK
demodulator, a data filter, a data com-
parator (slicer) and a peak detector.
Additionally there is a power down fea-
ture to save battery life.
Features Low supply current (typ. at 868MHz
Is = 5.9mA in FSK mode,
Is = 5.2mA in ASK mode)
Supply voltage range 5V ±10%
Power down mode with very low
supply current (50nA typ)
FSK and ASK demodulation capa-
bility
Fully integrated VCO and PLL
Synthesiser
ASK sensitivity < 107dBm
Selectable frequency ranges 810-
870 MHz and 400-440 MHz
Limiter with RSSI generation,
operating at 10.7MHz
Selectab le reference frequency
2nd order low pass data filter with
external capacitors
Data slicer with self-adjusting
threshold
FSK sensitivity <-100dBm
Application Keyless Entry Systems
Remote Control Systems
Alarm Systems
Low Bitrate Communication
Systems
Ordering Information Type Ordering Code Package
TDA 5210 Q67037-A1100 P-TSSOP-28-1
samples available on tape and reel
1Table of Contents
1 Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
2 Product Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2.1 Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.2 Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.3 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.4 Package Outlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3 Functional Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
3.1 Pin Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
3.2 Pin Definition and Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.3 Functional Block Diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.4 Functional Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.4.1 Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.4.2 Mixer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.4.3 PLL Synthesizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.4.4 Crystal Oscillator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.4.5 Limiter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.4.6 FSK Demodulator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.4.7 Data Filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.4.8 Data Slicer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.4.9 Peak Detector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.4.10 Bandgap Reference Circuitry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4 Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
4.1 Choice of LNA Threshold Voltage and Time Constant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
4.2 Data Filter Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4.3 Quartz Load Capacitance Calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4.4 Quartz Frequency Calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4.5 Data Slicer Threshold Generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4.6 ASK/FSK Switch Functional Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.6.1 FSK Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.6.2 ASK Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.7 Principle of the Precharge Circuit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5 Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
5.1 Electrical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
5.1.2 Operating Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
5.1.3 AC/DC Characteristics at TAMB = 25°C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5.1.4 AC/DC Characteristics at TAMB = -40 to 105°C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5.2 Test Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5.3 Test Board Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
5.4 Bill of Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2Product Description
2.1 Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
2.2 Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
2.3 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
2.4 Package Outlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
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2.1 Overview
The IC is a very low power consumption single chip FSK/ASK Superheterodyne
Rece iver (SHR) for th e f requency b and s 810 to 870 MHz and 400 to 440 MHz
that is pin compatible with the ASK Receiver TDA5200. The IC offers a high
level of integration and needs only a few external components. The device con-
tains a low noise amplifier (LNA), a double balanced mixer, a fully integrated
VCO, a PLL synthesiser, a crystal oscillator, a limiter with RSSI generator, a
PLL FSK demodulator, a data filter, a data comparator (slicer) and a peak
detector. Additionally there is a power down feature to save battery life.
2.2 Application
Keyless Entry Syste ms
Remote Control Systems
Alarm Systems
Low Bitrate Communication Systems
2.3 Features
Low supply current (at 868MHz Is = 5.9 mA typ. FSK mode, 5.2mA typ. ASK
mode)
Supply voltage range 5V ±10%
Power down mode with very low supply current (50nA typ)
FSK and ASK demodulation capability
Fully integrated VCO and PLL Synthesiser
RF input sensitivity ASK < 107dBm
RF input sensitivity FSK < 100dBm
Selectable frequency ranges 810-870 MHz and 400-440 MHz
Selectable reference frequency
Limiter with RSSI generation, operating at 10.7MHz
2nd order low pass data filter with external capacitors
Data slicer with self-adjusting threshold
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2.4 Package Outlines
P_TSSOP_28.EPS
Figure 2-1 P-TSSOP-28-1 package outlines
3Functional Description
3.1 Pin Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
3.2 Pin Definition and Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
3.3 Functional Block Diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
3.4 Functional Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
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3.1 Pin Configuration
Pin_Configuration_5210.wmf
Figure 3-1 IC Pin Configur atio n
CRST2
PDWN
PDO
DATA
3VOUT
THRES
FFB
OPP
SLN
SLP
LIMX
LIM
CSEL
MSEL
CRST1
VCC
LNI
TAGC
AGND
LNO
VCC
MI
MIX
AGND
FSEL
IFO
DGND
VDD
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
28
27
26
25
24
23
22
21
20
19
18
17
16
15
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3.2 Pin Defini tion and Function
In the subsequent table the internal circuits connected to the pins of the device
are shown. ESD-protection circuits are omitted to ease reading.
.
Table 3-1 Pin Definition and Function
Pin No. Symbol Equivalent I/O-Schematic Function
1CRST1 External Crystal Connector 1
2VCC 5V Supply
3LNI LNA Input
4.15V
50uA
1
57uA
4k
1k
3
500uA
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4TAGC AGC Time Constant Control
5AGND Analogue Gro und Retu rn
6LNO LNA Output
7VCC 5V Supply
8
9
MI
MIX
Mixer Input
Complementary Mixer Input
10 AGND Analogue Gro und Retu rn
1k
3uA
1.4uA
1.7V
4.3V
4
6
1k
5V
8
1.7V
9
400uA
2k 2k
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11 FSEL 868/434 MHz Operating Fre-
quency Selector
12 IFO 10.7 MHz IF Mixer Output
13 DGND Digital Ground Return
14 VDD 5V Supply (PLL Counter Cir-
cuitry)
15 MSEL ASK/FSK Modulati on Form at
Selector
750
2k
11
1.2V
2.2V
4.5k
60
12
300uA
15
1.2V
3.6k
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16 CSEL 6.xx or 13.xx MHz Quartz
Selector
17
18
LIM
LIMX
Limiter Input
Complementary Limiter Input
19 SLP Data Slicer Positive Input
1.2V
80k
16
330
15k
15k
18
17
2.4V
75uA
19
80µA
15uA
3k
100
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20 SLN Data Slicer Negative Input
21 OPP OpAmp Noninverting Input
22 FFB Data Filter Feedback Pin
23 THRES AGC Threshold Input
24 3VOUT 3V Reference Output
5uA
20 10k
21 200
5uA
100k
5uA
22
10k
5uA
23
3.1V
24 20k
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25 DATA Data Output
26 PDO Peak Detector Output
27 PDWN Power Down Input
28 CRST2 External Crystal Connector 2
25 500
40k
26 200
27
220k
220k
4.15V
50uA
28
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3.3 Functional Block Diagr am
Function_5200.wmf
Figure 3-2 Main Block Diagram
3.4 Functional Blocks
3.4.1 Low Noise Amplifier (LNA)
The LNA is an on-chip cascode amplifier with a voltage gain of 15 to 20dB. The
gain fig ure i s determi ned by the exter nal m atching ne twork s situate d ahead of
LNA and between the LNA output LNO (Pin 6) and the Mixer Inputs MI and MIX
(Pins 8 and 9). The noise figure of the LNA is app roximately 3dB, the current
consum ption is 500µA. The gain can be reduc ed by approximatel y 18dB. The
swit ching point o f this AG C action can be determ ined exte rnally by applyin g a
threshold voltage at the THRES pin (Pin 23). This voltage is compared internally
with the re ceived sign al (RSSI) le vel gener ated by the li miter circui try. In case
that the RSSI level is higher than the threshold voltage the LNA gain is reduced
and vice versa. The threshold voltage can be generated by attaching a voltage
divider between the 3VOUT pin (Pi n 24) which provides a t emperature stable
3V outpu t gen er ate d fr om the int ernal ban dga p v ol tage and the THRES pin as
described in Section 4.1. The time constant of the AGC action can be deter-
PDO
: 1 / 2 VCO : 128 / 64 Φ
DET CRYSTAL
OSC
DATA
Crystal
PDWN
CSELFSEL
Loop
Filter Bandgap
Reference
UREF
LNA
RF
-
+
SLICER
TAGC
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VCC
VCC AGND
AGC
Reference
THRES
3VOUT
FSK
PLL Demod
OTA
PEAK
DETECTOR
LNI
DGND
-
+
MIXLNO MI OPPFFB SLP
VCC
LIM LIMX
IF
Filter
IFO SLN
MSEL
LIMITER
68912 1718 22 21 19 20
25
26
23
24
3
4
14
13 2,7 5,10 11
15
16 1 28 27
-
+ASK
FSK
OP
+
-
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mined by connecting a capacitor to the TAGC pin (Pin 4) and should be chosen
along with the appr opriate thre shold volta ge according to the intended operat-
ing cas e and interference s cenario to be expe cted during oper ation. The opti-
mum choice of AGC time constant and the threshold voltage is described in
Section 4.1.
