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CC1101

Low-Power Sub-1 GHz RF Transceiver

Applications

CC1101

 Ultra low-power wireless applications

operating in the 315/433/868/915 MHz ISM/SRD bands

 Wireless alarm and security systems  Industrial monitoring and control

Product Description

CC1101

designed for very low-power wireless applications. The circuit is mainly intended for the ISM (Industrial, Scientific and Medical) and SRD (Short Range Device) frequency bands at 315, 433, 868, and 915 MHz, but can easily be programmed for operation at other frequencies in the 300-348 MHz, 387-464 MHz and 779-928 MHz bands.

The RF transceiver is integrated with a highly configurable baseband modem. The modem supports various modulation formats and has a configurable data rate up to 600 kbps.

CC1101

for packet handling, data buffering, burst transmissions, clear channel assessment, link quality indication, and wake-on-radio.

is a low-cost sub-1 GHz transceiver

provides extensive hardware support

 Wireless sensor networks  AMR – Automatic Meter Reading  Home and building automation  Wireless MBUS

microcontroller and a few additional passive components.

The

CC1190

850-950 MHz range extender [21]

can be used with

CC1101

in long range applications for improved sensitivity and higher output power.

The main operating parameters and the 64byte transmit/receive FIFOs of

CC1101

controlled via an SPI interface. In a typical system, the

CC1101

will be used together with a

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Key Features

CC1101

RF Performance

 High sensitivity

o -116 dBm at 0.6 kBaud, 433 MHz,

1% packet error rate

o -112 dBm at 1.2 kBaud, 868 MHz,

1% packet error rate

 Low current consumption (14.7 mA in RX,

1.2 kBaud, 868 MHz)

 Programmable output power up to +12

dBm for all supported frequencies

 Excellent receiver selectivity and blocking

performance

 Programmable data rate from 0.6 to 600

kbps

 Frequency bands: 300-348 MHz, 387-464

MHz and 779-928 MHz

Analog Features

 2-FSK, 4-FSK, GFSK, and MSK supported

as well as OOK and flexible ASK shaping

 Suitable for frequency hopping systems

due to a fast settling frequency synthesizer; 75 μs settling time

 Automatic Frequency Compensation

(AFC) can be used to align the frequency synthesizer to the received signal centre frequency

 Integrated analog temperature sensor

Low-Power Features

 200 nA sleep mode current consumption  Fast startup time; 240 μs from sleep to RX

or TX mode (measured on EM reference design [1] and [2])

 Wake-on-radio functionality for automatic

low-power RX polling

 Separate 64-byte RX and TX data FIFOs

(enables burst mode data transmission)

General

 Few external components; Completely on-

chip frequency synthesizer, no external filters or RF switch needed

 Green package: RoHS compliant and no

antimony or bromine

 Small size (QLP 4x4 mm package, 20

pins)

 Suited for systems targeting compliance

with EN 300 220 (Europe) and FCC CFR Part 15 (US)

 Suited for systems targeting compliance

with the Wireless MBUS standard EN 13757-4:2005

 Support for asynchronous and

synchronous serial receive/transmit mode for backwards compatibility with existing radio communication protocols

Digital Features

 Flexible support for packet oriented

systems; On-chip support for sync word detection, address check, flexible packet length, and automatic CRC handling

 Efficient SPI interface; All registers can be

programmed with one “burst” transfer

 Digital RSSI output  Programmable channel filter bandwidth  Programmable Carrier Sense (CS)

indicator

 Programmable Preamble Quality Indicator

(PQI) for improved protection against false sync word detection in random noise

 Support for automatic Clear Channel

Assessment (CCA) before transmitting (for listen-before-talk systems)

 Support for per-package Link Quality

Indication (LQI)

 Optional automatic whitening and de-

whitening of data

Improved Range using CC1190

 The

 High sensitivity

 +20 dBm output power at 868 MHz  +27 dBm output power at 915 MHz  Refer to AN094 [22] and AN096 [23] for

CC1190

[21] is a range extender for 850-950 MHz and is an ideal fit for to enhance RF performance

o -118 dBm at 1.2 kBaud, 868 MHz,

1% packet error rate

o -120 dBm at 1.2 kBaud, 915 MHz,

1% packet error rate

more performance figures of the

CC1190

combination

CC1101 +

CC1101

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CC1101

Reduced Battery Current using TPS62730

 The

 In RX, the current drawn from a 3.6 V

 In TX, at maximum output power (+12

TPS62730

converter with bypass mode for ultra low power wireless applications.

battery is typically less than 11 mA when

TPS62730

connecting battery the current drawn is typically 17 mA (see Figure 1)

dBm), the current drawn from a 3.6 V

[26] is a step down

output voltage is 2.1 V. When

CC1101

directly to a 3.6 V

battery is typically 22 mA when output voltage is 2.1 V. When connecting

CC1101

current drawn is typically 34 mA (see Figure 2).

 When

TPS62730

very low power down current

 The typical

is 30 nA in bypass mode.

 The

an integrated 2.1 Ω (typical) switch in bypass mode

TPS62730

directly to a 3.6 V battery the

CC1101

enters SLEEP mode, the

can be put in bypass mode for

TPS62730

is connected to the battery via

current consumption

Figure 1: Typical RX Battery Current vs Battery Voltage

Figure 2: Typical TX Battery Current vs Battery Voltage at Maximum CC1101 Output Power (+12

dBm)

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2-FSK

Binary Frequency Shift Keying

MSB

Most Significant Bit

4-FSK

Quaternary Frequency Shift Keying

MSK

Minimum Shift Keying

ACP

Adjacent Channel Power

N/A

Not Applicable

ADC

Analog to Digital Converter

NRZ

Non Return to Zero (Coding)

AFC

Automatic Frequency Compensation

OOK

On-Off Keying

AGC

Automatic Gain Control

Power Amplifier

AMR

Automatic Meter Reading

PCB

Printed Circuit Board

ASK

Amplitude Shift Keying

Power Down

BER

Bit Error Rate

PER

Packet Error Rate

Bandwidth-Time product

PLL

Phase Locked Loop

CCA

Clear Channel Assessment

POR

Power-On Reset

CFR

Code of Federal Regulations

PQI

Preamble Quality Indicator

CRC

Cyclic Redundancy Check

PQT

Preamble Quality Threshold

Carrier Sense

PTAT

Proportional To Absolute Temperature

Continuous Wave (Unmodulated Carrier)

QLP

Quad Leadless Package

Direct Current

QPSK

Quadrature Phase Shift Keying

DVGA

Digital Variable Gain Amplifier

Resistor-Capacitor

ESR

Equivalent Series Resistance

Radio Frequency

FCC

Federal Communications Commission

RSSI

Received Signal Strength Indicator

FEC

Forward Error Correction

Receive, Receive Mode

FIFO

First-In-First-Out

SAW

Surface Aqustic Wave

FHSS

Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum

SMD

Surface Mount Device

Frequency Synthesizer

SNR

Signal to Noise Ratio

GFSK

Gaussian shaped Frequency Shift Keying

SPI

Serial Peripheral Interface

Intermediate Frequency

SRD

Short Range Devices

I/Q

In-Phase/Quadrature

TBD

To Be Defined

ISM

Industrial, Scientific, Medical

T/R

Transmit/Receive

Inductor-Capacitor

Transmit, Transmit Mode

LNA

Low Noise Amplifier

UHF

Ultra High frequency

Local Oscillator

VCO

Voltage Controlled Oscillator

LSB

Least Significant Bit

WOR

Wake on Radio, Low power polling

LQI

Link Quality Indicator

XOSC

Crystal Oscillator

MCU

Microcontroller Unit

XTAL

Crystal

Abbreviations

Abbreviations used in this data sheet are described below.

CC1101

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CC1101

Table Of Contents

APPLICATIONS .................................................................................................................................................. 1

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................................................ 1

KEY FEATURES ................................................................................................................................................. 2

RF PERFORMANCE .......................................................................................................................................... 2

ANALOG FEATURES ........................................................................................................................................ 2

DIGITAL FEATURES ......................................................................................................................................... 2

LOW-POWER FEATURES ................................................................................................................................ 2

GENERAL ............................................................................................................................................................ 2

IMPROVED RANGE USING CC1190 .............................................................................................................. 2

REDUCED BATTERY CURRENT USING TPS62730 .................................................................................... 3

ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................................................................................... 4

TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................................................................... 5

1 ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS ..................................................................................................... 8

2 OPERATING CONDITIONS ................................................................................................................. 8

3 GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS ......................................................................................................... 8

4 ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS ....................................................................................................... 9

4.1 CURRENT CONSUMPTION ............................................................................................................................ 9

4.2 RF RECEIVE SECTION ................................................................................................................................ 12

4.3 RF TRANSMIT SECTION ............................................................................................................................. 16

4.4 CRYSTAL OSCILLATOR .............................................................................................................................. 18

4.5 LOW POWER RC OSCILLATOR ................................................................................................................... 18

4.6 FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZER CHARACTERISTICS .......................................................................................... 19

4.7 ANALOG TEMPERATURE SENSOR .............................................................................................................. 19

4.8 DC CHARACTERISTICS .............................................................................................................................. 20

4.9 POWER-ON RESET ..................................................................................................................................... 20

5 PIN CONFIGURATION ........................................................................................................................ 20

6 CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................................... 22

7 APPLICATION CIRCUIT .................................................................................................................... 22

7.1 BIAS RESISTOR .......................................................................................................................................... 22

7.2 BALUN AND RF MATCHING ....................................................................................................................... 23

7.3 CRYSTAL ................................................................................................................................................... 23

7.4 REFERENCE SIGNAL .................................................................................................................................. 23

7.5 ADDITIONAL FILTERING ............................................................................................................................ 24

7.6 POWER SUPPLY DECOUPLING .................................................................................................................... 24

7.7 ANTENNA CONSIDERATIONS ..................................................................................................................... 24

7.8 PCB LAYOUT RECOMMENDATIONS ........................................................................................................... 26

8 CONFIGURATION OVERVIEW ................................ ................................................................ ........ 27

9 CONFIGURATION SOFTWARE ........................................................................................................ 29

10 4-WIRE SERIAL CONFIGURATION AND DATA INTERFACE .................................................. 29

10.1 CHIP STATUS BYTE ................................................................................................................................... 31

10.2 REGISTER ACCESS ..................................................................................................................................... 31

10.3 SPI READ .................................................................................................................................................. 32

10.4 COMMAND STROBES ................................................................................................................................. 32

10.5 FIFO ACCESS ................................ ................................................................ ................................ ............ 32

10.6 PATABLE ACCESS ................................................................................................................................... 33

11 MICROCONTROLLER INTERFACE AND PIN CONFIGURATION .......................................... 34

11.1 CONFIGURATION INTERFACE ..................................................................................................................... 34

11.2 GENERAL CONTROL AND STATUS PINS ..................................................................................................... 34

11.3 OPTIONAL RADIO CONTROL FEATURE ...................................................................................................... 34

12 DATA RATE PROGRAMMING .......................................................................................................... 35

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13 RECEIVER CHANNEL FILTER BANDWIDTH .............................................................................. 35

14 DEMODULATOR, SYMBOL SYNCHRONIZER, AND DATA DECISION .................................. 36

14.1 FREQUENCY OFFSET COMPENSATION........................................................................................................ 36

14.2 BIT SYNCHRONIZATION ............................................................................................................................. 36

14.3 BYTE SYNCHRONIZATION .......................................................................................................................... 36

15 PACKET HANDLING HARDWARE SUPPORT .............................................................................. 37

15.1 DATA WHITENING ..................................................................................................................................... 37

15.2 PACKET FORMAT ....................................................................................................................................... 38

15.3 PACKET FILTERING IN RECEIVE MODE ...................................................................................................... 40

15.4 PACKET HANDLING IN TRANSMIT MODE ................................................................................................... 40

15.5 PACKET HANDLING IN RECEIVE MODE ..................................................................................................... 41

15.6 PACKET HANDLING IN FIRMWARE ............................................................................................................. 41

16 MODULATION FORMATS ................................................................................................................. 42

16.1 FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING ....................................................................................................................... 42

16.2 MINIMUM SHIFT KEYING ........................................................................................................................... 43

16.3 AMPLITUDE MODULATION ........................................................................................................................ 43

17 RECEIVED SIGNAL QUALIFIERS AND LINK QUALITY INFORMATION ............................ 43

17.1 SYNC WORD QUALIFIER ............................................................................................................................ 43

17.2 PREAMBLE QUALITY THRESHOLD (PQT) .................................................................................................. 44

17.3 RSSI .......................................................................................................................................................... 44

17.4 CARRIER SENSE (CS)................................................................................................................................. 46

17.5 CLEAR CHANNEL ASSESSMENT (CCA) ..................................................................................................... 48

17.6 LINK QUALITY INDICATOR (LQI) .............................................................................................................. 48

18 FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION WITH INTERLEAVING ..................................................... 48

18.1 FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION (FEC) ...................................................................................................... 48

18.2 INTERLEAVING .......................................................................................................................................... 49

19 RADIO CONTROL ................................................................................................................................ 50

19.1 POWER-ON START-UP SEQUENCE ............................................................................................................. 50

19.2 CRYSTAL CONTROL ................................................................................................................................... 51

19.3 VOLTAGE REGULATOR CONTROL .............................................................................................................. 52

19.4 ACTIVE MODES (RX AND TX)................................................................................................................... 52

19.5 WAKE ON RADIO (WOR) .......................................................................................................................... 53

19.6 TIMING ................................................................................................ ...................................................... 54

19.7 RX TERMINATION TIMER .......................................................................................................................... 55

20 DATA FIFO ............................................................................................................................................ 56

21 FREQUENCY PROGRAMMING ........................................................................................................ 57

22 VCO ......................................................................................................................................................... 58

22.1 VCO AND PLL SELF-CALIBRATION ................................................................................................ .......... 58

23 VOLTAGE REGULATORS ................................................................................................................. 58

24 OUTPUT POWER PROGRAMMING ................................................................................................ 59

25 SHAPING AND PA RAMPING ............................................................................................................ 60

26 GENERAL PURPOSE / TEST OUTPUT CONTROL PINS ............................................................. 61

27 ASYNCHRONOUS AND SYNCHRONOUS SERIAL OPERATION .............................................. 63

27.1 ASYNCHRONOUS SERIAL OPERATION ........................................................................................................ 63

27.2 SYNCHRONOUS SERIAL OPERATION .......................................................................................................... 63

28 SYSTEM CONSIDERATIONS AND GUIDELINES ................................ ................................ ......... 64

28.1 SRD REGULATIONS ................................................................................................................................ ... 64

28.2 FREQUENCY HOPPING AND MULTI-CHANNEL SYSTEMS ............................................................................ 64

28.3 WIDEBAND MODULATION WHEN NOT USING SPREAD SPECTRUM ............................................................. 65

28.4 WIRELESS MBUS ................................................................................................................................ ...... 65

28.5 DATA BURST TRANSMISSIONS ................................................................................................................... 65

28.6 CONTINUOUS TRANSMISSIONS .................................................................................................................. 65

28.7 BATTERY OPERATED SYSTEMS ................................................................................................................. 66

28.8 INCREASING RANGE .................................................................................................................................. 66

CC1101

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29 CONFIGURATION REGISTERS ........................................................................................................ 66

29.1 CONFIGURATION REGISTER DETAILS – REGISTERS WITH PRESERVED VALUES IN SLEEP STATE ............... 71

29.2 CONFIGURATION REGISTER DETAILS – REGISTERS THAT LOOSE PROGRAMMING IN SLEEP STATE ......... 91

29.3 STATUS REGISTER DETAILS....................................................................................................................... 92

30 SOLDERING INFORMATION ............................................................................................................ 95

31 DEVELOPMENT KIT ORDERING INFORMATION ..................................................................... 95

32 REFERENCES ....................................................................................................................................... 96

33 GENERAL INFORMATION ................................................................................................................ 97

33.1 DOCUMENT HISTORY ................................................................................................................................ 97

CC1101

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Caution! ESD sensitive device. Precaution should be used when handling the device in order to prevent permanent damage.

Parameter

Min

Max

Units

Condition

Supply voltage

–0.3

3.9

All supply pins must have the same voltage

Voltage on any digital pin

–0.3

VDD + 0.3,

max 3.9

Voltage on the pins RF_P, RF_N, DCOUPL, RBIAS

–0.3

2.0

Voltage ramp-up rate

120

kV/µs

Input RF level

+10

dBm

Storage temperature range

–50

150

C

Solder reflow temperature

260

C

According to IPC/JEDEC J-STD-020

ESD 750

According to JEDEC STD 22, method A114, Human Body Model (HBM)

ESD 400

According to JEDEC STD 22, C101C, Charged Device Model (CDM)

Parameter

Min

Max

Unit

Condition

Operating temperature

-40

C

Operating supply voltage

1.8

3.6

All supply pins must have the same voltage

Parameter

Min

Typ

Max

Unit

Condition/Note

Frequency range

300 348

MHz

387 464

MHz

If using a 27 MHz crystal, the lower frequency limit for this band is 392 MHz

779 928

MHz

Data rate

0.6

0.6 26

500 250 300 500

kBaud kBaud kBaud kBaud

2-FSK GFSK, OOK, and ASK 4-FSK (the data rate in kbps will be twice the baud rate) (Shaped) MSK (also known as differential offset QPSK).

Optional Manchester encoding (the data rate in kbps will be half the baud rate)

CC1101

1 Absolute Maximum Ratings

Under no circumstances must the absolute maximum ratings given in Table 1 be violated. Stress exceeding one or more of the limiting values may cause permanent damage to the device.

Table 1: Absolute Maximum Ratings

2 Operating Conditions

The operating conditions for

CC1101

are listed Table 2 in below.

Table 2: Operating Conditions

3 General Characteristics

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Table 3: General Characteristics

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Parameter

Min

Typ

Max

Unit

Condition

Current consumption in power down modes

0.2

A

Voltage regulator to digital part off, register values retained (SLEEP state). All GDO pins programmed to 0x2F (HW to 0)

0.5

A

Voltage regulator to digital part off, register values retained, lowpower RC oscillator running (SLEEP state with WOR enabled)

100

A

Voltage regulator to digital part off, register values retained, XOSC running (SLEEP state with MCSM0.OSC_FORCE_ON set)

165

A

Voltage regulator to digital part on, all other modules in power down (XOFF state)

Current consumption

8.8

A

Automatic RX polling once each second, using low-power RC oscillator, with 542 kHz filter bandwidth and 250 kBaud data rate, PLL calibration every 4th wakeup. Average current with signal in channel below carrier sense level (MCSM2.RX_TIME_RSSI=1)

35.3

A

Same as above, but with signal in channel above carrier sense level, 1.96 ms RX timeout, and no preamble/sync word found

1.4

A

Automatic RX polling every 15th second, using low-power RC oscillator, with 542 kHz filter bandwidth and 250 kBaud data rate, PLL calibration every 4th wakeup. Average current with signal in channel below carrier sense level (MCSM2.RX_TIME_RSSI=1)

39.3

A

Same as above, but with signal in channel above carrier sense level, 36.6 ms RX timeout, and no preamble/sync word found

1.7 mA

Only voltage regulator to digital part and crystal oscillator running (IDLE state)

8.4 mA

Only the frequency synthesizer is running (FSTXON state). This currents consumption is also representative for the other intermediate states when going from IDLE to RX or TX, including the calibration state

Current consumption, 315 MHz

15.4 mA

Receive mode, 1.2 kBaud, reduced current, input at sensitivity limit

14.4 mA

Receive mode, 1.2 kBaud, register settings optimized for reduced current, input well above sensitivity limit

15.2 mA

Receive mode, 38.4 kBaud, register settings optimized for reduced current, input at sensitivity limit

14.3 mA

Receive mode, 38.4 kBaud, register settings optimized for reduced current, input well above sensitivity limit

16.5 mA

Receive mode, 250 kBaud, register settings optimized for reduced current, input at sensitivity limit

15.1 mA

Receive mode, 250 kBaud, register settings optimized for reduced current, input well above sensitivity limit

27.4 mA

Transmit mode, +10 dBm output power

15.0 mA

Transmit mode, 0 dBm output power

12.3 mA

Transmit mode, –6 dBm output power

CC1101

4 Electrical Specifications

4.1 Current Consumption

TA = 25C, VDD = 3.0 V if nothing else stated. All measurement results are obtained using the CC1101EM reference designs ([1] and [2]). Reduced current settings (MDMCFG2.DEM_DCFILT_OFF=1) gives a slightly lower current consumption at the cost of a reduction in sensitivity. See Table 7 for additional details on current consumption and sensitivity.

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Parameter

Min

Typ

Max

Unit

Condition

Current consumption, 433 MHz

16.0 mA

Receive mode, 1.2 kBaud, register settings optimized for reduced current, input at sensitivity limit

15.0 mA

Receive mode, 1.2 kBaud, register settings optimized for reduced current, input well above sensitivity limit

15.7 mA

Receive mode, 38.4 kBaud, register settings optimized for reduced current, input at sensitivity limit

15.0 mA

Receive mode, 38.4 kBaud, register settings optimized for reduced current, input well above sensitivity limit

17.1 mA

Receive mode, 250 kBaud, register settings optimized for reduced current, input at sensitivity limit

15.7 mA

Receive mode, 250 kBaud, register settings optimized for reduced current, input well above sensitivity limit

29.2 mA

Transmit mode, +10 dBm output power

16.0 mA

Transmit mode, 0 dBm output power

13.1 mA

Transmit mode, –6 dBm output power

Current consumption, 868/915 MHz

15.7 mA

Receive mode, 1.2 kBaud, register settings optimized for reduced current, input at sensitivity limit. See Figure 3 for current consumption with register settings optimized for sensitivity.

14.7 mA

Receive mode, 1.2 kBaud, register settings optimized for reduced current, input well above sensitivity limit. See Figure 3 for current consumption with register settings optimized for sensitivity.

