ISM 868 MHz, 433 MHz and 315 MHz
FSK Receiver Cell
Preliminary Data Sheet
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ISM 868 MHz, 433 MHz and 315 MHz FSK Receiver Cell – Preliminary Data Sheet
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Key Features
•Supports triple band operation: Europe 868 MHz and 433 MHz-, US and Japan 315 MHz ISM
band.
• Designed to be conform to EN 300 220, and FCC 47 CFR Ch.1 par.15 requirements.
• Provides highly reliable packet oriented data transmission in blocks of 128 bit.
• Event oriented single message transmission and status oriented and continuous message
transmission supported.
•Special transmission protocol for high reliability even in presence of burst interferer (e.g.
GSM) implemented.
• RX sensitivity of the receiver typical -100 dBm.
• Supports clock for an external µC and allows clock free total shut down of the whole sy stem.
• Wide supply range between 2.7 to 5.5 V.
• Low RX current, typical 10 mA @ 2.4 V.
• Low idle mode current, typical 1.2mA.
• Wide operating temperature range from –40 °C to +85 °C.
• Only a low cost XTAL for 25 ppm (868 MHz) or 50 ppm (433 and 315 MHz) reference fre-
quency tolerance required.
•Minimum only 1 XTAL and 4 capacitors externally required.
General Description
The ASCell3912 is a low power, triple ISM band (868 / 433 / 315 MHz), single channel FSK re-
ceiver designed to work in a remote control link together with the SC3911 transmitter system
cell.
The ASCell3912 performs packet oriented data transmission, in a single message- or continuos-
message mode using a special protocol to ensure high reliability even in presence of strong
pulsed interferers in close adjacent bands like e.g. GSM.
A general bi-directional micro-controller (µC) interface is provided, to support the µC with clock-
and reset- signal, and to operate the highly efficient power up/down management.
As external components the SC3911 need at minimum only a reference XTAL, and 4 capacitors.
Applications
• Key-less car entry systems.
• Short range packet oriented data transmission.
• Security applications and alarm systems.
• Domestic remote control systems.
• Industrial remote control systems.
• Remote metering.
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µC_CLK
AVDD
ASCell3912
20
RF+
RF-2
LC+3
LC-
XTAL+5
XTAL-6
AGND8
GMC
RFGND
1
4
7
9
10
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DVDD
19
DATA
18
D_CLK
17
D_EN
16
WAKEUP
15
RE_INT
14
13
TEST2
12
TEST1
11
DGND
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TSSOP-20
This pin-out is preliminary and will change for the real implementation!
This document contains information on products under development. Austria Mikro Systeme International AG reserves the right to
change or discontinue this product without notice.
1Functional Description
The Figure 1 shows the block diagram of the ASCell3912. The analog part of the ASCell3912
consists of a direct conversion receiver, a triple band RF synthesizer and the DC-cancellation.
The digital part includes the burst interference resistant protocol decoder the control logic and
the µC interface.
G
M
C
I
DEM
Q
∅
-Det
Digital
Power
Supply
VDD
GND
RF+
RF-
RFGND
LC
LC
+
-
10dB
AVDD
AGND
XTAL+
XTAL-
TEST1
Scan
Test
RF
Power
Supply
90°
OSC
PLL
XO
STATE REGISTER
Functional
Test
TE
ST
2
DC-Offset
Bandwith
CTRL
DATA-
RECOVERY
AFC
1/STR
RF-Power
XOT[3:0]
XO-CLK
PROTOCOL
DECODER
XO-SEL
Sleeptime
control
RF-SEL
LNA
SETUP-
REGISTER
INTERFACE
µC
RE
W
N
_C
_I
LK
NT
D_
AK
E
E_
UP
DA
K
D_
TA
CL
%
n
CLK
GEN
FIR
SYNC
ASCell3912
Figure 1:Block diagram of the ASCell3912.
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1.1Analog Receiver Part
The input signal is a low to moderately high modulation index continuous phase frequency shift
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keying modulated RF signal around a carrier Fc. This signal is amplified by the low noise amplifier (LNA) and fed to the In-phase and Quadrature-phase mixers (I/Q mixers). The mixers co nvert the RF signal directly to base band. The local oscillator signal for the I/Q mixers is generated
by the on-chip PLL.
The two base band signals (signals I and Q) are filtered and further amplified. After DC offset
cancellation to remove the static and quasi-static DC offsets and to ensure fast wake-up of the
receiver, the signals are hard limited. The rectangular signals I’ and Q’ are fed to the digital part
where demodulation and the further signal processing is applied.