3.4.2 Mixer
The Double Balanced Mixer downconverts the input frequency (RF) in the
range of 400-440MHz/810-870MHz to the intermediate frequency (IF) at
10.7M Hz with a v oltage gain o f approxi mately 2 1dB by utili sing either high- or
low-side injection of the local oscillator signal. In case the mixer is interfaced
only single-ended, the unused mixer input has to be tied to ground via a capac-
itor. The mixer is followed by a low pass filter with a corner frequency of 20MHz
in order to suppress RF signals to appear at the IF output (IFO pin). The IF out-
put is in ternally cons isting of an em itter follower tha t has a source im pedance
of approximately 330 to facilitate interfacing the pin directly to a standard
10.7MHz ceramic filter without additional matching circuitry.
3.4.3 PLL Synthesizer
The Phase Locked Loop synthesiser consists of a VCO, an asynchronous
divide r chain, a ph ase detector wi th charge pump and a l oop filter and is fully
implemented on-chip. The VCO is including on-chip spiral inductors and varac-
tor diode s. Its nom ina l ce ntre f reque ncy is 840MHz , the ope ratin g range gua r-
anteed ov er the te mpe ratur e r ang e sp ecifi ed i s 82 0 to 86 0MHz. Dependin g on
whether high- or low-side injection of the local oscillator is used the receive fre-
quency ranges are 810 to 840 and 840 to 870MHz or 400 to 420 and 420 to
440MHz (see also Section 4.4). No additional external components are neces-
sary.
The oscillator signal is fed both to the synthesiser divider chain and to the down-
converti ng mixe r. In case of ope ration in the 400 to 440 MHz range, the si gnal
is divided by two before it is fed to the mixer. This is controlled by the selection
pin FSEL (Pin 11) as described in the following table. The overall division ratio
of the divider chain can be selected to be either 128 or 64, depending on the
frequency of the reference oscillato r quartz (see below and Section 4.4). The
loop filter is also realised fully on-chip.
Table 3-2 FSEL Pin Operating States
FSEL RF Frequency
Open 400-440 MHz
Shorted to ground 810-870 MHz
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3.4.4 Crystal O scillator
The on-chip crystal oscillator circuitry allows for utilisation of quartzes both in
the 6 and 13MHz range as the overall division ratio of the PLL can be switched
between 64 and 128 via the CSEL (Pin 16) pin according to the following table.
The c al cu l at i on of t he v al u e of t h e nece ss ary qu ar tz lo a d ca pa ci t a nc e i s s h ow n
in Section 4.3, the quartz frequency calculation is explained in Section 4.4.
3.4.5 Limiter
The Limiter is an AC coupled multistage amplifier with a cumulative gain of
approximately 80 dB that has a bandpass-characteristic centred around
10.7 MHz. It has a typical input impedance of 330 to allow for easy interfacing
to a 10.7 MHz ceramic IF filter. The limiter circuit also acts as a Receive Signal
Strength Indicator (RSSI) generator which produces a DC voltage that is
directly proportional to the input signal level as can be seen in Figure 4-2. This
signal is used to demodulate ASK-modulated receive signals in the subsequent
baseband circuitry. The RSSI output is applied to the modulation format switch,
to the Peak Detector input and to the AGC circuitry.
In order to demodulate ASK signals the MSEL pin has to be left open as
described in the next chapter.
3.4.6 FSK Demodulator
To demodulate frequency shift keyed (FSK) signals a PLL circuit is used that is
contain ed fully on chi p. T he Li mit er outp ut d iffe renti al si gna l i s f ed to the li near
phase detector as is the output of the 10.7 MHz center frequency VCO. The
demodulator gain is typically 140µV/kHz. The passive loop filter output that is
comprised fully on chip is fed to both the VCO and the modulation format switch
described in more detail below. This signal is representing the demodulated sig-
nal with high frequencies applied to the demodulator demodulated to logic ones
and low fr equenc ies d emodul ated to logi c zeroes . Ple ase note that due to this
behaviour a sign inversion of the d ata occurs in case of hig h-side inje ction of
the loc al oscillator at receive f requencies below 840 or 420MHz, respe ctively.
See also .
The modulation format switch is actually a switchable amplifier with an AC gain
of 11 t hat is co ntrolle d by the MSEL pin (Pin 15) as shown in the following table.
This gain was chosen to facilitate detection in the subsequent circuits. The DC
Table 3-3 CSEL Pin Operating States
CSEL Crystal Frequency
Open 6.xx MHz
Shorted to ground 13.xx MHz
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gain is 1 in order not to saturate the su bsequent Data Filt er wih the DC offset
produced by the demodulator in case of large frequency offsets of the IF signal.
The r esult ing freq uency charac teristi c and detai ls on the prin ciple o f op eration
of the switch are described in Section 4.6.
The demodulator circuit is switched off in case of reception of ASK signals.
3.4.7 Data Filter
The data filter comprises an OP-Amp with a bandwidth of 100kHz used as a
voltage follower and two 100kon-chip resistors. Along with two external
capacitors a 2nd order Sallen-Key low pass filter is formed. The selection of the
capacitor values is described in Section 4.2.
3.4.8 Data Slicer
The da ta slicer is a fast compa rator with a b andwidth o f 100 kHz. Thi s allows
for a maximum receive data rate of up to 100kBaud. The maximum achievable
data rat e al so depends o n the IF F ilter ba ndwi dth and the loc al os ci llator tole r-
ance v alu es . Bo th i npu ts are accessi ble. T h e ou tput del iv ers a di gi tal dat a sig-
nal (CMOS-like levels) for sbsequent circuits. The self-adjusting threshold on
pin 20 its generate d by RC-ter m or pe ak detecto r dependi ng on the baseba nd
coding scheme. The data slicer threshold generation alternatives are described
in more detail in Section 4.5.