15.6 mA

Receive mode, 38.4 kBaud, register settings optimized for reduced current, input at sensitivity limit. See Figure 3 for current consumption with register settings optimized for sensitivity.

14.6 mA

Receive mode, 38.4 kBaud, register settings optimized for reduced current, input well above sensitivity limit. See Figure 3 for current consumption with register settings optimized for sensitivity.

16.9 mA

Receive mode, 250 kBaud, register settings optimized for reduced current, input at sensitivity limit. See Figure 3 for current consumption with register settings optimized for sensitivity.

15.6 mA

Receive mode, 250 kBaud, register settings optimized for reduced current, input well above sensitivity limit. See Figure 3 for current consumption with register settings optimized for sensitivity.

34.2 mA

Transmit mode, +12 dBm output power, 868 MHz

30.0 mA

Transmit mode, +10 dBm output power, 868 MHz

16.8 mA

Transmit mode, 0 dBm output power, 868 MHz

16.4 mA

Transmit mode, –6 dBm output power, 868 MHz.

33.4 mA

Transmit mode, +11 dBm output power, 915 MHz

30.7 mA

Transmit mode, +10 dBm output power, 915 MHz

17.2 mA

Transmit mode, 0 dBm output power, 915 MHz

17.0 mA

Transmit mode, –6 dBm output power, 915 MHz

CC1101

Table 4: Current Consumption

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16,2

16,4

16,6

16,8

17,2

17,4

17,6

17,8

-110 -90 -70 -50 -30 -10

Input Power Level [dBm]

Current [mA]

-40C +25C +85C

16,2

16,4

16,6

16,8

17,0

17,2

17,4

17,6

17,8

-100 -80 -60 -40 -20

Input Power Level [dBm]

Current [mA]

-40C +25C +85C

16,5

17,5

18,5

19,5

-100 -80 -60 -40 -20

Input Power Level [dBm]

Current [mA]

-40C +25C +85C

17,0

17,5

18,0

18,5

19,0

19,5

-90 -70 -50 -30 -10

Input Power Level [dBm]

Current [mA]

-40C +25C +85C

Supply Voltage

VDD = 1.8 V

Supply Voltage

VDD = 3.0 V

Supply Voltage

VDD = 3.6 V

Temperature [°C]

-40

Current [mA], PATABLE=0xC0, +12 dBm

32.7

31.5

30.5

35.3

34.2

33.3

35.5

34.4

33.5

Current [mA], PATABLE=0xC5, +10 dBm

30.1

29.2

28.3

30.9

30.0

29.4

31.1

30.3

29.6

Current [mA], PATABLE=0x50, 0 dBm

16.4

16.0

15.6

17.3

16.8

16.4

17.6

17.1

16.7

Supply Voltage

VDD = 1.8 V

Supply Voltage

VDD = 3.0 V

Supply Voltage

VDD = 3.6 V

Temperature [°C]

-40

Current [mA], PATABLE=0xC0, +11 dBm

31.9

30.7

29.8

34.6

33.4

32.5

34.8

33.6

32.7

Current [mA], PATABLE=0xC3, +10 dBm

30.9

29.8

28.9

31.7

30.7

30.0

31.9

31.0

30.2

Current [mA], PATABLE=0x8E, 0 dBm

17.2

16.8

16.4

17.6

17.2

16.9

17.8

17.4

17.1

Table 5: Typical TX Current Consumption over Temperature and Supply Voltage, 868 MHz

Table 6: Typical TX Current Consumption over Temperature and Supply Voltage, 915 MHz

CC1101

1.2 kBaud GFSK

38.4 kBaud GFSK

250 kBaud GFSK

500 kBaud MSK

Figure 3: Typical RX Current Consumption over Temperature and Input Power Level,

868/915 MHz, Sensitivity Optimized Setting

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Parameter

Min

Typ

Max

Unit

Condition/Note

Digital channel filter bandwidth

58 812

kHz

User programmable. The bandwidth limits are proportional to crystal frequency (given values assume a 26.0 MHz crystal)

Spurious emissions

-68

-66

–57

–47

dBm

25 MHz – 1 GHz (Maximum figure is the ETSI EN 300 220 limit)

Above 1 GHz (Maximum figure is the ETSI EN 300 220 limit)

Typical radiated spurious emission is -49 dBm measured at the VCO frequency

RX latency

bit

Serial operation. Time from start of reception until data is available on the receiver data output pin is equal to 9 bit

315 MHz

1.2 kBaud data rate, sensitivity optimized, MDMCFG2.DEM_DCFILT_OFF=0 (2-FSK, 1% packet error rate, 20 bytes packet length, 5.2 kHz deviation, 58 kHz digital channel filter bandwidth)

Receiver sensitivity

-111 dBm

Sensitivity can be traded for current consumption by setting MDMCFG2.DEM_DCFILT_OFF=1. The typical current consumption is then reduced from 17.2 mA to 15.4 mA at the sensitivity limit. The sensitivity is typically reduced to -109 dBm

500 kBaud data rate, sensitivity optimized, MDMCFG2.DEM_DCFILT_OFF=0 (MSK, 1% packet error rate, 20 bytes packet length, 812 kHz digital channel filter bandwidth)

Receiver sensitivity

-88 dBm

MDMCFG2.DEM_DCFILT_OFF=1 cannot be used for data rates > 250 kBaud

433 MHz

0.6 kBaud data rate, sensitivity optimized, MDMCFG2.DEM_DCFILT_OFF=0

(GFSK, 1% packet error rate, 20 bytes packet length, 14.3 kHz deviation, 58 kHz digital channel filter bandwidth)

Receiver sensitivity

-116 dBm

1.2 kBaud data rate, sensitivity optimized, MDMCFG2.DEM_DCFILT_OFF=0 (GFSK, 1% packet error rate, 20 bytes packet length, 5.2 kHz deviation, 58 kHz digital channel filter bandwidth)

Receiver sensitivity

-112 dBm

Sensitivity can be traded for current consumption by setting MDMCFG2.DEM_DCFILT_OFF=1. The typical current consumption is then reduced from 18.0 mA to 16.0 mA at the sensitivity limit. The sensitivity is typically reduced to -110 dBm

38.4 kBaud data rate, sensitivity optimized, MDMCFG2.DEM_DCFILT_OFF=0 (GFSK, 1% packet error rate, 20 bytes packet length, 20 kHz deviation, 100 kHz digital channel filter bandwidth)

Receiver sensitivity

–104 dBm

250 kBaud data rate, sensitivity optimized, MDMCFG2.DEM_DCFILT_OFF=0 (GFSK, 1% packet error rate, 20 bytes packet length, 127 kHz deviation, 540 kHz digital channel filter bandwidth)

Receiver sensitivity

-95 dBm

868/915 MHz

1.2 kBaud data rate, sensitivity optimized, MDMCFG2.DEM_DCFILT_OFF=0

(GFSK, 1% packet error rate, 20 bytes packet length, 5.2 kHz deviation, 58 kHz digital channel filter bandwidth)

Receiver sensitivity

–112 dBm

Sensitivity can be traded for current consumption by setting MDMCFG2.DEM_DCFILT_OFF=1. The typical current consumption is then reduced from 17.7 mA to 15.7 mA at sensitivity limit. The sensitivity is typically reduced to -109 dBm

Saturation

–14 dBm

FIFOTHR.CLOSE_IN_RX=0. See more in DN010 [8]

Adjacent channel rejection ±100 kHz offset

Desired channel 3 dB above the sensitivity limit. 100 kHz channel spacing See Figure 4 for selectivity performance at other offset frequencies

Image channel rejection

31 dB

IF frequency 152 kHz Desired channel 3 dB above the sensitivity limit

CC1101

4.2 RF Receive Section

TA = 25C, VDD = 3.0 V if nothing else stated. All measurement results are obtained using the CC1101EM reference designs ([1] and [2]).

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Parameter

Min

Typ

Max

Unit

Condition/Note

Blocking ±2 MHz offset ±10 MHz offset

-50

-40

dBm dBm

Desired channel 3 dB above the sensitivity limit See Figure 4 for blocking performance at other offset frequencies

38.4 kBaud data rate, sensitivity optimized, MDMCFG2.DEM_DCFILT_OFF=0 (GFSK, 1% packet error rate, 20 bytes packet length, 20 kHz deviation, 100 kHz digital channel filter bandwidth)

Receiver sensitivity

–104

dBm

Sensitivity can be traded for current consumption by setting MDMCFG2.DEM_DCFILT_OFF=1. The typical current consumption is then reduced from 17.7 mA to 15.6 mA at the sensitivity limit. The sensitivity is typically reduced to -102 dBm

Saturation

–16

dBm

FIFOTHR.CLOSE_IN_RX=0. See more in DN010 [8]

Adjacent channel rejection

-200 kHz offset +200 kHz offset

12 25

dB dB

Desired channel 3 dB above the sensitivity limit. 200 kHz channel spacing See Figure 5 for blocking performance at other offset frequencies

Image channel rejection

23 dB

IF frequency 152 kHz Desired channel 3 dB above the sensitivity limit

Blocking ±2 MHz offset ±10 MHz offset

-50

-40

dBm dBm

Desired channel 3 dB above the sensitivity limit See Figure 5 for blocking performance at other offset frequencies

250 kBaud data rate, sensitivity optimized, MDMCFG2.DEM_DCFILT_OFF=0 (GFSK, 1% packet error rate, 20 bytes packet length, 127 kHz deviation, 540 kHz digital channel filter bandwidth)

Receiver sensitivity

–95

dBm

Sensitivity can be traded for current consumption by setting MDMCFG2.DEM_DCFILT_OFF=1. The typical current consumption is then reduced from 18.9 mA to 16.9 mA at the sensitivity limit. The sensitivity is typically reduced to -91 dBm

Saturation

–17

dBm

FIFOTHR.CLOSE_IN_RX=0. See more in DN010 [8]

Adjacent channel rejection

25 dB

Desired channel 3 dB above the sensitivity limit. 750 kHz channel spacing See Figure 6 for blocking performance at other offset frequencies

Image channel rejection

14 dB

IF frequency 304 kHz Desired channel 3 dB above the sensitivity limit

Blocking ±2 MHz offset ±10 MHz offset

-50

-40

dBm dBm

Desired channel 3 dB above the sensitivity limit See Figure 6 for blocking performance at other offset frequencies

500 kBaud data rate, sensitivity optimized, MDMCFG2.DEM_DCFILT_OFF=0 (MSK, 1% packet error rate, 20 bytes packet length, 812 kHz digital channel filter bandwidth)

Receiver sensitivity

–90

dBm

MDMCFG2.DEM_DCFILT_OFF=1 cannot be used for data rates > 250 kBaud

Image channel rejection

IF frequency 355 kHz Desired channel 3 dB above the sensitivity limit

Blocking ±2 MHz offset ±10 MHz offset

-50

-40

dBm dBm

Desired channel 3 dB above the sensitivity limit See Figure 7 for blocking performance at other offset frequencies

4-FSK, 125 kBaud data rate (250 kbps), sensitivity optimized, MDMCFG2.DEM_DCFILT_OFF=0 (1% packet error rate, 20 bytes packet length, 127 kHz deviation, 406 kHz digital channel filter bandwidth)

Receiver sensitivity

-96

dBm

4-FSK, 250 kBaud data rate (500 kbps), sensitivity optimized, MDMCFG2.DEM_DCFILT_OFF=0 (1% packet error rate, 20 bytes packet length, 254 kHz deviation, 812 kHz digital channel filter bandwidth)

Receiver sensitivity

-91

dBm

4-FSK, 300 kBaud data rate (600 kbps), sensitivity optimized, MDMCFG2.DEM_DCFILT_OFF=0 (1% packet error rate, 20 bytes packet length, 228 kHz deviation, 812 kHz digital channel filter bandwidth)

Receiver sensitivity

-89

dBm

CC1101

Table 7: RF Receive Section

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-20

-10

-40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40

Offset [MHz]

Blocking [dB]

-10

-1 -0,9 -0,8 -0,7 -0,6 -0,5 -0,4 -0,3 -0,2 -0,1 0 0,1 0,2 0,3 0,4 0,5 0,6 0,7 0,8 0,9 1

Offset [MHz]

Selectivity [dB]

Supply Voltage

VDD = 1.8 V

Supply Voltage

VDD = 3.0 V

Supply Voltage

VDD = 3.6 V

Temperature [°C]

-40

Sensitivity [dBm]

1.2 kBaud

-113

-112

-110

-113

-112

-110

-113

-112

-110

Sensitivity [dBm]

38.4 kBaud

-105

-104

-102

-105

-104

-102

-105

-104

-102

Sensitivity [dBm] 250 kBaud

-97

-96

-92

-97

-95

-92

-97

-94

-92

Sensitivity [dBm] 500 kBaud

-91

-90

-86

-91

-90

-86

-91

-90

-86

Supply Voltage

VDD = 1.8 V

Supply Voltage

VDD = 3.0 V

Supply Voltage

VDD = 3.6 V

Temperature [°C]

-40

Sensitivity [dBm]

1.2 kBaud

-113

-112

-110

-113

-112

-110

-113

-112

-110

Sensitivity [dBm]

38.4 kBaud

-105

-104

-102

-104

-102

-105

-104

-102

Sensitivity [dBm] 250 kBaud

-97

-94

-92

-97

-95

-92

-97

-95

-92

Sensitivity [dBm] 500 kBaud

-91

-89

-86

-91

-90

-86

-91

-89

-86

CC1101

Table 8: Typical Sensitivity over Temperature and Supply Voltage, 868 MHz, Sensitivity Optimized

Setting

Table 9: Typical Sensitivity over Temperature and Supply Voltage, 915 MHz, Sensitivity Optimized

Setting

Figure 4: Typical Selectivity at 1.2 kBaud Data Rate, 868.3 MHz, GFSK, 5.2 kHz Deviation. IF

Frequency is 152.3 kHz and the Digital Channel Filter Bandwidth is 58 kHz

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-20

-10

-40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40

Offset [MHz]

Blocking [dB]

-20

-10

-1 -0,9 -0,8 -0,7 -0,6 -0,5 -0,4 -0,3 -0,2 -0,1 0 0,1 0,2 0,3 0,4 0,5 0,6 0,7 0,8 0,9 1

Offset [MHz]

Selectivity [dB]

-20

-10

-40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40

Offset [MHz]

Blocking [dB]

-20

-10

-2 -1,5 -1 -0,5 0 0,5 1 1,5 2

Offset [MHz]

Selectivity [dB]

-30

-20

-10

-40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40

Offset [MHz]

Blocking [dB]

-20

-10

-2 -1,5 -1 -0,5 0 0,5 1 1,5 2

Offset [MHz]

Selectivity [dB]

CC1101

Figure 5: Typical Selectivity at 38.4 kBaud Data Rate, 868 MHz, GFSK, 20 kHz Deviation. IF

Frequency is 152.3 kHz and the Digital Channel Filter Bandwidth is 100 kHz

Figure 6: Typical Selectivity at 250 kBaud Data Rate, 868 MHz, GFSK, IF Frequency is 304 kHz and

the Digital Channel Filter Bandwidth is 540 kHz

Figure 7: Typical Selectivity at 500 kBaud Data Rate, 868 MHz, GFSK, IF Frequency is 355 kHz and

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the Digital Channel Filter Bandwidth is 812 kHz

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Parameter

Min

Typ

Max

Unit

Condition/Note

Differential load impedance

315 MHz 433 MHz 868/915 MHz

122 + j31 116 + j41

86.5 + j43

  

Differential impedance as seen from the RF-port (RF_P and RF_N) towards the antenna. Follow the CC1101EM reference designs ([1] and [2]) available from the TI website

Output power, highest setting

315 MHz 433 MHz 868 MHz 915 MHz

+10 +10 +12 +11

dBm dBm dBm dBm

Output power is programmable, and full range is available in all frequency bands. Output power may be restricted by regulatory limits.

See Design Note DN013 [15] for output power and harmonics figures when using multi-layer inductors. The output power is then typically +10 dBm when operating at 868/915 MHz.

Delivered to a 50  single-ended load via CC1101EM reference designs ([1] and [2]) RF matching network

Output power, lowest setting

-30

dBm

Output power is programmable, and full range is available in all frequency bands

Delivered to a 50 single-ended load via CC1101EM reference designs ([1] and [2]) RF matching network

Harmonics, radiated

Harm, 433 MHz

3rd Harm, 433 MHz 2

Harm, 868 MHz

3rd Harm, 868 MHz 2

Harm, 915 MHz

3rd Harm, 915 MHz

-49

-40

-47

-55

-50

-54

dBm dBm

Measured on CC1101EM reference designs ([1] and [2]) with CW, maximum output power

The antennas used during the radiated measurements (SMAFF-433 from R.W. Badland and Nearson S331 868/915) play a part in attenuating the harmonics

Note: All harmonics are below -41.2 dBm when operating in the 902 – 928 MHz band

Harmonics, conducted 315 MHz

433 MHz

868 MHz 2

Harm

other harmonics 915 MHz

Harm

other harmonics

< -35 < -53

-43

< -45

-36

< -46

-34

< -50

dBm dBm

Measured with +10 dBm CW at 315 MHz and 433 MHz Frequencies below 960 MHz Frequencies above 960 MHz

Frequencies below 1 GHz Frequencies above 1 GHz

Measured with +12 dBm CW at 868 MHz

Measured with +11 dBm CW at 915 MHz (requirement is -20 dBc under FCC 15.247)

CC1101

4.3 RF Transmit Section

TA = 25C, VDD = 3.0 V, +10 dBm if nothing else stated. All measurement results are obtained using the CC1101EM reference designs ([1] and [2]).

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Parameter

Min

Typ

Max

Unit

Condition/Note

Spurious emissions conducted, harmonics not included

315 MHz

433 MHz

868 MHz

915 MHz

< -58 < -53

< -50 < -54 < -56

< -50 < -52 < -53

< -51 < -54

dBm dBm

dBm dBm dBm

dBm dBm

Measured with +10 dBm CW at 315 MHz and 433 MHz Frequencies below 960 MHz Frequencies above 960 MHz

Frequencies below 1 GHz Frequencies above 1 GHz Frequencies within 47-74, 87.5-118, 174-230, 470-862 MHz

Measured with +12 dBm CW at 868 MHz Frequencies below 1 GHz Frequencies above 1 GHz Frequencies within 47-74, 87.5-118, 174-230, 470-862 MHz

All radiated spurious emissions are within the limits of ETSI. The peak conducted spurious emission is -53 dBm at 699 MHz (868 MHz – 169 MHz), which is in a frequency band limited to

-54 dBm by EN 300 220. An alternative filter can be used to reduce the emission at 699 MHz below -54 dBm, for conducted measurements, and is shown in Figure 11. See more information in DN017 [9].

For compliance with modulation bandwidth requirements under EN 300 220 in the 863 to 870 MHz frequency range it is recommended to use a 26 MHz crystal for frequencies below 869 MHz and a 27 MHz crystal for frequencies above 869 MHz.

Measured with +11 dBm CW at 915 MHz Frequencies below 960 MHz Frequencies above 960 MHz

TX latency

bit

Serial operation. Time from sampling the data on the transmitter data input pin until it is observed on the RF output ports

Supply Voltage

VDD = 1.8 V

Supply Voltage

VDD = 3.0 V

Supply Voltage

VDD = 3.6 V

Temperature [°C]

-40

Output Power [dBm], PATABLE=0xC0, +12 dBm

Output Power [dBm], PATABLE=0xC5, +10 dBm

10 9 11

Output Power [dBm], PATABLE=0x50, 0 dBm

1 0 -1 2 1 0 2 1 0

Supply Voltage

VDD = 1.8 V

Supply Voltage

VDD = 3.0 V

Supply Voltage

VDD = 3.6 V

Temperature [°C]

-40

Output Power [dBm], PATABLE=0xC0, +11 dBm

Output Power [dBm], PATABLE=0x8E, +0 dBm

2 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0

CC1101

Table 10: RF Transmit Section

Table 11: Typical Variation in Output Power over Temperature and Supply Voltage, 868 MHz

Table 12: Typical Variation in Output Power over Temperature and Supply Voltage, 915 MHz

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Parameter

Min

Typ

Max

Unit

Condition/Note

Crystal frequency

MHz

Tolerance

±40 ppm

This is the total tolerance including a) initial tolerance, b) crystal loading, c) aging, and d) temperature dependence. The acceptable crystal tolerance depends on RF frequency and channel spacing / bandwidth.

Load capacitance

Simulated over operating conditions

ESR

100 

Start-up time

150 µs

This parameter is to a large degree crystal dependent. Measured on the CC1101EM reference designs ([1] and [2]) using crystal AT-41CD2 from NDK

Parameter

Min

Typ

Max

Unit

Condition/Note

Calibrated frequency

34.7

kHz

Calibrated RC Oscillator frequency is XTAL frequency divided by 750

Frequency accuracy after calibration

±1 %

Temperature coefficient

+0.5

% / C

Frequency drift when temperature changes after calibration

Supply voltage coefficient

+3 % / V

Frequency drift when supply voltage changes after calibration

Initial calibration time

When the RC Oscillator is enabled, calibration is continuously done in the background as long as the crystal oscillator is running

CC1101

4.4 Crystal Oscillator

TA = 25C, VDD = 3.0 V if nothing else is stated. All measurement results obtained using the CC1101EM reference designs ([1] and [2]).

Table 13: Crystal Oscillator Parameters

4.5 Low Power RC Oscillator

TA = 25C, VDD = 3.0 V if nothing else is stated. All measurement results obtained using the CC1101EM reference designs ([1] and [2]).