1.1.1 RF Synthesizer
Frequency synthesis is performed by a conventional synthesizer consisting of a phase detector,
a charge pump, a voltage controlled oscillator working at 315~868.3 MHz, and a feedback divider
by 16 (315.00MHz); 32 (315, 433.92MHz), or 64 (868.3MHz). A truth table for the different frequencies is given in Table 1.
F
/ MHz Multiplier FC/ MHz FB1 FB0 RF-SEL XO-SEL
XOSC
19,6875 16 315.000 H L L L
13.5600 32 433.920 L H L H
13.5672 64 868.300 L L H H
Table 1:Quartz and RF output frequencies.Note: XO-SEL and RF-SEL are intenal generated Signals from the FB[1:0] bits of the setup information.
1.1.2LNA
The amplification of the LNA can be switched in two states. The gain can be switched of about
10dB with the LNA bit of the setup command.
Note: LNA is one bit of the setup information.
1.1.3 I/Q Down Converter
The ASCell3912 contains a high performance quadrature down converter with low DC offset and
high isolation of RF- and LO-ports.
1.1.4Base Band Filter
To achieve optimum blocking performance, the base band filter is realized in two separated ci r-
cuit blocks. The first filter block removes high level blocking signals out of receive band, the se cond filter block serves for high selectivity of adjacent interferers.
1.1.5 DC-Cancellation and Adjustment of Lower Cut-Off Frequency
The DC offset is removed by a first order high-pass with switchable limit frequency. In the first
step the frequency offset of transmitter and receiver is not compensated, therefore the lower
band limit is about 10 kHz. In the second step, the receiver frequency is adjusted and the lower
limit frequency of the DC-block is set to about 40 kHz and therefore the total bandwidth of pass
band is reduced. At the output of the DC block is a switch to initialize the DC-offset in the powerup instant, at the instant of switching, and after appearance of high level interfering signals.
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1.2Digital Controller
The principal function of the digital controller is demodulation, bit synchronization and the detec-
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tion of the received data protocol, according to the definition of transmitted bits. Furthermore, a
first syntax check and plausibility check of detected data is provided. A data protocol received
completely is put into a receive buffer, where a micro controller (µC) can read it out via a serial
interface.
The receiver can be externally configured with several operation parameters, LNA gain setting,
used frequency band, and timing constant for the watch dog timer. The serial interface also allows to configure the digital controller by the µC.
The receiver writes the state information into a status register. This status information can be
read out from the µC out of the status register of the receiver.
1.2.1 Microprocessor Clock
The microprocessor clock frequency F
4 if XO-SEL is ´H´ and by dividing the XTAL frequency F
Note: XO-SEL and RF-SEL are internal generated signals from the FB[1:0] bits of the setup information.
is generated by dividing the XTAL frequency F
CLK
by 6 if XO-SEL is ´L´.
XOSC
XOSC
by
1.2.2 ASCell3912 Digital Part Timing
In Figure 2 the timing of a complete receive sequence can be seen. Transmission starts at an
arbitrary point in time. First the crystal oscillator is switched on. A minimum time of 5 ms is allowed for the frequency to settle to the final value. Then the receiver executes a wake-up sequence consisting of 6 wake-up bursts. The wake-up bursts are unequally spaced to guarantee
interference free detection of an ongoing transmission also in the presence of burst interferers.
During a wake-up burst the receiver scans for an active transmission on the air interface. The
wake-up sequence is optimized to combat GSM and CT2 type interferers.
After an ongoing transmission has been detected the receiver goes to receiving mode, the
WAKE_UP line goes high, and reception of data starts. Depending on the number of interferers
present, reception of all data may take up to 3 data blocks. As soon as all data has been detected successfully, the RE_INT pin issues a positive pulse, to indicate the availability of data,
and the internal data ready flag (DR) in the ASCell3912 state register is set. The RE_INT line
may be used to trigger a interrupt procedure, which is executed at the availability of data. When
data is read out by the micro controller the internal data ready flag (DR) in the RX-status register
is cleared and it is only set, when a complete data sequence has received again. No further
pulse is issued on the RE_INT line, but the micro controller has to poll for new data during an
ongoing reception. If transmission stops, the WAKE_UP line goes low and a pulse is issued on
the RE_INT line to indicate the termination of transmission at CMT.
In Figure 2 also the timing where the microprocessor clock (µC_CLK) is active is shown. The
clock is active with the start of the detection phase of the SC3911. The clock is shut down 16
clock cycles (T
) after the falling edge of the second interrupt on the RE_INT pin.