3.4. 9 Peak Det ect or
The peak detector generates a DC voltage which is proportional to the peak
value of the receive data signal. An external RC network is necessary. The input
is co nnecte d to the output of the RSSI- output of the Limite r, the output is c on-
nec ted to t he PDO pin (Pin 26 ). This output can be used as an indicator for the
received signal strength to use in wake-up circuits and as a reference for the
data slicer in ASK mode. The maximum output current is typically 950µA, the
disch arge current i s lower than 2µA. Note tha t the RSSI le vel is al so output in
case of FSK mode.
Table 3-4 MSEL Pin Operating States
MSEL Modulation Format
Open ASK
Shorted to ground FSK
Functional Description
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3.4.10 Bandgap Reference Circuitry
A Band gap Re fer enc e Circ ui t p rovi des a te mpe rat ure st abl e r ef er ence vo ltage
for the device. A power down mode is available to switch off all subcircuits which
is controlled by the PWDN pin (Pin 27) as shown in the following table. The sup-
ply current drawn in this case is typically 50nA.
Table 3-5 PDWN Pin Operating States
PDWN Operating State
Open or tied to groun d Powerdown Mode
Tied to Vs Receiver On
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4.1 Choice of LNA Threshold Voltage and Time Constant. . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
4.2 Data Filter Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
4.3 Quartz Load Capacitance Calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
4.4 Quartz Frequency Calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
4.5 Data Slicer Threshold Generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
4.6 ASK/FSK Switch Functional Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
4.7 Principle of the Precharge Circuit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-11
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4.1 Choice of LNA Threshold Voltage and Time Constant
In the fol lowi ng fig ur e th e in terna l c irc uit ry of the L N A a uto mati c gai n c ontr o l is
shown.
LNA_autom.wmf
Figure 4-1 LNA Automatic Gain Control Circuitry
The LNA automatic gain control circuitry consists of an operational transimped-
ance amplifier that is used to compare the received signal strength signal
(RSSI) gen erated by the Limiter with an externally provided threshold voltage
Uthres. As shown in the following figure the threshold voltage can have any
value b etween approxi mately 0.8 and 2. 8V to provide a switching poi nt within
the receive signal dynamic range.
This vo lt age Uthres is ap pl ied to the THRES pin (Pin 23) The threshol d volta ge
can be generated by attaching a voltage divider between the 3VOUT pin
(Pin 24) which provides a temperature stable 3V output generated from the
internal bandgap voltage and the THRES pin. If the RSSI level generated by the
Limiter is hig her than Uthres, the OTA ge nerates a positiv e current Iload. This
yields a voltage rise on the TAGC pin (Pin 4). Otherwise, the OTA generates a
negative current. These currents do not have the same values in order to
achieve a fast-attack and slow-release action of the AGC and are used to
charg e an ex te rnal c apa ci tor whi ch fin all y g ene ra tes t he LN A ga in c ont ro l v olt-
age.
4
LNA
RSSI (0.8 - 2.8V)
VCC
Gain control
voltage
OTA
+3 .1 V
I
load
RSS I > U
threshold
: I
load
=4.2µA
RSS I < U
threshold
: I
load
= -1. 5 µA
U
C
C
U
c
:< 2.6V : Gain high
U
c
:> 2.6V : Gain low
U
cmax
= V
CC
- 0.7V
U
cmin
= 1.67V
R1 R2
Pins: 24 23
U
th re s hold
20k
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RSSI-AGC.wmf
Figure 4-2 RSSI Level and Permissive AGC Threshold Levels
The switching point should be chosen according to the intended operating sce-
nario. The determination of the optimum point is described in the accompanying
Application Note, a threshold voltage level of 1.8V is apparently a viable choice.
It sh ould be note d that the out put of the 3VOUT pin is capabl e of dr ivin g up to
50µA, but that the THRES pin input current is only in the region of 40nA. As the
current drawn out of the 3VOUT pin is directly related to the receiver power con-
sumption, the power divider resistors should have high impedance values. The
sum of R1 and R2 has to b e 600k in or der to y ield 3V at the 3VOUT pin. R1
can thus be chos en as 240k, R2 as 360k to yield an ov erall 3VOUT output
current of 5µA1 and a threshold voltage of 1.8V
Note: If the LNA gain sha ll b e ke pt in eith er h igh or low gain m ode t his has to
be accomplished by tying the THRES pin to a fixed voltage. In order to achieve
high gain mode operation, a voltage higher than 2.8V shall be applied to the
THRES pin, such as a short to the 3VOLT pin. In order to achieve low gain
mode operation a voltage lower than 0.7V shall be applied to the THRES, such
as a short to ground.
As stated above the capacitor connected to the TAGC pin is generating the gain
contro l volt age of the LNA due to the c hargi ng and di scharg ing cu rren ts of the
OTA and thus is al so responsi ble for the AGC time cons tant. As the ch arging
and disc harging currents are not equal two di fferent time constants will resul t.
The time constant corresponding to the charging process of the capacitor shall
be cho sen accordi ng to the data rate. Ac cording to measurements performed
at Infineon the capacitor value should be greater than 47nF.
1. note the 20k resistor in series with the 3.1V internal voltage source
LNA always
in high gain mode
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
-120 -110 -100 -90 -80 -70 -60 -50 -40 -30
Input Level at LNA Input [dB m]
U
THRES
Voltage Range
RSSI Level Range LNA always
in low gain mode
RSSI Level
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4.2 Data Filter Design
Utilising the on-board voltage follower and the two 100k on-chip resistors a
2nd order Sallen-Key low pass data filter can be constructed by adding 2 exter-
nal capacitors between pins 19 (SLP) and 22 (FFB) and to pin 21 (OPP) as
depicted in the following figure and described in the following formulas1.
Filter_Design.wmf
Figure 4 -3 Data Filter Design
(1)(2)
with
(3)the quality factor of the poles
where
in case of a Bessel filter a = 1.3617, b = 0.618
and thus Q = 0.577
and in case of a Butterworth filter a = 1.414, b = 1
and thus Q = 0.71
Example: Butterworth fil ter with f3dB = 5kHz and R = 100k:
C1 = 450pF, C2 = 225pF
1. taken from Tietze/Schenk: Halbleiter sch altu ngstechnik, Springer Berlin, 1999
Pins: 22 21 19
RR
100k 100k
C
1
C
2
C12Q b
R2Πf3dB
----------------------=C2 b
4QRΠf3dB
---------------------------=
Qb
a
-------=
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4.3 Quartz Load Capacitance Calculation
The value of the capacitor necessary to achieve that the quartz oscillator is
operating at the intended frequency is determined by the reactive part of the
negative resistance of the oscillator circuit as shown in Section 5.1.3 and by the
quartz specifications given by the quartz manufacturer.