Table 14: RC Oscillator Parameters

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Parameter

Min

Typ

Max

Unit

Condition/Note

Programmed frequency resolution

397

XOSC

216

412

26-27 MHz crystal. The resolution (in Hz) is equal for all frequency bands

Synthesizer frequency tolerance

±40 ppm

Given by crystal used. Required accuracy (including temperature and aging) depends on frequency band and channel bandwidth / spacing

RF carrier phase noise

–92 dBc/Hz

@ 50 kHz offset from carrier

RF carrier phase noise

–92 dBc/Hz

@ 100 kHz offset from carrier

RF carrier phase noise

–92 dBc/Hz

@ 200 kHz offset from carrier

RF carrier phase noise

–98 dBc/Hz

@ 500 kHz offset from carrier

RF carrier phase noise

–107

dBc/Hz

@ 1 MHz offset from carrier

RF carrier phase noise

–113

dBc/Hz

@ 2 MHz offset from carrier

RF carrier phase noise

–119

dBc/Hz

@ 5 MHz offset from carrier

RF carrier phase noise

–129

dBc/Hz

@ 10 MHz offset from carrier

PLL turn-on / hop time ( See Table 34)

s

Time from leaving the IDLE state until arriving in the RX, FSTXON or TX state, when not performing calibration. Crystal oscillator running.

PLL RX/TX settling time ( See Table 34)

s

Settling time for the 1·IF frequency step from RX to TX

PLL TX/RX settling time ( See Table 34)

s

Settling time for the 1·IF frequency step from TX to RX. 250 kbps data rate.

PLL calibration time (See Table 35)

685

712

724

s

Calibration can be initiated manually or automatically before entering or after leaving RX/TX

Parameter

Min

Typ

Max

Unit

Condition/Note

Output voltage at –40C

0.651 V

Output voltage at 0C

0.747 V

Output voltage at +40C

0.847 V

Output voltage at +80C

0.945 V Temperature coefficient

2.47

mV/C

Fitted from –20 C to +80 C

Error in calculated temperature, calibrated

-2

C

From –20 C to +80 C when using 2.47 mV / C, after 1-point calibration at room temperature

The indicated minimum and maximum error with 1point calibration is based on simulated values for typical process parameters

Current consumption increase when enabled

0.3 mA

CC1101

4.6 Frequency Synthesizer Characteristics

TA = 25C, VDD = 3.0 V if nothing else is stated. All measurement results are obtained using the CC1101EM reference designs ([1] and [2]). Min figures are given using a 27 MHz crystal. Typ and max figures are given using a 26 MHz crystal.

Table 15: Frequency Synthesizer Parameters

4.7 Analog Temperature Sensor

TA = 25C, VDD = 3.0 V if nothing else is stated. All measurement results obtained using the CC1101EM reference designs ([1] and [2]). Note that it is necessary to write 0xBF to the PTEST register to use the analog temperature sensor in the IDLE state.

Table 16: Analog Temperature Sensor Parameters

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15 14 13 12 11

109876

GND Exposed die attach pad

SCLK

SO (GDO1)

GDO2 DVDD

DCOUPL

GDO0 (ATEST)

XOSC_Q1

AVDD

XOSC_Q2

AVDD

RF_P

RF_N

GND

AVDD

RBIAS

DGUARD

GND

CSn

AVDD

Digital Inputs/Outputs

Min

Max

Unit

Condition

Logic "0" input voltage

0.7

V Logic "1" input voltage

VDD-0.7

VDD

Logic "0" output voltage

0.5

For up to 4 mA output current

Logic "1" output voltage

VDD-0.3

VDD

For up to 4 mA output current

Logic "0" input current

N/A

–50

Input equals 0V

Logic "1" input current

N/A

Input equals VDD

Parameter

Min

Typ

Max

Unit

Condition/Note

Power-up ramp-up time

From 0V until reaching 1.8V

Power off time

Minimum time between power-on and power-off

Note: The exposed die attach pad must be connected to a solid ground plane as this is the main

ground connection for the chip

CC1101

4.8 DC Characteristics

TA = 25C if nothing else stated.

Table 17: DC Characteristics

4.9 Power-On Reset

For proper Power-On-Reset functionality the power supply should comply with the requirements in Table 18 below. Otherwise, the chip should be assumed to have unknown state until transmitting an SRES strobe over the SPI interface. See Section 19.1 on page 50 for further details.

5 Pin Configuration

The

CC1101

configuration.

pin-out is shown in Figure 8 and Table 19. See Section 26 for details on the I/O

Table 18: Power-On Reset Requirements

Figure 8: Pinout Top View

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Pin #

Pin Name

Pin type

Description

SCLK

Digital Input

Serial configuration interface, clock input

SO (GDO1)

Digital Output

Serial configuration interface, data output Optional general output pin when CSn is high

GDO2

Digital Output

Digital output pin for general use:

 Test signals  FIFO status signals  Clear channel indicator  Clock output, down-divided from XOSC  Serial output RX data

DVDD

Power (Digital)

1.8 - 3.6 V digital power supply for digital I/O‟s and for the digital core voltage regulator

DCOUPL

Power (Digital)

1.6 - 2.0 V digital power supply output for decoupling NOTE: This pin is intended for use with the

CC1101

only. It can not be used

to provide supply voltage to other devices

GDO0 (ATEST)

Digital I/O

Digital output pin for general use:

 Test signals  FIFO status signals  Clear channel indicator  Clock output, down-divided from XOSC  Serial output RX data  Serial input TX data

Also used as analog test I/O for prototype/production testing

CSn

Digital Input

Serial configuration interface, chip select

XOSC_Q1

Analog I/O

Crystal oscillator pin 1, or external clock input

AVDD

Power (Analog)

1.8 - 3.6 V analog power supply connection

XOSC_Q2

Analog I/O

Crystal oscillator pin 2

AVDD

Power (Analog)

1.8 - 3.6 V analog power supply connection

RF_P

RF I/O

Positive RF input signal to LNA in receive mode Positive RF output signal from PA in transmit mode

RF_N

RF I/O

Negative RF input signal to LNA in receive mode Negative RF output signal from PA in transmit mode

AVDD

Power (Analog)

1.8 - 3.6 V analog power supply connection

AVDD

Power (Analog)

1.8 - 3.6 V analog power supply connection

GND

Ground (Analog)

Analog ground connection

RBIAS

Analog I/O

External bias resistor for reference current

DGUARD

Power (Digital)

Power supply connection for digital noise isolation

GND

Ground (Digital)

Ground connection for digital noise isolation

Digital Input

Serial configuration interface, data input

CC1101

Table 19: Pinout Overview

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BIAS

RBIAS XOSC_Q1 XOSC_Q2

CSn

SO (GDO1)

XOSC

SCLK

LNA

FREQ

SYNTH

ADC

DEMODULATOR

FEC / INTERLEAVER

PACKET HANDLER

RXFIFO

MODULATOR

TXFIFO

DIGITAL INTERFACE TO MCU

RADIO CONTROL

RF_P RF_N

GDO2

GDO0 (ATEST)

RC OSC

6 Circuit Description

CC1101

A simplified block diagram of

Figure 9:

CC1101

Simplified Block Diagram

is shown

in Figure 9.

CC1101

features a low-IF receiver. The received RF signal is amplified by the low-noise amplifier (LNA) and down-converted in quadrature (I and Q) to the intermediate frequency (IF). At IF, the I/Q signals are digitised by the ADCs. Automatic gain control (AGC), fine channel filtering, demodulation, and bit/packet synchronization are performed digitally.

The transmitter part of

CC1101

is based on

direct synthesis of the RF frequency. The

7 Application Circuit

Only a few external components are required for using the application circuits for Figure 10 and

Figure 11. The external components are described in Table 20, and typical values are given in Table 21.

The 315 MHz and 433 MHz CC1101EM reference design [1] use inexpensive multilayer inductors. The 868 MHz and 915 MHz CC1101EM reference design [2] use wire-

CC1101

. The recommended

CC1101

are shown in

frequency synthesizer includes a completely on-chip LC VCO and a 90 degree phase shifter for generating the I and Q LO signals to the down-conversion mixers in receive mode.

A crystal is to be connected to XOSC_Q1 and XOSC_Q2. The crystal oscillator generates the reference frequency for the synthesizer, as well as clocks for the ADC and the digital part.

A 4-wire SPI serial interface is used for configuration and data buffer access.

The digital baseband includes support for channel configuration, packet handling, and data buffering.

wound inductors as this give better output power, sensitivity, and attenuation of harmonics compared to using multi-layer inductors. Refer to design note DN032 [24] for information about performance when using wire-wound inductors from different vendors. See also Design Note DN013 [15], which gives the output power and harmonics when using multi-layer inductors. The output power is then typically +10 dBm when operating at 868/915 MHz.

7.1 Bias Resistor

The bias resistor R171 is used to set an accurate bias current.

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7.2 Balun and RF Matching

CC1101

The balanced RF input and output of share two common pins and are designed for a simple, low-cost matching and balun network on the printed circuit board. The receive- and transmit switching at the controlled by a dedicated on-chip function, eliminating the need for an external RX/TXswitch.

A few external passive components combined with the internal RX/TX switch/termination circuitry ensures match in both RX and TX mode. The components between the RF_N/RF_P pins and the point where the two signals are joined together (C131, C121, L121 and L131 for the 315/433 MHz reference design [1], and L121, L131, C121, L122, C131, C122 and L132 for the 868/915 MHz reference design [2]) form a balun that converts the differential RF signal on a single-ended RF signal. C124 is needed for

7.3 Crystal

A crystal in the frequency range 26-27 MHz must be connected between the XOSC_Q1 and XOSC_Q2 pins. The oscillator is designed for parallel mode operation of the crystal. In addition, loading capacitors (C81 and C101) for the crystal are required. The loading capacitor values depend on the total load capacitance, CL, specified for the crystal. The total load capacitance seen between the crystal terminals should equal CL for the crystal to oscillate at the specified frequency.

CC1101

front-end is

CC1101

DC blocking. Together with an appropriate LC network, the balun components also transform the impedance to match a 50  load. C125 provides DC blocking and is only needed if there is a DC path in the antenna. For the 868/915 MHz reference design, this component may also be used for additional filtering, see Section 7.5 below.

Suggested values for 315 MHz, 433 MHz, and 868/915 MHz are listed in Table 21.

The balun and LC filter component values and their placement are important to keep the performance optimized. It is highly recommended to follow the CC1101EM reference design ([1] and [2]). Gerber files and schematics for the reference designs are available for download from the TI website.

swing. This ensures a fast start-up, and keeps the drive level to a minimum. The ESR of the crystal should be within the specification in order to ensure a reliable start-up (see Section

4.4). The initial tolerance, temperature drift, aging

and load pulling should be carefully specified in order to meet the required frequency accuracy in a certain application.

Avoid routing digital signals with sharp edges close to XOSC_Q1 PCB track or underneath the crystal Q1 pad as this may shift the crystal dc operating point and result in duty cycle variation.

The parasitic capacitance is constituted by pin input capacitance and PCB stray capacitance. Total parasitic capacitance is typically 2.5 pF.

The crystal oscillator is amplitude regulated. This means that a high current is used to start up the oscillations. When the amplitude builds up, the current is reduced to what is necessary to maintain approximately 0.4 Vpp signal

7.4 Reference Signal

The chip can alternatively be operated with a reference signal from 26 to 27 MHz instead of a crystal. This input clock can either be a fullswing digital signal (0 V to VDD) or a sine wave of maximum 1 V peak-peak amplitude. The reference signal must be connected to the

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XOSC_Q1 input. The sine wave must be connected to XOSC_Q1 using a serial capacitor. When using a full-swing digital signal, this capacitor can be omitted. The XOSC_Q2 line must be left un-connected. C81

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Component

Description

C51

Decoupling capacitor for on-chip voltage regulator to digital part

C81/C101

Crystal loading capacitors

C121/C131

RF balun/matching capacitors

C122

RF LC filter/matching filter capacitor (315/433 MHz). RF balun/matching capacitor (868/915 MHz).

C123

RF LC filter/matching capacitor

C124

RF balun DC blocking capacitor

C125

RF LC filter DC blocking capacitor and part of optional RF LC filter (868/915 MHz)

C126

Part of optional RF LC filter and DC-block (868/915 MHz)

L121/L131

RF balun/matching inductors (inexpensive multi-layer type)

L122

RF LC filter/matching filter inductor (315 and 433 MHz). RF balun/matching inductor (868/915 MHz). (inexpensive multi-layer type)

L123

RF LC filter/matching filter inductor (inexpensive multi-layer type)

L124

RF LC filter/matching filter inductor (inexpensive multi-layer type)

L125

Optional RF LC filter/matching filter inductor (inexpensive multi-layer type) (868/915 MHz)

L132

RF balun/matching inductor. (inexpensive multi-layer type)

R171

Resistor for internal bias current reference

XTAL

26 – 27 MHz crystal

and C101 can be omitted when using a reference signal.

7.5 Additional Filtering

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In the 868/915 MHz reference design, C126 and L125 together with C125 build an optional filter to reduce emission at carrier frequency – 169 MHz. This filter is necessary for applications with an external antenna connector that seek compliance with ETSI EN 300-220. For more information, see DN017 [9].

7.6 Power Supply Decoupling

The power supply must be properly decoupled close to the supply pins. Note that decoupling capacitors are not shown in the application circuit. The placement and the size of the

7.7 Antenna Considerations

The reference design ([1] and [2]) contains a SMA connector and is matched for a 50  load. The SMA connector makes it easy to connect evaluation modules and prototypes to different test equipment for example a

If this filtering is not necessary, C125 will work as a DC block (only necessary if there is a DC path in the antenna). C126 and L125 should in that case be left unmounted.

Additional external components (e.g. an RF SAW filter) may be used in order to improve the performance in specific applications.

decoupling capacitors are very important to achieve the optimum performance. The CC1101EM reference designs ([1] and [2]) should be followed closely.

spectrum analyzer. The SMA connector can also be replaced by an antenna suitable for the desired application. Please refer to the

antenna selection guide [13] for further details regarding antenna solutions provided by TI.

Table 20: Overview of External Components (excluding supply decoupling capacitors)

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Antenna

(50 Ohm)

Digital Inteface

1.8V-3.6V power supply

6 GDO0

7 CSn

8 XOSC_Q1

9 AVDD

10 XOSC_Q2

SI 20

GND 19

DGUARD 18

RBIAS 17

GND 16

1 SCLK 2 SO

(GDO1) 3 GDO2

4 DVDD

5 DCOUPL

AVDD 15

AVDD 14

RF_N 13

RF_P 12

AVDD 11

XTAL

L122 L123

C122 C123

C125

R171

C81 C101

C51

CSn

GDO0 (optional)

GDO2 (optional)

SO (GDO1)

SCLK

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DIE ATTACH PAD:

C131

C121

L121

L131

C124

Antenna

(50 Ohm)

Digital Interface

1.8V-3.6V power supply

6 GDO0

7 CSn

8 XOSC_Q1

9 AVDD

10 XOSC_Q2

SI 20

GND 19

DGUARD 18

RBIAS 17

GND 16

1 SCLK 2 SO

(GDO1) 3 GDO2

4 DVDD 5 DCOUPL

AVDD 15 AVDD 14

RF_N 13 RF_P 12

AVDD 11

XTAL

C121 C122

L122

L132

C131

L121

L123

C125

R171

C81 C101

C51

CSn

GDO0 (optional)

GDO2 (optional)

SO (GDO1)

SCLK

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DIE ATTACH PAD:

L131

C124

C123

L124

C126 L125

C126 and L125 may be added to build an optional

filter to reduce

emission at 699

MHz

Figure 10: Typical Application and Evaluation Circuit 315/433 MHz (excluding supply

decoupling capacitors)

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Figure 11: Typical Application and Evaluation Circuit 868/915 MHz (excluding supply

decoupling capacitors)

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Component

Value at 315MHz

Value at 433MHz

Value at

868/915MHz

Manufacturer

C51

100 nF ± 10%, 0402 X5R

Murata GRM1555C series

C81

27 pF ± 5%, 0402 NP0

Murata GRM1555C series

C101

27 pF ± 5%, 0402 NP0

Murata GRM1555C series

C121

6.8 pF ± 0.5 pF, 0402 NP0

3.9 pF ± 0.25 pF, 0402 NP0

1.0 pF ± 0.25 pF, 0402 NP0

Murata GRM1555C series

C122

12 pF ± 5%, 0402

NP0

8.2 pF ± 0.5 pF, 0402 NP0

1.5 pF ± 0.25 pF, 0402 NP0

Murata GRM1555C series

C123

6.8 pF ± 0.5 pF, 0402 NP0

5.6 pF ± 0.5 pF, 0402 NP0

3.3 pF ± 0.25 pF, 0402 NP0

Murata GRM1555C series

C124

220 pF ± 5%,

0402 NP0

220 pF ± 5%, 0402

NP0

100 pF ± 5%, 0402

NP0

Murata GRM1555C series

C125

220 pF ± 5%,

0402 NP0

220 pF ± 5%, 0402

NP0

12 pF ± 5%, 0402

NP0

Murata GRM1555C series

C126

47 pF ± 5%, 0402

NP0

Murata GRM1555C series

C131

6.8 pF ± 0.5 pF, 0402 NP0

3.9 pF ± 0.25 pF, 0402 NP0

1.5 pF ± 0.25 pF, 0402 NP0

Murata GRM1555C series

L121

33 nH ± 5%, 0402

monolithic

27 nH ± 5%, 0402

monolithic

12 nH ± 5%, 0402

monolithic

Murata LQG15HS series (315/433 MHz)

Murata LQW15xx series (868/915 MHz)

L122

18 nH ± 5%, 0402

monolithic

22 nH ± 5%, 0402

monolithic

18 nH ± 5%, 0402

monolithic

Murata LQG15HS series (315/433 MHz)

Murata LQW15xx series (868/915 MHz)

L123

33 nH ± 5%, 0402

monolithic

27 nH ± 5%, 0402

monolithic

12 nH ± 5%, 0402

monolithic

Murata LQG15HS series (315/433 MHz)

Murata LQW15xx series (868/915 MHz)

L124

12 nH ± 5%, 0402

monolithic

Murata LQG15HS series (315/433 MHz)

Murata LQW15xx series (868/915 MHz)

L125

3.3 nH ± 5%, 0402 monolithic

Murata LQG15HS series (315/433 MHz)

Murata LQW15xx series (868/915 MHz)

L131

33 nH ± 5%, 0402

monolithic

27 nH ± 5%, 0402

monolithic

12 nH ± 5%, 0402

monolithic

Murata LQG15HS series (315/433 MHz)

Murata LQW15xx series (868/915 MHz)

L132

18 nH ± 5%, 0402

monolithic

Murata LQG15HS series (315/433 MHz)

Murata LQW15xx series (868/915 MHz)

R171

56 kΩ ± 1%, 0402

Koa RK73 series

XTAL

26.0 MHz surface mount crystal

NDK, NX3225GA or AT-41CD2

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Refer to design note DN032 [24] for information about performance when using inductors from

other vendors than Murata.

7.8 PCB Layout Recommendations

The top layer should be used for signal routing, and the open areas should be filled with metallization connected to ground using several vias.

The area under the chip is used for grounding and shall be connected to the bottom ground plane with several vias for good thermal performance and sufficiently low inductance to ground.

Table 21: Bill Of Materials for the Application Circuit1

In the CC1101EM reference designs ([1] and [2]), 5 vias are placed inside the exposed die

attached pad. These vias should be “tented”

(covered with solder mask) on the component side of the PCB to avoid migration of solder through the vias during the solder reflow process.

The solder paste coverage should not be 100%. If it is, out gassing may occur during the

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reflow process, which may cause defects

(splattering, solder balling). Using “tented” vias

reduces the solder paste coverage below 100%. See Figure 12 for top solder resist and top paste masks.

Each decoupling capacitor should be placed as close as possible to the supply pin it is supposed to decouple. Each decoupling capacitor should be connected to the power line (or power plane) by separate vias. The best routing is from the power line (or power plane) to the decoupling capacitor and then to the

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supply pin. Supply power filtering is

very important. Each decoupling capacitor ground pad should

be connected to the ground plane by separate vias. Direct connections between neighboring power pins will increase noise coupling and should be avoided unless absolutely necessary. Routing in the ground plane underneath the chip or the balun/RF matching circuit, or between the chip‟s ground vias and the decoupling capacitor‟s ground vias should be avoided. This improves the grounding and

ensures the shortest possible current return path.

Avoid routing digital signals with sharp edges close to XOSC_Q1 PCB track or underneath the crystal Q1 pad as this may shift the crystal dc operating point and result in duty cycle variation.

The external components should ideally be as small as possible (0402 is recommended) and surface mount devices are highly recommended. Please note that components with different sizes than those specified may have differing characteristics.

Precaution should be used when placing the microcontroller in order to avoid noise interfering with the RF circuitry.

A CC1101DK Development Kit with a fully assembled CC1101EM Evaluation Module is available. It is strongly advised that this reference layout is followed very closely in order to get the best performance. The schematic, BOM and layout Gerber files are all available from the TI website ([1] and [2]).

Figure 12: Left: Top Solder Resist Mask (Negative). Right: Top Paste Mask. Circles are Vias

8 Configuration Overview

CC1101

performance for many different applications. Configuration is done using the SPI interface. See Section 10 below for more description of the SPI interface. The following key parameters can be programmed:

 Power-down / power up mode  Crystal oscillator power-up / power-down  Receive / transmit mode  RF channel selection  Data rate  Modulation format  RX channel filter bandwidth  RF output power

can be configured to achieve optimum

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 Data buffering with separate 64-byte

receive and transmit FIFOs

 Packet radio hardware support  Forward Error Correction (FEC) with

interleaving

 Data whitening  Wake-On-Radio (WOR)

Details of each configuration register can be found in Section 29, starting on page 66.

Figure 13 shows a simplified state diagram that explains the main with typical usage and current consumption. For detailed information on controlling the

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states together

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Transmit mode Receive mode

IDLE

Manual freq.

synth. calibration

RX FIFO overflow

TX FIFO

underflow

Frequency

synthesizer on

SFSTXON

SRX or wake-on-radio (WOR)

STX

STX or RXOFF_MODE=10

RXOFF_MODE = 00

SFTX

SRX or TXOFF_MODE = 11

SIDLE

SCAL

SFRX

IDLE

TXOFF_MODE = 00

SFSTXON or RXOFF_MODE = 01

SRX or STX or SFSTXON or wake-on-radio (WOR)

Sleep

SPWD or wake-on-radio (WOR)

Crystal

oscillator off

SXOFF

CSn = 0

TXOFF_MODE = 01

Frequency synthesizer startup, optional calibration,

settling

Optional freq.

synth. calibration

Default state when the radio is not receiving or transmitting. Typ. current consumption: 1.7 mA.