CAI
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=26.08ms
T
XOS
=5ms
TX-Start
TX- stop
XO-
Status
RXDRInterface-lines:
Shown for T
=64.44ms
Cristal Oscillator setup-time
T
=5ms
µC_CLK
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TX Status
RX-
WAKE_UP
RE_INT
Internal flags:Shown for TDET1
SYNC
13.80ms
Wake-Up
trigger
DATA
12.28ms
Wake up
Receiver Wake up sequence
XO-
Set
DET1
13.80ms
max. 22.25ms
SYNC
start
detection
DATA
12.28ms
TDET0=12.28ms
SYNC
13.80ms
Receiver-sleep-time =
TBWI≤0.5ms
DATA
12.28ms
TDET1
Data reception and store data
data detection
completed
shown for TDET1
SYNC
13.80ms
TDET2
TINT = 0.5ms
DATA
12.28ms
µC-readout
SYNC
13.80m
DATA
TSTOP≤30ms
Data reception
Wake-Up
trigger
RX-sleep
TCAI = 16/FCLK
Set
r
Detection with 0 GSM-interfererTDET0=12.28ms
r
Detection with 1 GSM interferer or in 50% Duty Cycle ModeTDET1=26.08ms
r
Detection with 2 GSM interfererTDET2=64.44ms
r
Active time after last useful data TSTOP≤30ms
r
XOS
Figure 2:ASCell3912 basic timing.
Note: The Interface timing and the timing of the internal flags are shown in Figure 2 for a detection time of T
DET1
.
1.2.3 Receiver Configuration
The configuration register can be loaded from a µC via the serial interface. The Table 2 below
shows the contents of the configuration register. Bit b0 is the first transmitted bit. The setup
contains the LNA set, frequency band and the sleep time interval of the receiver.
bit # Name Description Configuration Comments
0 LNA LNA gain switch L= LNA Gain is high
H= LNA Gain is -10dB
[1..2] FB[1:0] Frequency band select with
FB1 is MSB
L, L (FB1, FB0) = 868.3 MHz
L, H = 433.92 MHz
H, L = 315 MHz
H, H = not used
[3..8] STR[5:0] Sleep time interval set of
t
= (STR + 1) * 20ms
sleep
the receiver, with STR5 is
MSB
default
default
Note: for STR = 00h the
witing period between
two consecutive wakeup cycles will be 148 bit.
Table 2: Format of the configuration Register
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1.2.4 Receiver Status
Table 3 below shows the format of the state register. Bit b0 is the first which is transmitted by a
readout of the µC. The status register contains the information about a successful received date,
active receiver and the information about the quality of the received signal.
bit # Name Description Status Comments
0 DR Data received a complete
message was received
1 RX Receiver is active L= receiver not active
[2..3] RQ[1:0] Signal quality indicates
how many data packets
are necessary for a complete message
L= no data received
H= data received successfully
H= data reception in progress
L, L (RQ1, RQ0) = 1 packet
L, H = 2 packets
H, L = 3 packets
H, H =4 packets
Note: This bit is set by the
receiver when 6 bytes of a
packet are correct. This bit in
the status register is necessary for the comfort-orientated
functions of the central locking
functions.
Table 3:Format of the status register.
1.2.5 µC Interface
The ASCell3912 contains a direct interface to a micro controller (µC). The µC interface of the
ASCell3912 consist of the following five pins:
”Transmit/Received data input/output” (DATA). A bi-directional serial data line, with states ”H”
ISM 868 MHz, 433 MHz and 315 MHz FSK Receiver Cell – Preliminary Data Sheet
µC
SC3912
µC
SC3912
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1.2.6 Timing Diagrams
The following Figure 3 shows the timing for the write operation into the configuration register.
First the opcode is transmitted and it is followed by 9 instruction bits.
D_CLK
DATA0
1FB1LNASTR0
STR5FB0
D_EN
t
Figure 3: Write timing for the configuration register..The following Figure 4 shows the timing of a read operation from the status register. After writing
the operation code to the ASCell3912, the ASCell3912 stays in high impedance state for one
more clock cycle and starts transmission of the selected bit sequence after that period.
D_CLK
DATA1
0gap=1DR
RXRQ1RQ0
D_EN
t
Figure 4:Read timing for status register.In the following Figure 5 shows read out of the received data. In the example `Bx-bz` stands for
bit ´z´ of Byte ´y´, so B7-b5 depicts bit 5 of byte 7.
D_CLK
DATA1
1gap=1B0-b0
B15-b6B15-b7B0-b1
D_EN
t
Figure 5:Read out timing for received data (16 Bytes).
1.2.7 Interrupt and Wake-Up Pins
To provide the micro controller with time-critical information the receive/end transmission inter-
rupt (RE_INT) line is used. Figure 2 shows the timing of the RE_INT and WAKE_UP signals
during the reception. A high pulse is issued on this line, when one of the both conditions appear:
• The reception of data is completed for the first time after a receiver wake-up.