Quartz_load.wmf
Figure 4-4 Determina tion of Se ries Capacitance Value for the Quartz Oscillat or
Crystal specified with load capacitance
with Cl the load capacitance (refer to the quartz crystal specification).
Examples:
6.7 MHz: CL = 12 pFXL=695CS = 8.9 pF
13.4 MHz: CL = 12 pFXL=1010 CS = 5.9 pF
These values may be obtained in high accuracy by putting two capacitors in
series to the quartz, such as 22pF and 15pF in the 6.7MHz case and 22pF and
8.2pF in the 13.4MHz case.
C
S
Crystal Input
impedance
Z
1-28
TDA5210
Pin 28
Pin 1
L
l
SXf
C
C
π
2
11
+
=
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4.4 Quartz Frequency Calculation
As described in Section 3.4.3 the operating range of the on-chip VCO is 820 to
860 MHz with a nominal center frequency of 840MHz. This signal is divided by
2 befo re applied to the m ix er in ca se of opera tio n at 434 MHz. T h is lo cal os c il-
lator sign al can be used to downco nvert the RF signa ls both with hi gh- or low-
side injection at the mixer. The resulting receive frequency ranges then extend
between 810 and 870MHz or betwee n 400 and 440 MHz. Low-s ide injec tion of
the local oscillator has to be used for receive frequencies between 840 and
870M Hz as well a s high- side injec tion for r eceive f requencies below 84 0MHz.
Correspo ndi ng to that i n the 400M Hz regio n lo w-si de in je cti on i s a pplic abl e for
receive frequencies above 420MHz, high-side injection below this frequency.
Therefor e for operation both in th e 868 and the 434 MHz ISM bands low-si de
injection of the local oscillator has to be used. Then the local oscillator fre-
quency is calculated by subtracting the IF frequency (10.7 MHz) from the RF
frequency (434 or 868 MHz). Please note that no sign-inversion occurs in case
of reception and demodulation of FSK-modulated signals.
The overall division ratios in the PLL are 64 or 128 in case of operation at
868 MHz or 32 and 64 in case of operation at 434 MHz, depending on the crys-
tal freq uency used as sh own below. The q uartz frequenc y in case of lo w-side
injection may be calculated by using the following formula:
ƒQU = (ƒRF - 10.7) / r
with ƒRF receive frequency
ƒLO local oscillator (PLL) frequency (ƒRF - 10.7)
ƒQU quartz oscillator frequency
r ratio of local oscillator (PLL) frequency and quartz frequency as
shown in the subse que nt table
:
Table 4-1 Dependence of PLL Overall Division Ratio on FSEL and CSEL
FSEL CSEL Ratio r = (fLO/fQU)
open open 64
open GND 32
GND open 128
GND GND 64
()
MHzMHzMHzf 40156.1364/7.104.868
QU ==
()
MHzMHzMHzf 7008.6128/7.104.868
QU ==
()
MHzMHzMHzf 23437.1332/7.102.434
QU ==
()
MHzMHzMHzf 6.617264/7.102.434
QU ==
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4.5 D ata Slicer Threshold Generation
The thre shold of the data slicer can be generate d using an ext ernal R-C inte-
grator as shown in Figure 4- 5. The cut-off frequ ency of the R-C int egrator has
to be lower than the lowest fr equ enc y appear i ng in the data signal . In order to
keep distortion low, the minimum value for R is 20k.
Data_slice1.wmf
Figure 4-5 Data Slicer Threshold Generation with External R-C Integrator
In case of ASK op eration a nother poss ibility for thr eshold generation i s to use
the peak detector in connection with two resistors and one capacitor as shown
in the following figure. The component values are depending on the coding
scheme and the protocol used.
Data_slice2.wmf
Figure 4-6 Data Slicer Threshold Generation Utilising the Peak Detector
Pins: 2019
R
C
25
data out
U
threshold
data slicer
data
filter
Pins: 20
19 25
data out
U
threshold
data slicer
data
filter
26
peak detector
CR
R
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4.6 ASK/FSK Switch Functional Description
The TDA5210 is containing an ASK/FSK switch which can be controlled via
Pin 15 (MSEL). This switch is actually consisting of 2 operational amplifiers that
are hav ing a g ain of 1 i n cas e of the A SK am plifie r and a gai n of 11 i n case of
the FSK amplifier in order to achieve an appropriate demodulation gain charac-
teristic . In order to c ompensate for the DC-o ffset generat ed especi ally in case
of the FSK PLL demodulator there is a feedback connection between the
threshold voltage of the bit slicer compa rator (Pin 20) to the negative input of
the FSK switch amplifier. This is shown in the following figure.
ask_fsk_datapath.WMF
Figure 4-7 ASK/FSK mode datapath
4.6.1 FSK Mode
The FSK datapath has a bandpass characterisitc due to the feedback shown
above (highpass) and the data filter (lowpass). The lower cutoff frequency f2 is
determined by the external RC-combination. The upper cutoff frequency f3 is
determined by the data filter bandwidth.
The demodulation gain of the FSK PLL demodulator is 140µV/kHz. This gain is
increased by the gain v of the FSK switch, which is 11. Therefore the resulting
dynamic gain of this circuit is 2mV/kHz within the bandpass. The gain for the DC
content of FSK signal remains at 140µV/kHz. The cutoff frequencies of the
bandp ass have to be chosen su ch that the spe ctr um of the da ta si gn al is in flu-
enced in an acceptable amount.
In case that the user data is containing long sequences of logical zeroes the
effect of the drift-off of the bit slicer threshold voltage can be lowered if the offset
voltage inher ent at the negativ e inpu t of the sl icer co mparator (Pin2 0) is use d.
The co mparator has no hysteresis built in.
R
1
=100k R
2
=100k
v = 1
19
R
4
=30k
R
3
=300k
DATA O u t
AC DC
typ. 2 V
1.5 V......2.5 V
0.18 mV/kHz
FSK PLL Demodulator
RSSI (ASK signal)
C
1
R
ASK/FSK Switch
ASK
FSK
+
-
+
-
22
25
C
C
2
20
ASK mode : v=1
FSK mode : v=11
21
15 MSEL
FFB OPP SLP SLN
Comp
-
+
Data Filter
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This offs et v oltage is gen erate d by the bia s c urr ent o f the neg ati ve inp ut of t he
comparator (i.e. 20nA) running over the external resistor R. This voltage raises
the volt age appearing at pin 20 (e.g. 1mV wi th R = 100k). In order to obtain
benefit of this asymmetrical offset for the demodulation of long zeros the lower
of the two FSK frequencies should be chosen in the transmitter as the zero-
symbol frequency.
In the following figure the shape of the above mentioned bandpass is shown.
frequenzgang.WMF
Figure 4-8 Frequency characterstic in case of FSK mode
The cutoff frequencies are calculated with the following formulas:
f3 is the 3dB cutoff frequency of the data filter - see Section 4.2.