Lowest power mode. Most register values are retained. Current consumption typ 200 nA, or typ 500 nA when wake-on-radio (WOR) is enabled.

All register values are retained. Typ. current consumption; 165 µA.

Used for calibrating frequency synthesizer upfront (entering receive or transmit mode can then be done quicker). Transitional state. Typ. current consumption: 8.4 mA.

Frequency synthesizer is turned on, can optionally be calibrated, and then settles to the correct frequency. Transitional state. Typ. current consumption: 8.4 mA.

Frequency synthesizer is on, ready to start transmitting. Transmission starts very quickly after receiving the STX command strobe.Typ. current consumption: 8.4 mA.

Typ. current consumption:

16.8 mA at 0 dBm output,

30.0 mA at +10 dBm output,

34.2 mA at +12 dBm output.

Typ. current consumption: from 14.7 mA (strong input signal) to 15.7 mA (weak input signal).

Optional transitional state. Typ. current consumption: 8.4 mA.

In FIFO-based modes, transmission is turned off and this state entered if the TX FIFO becomes empty in the middle of a packet. Typ. current consumption: 1.7 mA.

In FIFO-based modes, reception is turned off and this state entered if the RX FIFO overflows. Typ. current consumption: 1.7 mA.

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state machine, and a complete state

diagram, see Section 19, starting on page 50.

Figure 13: Simplified State Diagram, with Typical Current Consumption at 1.2 kBaud Data

Rate and MDMCFG2.DEM_DCFILT_OFF=1 (current optimized). Frequency Band = 868 MHz

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9 Configuration Software

CC1101

can be configured using the SmartRFTM Studio software [5]. The SmartRF Studio software is highly recommended for obtaining optimum register settings, and for evaluating performance and functionality. A screenshot of the SmartRF Studio user interface for shown in Figure 14.

CC1101

After chip reset, all the registers have default values as shown in the tables in Section 29. The optimum register setting might differ from the default value. After a reset all registers that shall be different from the default value therefore needs to be programmed through the SPI interface.

Figure 14: SmartRFTM Studio [5] User Interface

10 4-wire Serial Configuration and Data Interface

CC1101

compatible interface (SI, SO, SCLK and CSn) where also used to read and write buffered data. All transfers on the SPI interface are done most significant bit first.

All transactions on the SPI interface start with a header byte containing a R/W¯ bit, a burst access bit (B), and a 6-bit address (A5 – A0).

The CSn pin must be kept low during transfers on the SPI bus. If CSn goes high during the

is configured via a simple 4-wire SPI-

CC1101

is the slave. This interface is

transfer of a header byte or during read/write from/to a register, the transfer will be cancelled. The timing for the address and data transfer on the SPI interface is shown in Figure 15 with reference to Table 22.

When CSn is pulled low, the MCU must wait until

CC1101

transfer the header byte. This indicates that the crystal is running. Unless the chip was in the SLEEP or XOFF states, the SO pin will always go low immediately after taking CSn low.

SO pin goes low before starting to

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A5 A4

DW7

Read from register:

Write to register:

Hi-Z

SCLK:

CSn:

Hi-Z

DW6 DW5 D

4 DW3 DW2 D

1 DW0

S3 S2 S1 S0

S5 S4 S3

S1 S0

A5 A4 A3 A2 A1 A0

B S5 S4 S3 S2 S1 S0

DR7 DR6 D

5 DR4 DR3 D

2 DR1 DR0

Parameter

Description

Min

Max

Units

SCLK

SCLK frequency

100 ns delay inserted between address byte and data byte (single access), or between address and data, and between each data byte (burst access).

MHz

SCLK frequency, single access

No delay between address and data byte

- 9 SCLK frequency, burst access

No delay between address and data byte, or between data bytes

6.5 t

sp,pd

CSn low to positive edge on SCLK, in power-down mode

150

s

tsp

CSn low to positive edge on SCLK, in active mode

20 - ns

tch

Clock high

50 - ns

tcl

Clock low

50 - ns

rise

Clock rise time

fall

Clock fall time

tsd

Setup data (negative SCLK edge) to positive edge on SCLK

(tsd applies between address and data bytes, and between data bytes)

Single access Burst access

55 76 - -

thd

Hold data after positive edge on SCLK

20 - ns

tns

Negative edge on SCLK to CSn high.

20 - ns

Note: The minimum t

sp,pd

figure in Table 22 can be used in cases where the user does not read the CHIP_RDYn signal. CSn low to positive edge on SCLK when the chip is woken from powerdown depends on the start-up time of the crystal being used. The 150 μs in Table 22 is the crystal oscillator start-up time measured on CC1101EM reference designs ([1] and [2]) using crystal AT-41CD2 from NDK.

Figure 15: Configuration Registers Write and Read Operations

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Table 22: SPI Interface Timing Requirements

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Bits

Name

Description

CHIP_RDYn

Stays high until power and crystal have stabilized. Should always be low when using the SPI interface.

6:4

STATE[2:0]

Indicates the current main state machine mode

Value

State

Description

000

IDLE

IDLE state

(Also reported for some transitional states instead of SETTLING or CALIBRATE)

001

Receive mode

010

Transmit mode

011

FSTXON

Fast TX ready

100

CALIBRATE

Frequency synthesizer calibration is running

101

SETTLING

PLL is settling

110

RXFIFO_OVERFLOW

RX FIFO has overflowed. Read out any useful data, then flush the FIFO with SFRX

111

TXFIFO_UNDERFLOW

TX FIFO has underflowed. Acknowledge with SFTX

3:0

FIFO_BYTES_AVAILABLE[3:0]

The number of bytes available in the RX FIFO or free bytes in the TX FIFO

10.1 Chip Status Byte

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When the header byte, data byte, or command strobe is sent on the SPI interface, the chip status byte is sent by the

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on the SO pin. The status byte contains key status signals, useful for the MCU. The first bit, s7, is the CHIP_RDYn signal and this signal must go low before the first positive edge of SCLK. The CHIP_RDYn signal indicates that the crystal is running.

Bits 6, 5, and 4 comprise the STATE value. This value reflects the state of the chip. The XOSC and power to the digital core are on in the IDLE state, but all other modules are in power down. The frequency and channel configuration should only be updated when the chip is in this state. The RX state will be active

when the chip is in receive mode. Likewise, TX is active when the chip is transmitting.

The last four bits (3:0) in the status byte contains FIFO_BYTES_AVAILABLE. For read operations (the R/W¯ bit in the header byte is set to 1), the FIFO_BYTES_AVAILABLE field contains the number of bytes available for reading from the RX FIFO. For write operations (the R/W¯ bit in the header byte is set to 0), the FIFO_BYTES_AVAILABLE field contains the number of bytes that can be written to the TX FIFO. When FIFO_BYTES_AVAILABLE=15, 15 or more bytes are available/free.

Table 23 gives a status byte summary.

Table 23: Status Byte Summary

10.2 Register Access

The configuration registers on the

CC1101

are located on SPI addresses from 0x00 to 0x2E. Table 43 on page 68 lists all configuration registers. It is highly recommended to use SmartRF Studio [5] to generate optimum register settings. The detailed description of each register is found in Section 29.1 and

29.2, starting on page 71. All configuration registers can be both written to and read. The R/W¯ bit controls if the register should be written to or read. When writing to registers,

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the status byte is sent on the SO pin each time a header byte or data byte is transmitted on the SI pin. When reading from registers, the status byte is sent on the SO pin each time a header byte is transmitted on the SI pin.

Registers with consecutive addresses can be accessed in an efficient way by setting the burst bit (B) in the header byte. The address bits (A5 – A0) set the start address in an internal address counter. This counter is incremented by one each new byte (every 8

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Header

SRES

Header

Addr

Data

CSn

Note: An SIDLE strobe will clear all pending command strobes until IDLE state is reached. This means that if for example an SIDLE strobe is issued while the radio is in RX state, any other command strobes issued before the radio reaches IDLE state will be ignored.

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clock pulses). The burst access is either a read or a write access and must be terminated by setting CSn high.

For register addresses in the range 0x300x3D, the burst bit is used to select between status registers when burst bit is one, and between command strobes when burst bit is

10.3 SPI Read

When reading register fields over the SPI interface while the register fields are updated by the radio hardware (e.g. MARCSTATE or TXBYTES), there is a small, but finite, probability that a single read from the register

10.4 Command Strobes

Command Strobes may be viewed as single byte instructions to

CC1101

. By addressing a command strobe register, internal sequences will be started. These commands are used to disable the crystal oscillator, enable receive mode, enable wake-on-radio etc. The 13 command strobes are listed in Table 42 on page 67.

The command strobe registers are accessed by transferring a single header byte (no data is being transferred). That is, only the R/W¯ bit, the burst access bit (set to 0), and the six

zero. See more in Section 10.3 below. Because of this, burst access is not available for status registers and they must be accessed one at a time. The status registers can only be read.

is being corrupt. As an example, the probability of any single read from TXBYTES being corrupt, assuming the maximum data rate is used, is approximately 80 ppm. Refer to

the

CC1101

Errata Notes [3] for more details.

address bits (in the range 0x30 through 0x3D) are written. The R/W¯ bit can be either one or zero and will determine how the FIFO_BYTES_AVAILABLE field in the status byte should be interpreted.

When writing command strobes, the status byte is sent on the SO pin.

A command strobe may be followed by any other SPI access without pulling CSn high. However, if an SRES strobe is being issued, one will have to wait for SO to go low again before the next header byte can be issued as shown in Figure 16. The command strobes are executed immediately, with the exception of the SPWD, SWOR, and the SXOFF strobes, which are executed when CSn goes high.

10.5 FIFO Access

The 64-byte TX FIFO and the 64-byte RX FIFO are accessed through the 0x3F address. When the R/W¯ bit is zero, the TX FIFO is accessed, and the RX FIFO is accessed when the R/W¯ bit is one.

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Figure 16: SRES Command Strobe

The TX FIFO is write-only, while the RX FIFO is read-only.

The burst bit is used to determine if the FIFO access is a single byte access or a burst access. The single byte access method

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Read or write consecutive

Read or write n + 1 bytes

registers (burst):

from/to the RX/TX FIFO:

Header

Strobe

Header

Strobe

Header

Strobe

Header

Reg

Header

Reg n

Header

FIFO

Header

Reg

Data

Byte 0

Data

Header

Reg

Data Header

Reg

Data

n + 1

Data

n + 2

Header

Strobe

Header

Reg

Data Header

Strobe

Header

FIFO

Data

Byte 1

Data

Byte 2

Data

Byte n - 1

Data

Byte n

Data

Byte 0

Data

Byte 1

CSn:

Command strobe(s):

Read or write register(s):

Combinations:

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expects a header byte with the burst bit set to zero and one data byte. After the data byte, a new header byte is expected; hence, CSn can remain low. The burst access method expects one header byte and then consecutive data bytes until terminating the access by setting CSn high.

The following header bytes access the FIFOs:

 0x3F: Single byte access to TX FIFO  0x7F: Burst access to TX FIFO  0xBF: Single byte access to RX FIFO  0xFF: Burst access to RX FIFO

When writing to the TX FIFO, the status byte (see Section 10.1) is output on SO for each new data byte as shown in Figure 15. This status byte can be used to detect TX FIFO

10.6 PATABLE Access

The 0x3E address is used to access the PATABLE, which is used for selecting PA power control settings. The SPI expects up to eight data bytes after receiving the address. By programming the PATABLE, controlled PA power ramp-up and ramp-down can be achieved, as well as ASK modulation shaping for reduced bandwidth. See SmartRF Studio [5] for recommended shaping / PA ramping sequences. See also Section 24 for details on output power programming.

The PATABLE is an 8-byte table that defines the PA control settings to use for each of the eight PA power values (selected by the 3-bit value FREND0.PA_POWER). The table is written and read from the lowest setting (0) to the highest (7), one byte at a time. An index counter is used to control the access to the table. This counter is incremented each time a byte is read or written to the table, and set to the lowest index when CSn is high. When the

underflow while writing data to the TX FIFO. Note that the status byte contains the number of bytes free before writing the byte in progress to the TX FIFO. When the last byte that fits in the TX FIFO is transmitted on SI, the status byte received concurrently on SO will indicate that one byte is free in the TX FIFO.

The TX FIFO may be flushed by issuing a SFTX command strobe. Similarly, a SFRX command strobe will flush the RX FIFO. A SFTX or SFRX command strobe can only be issued in the IDLE, TXFIFO_UNDERFLOW, or RXFIFO_OVERFLOW states. Both FIFOs are flushed when going to the SLEEP state.

Figure 17 gives a brief overview of different register access types possible.

highest value is reached the counter restarts at zero.

The access to the PATABLE is either single byte or burst access depending on the burst bit. When using burst access the index counter will count up; when reaching 7 the counter will restart at 0. The R/W¯ bit controls whether the access is a read or a write access.

If one byte is written to the PATABLE and this value is to be read out, CSn must be set high before the read access in order to set the index counter back to zero.

Note that the content of the PATABLE is lost when entering the SLEEP state, except for the first byte (index 0).

For more information, see Design Note DN501 [18].

Figure 17: Register Access Types

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CSn

SCLK

Function

1 X X

Chip unaffected by SCLK/SI



0 0 Generates SPWD strobe



0 1 Generates STX strobe



1 0 Generates SIDLE strobe



Generates SRX strobe

SPI mode

SPI mode (wakes up into IDLE if in SLEEP/XOFF)

11 Microcontroller Interface and Pin Configuration

CC1101

In a typical system,

CC1101

will interface to a microcontroller. This microcontroller must be able to:

 Program

CC1101

into different modes

11.1 Configuration Interface

The microcontroller uses four I/O pins for the SPI configuration interface (SI, SO, SCLK and

11.2 General Control and Status Pins

The

CC1101

has two dedicated configurable pins (GDO0 and GDO2) and one shared pin (GDO1) that can output internal status information useful for control software. These pins can be used to generate interrupts on the MCU. See Section 26 on page 61 for more details on the signals that can be programmed.

GDO1 is shared with the SO pin in the SPI interface. The default setting for GDO1/SO is 3-state output. By selecting any other of the programming options, the GDO1/SO pin will become a generic pin. When CSn is low, the pin will always function as a normal SO pin.

In the synchronous and asynchronous serial modes, the GDO0 pin is used as a serial TX data input pin while in transmit mode.

 Read and write buffered data  Read back status information via the 4-wire

SPI-bus configuration interface (SI, SO, SCLK and CSn)

CSn). The SPI is described in Section 10 on page 29.

The GDO0 pin can also be used for an on-chip analog temperature sensor. By measuring the voltage on the GDO0 pin with an external ADC, the temperature can be calculated. Specifications for the temperature sensor are found in Section 4.7. With default PTEST register setting (0x7F), the temperature sensor output is only available if the frequency synthesizer is enabled (e.g. the MANCAL, FSTXON, RX, and TX states). It is necessary to write 0xBF to the PTEST register to use the analog temperature sensor in the IDLE state. Before leaving the IDLE state, the PTEST register should be restored to its default value (0x7F).

11.3 Optional Radio Control Feature

The

CC1101

has an optional way of controlling the radio by reusing SI, SCLK, and CSn from the SPI interface. This feature allows for a simple three-pin control of the major states of the radio: SLEEP, IDLE, RX, and TX. This optional functionality is enabled with the MCSM0.PIN_CTRL_EN configuration bit.

State changes are commanded as follows:  If CSn is high, the SI and SCLK are set to

the desired state according to Table 24.

 If CSn goes low, the state of SI and SCLK

is latched and a command strobe is generated internally according to the pin configuration.

It is only possible to change state with the latter functionality. That means that for instance RX will not be restarted if SI and

SCLK are set to RX and CSn toggles. When CSn is low the SI and SCLK has normal SPI functionality.

All pin control command strobes are executed immediately except the SPWD strobe. The SPWD strobe is delayed until CSn goes high.

Table 24: Optional Pin Control Coding

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12 Data Rate Programming

CC1101

The data rate used when transmitting, or the data rate expected in receive is programmed by the MDMCFG3.DRATE_M and the MDMCFG4.DRATE_E configuration registers. The data rate is given by the formula below. As the formula shows, the programmed data rate depends on the crystal frequency.

The following approach can be used to find suitable values for a given data rate:

If DRATE_M is rounded to the nearest integer and becomes 256, increment DRATE_E and use DRATE_M = 0.

The data rate can be set from 0.6 kBaud to 500 kBaud with the minimum step size according to Table 25 below. See Table 3 for the minimum and maximum data rates for the different modulation formats.

Table 25: Data Rate Step Size (assuming a

26 MHz crystal)

13 Receiver Channel Filter Bandwidth

In order to meet different channel width requirements, the receiver channel filter is programmable. The MDMCFG4.CHANBW_E and MDMCFG4.CHANBW_M configuration registers control the receiver channel filter bandwidth, which scales with the crystal oscillator frequency.

The following formula gives the relation between the register settings and the channel filter bandwidth:

Table 26 lists the channel filter bandwidths supported by the

CC1101

Table 26: Channel Filter Bandwidths [kHz]

(assuming a 26 MHz crystal)

By compensating for a frequency offset between the transmitter and the receiver, the filter bandwidth can be reduced and the sensitivity improved, see more in DN005 [17] and in Section 14.1.

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Note: Frequency offset compensation is not supported for ASK or OOK modulation.

14 Demodulator, Symbol Synchronizer, and Data Decision

CC1101

contains an advanced and highly configurable demodulator. Channel filtering and frequency offset compensation is performed digitally. To generate the RSSI level

14.1 Frequency Offset Compensation

The

CC1101

has a very fine frequency resolution (see Table 15). This feature can be used to compensate for frequency offset and drift.

When using 2-FSK, GFSK, 4-FSK, or MSK modulation, the demodulator will compensate for the offset between the transmitter and receiver frequency within certain limits, by estimating the centre of the received data. The frequency offset compensation configuration is controlled from the FOCCFG register. By compensating for a large frequency offset between the transmitter and the receiver, the sensitivity can be improved, see DN005 [17].

The tracking range of the algorithm is selectable as fractions of the channel bandwidth with the FOCCFG.FOC_LIMIT configuration register.

If the FOCCFG.FOC_BS_CS_GATE bit is set, the offset compensator will freeze until carrier sense asserts. This may be useful when the radio is in RX for long periods with no traffic,

(see Section 17.3 for more information), the signal level in the channel is estimated. Data filtering is also included for enhanced performance.

since the algorithm may drift to the boundaries when trying to track noise.

The tracking loop has two gain factors, which affects the settling time and noise sensitivity of the algorithm. FOCCFG.FOC_PRE_K sets the gain before the sync word is detected, and FOCCFG.FOC_POST_K selects the gain after the sync word has been found.

The estimated frequency offset value is available in the FREQEST status register. This can be used for permanent frequency offset compensation. By writing the value from FREQEST into FSCTRL0.FREQOFF, the frequency synthesizer will automatically be adjusted according to the estimated frequency offset. More details regarding this permanent frequency compensation algorithm can be found in DN015 [10].

14.2 Bit Synchronization

The bit synchronization algorithm extracts the clock from the incoming symbols. The algorithm requires that the expected data rate

14.3 Byte Synchronization

Byte synchronization is achieved by a continuous sync word search. The sync word is a 16 bit configurable field (can be repeated to get a 32 bit) that is automatically inserted at the start of the packet by the modulator in transmit mode. The MSB in the sync word is sent first. The demodulator uses this field to find the byte boundaries in the stream of bits. The sync word will also function as a system identifier, since only packets with the correct predefined sync word will be received if the sync word detection in RX is enabled in register MDMCFG2 (see Section 17.1). The sync word detector correlates against the user-configured 16 or 32 bit sync word. The

is programmed as described in Section 12. Re-synchronization is performed continuously to adjust for error in the incoming symbol rate.

correlation threshold can be set to 15/16, 16/16, or 30/32 bits match. The sync word can be further qualified using the preamble quality indicator mechanism described below and/or a carrier sense condition. The sync word is configured through the SYNC1 and SYNC0 registers.

In order to make false detections of sync words less likely, a mechanism called preamble quality indication (PQI) can be used to qualify the sync word. A threshold value for the preamble quality must be exceeded in order for a detected sync word to be accepted. See Section 17.2 for more details.

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Bit

Field Name

Description

7:0

RSSI

RSSI value

Bit

Field Name

Description

CRC_OK

1: CRC for received data OK (or CRC disabled)

0: CRC error in received data

6:0

LQI

Indicating the link quality

Note: Register fields that control the packet handling features should only be altered when

CC1101

is in the IDLE state.

15 Packet Handling Hardware Support

The

CC1101

packet oriented radio protocols. In transmit mode, the packet handler can be

configured to add the following elements to the packet stored in the TX FIFO:

 A programmable number of preamble

bytes

 A two byte synchronization (sync) word.

Can be duplicated to give a 4-byte sync word (recommended). It is not possible to only insert preamble or only insert a sync word

 A CRC checksum computed over the data

field.

The recommended setting is 4-byte preamble and 4-byte sync word, except for 500 kBaud data rate where the recommended preamble length is 8 bytes. In addition, the following can be implemented on the data field and the optional 2-byte CRC checksum:

 Whitening of the data with a PN9

sequence

 Forward Error Correction (FEC) by the use

of interleaving and coding of the data (convolutional coding)

has built-in hardware support for

 Preamble detection  Sync word detection  CRC computation and CRC check  One byte address check  Packet length check (length byte checked

against a programmable maximum length)

 De-whitening  De-interleaving and decoding

Optionally, two status bytes (see Table 27 and Table 28) with RSSI value, Link Quality Indication, and CRC status can be appended in the RX FIFO.