• The transmission of data has stopped. This interrupt is necessary status oriented CMT for
comfort orientated central locking functions (like window closing).
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To distinguish between the two interrupt sources, the WAKE_UP line is used, as listed in the
following table.
RE_INTWAKE_UP Interrupt source
0→11Message received completely
0→10Transmission stopped
Table 5:Interrupt sources and their meaning.
2Electrical Characteristics
Absolute Maximum Ratings (non operating)
SymbolParameterMinMaxUnitsNote
VDD; AVDDPositive supply voltage-0.56V
GND; AGNDNegative supply voltage00V
VinVoltage at every input pinGnd-0.5VCC+0.5V
IinInput current into any pin except supply pins-1010mA
ESDElectrostatic discharge1kV
TstgStorage temperature-55125°C
TleadLead temperature260°C
1) 3)
2)
1) Test according to MIL STD 883C, Method 3015.7: HBM: R=1.5 kΩ, C=100 pF, 5 positive pulses per pin against supply pins, 5
negative pulses per pin against supply pins [C2].
2) 260 °C for 10 sec (Reflow and Wave Soldering), 360 °C for 3 sec (Manual soldering).
3) All pins, pins XTAL+,XTAL-, RF+,RF-,LC+ and LC- have 500 V ESD protection
Note: pin numbers have arbitrary ordering and numbering - will be defined during design
PinNameTypeDescription
1RF+ILNA input
2RF-ILNA input
3LC+I/OLNA tank
4LC-I/OLNA tank
5XTAL+IXTAL oscillator input
6XTAL-OXTAL oscillator output
7AVDDPAnalog positive supply
8AGNDPAnalog negative supply
9GMCI/OBase-Band Low Pass frequency set
10RFGNDIRF GND
11DGNDPDigital negative supply
12TEST1I/Opin for test purposes
13TEST2I/Opin for test purposes
14uC_CLKOClock output for micro controller
15RE_INTOInterrupt at first received data block and receive end
16WAKEUPOMicro controller wake up; high during ongoing reception
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DC to 100 kHz
G. Schultes, ISM868_RX
Revision: 0, 99 07 16
90°
AC-Coupling
Demodulator,
Synchronizer
Down Converter
TEST
DVCC
DGND
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PinNameTypeDescription
17D_ENOEnable data bus
18D_CLKIClock for serial interface
19DATAI/OData Input / Output for serial interface
20DVDDPDigital positive supply
4Application Schematic
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f =868.300 MHz
R F
IRF
Pre Filter
Implementation
Example
RFGND
RF_LO = f
LC+
PRA
RF+
RF-
Preamp.
R F
Optional
LC-GMC
QDC2*BBF2*BBA2*CMP
Quadrature
0°
Baseband
Filters
Baseband
Amplifiers
+/-45°
VCOLPFDIV PHD
f/64
AVDD
AVDD
Local
Oscillator
Loop-filter Divider
AGND
AGND
Figure 6: Basic application schematic of the ASCell3912.
2*ACCDEM
Switchable
DC-0
Phase Detector
Bandwidth
Clock
AFC
XTAL+XTAL-
LNA
Compe-
rators
XTO
Oscillator
XTAL
Data
Sync
Protocol
Decoder
Receiver
Timing
DVCC
DGND
D_EN
D_CLK
DATA
RE_INT
WAKEUP
µC_CLK
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5Package Information
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Figure 7: Physical dimensions of TSSOP-20.
SymbolCommon Dimensions
Minimal (mm/mil)Nominal (mm/mil)Maximal (mm/mil)
A--1.10/0.0433
A10.05/0.0020.10/0.0040.15/0.006
b0.19/0.0075-0.30/0.0118
D
e0.65 BSC
E6.25/0.2466.40/0.2526.50/0.256
E14.30/0.1694.40/0.1734.50/0.177
L0.50/0.0200.60/0.0240.70/0.028
?0°4°8°
ASCell's are functional and in-spec circuits, which are usually available as samples with documentation and demoboard. However they are intentionally to be used as a basis for ASIC derivatives. If an ASCell fits into a customer's application as it is, it will
be immediately qualified and transfered to an ASSP to be ordered as a regular AS product.
Copyright 2000, Austria Mikro Systeme International AG, Schloß Premstätten, 8141 Unterpremstätten, Austria.
Telefon +43-(0)3136-500-0, Telefax +43-(0)3136-52501, E-Mail info@amsint.com
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All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by
any means, without the prior permission in writing by the copyright holder. To the best of its knowledge, Austria Mikro Systeme
International asserts that the information contained in this publication is accurate and correct.
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