Example:
R = 100kΩ, C = 47nF
This leads tof1 = 44Hzandf2 = 485Hz
v
0dB
3dB
v-3dB
f
20dB/dec -40dB/dec
f1 f2 f3
gain (pin19)
DC
0.18mV/kHz 2mV/kHz
C
k
R
kR
f
+
=
330
330
2
1
1
π
112 11 ffvf ==
dB
ff 33 =
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4.6.2 ASK Mode
In ca se the rece iver is operated in ASK m ode the data path frequ ency cha rac-
tersitic is dominated by the data filter alone, thus it is lowpass shaped.The cutoff
frequency is determined by the external capacitors C12 and C14 and the inter-
nal 100k resistors as described in Section 4.2
freq_ask.WMF
Figure 4-9 Frequency charcteristic in case of ASK mode
0dB
-3dB
f
-40dB/dec
f3dB
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4.7 Principle of the Precharge Circuit
In case the data slicer threshold shall be generated with an external RC network
as described in Section 4.5 it is necessary to use large values for the capacitor
C attached to the SLN pin (pin 20) in order to achieve long time constants. This
results also fro m the fact that the choic e of the v alue for R connec ted betwe en
the SLP and SLN pins (pins 19 and 20) is limited by the 330k resistor appear-
ing in parallel to R as can be seen in Figure 4-7. Apart from this a resistor value
of 100 k leads to a voltage offset of 1mv at the comparator input as described
in Section 4.6.1. The resulting startup time constant τ1 can be calculated with:
τ1 = (R // 330k) · C
In case R is chosen to be 100k and C is chosen as 47nF this leads to
τ1 = (100k // 330k) · 47nF = 77k · 47nF = 3.6ms
When the device is turned on this time constant dominates the time necessary
for the device to be able to demodulate data properly. In the powerdown mode
the capacitor is only discharged by leakage currents.
In order to r educe the turn-on time in the presen ce of larg e values of C a pr e-
charge circuit was included in the TDA5210 as shown in the following figure.
precharge.WMF
Figure 4-10 Principle of the precharge circuit
I
load
+3.1V
20k
+
-
OTA
+2.4V
R1 R2
24 23 U
threshold
C
0 / 240uA +
-
20 19
R
Da ta Filter ASK/FSK Sw itch
C2
U2
Us
Uc
Uc<UsUc>Us
U2<2.4V : I=240uA
U2 >2 .4 V : I=0
R1+R2=600k
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This circuit charges the capacitor C with an inrush current Iload of typically
220µA for a duration of T2 until the voltage Uc appearing on the capacitor is
equal to the voltage Us at the input of the data filter. This voltage is li mited to
2.5V. A s soon a s these vo ltages are equal or the dura tion T2 is exceeded t he
precharge circuit is disabled.
τ2 is the time constant of the charging process of C which can be calculated as
τ2 20k · C2
as the sum of R1 and R2 is sufficiently large and thus can be neglected. T2 can
then be calculated according to the following formula:
The voltage transient during the charging of C2 is shown in the following figure:
e-fkt1.WMF
Figure 4-11 Voltage appearing on C2 during precharging process
The v oltage appear ing on t he capacito r C c onnec ted to pin 20 is sho wn in t he
followi ng figure. It can b e seen that due to the fact that it is charged by a con-
stant current source it exhibits is a linear increase in voltage which is limited to
USmax = 2.5V which is also the approximate operating point of the data filter
input. The time constant appearing in this case can be denoted as T3, which
can be calcula ted with
6.1
34.2
1
1
ln 222
¸
¸
¸
¸
¹
·
¨
¨
¨
¨
©
§
=
ττ
VV
T
U2
2
3V
2.4V
T2
T3 USmax C
220µA
------------------------2.5V
220µA
-----------------C==
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e-Fkt2.WMF
Figure 4-12 Voltage transient on capacitor C attached to pin 20
As an example the choice of C2 = 22nF and C = 47nF yields
τ2 = 0.44ms
T2 = 0.71ms
T3 = 0.53ms
This means that in this case the inrush current could flow for a duration of
0.64ms but stops already after 0.49ms when the USmax limit has been reached.
T3 should always be chosen to be shorter than T2.
It has t o be noted finally that dur ing the turn-o n duratio n T2 the overall device
power consumption is increased by the 220µA needed to charge C.
The pr echarge circ uit may be dis abled if C2 is not equi pped. This y ields a T2
close to zero. Note that the sum of R4 and R5 has to be 600k in order to pro-
duce 3V at the THRES p in as this vol tage is inter nally used als o as the refer-
ence for the FSK demodulator.
Us
T3
Uc
5Reference
5.1 Electrical Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
5.2 Test Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
5.3 Test Board Layouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-13
5.4 Bill of Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
Contents of this Chapter
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5.1 Electrical Data
5.1.1 Absolute Maximum Ratings
WARNING
The maximum ratings may not be exceeded under any circumstances, not even
momentarily and individually, as permanent damage to the IC will result.
Table 5-1 Absolute Maximum Ratings, Ambient temperature TAMB=-40°C ... + 105°C
#Parameter Symbol Limit Va lues Unit Remarks
min max
1Supply Voltage Vs-0.3 5.5 V
2Junction Temperature Tj-40 +150 °C
3Storage Temperature Ts-40 +125 °C
4Thermal Re si st anc e RthJA 114 K/W
5ESD integrity, all pins excl. Pins 1,3, 6, 28
ESD integrity Pins 1,3,6,28 VESD +2
+1.5 kV
kV HBM
accordin g to
MIL STD
883D,
method
3015.7
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5.1.2 Operating Range
Within the operational range the IC operates as explained in the circuit descrip-
tion. The AC/DC characteristic limits are not guaranteed. Currents flowing into
the device are denoted as positive currents and v.v.
Supply voltage: VCC = 4.5V .. 5.5V
Table 5-2 Operating Rang e, Am bient temperatu re TAMB= -40°C ... + 105°C
#Parameter Symbol Limit Value s Unit Test Conditions L Item
min max
1Supply Current ISF 868
ISF 434
ISA 868
ISA 434
4.1
3.9
3.4
3.2
7.7
7.5
7
6.8
mA
mA
mA
mA
fRF = 868MHz, FSK Mode
fRF = 434MHz, FSK Mode
fRF = 868MHz, ASK Mode
fRF = 434MHz, ASK Mode
2Receiver Input Leve l
ASK
FSK, frequ. dev. ± 50kHz RFin -106
-100 -13
-13 dBm
dBm
@ source impedance 50,
BER 2E-3, average power
level, Manchester encoded
datarate 4kBit, 280kHz IF
Bandwidth
3LNI Input Frequency fRF 400/
810 440/
870 MHz
4MI/X Input Frequency fMI 400/
810 440/
870 MHz
53dB IF Frequency Range
ASK
FSK fIF -3dB 5
10.4 23
11 MHz
6Powerdow n Mode On PWDN ON 00.8 V
7Powerdow n Mode Off PWDN OFF 2 VSV
8Gain Contr ol Voltage,
LNA high gain state VTHRES 2.8 VSV
9Gain Contr ol Voltage,
LNA low gain state VTHRES 00.7 V
This value is guarante ed by design.
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5.1. 3 AC/D C Cha rac teristi cs at TAMB = 25°C
AC/DC characteristics involve the spread of values guaranteed within the spec-
ified voltage and ambient temperature range. Typical characteristics are the
median of the production. Currents flowing into the device are denoted as pos-
itive currents and vice versa.