Table 27: Received Packet Status Byte 1

(first byte appended after the data)

Table 28: Received Packet Status Byte 2

(second byte appended after the data)

CC1101

In receive mode, the packet handling support will de-construct the data packet by implementing the following (if enabled):

15.1 Data Whitening

From a radio perspective, the ideal over the air data are random and DC free. This results in the smoothest power distribution over the occupied bandwidth. This also gives the regulation loops in the receiver uniform operation conditions (no data dependencies).

Real data often contain long sequences of zeros and ones. In these cases, performance can be improved by whitening the data before transmitting, and de-whitening the data in the receiver.

With

CC1101

, this can be done automatically. By setting PKTCTRL0.WHITE_DATA=1, all data, except the preamble and the sync word will be XOR-ed with a 9-bit pseudo-random (PN9) sequence before being transmitted. This is shown in Figure 18. At the receiver end, the data are XOR-ed with the same pseudorandom sequence. In this way, the whitening is reversed, and the original data appear in the receiver. The PN9 sequence is initialized to all 1‟s.

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TX_OUT[7:0]

TX_DATA

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

The first TX_DATA byte is shifted in before doing the XOR-operation providing the first TX_OUT[7:0] byte. The second TX_DATA byte is then shifted in before doing the XOR-operation providing the second TX_OUT[7:0] byte.

Preamble bits

(1010...1010)

Sync word

Length field

Address field

Data field

CRC-16

Optional CRC-16 calculation

Optionally FEC encoded/decoded

8 x n bits 16/32 bits

bits8bits

8 x n bits 16 bits

Optional data whitening

Legend:

Inserted automatically in TX, processed and removed in RX.

Optional user-provided fields processed in TX, processed but not removed in RX.

Unprocessed user data (apart from FEC and/or whitening)

Figure 18: Data Whitening in TX Mode

CC1101

15.2 Packet Format

The format of the data packet can be configured and consists of the following items (see Figure 19):

 Preamble  Synchronization word

Figure 19: Packet Format

The preamble pattern is an alternating sequence of ones and zeros (10101010…). The minimum length of the preamble is programmable through the value of MDMCFG1.NUM_PREAMBLE. When enabling TX, the modulator will start transmitting the preamble. When the programmed number of preamble bytes has been transmitted, the modulator will send the sync word and then data from the TX FIFO if data is available. If the TX FIFO is empty, the modulator will continue to send preamble bytes until the first byte is written to the TX FIFO. The modulator will then send the sync word and then the data bytes.

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 Optional length byte  Optional address byte  Payload  Optional 2 byte CRC

The synchronization word is a two-byte value set in the SYNC1 and SYNC0 registers. The sync word provides byte synchronization of the incoming packet. A one-byte sync word can be emulated by setting the SYNC1 value to the preamble pattern. It is also possible to emulate a 32 bit sync word by setting MDMCFG2.SYNC_MODE to 3 or 7. The sync word will then be repeated twice.

CC1101

supports both constant packet length protocols and variable length protocols. Variable or fixed packet length mode can be used for packets up to 255 bytes. For longer

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Note: The minimum packet length supported (excluding the optional length byte and CRC) is one byte of payload data.

CC1101

packets, infinite packet length mode must be used.

Fixed packet length mode is selected by setting PKTCTRL0.LENGTH_CONFIG=0. The desired packet length is set by the PKTLEN register. This value must be different from 0.

In variable packet length mode, PKTCTRL0.LENGTH_CONFIG=1, the packet length is configured by the first byte after the sync word. The packet length is defined as the payload data, excluding the length byte and the optional CRC. The PKTLEN register is used to set the maximum packet length allowed in RX. Any packet received with a length byte with a value greater than PKTLEN will be discarded. The PKTLEN value must be different from 0.The first byte written to the TXFIFO must be different from 0.

With PKTCTRL0.LENGTH_CONFIG=2, the packet length is set to infinite and transmission and reception will continue until turned off manually. As described in the next section, this can be used to support packet formats with different length configuration than natively supported by that TX mode is not turned off during the transmission of the first half of any byte. Refer

to the

CC1101

. One should make sure

Errata Notes [3] for more details.

the packet. Then the PKTLEN value is set according to this value. The end of packet will occur when the byte counter in the packet handler is equal to the PKTLEN register. Thus, the MCU must be able to program the correct length, before the internal counter reaches the packet length.

15.2.2 Packet Length > 255

The packet automation control register, PKTCTRL0, can be reprogrammed during TX

and RX. This opens the possibility to transmit and receive packets that are longer than 256 bytes and still be able to use the packet handling hardware support. At the start of the packet, the infinite packet length mode (PKTCTRL0.LENGTH_CONFIG=2) must be active. On the TX side, the PKTLEN register is set to mod(length, 256). On the RX side the MCU reads out enough bytes to interpret the length field in the packet and sets the PKTLEN register to mod(length, 256). When less than 256 bytes remains of the packet, the MCU disables infinite packet length mode and activates fixed packet length mode. When the internal byte counter reaches the PKTLEN value, the transmission or reception ends (the radio enters the state determined by TXOFF_MODE or RXOFF_MODE). Automatic CRC appending/checking can also be used (by setting PKTCTRL0.CRC_EN=1).

15.2.1 Arbitrary Length Field Configuration

The packet length register, PKTLEN, can be reprogrammed during receive and transmit. In combination with fixed packet length mode (PKTCTRL0.LENGTH_CONFIG=0), this opens the possibility to have a different length field configuration than supported for variable length packets (in variable packet length mode the length byte is the first byte after the sync word). At the start of reception, the packet length is set to a large value. The MCU reads out enough bytes to interpret the length field in

When for example a 600-byte packet is to be transmitted, the MCU should do the following (see also Figure 20)

 Set PKTCTRL0.LENGTH_CONFIG=2.  Pre-program the PKTLEN register to

mod(600, 256) = 88.

 Transmit at least 345 bytes (600 - 255), for

example by filling the 64-byte TX FIFO six times (384 bytes transmitted).

 Set PKTCTRL0.LENGTH_CONFIG=0.  The transmission ends when the packet

counter reaches 88. A total of 600 bytes are transmitted.

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0,1,..........,88,....................255,0,........,88,..................,255,0,........,88,..................,255,0,.......................

Internal byte counter in packet handler counts from 0 to 255 and then starts at 0 again

Length field transmitted and received. Rx and Tx PKTLEN value set to mod(600,256) = 88

Infinite packet length enabled

Fixed packet length enabled when less than 256 bytes remains of packet

600 bytes transmitted and received

Figure 20: Packet Length > 255

15.3 Packet Filtering in Receive Mode

CC1101

packet-filtering; address filtering, maximum length filtering, and CRC filtering.

15.3.1 Address Filtering

Setting PKTCTRL1.ADR_CHK to any other value than zero enables the packet address filter. The packet handler engine will compare the destination address byte in the packet with the programmed node address in the ADDR register and the 0x00 broadcast address when PKTCTRL1.ADR_CHK=10 or both the 0x00 and 0xFF broadcast addresses when PKTCTRL1.ADR_CHK=11. If the received address matches a valid address, the packet is received and written into the RX FIFO. If the address match fails, the packet is discarded and receive mode restarted (regardless of the MCSM1.RXOFF_MODE setting).

If the received address matches a valid address when using infinite packet length mode and address filtering is enabled, 0xFF will be written into the RX FIFO followed by the address byte and then the payload data.

15.3.2 Maximum Length Filtering

In variable packet length mode,

PKTCTRL0.LENGTH_CONFIG=1, the PKTLEN.PACKET_LENGTH register value is

supports three different types of

used to set the maximum allowed packet length. If the received length byte has a larger value than this, the packet is discarded and receive mode restarted (regardless of the MCSM1.RXOFF_MODE setting).

15.3.3 CRC Filtering

The filtering of a packet when CRC check fails is enabled by setting PKTCTRL1.CRC_AUTOFLUSH=1. The CRC auto flush function will flush the entire RX FIFO if the CRC check fails. After auto flushing the RX FIFO, the next state depends on the MCSM1.RXOFF_MODE setting.

When using the auto flush function, the maximum packet length is 63 bytes in variable packet length mode and 64 bytes in fixed packet length mode. Note that when PKTCTRL1.APPEND_STATUS is enabled, the maximum allowed packet length is reduced by two bytes in order to make room in the RX FIFO for the two status bytes appended at the end of the packet. Since the entire RX FIFO is flushed when the CRC check fails, the previously received packet must be read out of the FIFO before receiving the current packet. The MCU must not read from the current packet until the CRC has been checked as OK.

15.4 Packet Handling in Transmit Mode

The payload that is to be transmitted must be written into the TX FIFO. The first byte written must be the length byte when variable packet length is enabled. The length byte has a value equal to the payload of the packet (including the optional address byte). If address recognition is enabled on the receiver, the

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second byte written to the TX FIFO must be the address byte.

If fixed packet length is enabled, the first byte written to the TX FIFO should be the address (assuming the receiver uses address recognition).

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CC1101

The modulator will first send the programmed number of preamble bytes. If data is available in the TX FIFO, the modulator will send the two-byte (optionally 4-byte) sync word followed by the payload in the TX FIFO. If CRC is enabled, the checksum is calculated over all the data pulled from the TX FIFO, and the result is sent as two extra bytes following the payload data. If the TX FIFO runs empty before the complete packet has been transmitted, the radio will enter TXFIFO_UNDERFLOW state. The only way to exit this state is by issuing an SFTX strobe.

15.5 Packet Handling in Receive Mode

In receive mode, the demodulator and packet handler will search for a valid preamble and the sync word. When found, the demodulator has obtained both bit and byte synchronization and will receive the first payload byte.

If FEC/Interleaving is enabled, the FEC decoder will start to decode the first payload byte. The interleaver will de-scramble the bits before any other processing is done to the data.

If whitening is enabled, the data will be dewhitened at this stage.

When variable packet length mode is enabled, the first byte is the length byte. The packet handler stores this value as the packet length and receives the number of bytes indicated by

Writing to the TX FIFO after it has underflowed will not restart TX mode.

If whitening is enabled, everything following the sync words will be whitened. This is done before the optional FEC/Interleaver stage. Whitening is enabled by setting PKTCTRL0.WHITE_DATA=1.

If FEC/Interleaving is enabled, everything following the sync words will be scrambled by the interleaver and FEC encoded before being modulated. FEC is enabled by setting MDMCFG1.FEC_EN=1.

the length byte. If fixed packet length mode is used, the packet handler will accept the programmed number of bytes.

Next, the packet handler optionally checks the address and only continues the reception if the address matches. If automatic CRC check is enabled, the packet handler computes CRC and matches it with the appended CRC checksum.

At the end of the payload, the packet handler will optionally write two extra packet status bytes (see Table 27 and Table 28) that contain CRC status, link quality indication, and RSSI value.

15.6 Packet Handling in Firmware

When implementing a packet oriented radio protocol in firmware, the MCU needs to know when a packet has been received/transmitted. Additionally, for packets longer than 64 bytes, the RX FIFO needs to be read while in RX and the TX FIFO needs to be refilled while in TX. This means that the MCU needs to know the number of bytes that can be read from or written to the RX FIFO and TX FIFO respectively. There are two possible solutions to get the necessary status information:

a) Interrupt Driven Solution The GDO pins can be used in both RX and TX

to give an interrupt when a sync word has been received/transmitted or when a complete packet has been received/transmitted by setting IOCFGx.GDOx_CFG=0x06. In addition, there are two configurations for the IOCFGx.GDOx_CFG register that can be used as an interrupt source to provide information

on how many bytes that are in the RX FIFO and TX FIFO respectively. The

IOCFGx.GDOx_CFG=0x00 and the IOCFGx.GDOx_CFG=0x01 configurations are

associated with the RX FIFO while the

IOCFGx.GDOx_CFG=0x02 and the IOCFGx.GDOx_CFG=0x03 configurations

are associated with the TX FIFO. See Table 41 for more information.

b) SPI Polling The PKTSTATUS register can be polled at a

given rate to get information about the current GDO2 and GDO0 values respectively. The RXBYTES and TXBYTES registers can be polled at a given rate to get information about the number of bytes in the RX FIFO and TX FIFO respectively. Alternatively, the number of bytes in the RX FIFO and TX FIFO can be read from the chip status byte returned on the

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Symbol

Coding

2-FSK/GFSK

„0‟

– Deviation

„1‟

+ Deviation

4-FSK

„01‟

– Deviation

„00‟

– 1/3∙ Deviation

„10‟

+1/3∙ Deviation

„11‟

+ Deviation

+1/3

-1/3

-1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 00 01 01 11 10 00 11 01

Preamble

0xAA

Sync 0xD3

Data

0x17 0x8D

1/Baud Rate 1/Baud Rate 1/Baud Rate

Note: Manchester encoding is not supported at the same time as using the FEC/Interleaver option or when using MSK and 4-FSK modulation.

CC1101

MISO line each time a header byte, data byte, or command strobe is sent on the SPI bus.

It is recommended to employ an interrupt driven solution since high rate SPI polling reduces the RX sensitivity. Furthermore, as explained in Section 10.3 and the

CC1101

Errata Notes [3], when using SPI polling, there

16 Modulation Formats

CC1101

supports amplitude, frequency, and phase shift modulation formats. The desired modulation format is set in the MDMCFG2.MOD_FORMAT register.

Optionally, the data stream can be Manchester coded by the modulator and decoded by the demodulator. This option is enabled by setting

16.1 Frequency Shift Keying

CC1101

supports both 2-FSK and 4-FSK modulation. 2-FSK can optionally be shaped by a Gaussian filter with BT = 0.5, producing a GFSK modulated signal. This spectrumshaping feature improves adjacent channel power (ACP) and occupied bandwidth. When selecting 4-FSK, the preamble and sync word is sent using 2-FSK (see Figure 21).

In „true‟ 2-FSK systems with abrupt frequency shifting, the spectrum is inherently broad. By

making the frequency shift „softer‟, the

spectrum can be made significantly narrower. Thus, higher data rates can be transmitted in the same bandwidth using GFSK.

is a small, but finite, probability that a single read from registers PKTSTATUS , RXBYTES and TXBYTES is being corrupt. The same is the case when reading the chip status byte.

Refer to the TI website for SW examples ([6] and [7]).

MDMCFG2.MANCHESTER_EN=1.

The frequency deviation is programmed with the DEVIATION_M and DEVIATION_E values in the DEVIATN register. The value has an exponent/mantissa form, and the resultant deviation is given by:

The symbol encoding is shown in Table 29.

When 2-FSK/GFSK/4-FSK modulation is used, the DEVIATN register specifies the expected frequency deviation of incoming signals in RX and should be the same as the TX deviation for demodulation to be performed reliably and robustly.

Figure 21: Data Sent Over the Air (MDMCFG2.MOD_FORMAT=100)

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Table 29: Symbol Encoding for 2-FSK/GFSK

and 4-FSK Modulation

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16.2 Minimum Shift Keying

CC1101

When using MSK2, the complete transmission (preamble, sync word, and payload) will be MSK modulated.

Phase shifts are performed with a constant transition time. The fraction of a symbol period used to change the phase can be modified with the DEVIATN.DEVIATION_M setting.

Identical to offset QPSK with half-sine

shaping (data coding may differ).

16.3 Amplitude Modulation

CC1101

supports two different forms of amplitude modulation: On-Off Keying (OOK) and Amplitude Shift Keying (ASK).

OOK modulation simply turns the PA on or off to modulate ones and zeros respectively.

The ASK variant supported by the allows programming of the modulation depth (the difference between 1 and 0), and shaping of the pulse amplitude. Pulse shaping

CC1101

This is equivalent to changing the shaping of the symbol. The DEVIATN register setting has no effect in RX when using MSK.

When using MSK, Manchester encoding/decoding should be disabled by setting MDMCFG2.MANCHESTER_EN=0.

The MSK modulation format implemented in

CC1101

inverts the sync word and data

compared to e.g. signal generators.

produces a more bandwidth constrained output spectrum.

When using OOK/ASK, the AGC settings from the SmartRF Studio [5] preferred FSK/MSK settings are not optimum. DN022 [16] give guidelines on how to find optimum OOK/ASK settings from the preferred settings in SmartRF Studio [5]. The DEVIATN register setting has no effect in either TX or RX when using OOK/ASK.

17 Received Signal Qualifiers and Link Quality Information

CC1101

has several qualifiers that can be used to increase the likelihood that a valid sync word is detected:

 Sync Word Qualifier  Preamble Quality Threshold

17.1 Sync Word Qualifier

If sync word detection in RX is enabled in the MDMCFG2 register, the filling the RX FIFO and perform the packet

filtering described in Section 15.3 before a valid sync word has been detected. The sync

CC1101

will not start

 RSSI  Carrier Sense  Clear Channel Assessment  Link Quality Indicator

word qualifier mode is set by MDMCFG2.SYNC_MODE and is summarized in Table 30. Carrier sense in Table 30 is described in Section 17.4.

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MDMCFG2.SYNC_MODE

Sync Word Qualifier Mode

000

No preamble/sync

001

15/16 sync word bits detected

010

16/16 sync word bits detected

011

30/32 sync word bits detected

100

No preamble/sync + carrier sense above threshold

101

15/16 + carrier sense above threshold

110

16/16 + carrier sense above threshold

111

30/32 + carrier sense above threshold

LENGTHFILTER

channel

RSSI

282





Note: It takes some time from the radio enters RX mode until a valid RSSI value is present in the RSSI register. Please see DN505 [12] for details on how the RSSI response time can be estimated.

Table 30: Sync Word Qualifier Mode

17.2 Preamble Quality Threshold (PQT)

CC1101

The Preamble Quality Threshold (PQT) sync word qualifier adds the requirement that the received sync word must be preceded with a preamble with a quality above the programmed threshold.

Another use of the preamble quality threshold is as a qualifier for the optional RX termination timer. See Section 19.7 for details.

The preamble quality estimator increases an internal counter by one each time a bit is received that is different from the previous bit, and decreases the counter by eight each time a bit is received that is the same as the last bit.

17.3 RSSI

The RSSI value is an estimate of the signal power level in the chosen channel. This value is based on the current gain setting in the RX chain and the measured signal level in the channel.

In RX mode, the RSSI value can be read continuously from the RSSI status register until the demodulator detects a sync word (when sync word detection is enabled). At that point the RSSI readout value is frozen until the next time the chip enters the RX state.

The threshold is configured with the register field PKTCTRL1.PQT. A threshold of 4∙PQT for this counter is used to gate sync word detection. By setting the value to zero, the preamble quality qualifier of the sync word is disabled.

A “Preamble Quality Reached” signal can be observed on one of the GDO pins by setting IOCFGx.GDOx_CFG=8. It is also possible to determine if preamble quality is reached by checking the PQT_REACHED bit in the PKTSTATUS register. This signal / bit asserts when the received signal exceeds the PQT.

(BW

is defined in Section 13) and

channel

AGCCTRL0.FILTER_LENGTH.

If PKTCTRL1.APPEND_STATUS is enabled, the last RSSI value of the packet is automatically added to the first byte appended after the payload.

The RSSI value read from the RSSI status

following procedure can be used to convert the RSSI reading to an absolute power level (RSSI_dBm)

The RSSI value is given in dBm with a ½ dB resolution. The RSSI update rate, f depends on the receiver filter bandwidth

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RSSI

1) Read the RSSI status register

2) Convert the reading from a hexadecimal number to a decimal number (RSSI_dec)

3) If RSSI_dec ≥ 128 then RSSI_dBm =

(RSSI_dec - 256)/2 – RSSI_offset

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Data rate [kBaud]

RSSI_offset [dB], 433 MHz

RSSI_offset [dB], 868 MHz

1.2

38.4

250

500

-120

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

-10 0 -120

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

-10

Input Power [dBm]

RSSI Readout [dBm]

1.2 kBaud

38.4 kBaud

250 kBaud

500 kBaud

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4) Else if RSSI_dec < 128 then RSSI_dBm = (RSSI_dec)/2 – RSSI_offset

Table 31 gives typical values for the RSSI_offset. Figure 22 and Figure 23 show

Table 31: Typical RSSI_offset Values

typical plots of RSSI readings as a function of input power level for different data rates.

Figure 22: Typical RSSI Value vs. Input Power Level for Different Data Rates at 433 MHz

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-120

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

-10 0 -120

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

-10

Input Power [dBm]

RSSI Readout [dBm]

1.2 kBaud

38.4 kBaud

250 kBaud

500 kBaud

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Figure 23: Typical RSSI Value vs. Input Power Level for Different Data Rates at 868 MHz

17.4 Carrier Sense (CS)

Carrier sense (CS) is used as a sync word qualifier and for Clear Channel Assessment (see Section 17.5). CS can be asserted based on two conditions which can be individually adjusted:

 CS is asserted when the RSSI is above a

programmable absolute threshold, and deasserted when RSSI is below the same threshold (with hysteresis). See more in Section 17.4.1.

 CS is asserted when the RSSI has

optional fast RX termination (see Section

19.7). CS can be used to avoid interference from

other RF sources in the ISM bands.

17.4.1 CS Absolute Threshold

The absolute threshold related to the RSSI value depends on the following register fields:

 AGCCTRL2.MAX_LNA_GAIN  AGCCTRL2.MAX_DVGA_GAIN

increased with a programmable number of dB from one RSSI sample to the next, and de-asserted when RSSI has decreased with the same number of dB. This setting is not dependent on the absolute signal level and is thus useful to detect signals in environments with time varying noise floor. See more in Section 17.4.2.

Carrier sense can be used as a sync word qualifier that requires the signal level to be higher than the threshold for a sync word search to be performed and is set by setting MDMCFG2 The carrier sense signal can be observed on one of the GDO pins by setting IOCFGx.GDOx_CFG=14 and in the status register bit PKTSTATUS.CS.