Table 5-3 AC/DC Characteristics with TA 25 °C, VVCC = 4.5 ... 5.5 V
Parameter Symbol Limit Values Unit Test Conditions L Item
min typ max
Supply
Supply Current
1Supply current,
standby mode IS PDWN 50 100 nA Pin 27 (PDWN)
open or tied to 0 V
2Supply current, devi ce
operating in 868 MHz
range, FSK mode
ISF 868 5.1 5.9 6.7 mA Pin 11 (FSEL) tied
to GND, Pin 15
(MSEL) tied to GND
3Supply current, devi ce
operating in 434 MHz
range, FSK mode
ISF 434 4.9 5.7 6.5 mA Pin 11 (FSEL)
open, Pin 15
(MSEL) tied to GND
4Supply current, devi ce
operating in 868 MHz
range, ASK mode
ISA 868 4.4 5.2 6mAPin 11 (FSEL) tied
to GND, Pin 15
(MSEL) open
5Supply current, devi ce
operating in 434 MHz
range, ASK mode
ISA 434 4.2 5 5.8 mA Pin 11 (FSEL)
open, Pin 15
(MSEL) open
LNA
Signal Input LNI (PIN 3), VTHRES > 2.8V, high gain mode
1Average Power Level
at BER = 2E-3
(Sensitivity) ASK
RFin -110 dBm Manchester
encoded datarate
4kBit, 280kHz IF
Bandwidth
2Average Power Level
at BER = 2E-3
(Sensitivity) FSK
RFin -103 dBm Manchester enc.
datarate 4kBit,
280kHz IF Bandw.,
± 50kH z pk. dev.
3Input imped anc e,
fRF=434 MHz S11 LNA 0.873 / -34.7 deg
4Input imped anc e,
fRF=869 MHz S11 LNA 0.738 / -73.5 deg
5Input level @ 1dB com-
pression P1dBLNA -15 dBm
6Input 3rd order intercept
point fRF=434 MHz IIP3LNA -10 dBm matched input
7Input 3rd order intercept
point fRF=869 MHz IIP3LNA -14 dBm matched input
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Table 5-3 AC/DC Characteristics with TA 25 °C, VVCC = 4.5 ... 5.5 V (continued)
Parameter Symbol Limit Values Unit Test Conditions L Item
min typ max
8LO signal feedthrough
at antenna port LOLNI -73 dBm
Signal Output LNO (PIN 6), VTHRES > 2.8V, high gain mode
1Gain fRF=434 MHz S21 LNA 1.509 / 138.2 deg
2Gain fRF=869 MHz S21 LNA 1.419 / 101.7 deg
3Output impedance,
fRF=434 MHz S22 LNA 0.886 / -12.9 deg
4Output impedance,
fRF=869 MHz S22 LNA 0.866 / -24.2 deg
5Voltage Gain Antenna
to IFO fRF=434 MHz GAntMI 42 dB
6Voltage Gain Antenna
to IFO fRF=869 MHz GAntMI 40 dB
Signal Input LNI, VTHRES = GND, low gain mode
1Input imped anc e,
fRF=434 MHz S11 LNA 0.873 / -34.7 deg
2Input imped anc e,
fRF=869 MHz S11 LNA 0.738 / -73.5 deg
3Input level @ 1dB C. P
fRF = 434 MHz P1dBLNA -18 dBm matched input
4Input level @ 1dB C. P
fRF = 869 MHz P1dBLNA -6 dBm matched input
5Input 3rd order intercept
point fRF=434 MHz IIP3LNA -10 dBm matched input
6Input 3rd order intercept
point fRF=869 MHz IIP3LNA -5 dBm matched input
Signal Output LNO, VTHRES = GND, low gain mode
1Gain fRF=434 MHz S21 LNA 0.183 / 140.6 deg
2Gain fRF=869 MHz S21 LNA 0.179 / 109.1deg
3Output impedance,
fRF=434 MHz S22 LNA 0.897 / -13.6 deg
4Output impedance,
fRF=869 MHz S22 LNA 0.868 / -26.3 deg
5Voltage Gain Antenna
to MI fRF=434 MHz GAntMI 22 dB
6Voltage Gain Antenna
to MI fRF=869 MHz GAntMI 19 dB
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Table 5-3 AC/DC Characteristics with TA 25 °C, VVCC = 4.5 ... 5.5 V (continued)
Parameter Symbol Limit Values Unit Test Conditions L Item
min typ max
Signal 3VOUT (PIN 24)
1Output voltage V3VOUT 2.9 3.1 3.3 V 3VOUT Pin open
2Current out I3VOUT -3 -5 -10 µA see Section 4.1
Signal THRES (PIN 23)
1Input Voltage range VTHRES 0 VS-1V V see Section 4.1
2LNA low gain mode VTHRES 0 V
3LNA high gain mode VTHRES 2.8 3 VSVor shorted to Pin 24
4Current in ITHRES_in 5nA
Signal TAGC (PIN 4)
1Current out,
LNA low gain state ITAGC_out -3.6 -4.2 -5 µA RSSI > VTHRES
2Current in, LNA high
gain stat e VTAGC_in 11.62.2 µA RSSI>VTHRES
MIXER
Signal Input MI/MIX (PINS 8/9)
1Input imped anc e,
fRF=434 MHz S11 MIX 0.942 / -14.4 deg
2Input imped anc e,
fRF=869 MHz S11 MIX 0.918 / -28.1 deg
3Input 3rd order intercept
point fRF=434 MHz IIP3MIX -28 dBm
4Input 3rd order intercept
point fRF=869 MHz IIP3MIX -26 dBm
Signal Output IFO (PIN 12)
1Output impedance ZIFO 330
2Conversion Voltage
Gain fRF=434 MHz GMIX +19 dB
3Conversion Voltage
Gain fRF=869 MHz GMIX +18 dB
LIMITER
Signal Input LIM/X (PINS 17/18)
1 Input Impedance ZLIM 264 330 396
2RSSI dyna mic ra nge DRRSSI 60 80 dB
3RSSI linearity LINRSSI ±1dB
4Operating frequency
(3dB points) fLIM 510.723 MHz
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Table 5-3 AC/DC Characteristics with TA 25 °C, VVCC = 4.5 ... 5.5 V (continued)
Parameter Symbol Limit Values Unit Test Conditions L Item
min typ max
DATA FILTER
1Useable bandwidth BWBB FILT 100 kHz
2RSSI Level at Data Fil-
ter Output SLP,
RFIN=-103dBm
RSSIlow 0.3 1VLNA in high gain
mode
3RSSI Level at Data Fil-
ter Output SLP,
RFIN=-30dBm
RSSIhigh 1.8 3VLNA in high gain
mode
Slicer, Signal Output DATA (PIN 25)
1Maxi mu m Da tar a te DRmax 100 kBps NRZ, 20pF capaci-
tive loadin g
2LOW output voltage VSLIC_L 00.1 V
3HIGH output voltage VSLIC_H VS-
1.3V VS-1V VS-
0.7V V
Slicer, Signal Output DATA (PIN 20)
1Precharge Curren t Out IPCH_SLN -100 -220 -300 µA see Section 4.7
PEAK DETECTOR
Signal Output PDO (PIN 26)
1Load curr ent Iload -600 -950 -1300 µA
2Leakage current Ileakage 02001000 nA
CRYSTAL OSCILLATOR
Signals CRSTL1, CRSTL 2, (PINS 1/28)
1Operating frequency fCRSTL 614 MHz fundamental mode,
series resonance
2Input Impeda nc e
@ ~6MHz Z1-28 -825
+j695
3Input Impeda nc e
@ ~13MHz Z1-28 -600
+j1010
4Serial Capa ci ty
@ ~6MHz CS 6=C1 8.9 pF