Other uses of Carrier sense include the TX-ifCCA function (see Section 17.5) and the

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 AGCCTRL1.CARRIER_SENSE_ABS_THR  AGCCTRL2.MAGN_TARGET

For given AGCCTRL2.MAX_LNA_GAIN and AGCCTRL2.MAX_DVGA_GAIN settings, the

absolute threshold can be adjusted ±7 dB in steps of 1 dB using CARRIER_SENSE_ABS_THR.

The MAGN_TARGET setting is a compromise between blocker tolerance/selectivity and sensitivity. The value sets the desired signal level in the channel into the demodulator. Increasing this value reduces the headroom for blockers, and therefore close-in selectivity. It is strongly recommended to use SmartRF Studio [5] to generate the correct MAGN_TARGET setting. Table 32 and Table

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MAX_DVGA_GAIN[1:0]

MAX_LNA_GAIN[2:0]

000

-97.5

-91.5

-85.5

-79.5

001

-94

-88

-82.5

-76

010

-90.5

-84.5

-78.5

-72.5

011

-88

-82.5

-76.5

-70.5

100

-85.5

-80

-73.5

-68

101

-84

-78

-72

-66

110

-82

-76

-70

-64

111

-79

-73.5

-67

-61

MAX_DVGA_GAIN[1:0]

MAX_LNA_GAIN[2:0]

000

-90.5

-84.5

-78.5

-72.5

001

-88

-82

-76

-70

010

-84.5

-78.5

-72

-66

011

-82.5

-76.5

-70

-64

100

-80.5

-74.5

-68

-62

101

-78

-72

-66

-60

110

-76.5

-70

-64

-58

111

-74.5

-68

-62

-56

33 show the typical RSSI readout values at the CS threshold at 2.4 kBaud and 250 kBaud data rate respectively. The default reset value for CARRIER_SENSE_ABS_THR = 0 (0 dB) has been used. MAGN_TARGET = 3 (33 dB) and 7 (42 dB) have been used for 2.4 kBaud and 250 kBaud data rate respectively. For other data rates, the user must generate similar tables to find the CS absolute threshold.

If the threshold is set high, i.e. only strong signals are wanted, the threshold should be adjusted upwards by first reducing the

MAX_LNA_GAIN value and then the MAX_DVGA_GAIN value. This will reduce

power consumption in the receiver front end, since the highest gain settings are avoided.

Table 33: Typical RSSI Value in dBm at CS

Threshold with MAGN_TARGET = 7 (42 dB) at

250 kBaud, 868 MHz

17.4.2 CS Relative Threshold

The relative threshold detects sudden changes in the measured signal level. This setting does not depend on the absolute signal level and is thus useful to detect signals in environments with a time varying noise floor. The register field AGCCTRL1.CARRIER_SENSE_REL_THR is used to enable/disable relative CS, and to select threshold of 6 dB, 10 dB, or 14 dB RSSI change.

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Table 32: Typical RSSI Value in dBm at CS

Threshold with MAGN_TARGET = 3 (33 dB) at

2.4 kBaud, 868 MHz

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BERPER

)1(1 

17.5 Clear Channel Assessment (CCA)

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The Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) is used to indicate if the current channel is free or busy. The current CCA state is viewable on any of the GDO pins by setting

IOCFGx.GDOx_CFG=0x09. MCSM1.CCA_MODE selects the mode to use

when determining CCA. When the STX or SFSTXON command strobe is

given while FSTXON state is only entered if the clear channel requirements are fulfilled. Otherwise, the chip will remain in RX. If the channel then

17.6 Link Quality Indicator (LQI)

The Link Quality Indicator is a metric of the current quality of the received signal. If PKTCTRL1.APPEND_STATUS is enabled, the value is automatically added to the last byte appended after the payload. The value can also be read from the LQI status register. The LQI gives an estimate of how easily a received signal can be demodulated by accumulating

CC1101

is in the RX state, the TX or

becomes available, the radio will not enter TX or FSTXON state before a new strobe command is sent on the SPI interface. This feature is called TX-if-CCA. Four CCA requirements can be programmed:

 Always (CCA disabled, always goes to TX)  If RSSI is below threshold  Unless currently receiving a packet  Both the above (RSSI below threshold and

not currently receiving a packet)

the magnitude of the error between ideal constellations and the received signal over the 64 symbols immediately following the sync word. LQI is best used as a relative measurement of the link quality (a low value indicates a better link than what a high value does), since the value is dependent on the modulation format.

18 Forward Error Correction with Interleaving

18.1 Forward Error Correction (FEC)

CC1101

has built in support for Forward Error Correction (FEC). To enable this option, set MDMCFG1.FEC_EN to 1. FEC is only supported in fixed packet length mode, i.e. when PKTCTRL0.LENGTH_CONFIG=0. FEC is employed on the data field and CRC word in order to reduce the gross bit error rate when operating near the sensitivity limit. Redundancy is added to the transmitted data in such a way that the receiver can restore the original data in the presence of some bit errors.

The use of FEC allows correct reception at a lower Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR), thus extending communication range if the receiver bandwidth remains constant. Alternatively, for a given SNR, using FEC decreases the bit error rate (BER). The packet error rate (PER) is related to BER by

A lower BER can therefore be used to allow longer packets, or a higher percentage of packets of a given length, to be transmitted successfully. Finally, in realistic ISM radio environments, transient and time-varying

phenomena will produce occasional errors even in otherwise good reception conditions. FEC will mask such errors and, combined with interleaving of the coded data, even correct relatively long periods of faulty reception (burst errors).

The FEC scheme adopted for convolutional coding, in which n bits are generated based on k input bits and the m most recent input bits, forming a code stream able to withstand a certain number of bit errors between each coding state (the m-bit window).

The convolutional coder is a rate ½ code with a constraint length of m = 4. The coder codes one input bit and produces two output bits; hence, the effective data rate is halved. This means that in order to transmit at the same effective data rate when using FEC, it is necessary to use twice as high over-the-air data rate. This will require a higher receiver bandwidth, and thus reduce sensitivity. In other words the improved reception by using FEC and the degraded sensitivity from a higher receiver bandwidth will be counteracting factors. See Design Note DN504 for more details [19].

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Packet

Engine

FEC

Encoder

Modulator

Interleaver

Write buffer

Interleaver

Read buffer

Demodulator

FEC

Decoder

Packet Engine

Interleaver

Write buffer

Interleaver

Read buffer

18.2 Interleaving

CC1101

Data received through radio channels will often experience burst errors due to interference and time-varying signal strengths. In order to increase the robustness to errors spanning multiple bits, interleaving is used when FEC is enabled. After de-interleaving, a continuous span of errors in the received stream will become single errors spread apart.

CC1101

employs matrix interleaving, which is illustrated in Figure 24. The on-chip interleaving and de-interleaving buffers are 4 x 4 matrices. In the transmitter, the data bits from the rate ½ convolutional coder are written into the rows of the matrix, whereas the bit sequence to be transmitted is read from the columns of the matrix. Conversely, in the receiver, the received symbols are written into the rows of the matrix, whereas the data

passed onto the convolutional decoder is read from the columns of the matrix.

CC1101

employs a 4x4 matrix interleaver with 2 bits (one encoder output symbol) per cell and the amount of data transmitted over the air will thus always be a multiple of four bytes (see DN507 [20] for more details). When FEC and interleaving is used, at least one extra byte is required for trellis termination and the packet control hardware therefore automatically inserts one or two extra bytes at the end of the packet. These bytes will be invisible to the user, as they are removed before the received packet enters the RXFIFO.

When FEC and interleaving is used the minimum data payload is 2 bytes.

Figure 24: General Principle of Matrix Interleaving

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19,20

13,14,15

IDLE

CALIBRATE

MANCAL

3,4,5

SETTLING

9,10,11

RX_OVERFLOW

TX_UNDERFLOW

RXTX_SETTLING

FSTXON

SFSTXON

FS_AUTOCAL = 00 | 10 | 11

SRX | STX | SFSTXON | WOR

SRX | WOR

STX

TXFIFO_UNDERFLOW

STX | RXOFF_MODE = 10

RXOFF_MODE = 00

FS_AUTOCAL = 10 | 11

SFTX

SRX | TXOFF_MODE = 11

SIDLE

SCAL

CAL_COMPLETE

FS_AUTOCAL = 01

SRX | STX | SFSTXON | WOR

RXFIFO_OVERFLOW

CAL_COMPLETE

SFRX

CALIBRATE

IDLE

TXOFF_MODE = 00

FS_AUTOCAL = 10 | 11

RXOFF_MODE = 00

FS_AUTOCAL = 00 | 01

TXOFF_MODE = 00

FS_AUTOCAL = 00 | 01

TXOFF_MODE = 10

RXOFF_MODE = 11

SFSTXON | RXOFF_MODE = 01

TXRX_SETTLING

SRX | STX | SFSTXON | WOR

SLEEP

SPWD | SWOR

XOFF

SXOFF

CSn = 0

CSn = 0 | WOR

( STX | SFSTXON ) & CCA

RXOFF_MODE = 01 | 10

TXOFF_MODE=01

FS_WAKEUP

6,7

SRX

19 Radio Control

CC1101

has a built-in state machine that is used to switch between different operational states (modes). The change of state is done either by

Figure 25: Complete Radio Control State Diagram

using command strobes or by internal events such as TX FIFO underflow.

A simplified state diagram, together with typical usage and current consumption, is

19.1 Power-On Start-Up Sequence

When the power supply is turned on, the system must be reset. This is achieved by one of the two sequences described below, i.e.

shown in Figure 13 on page 28. The complete radio control state diagram is shown in Figure

25. The numbers refer to the state number readable in the MARCSTATE status register. This register is primarily for test purposes.

automatic power-on reset (POR) or manual reset. After the automatic power-on reset or manual reset, it is also recommended to

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XOSC Stable

CSn

XOSC Stable

XOSC and voltage regulator switched on

SRES

40 us

Note that the above reset procedure is only required just after the power supply is first turned on. If the user wants to reset the

CC1101

after this, it is only necessary to

issue an SRES command strobe.

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change the signal that is output on the GDO0 pin. The default setting is to output a clock signal with a frequency of CLK_XOSC/192. However, to optimize performance in TX and RX, an alternative GDO setting from the settings found in Table 41 on page 62 should be selected.

19.1.1 Automatic POR

A power-on reset circuit is included in the

CC1101

. The minimum requirements stated in Table 18 must be followed for the power-on reset to function properly. The internal powerup sequence is completed when CHIP_RDYn goes low. CHIP_RDYn is observed on the SO pin after CSn is pulled low. See Section 10.1 for more details on CHIP_RDYn.

When the will be in the IDLE state and the crystal oscillator will be running. If the chip has had sufficient time for the crystal oscillator to stabilize after the power-on-reset, the SO pin will go low immediately after taking CSn low. If CSn is taken low before reset is completed, the SO pin will first go high, indicating that the crystal oscillator is not stabilized, before going low as shown in Figure 26.

CC1101

reset is completed, the chip

this strobe, all internal registers and states are set to the default, IDLE state. The manual power-up sequence is as follows (see Figure

27):  Set SCLK = 1 and SI = 0, to avoid

potential problems with pin control mode (see Section 11.3).

 Strobe CSn low / high.  Hold CSn low and then high for at least 40

µs relative to pulling CSn low

 Pull CSn low and wait for SO to go low

(CHIP_RDYn).

 Issue the SRES strobe on the SI line.  When SO goes low again, reset is

complete and the chip is in the IDLE state.

Figure 26: Power-On Reset

19.1.2 Manual Reset

The other global reset possibility on uses the SRES command strobe. By issuing

19.2 Crystal Control

The crystal oscillator (XOSC) is either automatically controlled or always on, if MCSM0.XOSC_FORCE_ON is set.

In the automatic mode, the XOSC will be turned off if the SXOFF or SPWD command strobes are issued; the state machine then goes to XOFF or SLEEP respectively. This can only be done from the IDLE state. The XOSC will be turned off when CSn is released (goes high). The XOSC will be automatically turned on again when CSn goes low. The

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Figure 27: Power-On Reset with SRES

state machine will then go to the IDLE state. The SO pin on the SPI interface must be pulled low before the SPI interface is ready to be used as described in Section 10.1.

If the XOSC is forced on, the crystal will always stay on even in the SLEEP state.

Crystal oscillator start-up time depends on crystal ESR and load capacitances. The electrical specification for the crystal oscillator can be found in Section 4.4.

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Note: When MCSM1.RXOFF_MODE=11 and a packet has been received, it will take some time before a valid RSSI value is present in the RSSI register again even if the radio has never exited RX mode. This time is the same as the RSSI response time discussed in DN505 [12].

19.3 Voltage Regulator Control

CC1101

The voltage regulator to the digital core is controlled by the radio controller. When the chip enters the SLEEP state which is the state with the lowest current consumption, the voltage regulator is disabled. This occurs after CSn is released when a SPWD command strobe has been sent on the SPI interface. The

19.4 Active Modes (RX and TX)

CC1101

has two active modes: receive and transmit. These modes are activated directly by the MCU by using the SRX and STX command strobes, or automatically by Wake on Radio.

The frequency synthesizer must be calibrated regularly. option (using the SCAL strobe), and three automatic calibration options that are controlled by the MCSM0.FS_AUTOCAL setting:

 Calibrate when going from IDLE to either

 Calibrate when going from either RX or TX

CC1101

has one manual calibration

RX or TX (or FSTXON)

to IDLE automatically3

chip is then in the SLEEP state. Setting CSn low again will turn on the regulator and crystal oscillator and make the chip enter the IDLE state.

When Wake on Radio is enabled, the WOR module will control the voltage regulator as described in Section19.5.

 IDLE  FSTXON: Frequency synthesizer on and

ready at the TX frequency. Activate TX with STX

 TX: Start sending preamble  RX: Start search for a new packet

 Calibrate every fourth time when going

from either RX or TX to IDLE automatically3

If the radio goes from TX or RX to IDLE by issuing an SIDLE strobe, calibration will not be performed. The calibration takes a constant number of XOSC cycles; see Table 34 for timing details regarding calibration.

When RX is activated, the chip will remain in receive mode until a packet is successfully received or the RX termination timer expires (see Section 19.7). The probability that a false sync word is detected can be reduced by using PQT, CS, maximum sync word length, and sync word qualifier mode as described in Section 17. After a packet is successfully received, the radio controller goes to the state indicated by the MCSM1.RXOFF_MODE setting. The possible destinations are:

Not forced in IDLE by issuing an SIDLE

strobe

Similarly, when TX is active the chip will remain in the TX state until the current packet has been successfully transmitted. Then the state will change as indicated by the MCSM1.TXOFF_MODE setting. The possible destinations are the same as for RX.

The MCU can manually change the state from RX to TX and vice versa by using the command strobes. If the radio controller is currently in transmit and the SRX strobe is used, the current transmission will be ended and the transition to RX will be done.

If the radio controller is in RX when the STX or SFSTXON command strobes are used, the TXif-CCA function will be used. If the channel is not clear, the chip will remain in RX. The MCSM1.CCA_MODE setting controls the conditions for clear channel assessment. See Section 17.5 for details.

The SIDLE command strobe can always be used to force the radio controller to go to the IDLE state.

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RESWOR

XOSC

Event

EVENT

750





Event0

Event1

Event1Event0 Event1 Event0

Event1

Event0

State: IDLESLEEP RX SLEEP IDLE

Rx timeout

SLEEP

128

750



XOSC

Note: The FIFO looses its content in the SLEEP state.

19.5 Wake On Radio (WOR)

The optional Wake on Radio (WOR) functionality enables wake up from SLEEP and listen for incoming packets without MCU interaction.

When the SWOR strobe command is sent on the SPI interface, the

SLEEP state when CSn is released. The RC oscillator must be enabled before the SWOR strobe can be used, as it is the clock source for the WOR timer. The on-chip timer will set

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into IDLE state and then RX state. After a programmable time in RX, the chip will go back to the SLEEP state, unless a packet is received. See Figure 28 and Section 19.7 for details on how the timeout works.

To exit WOR mode, set the IDLE state

CC1101

can be set up to signal the MCU that a packet has been received by using the GDO pins. If a packet is received, the MCSM1.RXOFF_MODE will determine the behaviour at the end of the received packet. When the MCU has read the packet, it can put the chip back into SLEEP with the SWOR strobe from the IDLE state.

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to periodically

CC1101

will go to the

CC1101

into the

Figure 28: Event 0 and Event 1 Relationship

The time from the

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enters SLEEP state until the next Event0 is programmed to appear, t

in Figure 28, should be larger

SLEEP

than 11.08 ms when using a 26 MHz crystal and 10.67 ms when a 27 MHz crystal is used. If t

is less than 11.08 (10.67) ms, there is

SLEEP

a chance that the consecutive Event 0 will occur

seconds

too early. Application Note AN047 [4] explains in detail the theory of operation and the different registers involved when using WOR, as well as highlighting important aspects when using WOR mode.

CC1101

The WOR timer has two events, Event 0 and Event 1. In the SLEEP state with WOR activated, reaching Event 0 will turn on the digital regulator and start the crystal oscillator. Event 1 follows Event 0 after a programmed timeout.

The time between two consecutive Event 0 is programmed with a mantissa value given by WOREVT1.EVENT0 and WOREVT0.EVENT0, and an exponent value set by WORCTRL.WOR_RES. The equation is:

The Event 1 timeout is programmed with WORCTRL.EVENT1. Figure 28 shows the timing relationship between Event 0 timeout and Event 1 timeout.

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19.5.1 RC Oscillator and Timing

The frequency of the low-power RC oscillator used for the WOR functionality varies with temperature and supply voltage. In order to keep the frequency as accurate as possible, the RC oscillator will be calibrated whenever possible, which is when the XOSC is running and the chip is not in the SLEEP state. When the power and XOSC are enabled, the clock used by the WOR timer is a divided XOSC clock. When the chip goes to the sleep state, the RC oscillator will use the last valid calibration result. The frequency of the RC oscillator is locked to the main crystal frequency divided by 750.

In applications where the radio wakes up very often, typically several times every second, it is possible to do the RC oscillator calibration once and then turn off calibration to reduce the current consumption. This is done by setting WORCTRL.RC_CAL=0 and requires that RC oscillator calibration values are read from registers RCCTRL0_STATUS and RCCTRL1_STATUS and written back to

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Description

Transition Time (no PA ramping)

Transition Time [µs]

IDLE to RX, no calibration

1953/f

xosc

75.1

IDLE to RX, with calibration

1953/f

xosc

+ FS calibration Time

799

IDLE to TX/FSTXON, no calibration

1954/f

xosc

75.2

IDLE to TX/FSTXON, with calibration

1953/f

xosc

+ FS calibration Time

799

TX to RX switch

782/f

xosc

+ 0.25/f

baudrate

31.1

RX to TX switch

782/f

xosc

30.1

TX to IDLE, no calibration

~0.25/f

baudrate

TX to IDLE, with calibration

~0.25/f

baudrate

+ FS calibration Time

725

RX to IDLE, no calibration

2/f

xosc

~0.1

RX to IDLE, with calibration

2/f

xosc

+ FS calibration Time

724

Manual calibration

283/f

xosc

+ FS calibration Time

735

CC1101

RCCTRL0 and RCCTRL1 respectively. If the RC oscillator calibration is turned off, it will have to be manually turned on again if

19.6 Timing

19.6.1 Overall State Transition Times

The main radio controller needs to wait in certain states in order to make sure that the internal analog/digital parts have settled down and are ready to operate in the new states. A number of factors are important for the state transition times:

 The crystal oscillator frequency, f

xosc

 PA ramping enabled or not  The data rate in cases where PA ramping

is enabled

 The value of the TEST0, TEST1, and

FSCAL3 registers

temperature and supply voltage changes. Refer to Application Note AN047 [4] for further details.

Table 34 shows timing in crystal clock cycles for key state transitions.

Power on time and XOSC start-up times are variable, but within the limits stated in Table

13. Note that TX to IDLE and TX to RX transition

times are functions of data rate (f

baudrate

). When

PA ramping is enabled (i.e.

FREND0.PA_POWER≠000

), TX to IDLE and

TX to RX will require (FREND0.PA_POWER)/8∙f

baudrate

longer times

than the times stated in Table 34.

Table 34: Overall State Transition Times (Example for 26 MHz crystal oscillator, 250 kBaud data

19.6.2 Frequency Synthesizer Calibration Time

Table 35 summarizes the frequency synthesizer (FS) calibration times for possible settings of TEST0 and

FSCAL3.CHP_CURR_CAL_EN. Setting FSCAL3.CHP_CURR_CAL_EN to 00b disables

the charge pump calibration stage. TEST0 is set to the values recommended by SmartRF Studio software [5]. The possible values for

rate, and TEST0 = 0x0B (maximum calibration time)).

TEST0 when operating with different frequency bands are 0x09 and 0x0B. SmartRF Studio software [5] always sets FSCAL3.CHP_CURR_CAL_EN to 10b.

Note that in a frequency hopping spread spectrum or a multi-channel protocol the calibration time can be reduced from 712/724 µs to 145/157 µs. This is explained in Section

28.2.

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TEST0

FSCAL3.CHP_CURR_CAL_EN

FS Calibration Time

xosc

= 26 MHz

FS Calibration Time

xosc

= 27 MHz

0x09

00b

3764/f

xosc =

145 us

3764/f

xosc =

139 us

0x09

10b

18506/f

xosc =

712 us

18506/f

xosc =

685 us

0x0B

00b

4073/f

xosc =

157 us

4073/f

xosc =

151 us

0x0B

10b

18815/f

xosc =

724 us

18815/f

xosc =

697 us

Table 35: Frequency Synthesizer Calibration Times (26/27 MHz crystal)

19.7 RX Termination Timer

CC1101

has optional functions for automatic termination of RX after a programmable time. The main use for this functionality is Wake on Radio, but it may also be useful for other applications. The termination timer starts when in RX state. The timeout is programmable with the MCSM2.RX_TIME setting. When the timer expires, the radio controller will check the condition for staying in RX; if the condition is not met, RX will terminate.