5Serial Capa ci ty
@ ~13MHz CS13=C1 5.9 pF
ASK/FSK Signal Switch
Signal MSEL (PIN 15)
1ASK Mode VMSEL 1.4 4Vor open
2FSK Mode VMSEL 00.2 V
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Table 5-3 AC/DC Characteristics with TA 25 °C, VVCC = 4.5 ... 5.5 V (continued)
Parameter Symbol Limit Values Unit Test Conditions L Item
min typ max
FSK DEMODULATOR
1Demo dulation Gain GFMDEM 85 140 225 µV/
kHz
2Useable IF Bandwidth BWIFPLL 10.2 10.7 11.2 MHz
POWER DOWN MODE
Signal PDWN (PIN 27)
1Powerdown Mode On PWDNON 00.8 V
2Powerdown Mode Off PWDNOff 2.8 VSV
3Input bias current
PDWN IPDWN 19 uA Power On Mode
4Start-up Time until va lid
signal is detected at IF TSU 1ms
VCO MULTIPLEXER
Signal FSEL (PIN 11)
1fRF range 434 MHz VFSEL 1.4 4Vor open
2 fRF range 869 MHz VFSEL 00.2 V
3Output bias current
FSEL IFSEL -160 -200 -240 µA FSEL tied to GND
PLL DIVIDER
Signal CSEL (PIN 16)
1 fCRSTL range 6.xxMHz VCSEL 1.4 4Vor open
2 fCRSTL range
13.xxMHz VCSEL 00.2 V
3Input bias current
CSEL ICSEL -3 -5 -7 µA CSEL tied to GND
Measured only in lab.
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5.1. 4 AC/D C Cha rac teristi cs at TAMB = -40 to 105°C
Currents flowing into the device are denoted as positive currents and vice versa
Table 5-4 AC/DC Characteristics with TAMB= -40°C ... + 105°C, VVCC = 4.5 ... 5.5 V
Parameter Symbol Limit Values Unit Test Conditions L Item
min typ max
Supply
Supply Current
1Supply current,
standby mode IS PDWN 50 400 nA Pin 27 (PDWN)
open or tied to 0 V
2Supply current, devi ce
operating in 868 MHz
range, FSK mode
ISF 868 4.1 5.9 7.7 mA Pin 11 (FSEL) tied
to GND, Pin 15
(MSEL) tied to GND
3Supply current, devi ce
operating in 434 MHz
range, FSK mode
ISF 434 3.9 5.7 7.5 mA Pin 11 (FSEL)
open, Pin 15
(MSEL) tied to GND
4Supply current, devi ce
operating in 868 MHz
range, ASK mode
ISA 868 3.4 5.2 7mAPin 11 (FSEL) tied
to GND, Pin 15
(MSEL) open
5Supply current, devi ce
operating in 434 MHz
range, ASK mode
ISA 434 3.2 5 6.8 mA Pin 11 (FSEL)
open, Pin 15
(MSEL) open
Signal 3VOUT (PIN 24)
1Output voltage V3VOUT 2.9 3.1 3.3 V 3VOUT Pin open
2Current out I3VOUT -3 -5 -10 µA see Section 4.1
Signal THRES (PIN 23)
1Input Voltage range VTHRES 0 VS-1V V see Section 4.1
2LNA low gain mode VTHRES 00.3 V
3LNA high gain mode VTHRES 3 VSVor shorted to Pin 24
4Current in ITHRES_in 5nA
Signal TAGC (PIN 4)
1Current out,
LNA low gain state ITAGC_out -1 -4.2 -8 µA RSSI > VTHRES
2Current in, LNA high
gain stat e VTAGC_in 0.5 1.5 ARSSI>VTHRES
MIXER
1Conversion Voltage
Gain fRF=434 MHz GMIX +19 dB
2Conversion Voltage
Gain fRF=869 MHz GMIX +18 dB
LIMITER
Signal Input LIM/X (PINS 17/18)
1RSSI dyna mic ra nge DRRSSI 60 80 dB
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Table 5-4 AC/DC Characteristics with TAMB= -40°C ... + 105°C, VVCC = 4.5 ... 5.5 V
Parameter Symbol Limit Values Unit Test Conditions L Item
min typ max
DATA FILTER
2RSSI Level at Data Fil-
ter Output SLP,
RFIN=-103dBm
RSSIlow 0.3 1VLNA in high gain
mode
3RSSI Level at Data Fil-
ter Output SLP,
RFIN=-30dBm
RSSIhigh 1.8 3VLNA in high gain
mode
Slicer, Signal Output DATA (PIN 25)
1Maxi mu m Da tar a te DRmax 100 kBps NRZ, 20pF capaci-
tive loadin g
2LOW output voltage VSLIC_L 00.1 V
3HIGH output voltage VSLIC_H VS-
1.5V VS-1V VS-
0.5V V
Slicer, Signal Output DATA (PIN 20)
1Precharge Curren t Out IPCH_SLN -100 -220 -300 µA see Section 4.7
PEAK DETECTOR
Signal Output PDO (PIN 26)
1Load curr ent Iload -400 -850 -1400 µA
2Leakage current Ileakage 07002000 nA
CRYSTAL OSCILLATOR
Signals CRSTL1, CRSTL 2, (PINS 1/28)
1Operating frequency fCRSTL 614 MHz fundamental mode,
series resonance
ASK/FSK Signal Switch
Signal MSEL (PIN 15)
1ASK Mode VMSEL 1.4 4Vor open
2FSK Mode VMSEL 00.2 V
FSK DEMODULATOR
1Demo dulation Gain GFMDEM 105 140 245 µV/
kHz
2Useable IF Bandwidth BWIFPLL 10.2 10.7 11.2 MHz
POWER DOWN MODE
Signal PDWN (PIN 27)
1Powerdown Mode On PWDNON 00.8 V
2Powerdown Mode Off PWDNOff 2.8 VSV
3Start-up Time until va lid
signal is detected at IF TSU 1ms
Reference
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Table 5-4 AC/DC Characteristics with TAMB= -40°C ... + 105°C, VVCC = 4.5 ... 5.5 V
Parameter Symbol Limit Values Unit Test Conditions L Item
min typ max
VCO MULTIPLEXER
Signal FSEL (PIN 11)
1 fRF range 434 MHz VFSEL 1.4 4Vor open
2 fRF range 869 MHz VFSEL 00.2 V
3Output bias current
FSEL IFSEL -110 -200 -340 µA FSEL tied to GND
PLL DIVIDER
Signal CSEL (PIN 16)
1fCRSTL range 6.xxMHz VCSEL 1.4 4Vor open
2 fCRSTL range
13.xxMHz VCSEL 00.2 V
3Input bias current
CSEL ICSEL -3 -5 -7 µA CSEL tied to GND
Reference
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5.2 Test Circuit
The device performance parameters marked with in Section 5.1.3 were mea-
sured on an Infineon evaluati on board. This evaluation boar d can be obtain ed
together with evaluation boards of the accompanying transmitter device
TDA5100 in an evaluation kit that may be ordered on the INFINEON RKE
Webpage www.infineon.com/rke. In case a matching codeword is received,
decoded and accepted by the decoder the on-board LED will turn on. This sig-
nal is also accessible on a 2-pole pin connector and can be used for simple
remote-control applications. More information on the kit is available on request.