The programmable conditions are:  MCSM2.RX_TIME_QUAL=0: Continue

receive if sync word has been found

 MCSM2.RX_TIME_QUAL=1: Continue

receive if sync word has been found, or if the preamble quality is above threshold (PQT)

If the system expects the transmission to have started when enabling the receiver, the MCSM2.RX_TIME_RSSI function can be used. The radio controller will then terminate RX if the first valid carrier sense sample indicates no carrier (RSSI below threshold). See Section

17.4 for details on Carrier Sense.

For ASK/OOK modulation, lack of carrier sense is only considered valid after eight symbol periods. Thus, the MCSM2.RX_TIME_RSSI function can be used in ASK/OOK mode when the distance between “1” symbols is eight or less.

If RX terminates due to no carrier sense when the MCSM2.RX_TIME_RSSI function is used, or if no sync word was found when using the MCSM2.RX_TIME timeout function, the chip will always go back to IDLE if WOR is disabled and back to SLEEP if WOR is enabled. Otherwise, the MCSM1.RXOFF_MODE setting determines the state to go to when RX ends. This means that the chip will not automatically go back to SLEEP once a sync word has been received. It is therefore recommended to always wake up the microcontroller on sync word detection when using WOR mode. This can be done by selecting output signal 6 (see Table 41 on page 62) on one of the programmable GDO output pins, and programming the microcontroller to wake up on an edge-triggered interrupt from this GDO pin.

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FIFO_THR

Bytes in TX FIFO

Bytes in RX FIFO

0 (0000)

1 (0001)

2 (0010)

3 (0011)

4 (0100)

5 (0101)

6 (0110)

7 (0111)

8 (1000)

9 (1001)

10 (1010)

11 (1011)

12 (1100)

13 (1101) 9 56

14 (1110) 5 60

15 (1111) 1 64

20 Data FIFO

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The

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contains two 64 byte FIFOs, one for received data and one for data to be transmitted. The SPI interface is used to read from the RX FIFO and write to the TX FIFO. Section 10.5 contains details on the SPI FIFO access. The FIFO controller will detect overflow in the RX FIFO and underflow in the TX FIFO.

When writing to the TX FIFO it is the responsibility of the MCU to avoid TX FIFO overflow. A TX FIFO overflow will result in an error in the TX FIFO content.

Likewise, when reading the RX FIFO the MCU must avoid reading the RX FIFO past its empty value since a RX FIFO underflow will result in an error in the data read out of the RX FIFO.

The chip status byte that is available on the SO pin while transferring the SPI header and contains the fill grade of the RX FIFO if the access is a read operation and the fill grade of the TX FIFO if the access is a write operation. Section 10.1 contains more details on this.

The number of bytes in the RX FIFO and TX FIFO can be read from the status registers

RXBYTES.NUM_RXBYTES and TXBYTES.NUM_TXBYTES respectively. If a

received data byte is written to the RX FIFO at the exact same time as the last byte in the RX FIFO is read over the SPI interface, the RX FIFO pointer is not properly updated and the last read byte will be duplicated. To avoid this problem, the RX FIFO should never be emptied before the last byte of the packet is received.

For packet lengths less than 64 bytes it is recommended to wait until the complete packet has been received before reading it out of the RX FIFO.

If the packet length is larger than 64 bytes, the MCU must determine how many bytes can be read from the RX FIFO (RXBYTES.NUM_RXBYTES-1). The following software routine can be used:

1. Read RXBYTES.NUM_RXBYTES

repeatedly at a rate specified to be at least twice that of which RF bytes are received until the same value is returned twice; store value in n.

2. If n < # of bytes remaining in packet, read

n-1 bytes from the RX FIFO.

3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 until n = # of bytes remaining in packet.

4. Read the remaining bytes from the RX FIFO.

The 4-bit FIFOTHR.FIFO_THR setting is used to program threshold points in the FIFOs.

Table 36 lists the 16 FIFO_THR settings and the corresponding thresholds for the RX and TX FIFOs. The threshold value is coded in opposite directions for the RX FIFO and TX FIFO. This gives equal margin to the overflow and underflow conditions when the threshold is reached.

Table 36: FIFO_THR Settings and the

Corresponding FIFO Thresholds

A signal will assert when the number of bytes in the FIFO is equal to or higher than the programmed threshold. This signal can be viewed on the GDO pins (see Table 41 on page 62).

Figure 29 shows the number of bytes in both the RX FIFO and TX FIFO when the threshold signal toggles in the case of FIFO_THR=13. Figure 30 shows the signal on the GDO pin as the respective FIFO is filled above the threshold, and then drained below in the case of FIFO_THR=13.

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8 bytes

Overflow

margin

Underflow

margin

FIFO_THR=13

RXFIFO TXFIFO

53 54 55 56 5354555657

6 7 8 9 678910

NUM_RXBYTES

GDO

NUM_TXBYTES

GDO

 

  

2_256





ECHANSPC

XOSC

carrier

MCHANSPCCHANFREQ

IFFREQ

XOSC



Figure 30: Number of Bytes in FIFO vs. the

GDO Signal (GDOx_CFG=0x00 in RX and

GDOx_CFG=0x02 in TX, FIFO_THR=13)

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Figure 29: Example of FIFOs at Threshold

21 Frequency Programming

The frequency programming in designed to minimize the programming needed in a channel-oriented system.

To set up a system with channel numbers, the desired channel spacing is programmed with the MDMCFG0.CHANSPC_M and MDMCFG1.CHANSPC_E registers. The channel spacing registers are mantissa and exponent respectively. The base or start frequency is set

With a 26 MHz crystal the maximum channel spacing is 405 kHz. To get e.g. 1 MHz channel spacing, one solution is to use 333 kHz channel spacing and select each third channel in CHANNR.CHAN.

The preferred IF frequency is programmed with the FSCTRL1.FREQ_IF register. The IF frequency is given by:

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by the 24 bit frequency word located in the FREQ2, FREQ1, and FREQ0 registers. This word will typically be set to the centre of the lowest channel frequency that is to be used.

The desired channel number is programmed with the 8-bit channel number register, CHANNR.CHAN, which is multiplied by the channel offset. The resultant carrier frequency is given by:

If any frequency programming register is altered when the frequency synthesizer is running, the synthesizer may give an undesired response. Hence, the frequency programming should only be updated when the radio is in the IDLE state.

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Note: The calibration values are maintained in SLEEP mode, so the calibration is still valid after waking up from SLEEP mode unless supply voltage or temperature has changed significantly.

22 VCO

The VCO is completely integrated on-chip.

22.1 VCO and PLL Self-Calibration

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The VCO characteristics vary with temperature and supply voltage changes as well as the desired operating frequency. In order to ensure reliable operation, frequency synthesizer self-calibration circuitry. This calibration should be done regularly, and must be performed after turning on power and before using a new frequency (or channel). The number of XOSC cycles for completing the PLL calibration is given in Table 34 on page 54.

The calibration can be initiated automatically or manually. The synthesizer can be automatically calibrated each time the synthesizer is turned on, or each time the synthesizer is turned off automatically. This is configured with the MCSM0.FS_AUTOCAL register setting. In manual mode, the calibration is initiated when the SCAL command strobe is activated in the IDLE mode.

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includes

If calibration is performed each time before entering active mode (RX or TX) the user can program register IOCFGx.GDOx_CFG to 0x0A to check that the PLL is in lock. The lock detector output available on the GDOx pin should then be an interrupt for the MCU (x = 0,1, or 2). A positive transition on the GDOx pin means that the PLL is in lock. As an alternative the user can read register FSCAL1. The PLL is in lock if the register content is different from 0x3F. Refer also to the Errata Notes [3]. The PLL must be recalibrated until PLL lock is achieved if the PLL does not lock the first time.

If the calibration is not performed each time before entering active mode (RX or TX) the user should program register IOCFGx.GDOx_CFG to 0x0A to check that the PLL is in lock before receiving/transmitting data. The lock detector output available on the GDOx pin should then be an interrupt for the MCU (x = 0,1, or 2). A positive transition on the GDOx pin means that the PLL is in lock. Since the current calibration values are only valid for a finite temperature range (typically ±40C) the PLL must be re-calibrated if the lock indicator does not indicate PLL lock.

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23 Voltage Regulators

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contains several on-chip linear voltage regulators that generate the supply voltages needed by low-voltage modules. These voltage regulators are invisible to the user, and can be viewed as integral parts of the various modules. The user must however make sure that the absolute maximum ratings and required pin voltages in Table 1 and Table 19 are not exceeded.

By setting the CSn pin low, the voltage regulator to the digital core turns on and the crystal oscillator starts. The SO pin on the SPI interface must go low before the first positive

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edge of SCLK (setup time is given in Table

22). If the chip is programmed to enter power-down

mode (SPWD strobe issued), the power will be turned off after CSn goes high. The power and crystal oscillator will be turned on again when CSn goes low.

The voltage regulator for the digital core requires one external decoupling capacitor.

The voltage regulator output should only be used for driving the

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868 MHz

915 MHz

Output Power [dBm]

Setting

Current Consumption, Typ. [mA]

Setting

Current Consumption, Typ. [mA]

-30

0x03

12.0

0x03

11.9

-20

0x17

12.6

0x0E

12.5

-15

0x1D

13.3

0x1E

13.3

-10

0x26

14.5

0x27

14.8

-6

0x37

16.4

0x38

17.0

0x50

16.8

0x8E

17.2

0x86

19.9

0x84

20.2

0xCD

25.8

0xCC

25.7

0xC5

30.0

0xC3

30.7

12/11

0xC0

34.2

0xC0

33.4

Note: All content of the PATABLE except for the first byte (index 0) is lost when entering the SLEEP state.

24 Output Power Programming

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The RF output power level from the device has two levels of programmability as illustrated in Figure 31. The special PATABLE register can hold up to eight user selected output power settings. The 3-bit FREND0.PA_POWER value selects the PATABLE entry to use. This twolevel functionality provides flexible PA power ramp up and ramp down at the start and end of transmission when using 2-FSK, GFSK, 4-FSK, and MSK modulation as well as ASK modulation shaping. All the PA power settings in the PATABLE from index 0 up to the FREND0.PA_POWER value are used.

The power ramping at the start and at the end of a packet can be turned off by setting FREND0.PA_POWER=0 and then program the desired output power to index 0 in the PATABLE.

If OOK modulation is used, the logic 0 and logic 1 power levels shall be programmed to index 0 and 1 respectively.

Table 39 contains recommended PATABLE settings for various output levels and frequency bands. DN013 [15] gives the complete tables for the different frequency bands using multi-layer inductors. Using PA settings from 0x61 to 0x6F is not allowed. Table 40 contains output power and current consumption for default PATABLE setting (0xC6).

See Section 10.6 for PATABLE programming details. PATABLE must be programmed in burst mode if you want to write to other entries than PATABLE[0].

Table 37: Optimum PATABLE Settings for Various Output Power Levels and Frequency Bands

Using Wire-Wound Inductors in 868/915 MHz Frequency Bands

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868 MHz

915 MHz

Default Power Setting

Output Power [dBm]

Current Consumption, Typ. [mA]

Output Power [dBm]

Current Consumption, Typ. [mA]

0xC6

9.6

29.4

8.9

28.7 315 MHz

433 MHz

868 MHz

915 MHz

Output Power [dBm]

Setting

Current Consumption, Typ. [mA]

Setting

Current Consumption, Typ. [mA]

Setting

Current Consumption, Typ. [mA]

Setting

Current Consumption, Typ. [mA]

-30

0x12

10.9

0x12

11.9

0x03

12.1

0x03

12.0

-20

0x0D

11.4

0x0E

12.4

0x0F

12.7

0x0E

12.6

-15

0x1C

12.0

0x1D

13.1

0x1E

13.4

0x1E

13.4

-10

0x34

13.5

0x34

14.4

0x27

15.0

0x27

14.9

0x51

15.0

0x60

15.9

0x50

16.9

0x8E

16.7

0x85

18.3

0x84

19.4

0x81

21.0

0xCD

24.3

0xCB

22.1

0xC8

24.2

0xCB

26.8

0xC7

26.9

0xC2

26.9

0xC0

29.1

0xC2

32.4

0xC0

31.8

315 MHz

433 MHz

868 MHz

915 MHz

Default Power Setting

Output Power [dBm]

Current Consumption, Typ. [mA]

Output Power [dBm]

Current Consumption, Typ. [mA]

Output Power [dBm]

Current Consumption, Typ. [mA]

Output Power [dBm]

Current Consumption, Typ. [mA]

0xC6

8.5

24.4

7.8

25.2

8.5

29.5

7.2

27.4

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Table 38: Output Power and Current Consumption for Default PATABLE Setting Using Wire-

Wound Inductors in 868/915 MHz Frequency Bands

Table 39: Optimum PATABLE Settings for Various Output Power Levels and Frequency Bands

Using Multi-layer Inductors

Table 40: Output Power and Current Consumption for Default PATABLE Setting Using Multi-layer

Inductors

25 Shaping and PA Ramping

With ASK modulation, up to eight power settings are used for shaping. The modulator contains a counter that counts up when transmitting a one and down when transmitting a zero. The counter counts at a rate equal to 8 times the symbol rate. The counter saturates at FREND0.PA_POWER and 0 respectively.

This counter value is used as an index for a lookup in the power table. Thus, in order to utilize the whole table, FREND0.PA_POWER should be 7 when ASK is active. The shaping of the ASK signal is dependent on the configuration of the PATABLE. Figure 32 shows some examples of ASK shaping.

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e.g 6

PA_POWER[2:0] in FREND0 register

PATABLE(0)[7:0]

PATABLE(1)[7:0]

PATABLE(2)[7:0]

PATABLE(3)[7:0]

PATABLE(4)[7:0]

PATABLE(5)[7:0]

PATABLE(6)[7:0]

PATABLE(7)[7:0]

Index into PATABLE(7:0)

The PA uses this setting.

Settings 0 to PA_POWER are used during ramp-up at start of transmission and ramp-down at end of transmission, and for ASK/OOK modulation.

The SmartRF® Studio software should be used to obtain optimum PATABLE settings for various output powers.

11 0 0 0 1 0

Bit Sequence

FREND0.PA_POWER = 3 FREND0.PA_POWER = 7

Time

PATABLE[0]

PATABLE[1]

PATABLE[2]

PATABLE[3]

PATABLE[4]

PATABLE[5]

PATABLE[6]

PATABLE[7]

Output Power

Figure 31: PA_POWER and PATABLE

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Figure 32: Shaping of ASK Signal

26 General Purpose / Test Output Control Pins

The three digital output pins GDO0, GDO1, and GDO2 are general control pins configured with IOCFG0.GDO0_CFG, IOCFG1.GDO1_CFG, and IOCFG2.GDO2_CFG respectively. Table 41 shows the different signals that can be monitored on the GDO pins. These signals can be used as inputs to the MCU.

GDO1 is the same pin as the SO pin on the SPI interface, thus the output programmed on this pin will only be valid when CSn is high. The default value for GDO1 is 3-stated which is useful when the SPI interface is shared with other devices.

The default value for GDO0 is a 135-141 kHz clock output (XOSC frequency divided by

192). Since the XOSC is turned on at poweron-reset, this can be used to clock the MCU in systems with only one crystal. When the MCU is up and running, it can change the clock frequency by writing to IOCFG0.GDO0_CFG.

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An on-chip analog temperature sensor is enabled by writing the value 128 (0x80) to the IOCFG0 register. The voltage on the GDO0 pin is then proportional to temperature. See Section 4.7 for temperature sensor specifications.

If the IOCFGx.GDOx_CFG setting is less than 0x20 and IOCFGx_GDOx_INV is 0 (1), the GDO0 and GDO2 pins will be hardwired to 0 (1), and the GDO1 pin will be hardwired to 1 (0) in the SLEEP state. These signals will be hardwired until the CHIP_RDYn signal goes low.

If the IOCFGx.GDOx_CFG setting is 0x20 or higher, the GDO pins will work as programmed also in SLEEP state. As an example, GDO1 is high impedance in all states if IOCFG1.GDO1_CFG=0x2E.

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GDOx_CFG[5:0]

Description

0 (0x00)

Associated to the RX FIFO: Asserts when RX FIFO is filled at or above the RX FIFO threshold. De-asserts when RX FIFO is drained below the same threshold.

1 (0x01)

Associated to the RX FIFO: Asserts when RX FIFO is filled at or above the RX FIFO threshold or the end of packet is reached. De-asserts when the RX FIFO is empty.

2 (0x02)

Associated to the TX FIFO: Asserts when the TX FIFO is filled at or above the TX FIFO threshold. De-asserts when the TX FIFO is below the same threshold.

3 (0x03)

Associated to the TX FIFO: Asserts when TX FIFO is full. De-asserts when the TX FIFO is drained below the TX FIFO threshold.

4 (0x04)

Asserts when the RX FIFO has overflowed. De-asserts when the FIFO has been flushed.

5 (0x05)

Asserts when the TX FIFO has underflowed. De-asserts when the FIFO is flushed.

6 (0x06)

Asserts when sync word has been sent / received, and de-asserts at the end of the packet. In RX, the pin will also deassert when a packet is discarded due to address or maximum length filtering or when the radio enters RXFIFO_OVERFLOW state. In TX the pin will de-assert if the TX FIFO underflows.

7 (0x07)

Asserts when a packet has been received with CRC OK. De-asserts when the first byte is read from the RX FIFO.

8 (0x08)

Preamble Quality Reached. Asserts when the PQI is above the programmed PQT value. De-asserted when the chip reenters RX state (MARCSTATE=0x0D) or the PQI gets below the programmed PQT value.

9 (0x09)

Clear channel assessment. High when RSSI level is below threshold (dependent on the current CCA_MODE setting).

10 (0x0A)

Lock detector output. The PLL is in lock if the lock detector output has a positive transition or is constantly logic high. To check for PLL lock the lock detector output should be used as an interrupt for the MCU.

11 (0x0B)

Serial Clock. Synchronous to the data in synchronous serial mode. In RX mode, data is set up on the falling edge by

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when GDOx_INV=0.

In TX mode, data is sampled by

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on the rising edge of the serial clock when GDOx_INV=0.

12 (0x0C)

Serial Synchronous Data Output. Used for synchronous serial mode.

13 (0x0D)

Serial Data Output. Used for asynchronous serial mode.

14 (0x0E)

Carrier sense. High if RSSI level is above threshold. Cleared when entering IDLE mode.

15 (0x0F)

CRC_OK. The last CRC comparison matched. Cleared when entering/restarting RX mode.

16 (0x10)

21 (0x15)

Reserved – used for test

22 (0x16)

RX_HARD_DATA[1]. Can be used together with RX_SYMBOL_TICK for alternative serial RX output.

23 (0x17)

RX_HARD_DATA[0]. Can be used together with RX_SYMBOL_TICK for alternative serial RX output.

24 (0x18)

26 (0x1A)

Reserved – used for test

27 (0x1B)

PA_PD. Note: PA_PD will have the same signal level in SLEEP and TX states. To control an external PA or RX/TX switch in applications where the SLEEP state is used it is recommended to use GDOx_CFGx=0x2F instead.

28 (0x1C)

LNA_PD. Note: LNA_PD will have the same signal level in SLEEP and RX states. To control an external LNA or RX/TX switch in applications where the SLEEP state is used it is recommended to use GDOx_CFGx=0x2F instead.

29 (0x1D)

RX_SYMBOL_TICK. Can be used together with RX_HARD_DATA for alternative serial RX output.

30 (0x1E)

35 (0x23)

Reserved – used for test

36 (0x24)

WOR_EVNT0

37 (0x25)

WOR_EVNT1

38 (0x26)

CLK_256

39 (0x27)

CLK_32k

40 (0x28)

Reserved – used for test

41 (0x29)

CHIP_RDYn

42 (0x2A)

Reserved – used for test

43 (0x2B)

XOSC_STABLE

44 (0x2C)

Reserved – used for test

45 (0x2D)

Reserved – used for test

46 (0x2E)

High impedance (3-state)

47 (0x2F)

HW to 0 (HW1 achieved by setting GDOx_INV=1). Can be used to control an external LNA/PA or RX/TX switch.

48 (0x30)

CLK_XOSC/1

Note: There are 3 GDO pins, but only one CLK_XOSC/n can be selected as an output at any time. If CLK_XOSC/n is to be monitored on one of the GDO pins, the other two GDO pins must be configured to values less than 0x30. The GDO0 default value is CLK_XOSC/192.

To optimize RF performance, these signals should not be used while the radio is in RX or TX mode.

49 (0x31)

CLK_XOSC/1.5

50 (0x32)

CLK_XOSC/2

51 (0x33)

CLK_XOSC/3

52 (0x34)

CLK_XOSC/4

53 (0x35)

CLK_XOSC/6

54 (0x36)

CLK_XOSC/8

55 (0x37)

CLK_XOSC/12

56 (0x38)

CLK_XOSC/16

57 (0x39)

CLK_XOSC/24

58 (0x3A)

CLK_XOSC/32

59 (0x3B)

CLK_XOSC/48

60 (0x3C)

CLK_XOSC/64

61 (0x3D)

CLK_XOSC/96

62 (0x3E)

CLK_XOSC/128

63 (0x3F)

CLK_XOSC/192

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Table 41: GDOx Signal Selection (x = 0, 1, or 2)

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27 Asynchronous and Synchronous Serial Operation

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Several features and modes of operation have been included in the backward compatibility with previous Chipcon products and other existing RF communication systems. For new systems, it is recommended

27.1 Asynchronous Serial Operation

Asynchronous transfer is included in the

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for backward compatibility with systems that are already using the asynchronous data transfer.

When asynchronous transfer is enabled, several of the support mechanisms for the MCU that are included in disabled, such as packet handling hardware, buffering in the FIFO, and so on. The asynchronous transfer mode does not allow for the use of the data whitener, interleaver, and FEC, and it is not possible to use Manchester encoding. MSK is not supported for asynchronous transfer.