TDA5210_testboard_20_schematic.WMF
Figure 5-1 Schematic of the Evaluation Board
Reference
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5.3 Test Board Layouts
tda5210_testboard_20_top.WMF
Figure 5-2 Top Side of the Evaluation Board
tda5210_testboard_20_bot.WMF
Figure 5-3 Bottom Side of the Evaluation Board
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tda5210_testboard_20_plc.EMF
Figure 5-4 Component Placement on the Evaluation Board
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5.4 Bill of Materials
The following components are necessary for evaluation of the TDA5210 without
use of a Microchip HCS512 decoder.
Table 5-5 Bill of Materials
Ref Value Specification
R1 100k0805, ± 5%
R2 100k0805, ± 5%
R3 820k0805, ± 5%
R4 240k0805, ± 5%
R5 360k0805, ± 5%
R6 10k0805, ± 5%
L1 434 M Hz: 15nH
869 MHz: 3.3nH Toko, PTL2012 -F15 N0G
Toko, PTL2012 -F3N3 C
L2 434 MHz: 8.2pF
869 MHz: 3.9nH 0805, COG, ± 0.1pF
Toko, PTL2012 -F3N9 C
C1 1pF 0805, COG, ± 0.1pF
C2 434 MHz: 4.7pF
869 MHz: 3.9pF 0805, COG, ± 0.1pF
0805, COG, ± 0.1pF
C3 434 MHz: 6.8pF
869 MHz: 5.6pF 0805, COG, ± 0.1pF
0805, COG, ± 0.1pF
C4 100pF 0805, COG, ± 5%
C5 47nF 1206, X7R, ± 10%
C6 434 M Hz: 10nH
869 MHz: 3.9pF Toko, PTL2012 -F10 N0G
0805, COG, ± 0.1pF
C7 100pF 0805, COG, ± 5%
C8 434 MHz : 33pF
869 MHz : 22pF 0805, COG, ± 5%
0805, COG, ± 5%
C9 100pF 0805, COG, ± 5%
C10 10nF 0805, X7R, ± 10%
C11 10nF 0805, X7R, ± 10%
C12 220pF 0805, COG, ± 5%
C13 47nF 0805, X7R, ± 10%
C14 470pF 0805, COG, ± 5%
C15 47nF 0805, X7R, ± 5%
C16 8.2pF 0805, COG, ± 0.1pF
C17 22pF 0805, COG, ± 1%
C18 22nF 0805, X7R, ± 5%
Q1 (fRF 10.7MHz)/32 or
(fRF 10.7MHz)/64 HC49/U, fundamental mode, CL = 12pF,
e.g. 434.2MHz: Jauch Q 13,23437-S11-1323-12-10/20
e.g. 868.4MHz: Jauch Q 13,40155-S11-1323-12-10/20
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Please note that in case of operation at 434 MHz a capacitor has to be soldered
in place L2 and an inductor in place C6.
The following components are necessary in addition to the above mentioned
ones for evaluation of the TDA5210 in conjunction with a Microchip HCS512
decoder.
Q2 SFE10.7MA5-A or
SKM107M1-A20-10 Murata
Toko
X2, X3 142-0701-801 Johnson
S1-S3, S6
X1, X3 2-pole pin connector
S4 3-pole pin connector, or not equipped
IC1 TDA 5210 Infineon
Table 5-6 Bill of Materials Addendum
Ref Value Specification
R7 100k0805, ± 5%
R8 10k0805, ± 5%
R9 100k0805, ± 5%
R10 22k0805, ± 5%
R11 1000805, ± 5%
R12 1000805, ± 5%
R13 1000805, ± 5%
R14 1000805, ± 5%
R21 22k0805, ± 5%
R22 10k0805, ± 5%
R23 22k0805, ± 5%
R24 820k0805, ± 5%
R25 5600805, ± 5%
C19 10pF 0805, COG, ± 5%
C21 100nF 1206, X7R, ± 10%
C22 100nF 1206, X7R, ± 10%
IC2 HCS512 Microchip
S5, X4-X9 2-pole pin connector
T1, T2 BC 847B Infineon
D1 LS T670-JL Infineon
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List of Figures
Figure 2-1 P-TSSOP-28-1 package outlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Figure 3-1 IC Pin Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Figure 3-2 M ain Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Figure 4-1 L NA Automatic Gain Control Circuitry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Figure 4-2 RSSI Level and Permissive AGC Threshold Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Figure 4-3 Data Filter Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Figure 4-4 Determination of Series Capacitance Value for the Quartz Oscillator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Figure 4-5 Data Slicer Threshold Generation with External R-C Integrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Figure 4-6 Data Slicer Threshold Generation Utilising the Peak Detector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Figure 4-7 ASK/FSK mode datapath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Figure 4-8 Frequency characterstic in case of FSK mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Figure 4-9 Frequency charcteristic in case of ASK mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Figure 4-10 Principle of the precharge circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-11
Figure 4-11 Voltage appearing on C2 during precharging process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Figure 4-12 Voltage transient on capacitor C attached to pin 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Figure 5-1 Schematic of the Evaluation Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Figure 5-2 Top Side of the Evaluation Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Figure 5-3 Bottom Side of the Evaluation Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Figure 5-4 Component Placement on the Evaluation Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
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List of Tables
Table 3-1 Pin Definition and Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-3
Table 3-2 FSEL Pin Operating States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Table 3-3 CSEL Pin Operating States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Table 3-4 MSEL Pin Operating States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Table 3-5 PDWN Pin Operating States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Table 4-1 Dependence of PLL Overall Division Ratio on FSEL and CSEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Table 5-1 Absolute Maximum Ratings, Ambient temperature TAMB=-40°C ... + 105°C . . . . . . . . 5-2
Table 5-2 Operating Range, Ambient temperature TAMB= -40°C ... + 105°C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Table 5-3 AC/DC Characteristics with TA 25 °C, VVCC = 4.5 ... 5.5 V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Table 5-4 AC/DC Characteristics with TAMB= -40°C ... + 105°C, VVCC = 4.5 ... 5.5 V . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Table 5-5 Bill of Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
Table 5-6 Bill of Materials Addendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-16