Setting PKTCTRL0.PKT_FORMAT to 3 enables asynchronous serial mode. In TX, the GDO0 pin is used for data input (TX data). Data output can be on GDO0, GDO1, or GDO2. This is set by the IOCFG0.GDO0_CFG, IOCFG1.GDO1_CFG and IOCFG2.GDO2_CFG fields.

The

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modulator samples the level of the asynchronous input 8 times faster than the programmed data rate. The timing requirement

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to provide

will be

to use the built-in packet handling features, as they can give more robust communication, significantly offload the microcontroller, and simplify software development.

for the asynchronous stream is that the error in the bit period must be less than one eighth of the programmed data rate.

In asynchronous serial mode no data decision is done on-chip and the raw data is put on the data output line in RX. When using asynchronous serial mode make sure the interfacing MCU does proper oversampling and that it can handle the jitter on the data output line. The MCU should tolerate a jitter of ±1/8 of a bit period as the data stream is timediscrete using 8 samples per bit.

In asynchronous serial mode there will be glitches of 37 - 38.5 ns duration (1/XOSC) occurring infrequently and with random periods. A simple RC filter can be added to the data output line between to get rid of the 37 - 38.5 ns ns glitches if considered a problem. The filter 3 dB cut-off frequency needs to be high enough so that the data is not filtered and at the same time low enough to remove the glitch. As an example, for 2.4 kBaud data rate a 1 kohm resistor and

2.7 nF capacitor can be used. This gives a 3 dB cut-off frequency of 59 kHz.

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and the MCU

27.2 Synchronous Serial Operation

Setting PKTCTRL0.PKT_FORMAT to 1 enables synchronous serial mode. In the synchronous serial mode, data is transferred on a two-wire serial interface. The provides a clock that is used to set up new data on the data input line or sample data on the data output line. Data input (TX data) is on the GDO0 pin. This pin will automatically be configured as an input when TX is active. The TX latency is 8 bits. The data output pin can be any of the GDO pins. This is set by the IOCFG0.GDO0_CFG, IOCFG1.GDO1_CFG, and IOCFG2.GDO2_CFG fields. Time from start of reception until data is available on the receiver data output pin is equal to 9 bit.

Preamble and sync word insertion/detection may or may not be active, dependent on the sync mode set by the MDMCFG2.SYNC_MODE.

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If preamble and sync word is disabled, all other packet handler features and FEC should also be disabled. The MCU must then handle preamble and sync word insertion and detection in software.

If preamble and sync word insertion/detection are left on, all packet handling features and FEC can be used. One exception is that the address filtering feature is unavailable in synchronous serial mode.

When using the packet handling features in synchronous serial mode, the and detect the preamble and sync word and the MCU will only provide/get the data payload. This is equivalent to the recommended FIFO operation mode.

An alternative serial RX output option is to configure any of the GD0 pins for

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will insert

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RX_SYMBOL_TICK and RX_HARD_DATA, see Table 41. RX_HARD_DATA[1:0] is the hard decision symbol. RX_HARD_DATA[1:0] contain data for 4-ary modulation formats while RX_HARD_DATA[1] contain data for 2ary modulation formats. The

28 System Considerations and Guidelines

28.1 SRD Regulations

International regulations and national laws regulate the use of radio receivers and transmitters. Short Range Devices (SRDs) for license free operation below 1 GHz are usually operated in the 315 MHz, 433 MHz, 868 MHz or 915 MHz frequency bands. The specifically designed for such use with its 300

- 348 MHz, 387 - 464 MHz, and 779 - 928 MHz operating ranges. The most important regulations when using the MHz, 433 MHz, 868 MHz, or 915 MHz frequency bands are EN 300 220 (Europe) and FCC CFR47 Part 15 (USA).

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in the 315

RX_SYMBOL_TICK signal is the symbol clock and is high for one half symbol period whenever a new symbol is presented on the hard and soft data outputs. This option may be used for both synchronous and asynchronous interfaces.

Please note that compliance with regulations is dependent on the complete system

performance. It is the customer‟s responsibility

to ensure that the system complies with regulations.

28.2 Frequency Hopping and Multi-Channel Systems

The 315 MHz, 433 MHz, 868 MHz, or 915 MHz bands are shared by many systems both in industrial, office, and home environments. It is therefore recommended to use frequency hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) or a multichannel protocol because the frequency diversity makes the system more robust with respect to interference from other systems operating in the same frequency band. FHSS also combats multipath fading.

CC1101

is highly suited for FHSS or multichannel systems due to its agile frequency synthesizer and effective communication interface. Using the packet handling support and data buffering is also beneficial in such systems as these features will significantly offload the host controller.

Charge pump current, VCO current, and VCO capacitance array calibration data is required for each frequency when implementing frequency hopping for ways of obtaining the calibration data from the chip:

1) Frequency hopping with calibration for each hop. The PLL calibration time is 712/724 µs (26 MHz crystal and TEST0 = 0x09/0B, see Table 35). The blanking interval between each frequency hop is then 787/799 µs.

CC1101

. There are 3

2) Fast frequency hopping without calibration for each hop can be done by performing the necessary calibrating at startup and saving the resulting FSCAL3, FSCAL2, and FSCAL1 register values in MCU memory. The VCO capacitance calibration FSCAL1 register value must be found for each RF frequency to be used. The VCO current calibration value and the charge pump current calibration value available in FSCAL2 and FSCAL3 respectively are not dependent on the RF frequency, so the same value can therefore be used for all RF frequencies for these two registers. Between each frequency hop, the calibration process can then be replaced by writing the FSCAL3, FSCAL2 and FSCAL1 register values that corresponds to the next RF frequency. The PLL turn on time is approximately 75 µs (Table

34). The blanking interval between each frequency hop is then approximately 75 µs.

3) Run calibration on a single frequency at startup. Next write 0 to FSCAL3[5:4] to disable the charge pump calibration. After writing to FSCAL3[5:4], strobe SRX (or STX) with MCSM0.FS_AUTOCAL=1 for each new frequency hop. That is, VCO current and VCO capacitance calibration is done, but not charge pump current calibration. When charge pump current calibration is disabled the calibration

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Note: The content in the TEST0 register is not retained in SLEEP state, thus it is necessary to re-write this register when returning from the SLEEP state.

Note: The sensitivity and thus transmission range is reduced for high data rate bursts compared to lower data rates.

CC1101

time is reduced from 712/724 µs to 145/157 µs (26 MHz crystal and TEST0 = 0x09/0B, see Table 35). The blanking interval between each frequency hop is then 220/232 µs.

There is a trade off between blanking time and memory space needed for storing calibration data in non-volatile memory. Solution 2) above gives the shortest blanking interval, but requires more memory space to store calibration values. This solution also requires that the supply voltage and temperature do not vary much in order to have a robust solution. Solution 3) gives 567 µs smaller blanking interval than solution 1).

28.3 Wideband Modulation when not Using Spread Spectrum

Digital modulation systems under FCC Section

15.247 include 2-FSK, GFSK, and 4-FSK modulation. A maximum peak output power of 1 W (+30 dBm) is allowed if the 6 dB bandwidth of the modulated signal exceeds 500 kHz. In addition, the peak power spectral density conducted to the antenna shall not be greater than +8 dBm in any 3 kHz band.

Operating at high data rates and frequency separation, the

CC1101

is suited for systems

The recommended settings for TEST0.VCO_SEL_CAL_EN change with frequency. This means that one should always use SmartRF Studio [5] to get the correct settings for a specific frequency before doing a calibration, regardless of which calibration method is being used.

targeting compliance with digital modulation system as defined by FCC Section 15.247. An external power amplifier such as needed to increase the output above +11 dBm. Please refer to DN006 [11] for further details concerning wideband modulation using

CC1101

600 kbps data rate, +19 dBm output power when using

and DN036 for wideband modulation at

CC1101 +CC1101

[25].

CC1190

[21] is

28.4 Wireless MBUS

The wireless MBUS standard is a communication standard for meters and wireless readout of meters, and specifies the physical and the data link layer. Power consumption is a critical parameter for the meter side, since the communication link shall be operative for the full lifetime of the meter, without changing the battery. with

MSP430

Wireless MBUS standard,

28.5 Data Burst Transmissions

The high maximum data rate of up for burst transmissions. A low average data rate link (e.g. 10 kBaud) can be realized by using a higher over-the-air data rate. Buffering the data and transmitting in bursts at high data rate (e.g. 500 kBaud) will reduce the time in active mode, and hence also reduce the average current consumption significantly.

28.6 Continuous Transmissions

is an excellent choice for the

CC1101

is a truly low

combined

CC1101

opens

cost, low power and flexible transceiver, and

MSP430

MCU. For more informati on regarding using

CC1101

AN067 [14]. Since the Wireless MBUS standard operates

in the 868-870 ISM band, the radio requirements must also comply with the ETSI EN 300 220 and CEPT/ERC/REC 70-03 E standards.

Reducing the time in active mode will reduce the likelihood of collisions with other systems in the same frequency range.

a high performance and low power

for Wireless MBUS applications, see

In data streaming applications, the opens up for continuous transmissions at 500 kBaud effective data rate. As the modulation is

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CC1101

done with a closed loop PLL, there is no limitation in the length of a transmission (open loop modulation used in some transceivers

Page 66

CC1101

Connected to

VDD / GND / MCU

RF _ P

GDOx

RF _ N

SAW

1190

PA _ EN

LNA _ EN

HGM B I A S

VDD

TR _ SW

LNA _ OUT

PA _ OUT

PA _ IN

LNA _ IN

V D D

N A V

P A 1 V D

D _ P

A 2 VDD

Connected to MCU

CC1101

often prevents this kind of continuous data streaming and reduces the effective data rate).

28.7 Battery Operated Systems

In low power applications, the SLEEP state with the crystal oscillator core switched off should be used when the

CC1101

is not active.

It is possible to leave the crystal oscillator core

28.8 Increasing Range

In some applications it may be necessary to extend the range. The

CC1190

[21] is a range extender for 850-950 MHz RF transceivers, transmitters, and System-on-Chip devices from Texas Instruments. It increases the link budget by providing a power amplifier (PA) for increased output power, and a low-noise amplifier (LNA) with low noise figure for

running in the SLEEP state if start-up time is critical. The WOR functionality should be used in low power applications.

improved receiver sensitivity in addition to switches and RF matching for simple design of high performance wireless systems. Refer to AN094 [22] and AN096 [23] for performance figures of the

CC1101 + CC1190

combination.

Figure 33 shows a simplified application circuit.

Figure 33: Simplified CC1101-CC1190 Application Circuit

29 Configuration Registers

The configuration of programming 8-bit registers. The optimum configuration data based on selected system parameters are most easily found by using the SmartRF Studio software [5]. Complete descriptions of the registers are given in the following tables. After chip reset, all the registers have default values as shown in the tables. The optimum register setting might differ from the default value. After a reset, all registers that shall be different from the default value therefore needs to be programmed through the SPI interface.

There are 13 command strobe registers, listed in Table 42. Accessing these registers will initiate the change of an internal state or mode. There are 47 normal 8-bit configuration

CC1101

is done by

registers listed in Table 43. Many of these registers are for test purposes only, and need not be written for normal operation of

CC1101

There are also 12 status registers that are listed in Table 44. These registers, which are read-only, contain information about the status of

CC1101

The two FIFOs are accessed through one 8-bit register. Write operations write to the TX FIFO, while read operations read from the RX FIFO.

During the header byte transfer and while writing data to a register or the TX FIFO, a status byte is returned on the SO line. This status byte is described in Table 23 on page

31.

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Address

Strobe

Name

Description

0x30

SRES

Reset chip.

0x31

SFSTXON

Enable and calibrate frequency synthesizer (if MCSM0.FS_AUTOCAL=1). If in RX (with CCA): Go to a wait state where only the synthesizer is running (for quick RX / TX turnaround).

0x32

SXOFF

Turn off crystal oscillator.

0x33

SCAL

Calibrate frequency synthesizer and turn it off. SCAL can be strobed from IDLE mode without setting manual calibration mode (MCSM0.FS_AUTOCAL=0)

0x34

SRX

Enable RX. Perform calibration first if coming from IDLE and MCSM0.FS_AUTOCAL=1.

0x35

STX

In IDLE state: Enable TX. Perform calibration first if MCSM0.FS_AUTOCAL=1. If in RX state and CCA is enabled: Only go to TX if channel is clear.

0x36

SIDLE

Exit RX / TX, turn off frequency synthesizer and exit Wake-On-Radio mode if applicable.

0x38

SWOR

Start automatic RX polling sequence (Wake-on-Radio) as described in Section 19.5 if WORCTRL.RC_PD=0.

0x39

SPWD

Enter power down mode when CSn goes high.

0x3A

SFRX

Flush the RX FIFO buffer. Only issue SFRX in IDLE or RXFIFO_OVERFLOW states.

0x3B

SFTX

Flush the TX FIFO buffer. Only issue SFTX in IDLE or TXFIFO_UNDERFLOW states.

0x3C

SWORRST

Reset real time clock to Event1 value.

0x3D

SNOP

No operation. May be used to get access to the chip status byte.

CC1101

Table 45 summarizes the SPI address space. The address to use is given by adding the base address to the left and the burst and

read/write bits on the top. Note that the burst bit has different meaning for base addresses above and below 0x2F.

Table 42: Command Strobes

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Address

Description

Preserved in SLEEP State

Details on

Page Number

0x00

IOCFG2

GDO2 output pin configuration

Yes

0x01

IOCFG1

GDO1 output pin configuration

Yes

0x02

IOCFG0

GDO0 output pin configuration

Yes

0x03

FIFOTHR

RX FIFO and TX FIFO thresholds

Yes

0x04

SYNC1

Sync word, high byte

Yes

0x05

SYNC0

Sync word, low byte

Yes

0x06

PKTLEN

Packet length

Yes

0x07

PKTCTRL1

Packet automation control

Yes

0x08

PKTCTRL0

Packet automation control

Yes

0x09

ADDR

Device address

Yes

0x0A

CHANNR

Channel number

Yes

0x0B

FSCTRL1

Frequency synthesizer control

Yes

0x0C

FSCTRL0

Frequency synthesizer control

Yes

0x0D

FREQ2

Frequency control word, high byte

Yes

0x0E

FREQ1

Frequency control word, middle byte

Yes

0x0F

FREQ0

Frequency control word, low byte

Yes

0x10

MDMCFG4

Modem configuration

Yes

0x11

MDMCFG3

Modem configuration

Yes

0x12

MDMCFG2

Modem configuration

Yes

0x13

MDMCFG1

Modem configuration

Yes

0x14

MDMCFG0

Modem configuration

Yes

0x15

DEVIATN

Modem deviation setting

Yes

0x16

MCSM2

Main Radio Control State Machine configuration

Yes

0x17

MCSM1

Main Radio Control State Machine configuration

Yes

0x18

MCSM0

Main Radio Control State Machine configuration

Yes

0x19

FOCCFG

Frequency Offset Compensation configuration

Yes

0x1A

BSCFG

Bit Synchronization configuration

Yes

0x1B

AGCTRL2

AGC control

Yes

0x1C

AGCTRL1

AGC control

Yes

0x1D

AGCTRL0

AGC control

Yes

0x1E

WOREVT1

High byte Event 0 timeout

Yes

0x1F

WOREVT0

Low byte Event 0 timeout

Yes

0x20

WORCTRL

Wake On Radio control

Yes

0x21

FREND1

Front end RX configuration

Yes

0x22

FREND0

Front end TX configuration

Yes

0x23

FSCAL3

Frequency synthesizer calibration

Yes

0x24

FSCAL2

Frequency synthesizer calibration

Yes

0x25

FSCAL1

Frequency synthesizer calibration

Yes

0x26

FSCAL0

Frequency synthesizer calibration

Yes

0x27

RCCTRL1

RC oscillator configuration

Yes

0x28

RCCTRL0

RC oscillator configuration

Yes

0x29

FSTEST

Frequency synthesizer calibration control

0x2A

PTEST

Production test

0x2B

AGCTEST

AGC test

0x2C

TEST2

Various test settings

0x2D

TEST1

Various test settings

0x2E

TEST0

Various test settings

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Address

Description

Details on page number

0x30 (0xF0)

PARTNUM

Part number for

CC1101

0x31 (0xF1)

VERSION

Current version number

0x32 (0xF2)

FREQEST

Frequency Offset Estimate

0x33 (0xF3)

LQI

Demodulator estimate for Link Quality

0x34 (0xF4)

RSSI

Received signal strength indication

0x35 (0xF5)

MARCSTATE

Control state machine state

0x36 (0xF6)

WORTIME1

High byte of WOR timer

0x37 (0xF7)

WORTIME0

Low byte of WOR timer

0x38 (0xF8)

PKTSTATUS

Current GDOx status and packet status

0x39 (0xF9)

VCO_VC_DAC

Current setting from PLL calibration module

0x3A (0xFA)

TXBYTES

Underflow and number of bytes in the TX FIFO

0x3B (0xFB)

RXBYTES

Overflow and number of bytes in the RX FIFO

0x3C (0xFC)

RCCTRL1_STATUS

Last RC oscillator calibration result

0x3D (0xFD)

RCCTRL0_STATUS

Last RC oscillator calibration result

CC1101

Table 44: Status Registers Overview

Table 45: SPI Address Space (see next page)

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Write

Read

Single Byte

Burst

Single Byte

Burst

+0x00

+0x40

+0x80

+0xC0

0x00

IOCFG2

R/W configuration registers, burst access possible

0x01

IOCFG1

0x02

IOCFG0

0x03

FIFOTHR

0x04

SYNC1

0x05

SYNC0

0x06

PKTLEN

0x07

PKTCTRL1

0x08

PKTCTRL0

0x09

ADDR

0x0A

CHANNR

0x0B

FSCTRL1

0x0C

FSCTRL0

0x0D

FREQ2

0x0E

FREQ1

0x0F

FREQ0

0x10

MDMCFG4

0x11

MDMCFG3

0x12

MDMCFG2

0x13

MDMCFG1

0x14

MDMCFG0

0x15

DEVIATN

0x16

MCSM2

0x17

MCSM1

0x18

MCSM0

0x19

FOCCFG

0x1A

BSCFG

0x1B

AGCCTRL2

0x1C

AGCCTRL1

0x1D

AGCCTRL0

0x1E

WOREVT1

0x1F

WOREVT0

0x20

WORCTRL

0x21

FREND1

0x22

FREND0

0x23

FSCAL3

0x24

FSCAL2

0x25

FSCAL1

0x26

FSCAL0

0x27

RCCTRL1

0x28

RCCTRL0

0x29

FSTEST

0x2A

PTEST

0x2B

AGCTEST

0x2C

TEST2

0x2D

TEST1

0x2E

TEST0

0x2F 0x30

SRES

PARTNUM

Command Strobes, Status registers

(read only) and multi byte registers

0x31

SFSTXON

VERSION

0x32

SXOFF

FREQEST

0x33

SCAL

LQI

0x34

SRX SRX

RSSI

0x35

STX STX

MARCSTATE

0x36

SIDLE

WORTIME1

0x37 WORTIME0

0x38

SWOR

PKTSTATUS

0x39

SPWD

VCO_VC_DAC

0x3A

SFRX

TXBYTES

0x3B

SFTX

RXBYTES

0x3C

SWORRST

RCCTRL1_STATUS

0x3D

SNOP

RCCTRL0_STATUS

0x3E

PATABLE

0x3F

TX FIFO

RX FIFO

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Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

Not used

GDO2_INV

R/W

Invert output, i.e. select active low (1) / high (0)

5:0

GDO2_CFG[5:0]

41 (0x29)

R/W

Default is CHP_RDYn (See Table 41 on page 62).

Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

GDO_DS

R/W

Set high (1) or low (0) output drive strength on the GDO pins.

GDO1_INV

R/W

Invert output, i.e. select active low (1) / high (0)

5:0

GDO1_CFG[5:0]

46 (0x2E)

R/W

Default is 3-state (See Table 41 on page 62).

Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

TEMP_SENSOR_ENABLE

R/W

Enable analog temperature sensor. Write 0 in all other register bits when using temperature sensor.

GDO0_INV

R/W

Invert output, i.e. select active low (1) / high (0)

5:0

GDO0_CFG[5:0]

63 (0x3F)

R/W

Default is CLK_XOSC/192 (See Table 41 on page 62). It is recommended to disable the clock output in initialization, in

order to optimize RF performance.

CC1101

29.1 Configuration Register Details – Registers with preserved values in SLEEP state

0x00: IOCFG2 – GDO2 Output Pin Configuration

0x01: IOCFG1 – GDO1 Output Pin Configuration

0x02: IOCFG0 – GDO0 Output Pin Configuration

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Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7 0

R/W

Reserved , write 0 for compatibility with possible future extensions

ADC_RETENTION

R/W

0: TEST1 = 0x31 and TEST2= 0x88 when waking up from SLEEP 1: TEST1 = 0x35 and TEST2 = 0x81 when waking up from SLEEP Note that the changes in the TEST registers due to the

ADC_RETENTION bit setting are only seen INTERNALLY in the analog part. The values read from the TEST registers when waking up from SLEEP mode will always be the reset value.

The ADC_RETENTION bit should be set to 1before going into SLEEP mode if settings with an RX filter bandwidth below 325 kHz are wanted at time of wake-up.

5:4

CLOSE_IN_RX [1:0]

0 (00)

R/W

For more details, please see DN010 [8]

Setting

RX Attenuation, Typical Values

0 (00)

0 dB

1 (01)

6 dB

2 (10)

12 dB

3 (11)

18 dB

3:0

FIFO_THR[3:0]

7 (0111)

R/W

Set the threshold for the TX FIFO and RX FIFO. The threshold is exceeded when the number of bytes in the FIFO is equal to or higher than the threshold value.

Setting

Bytes in TX FIFO

Bytes in RX FIFO

0 (0000)

1 (0001)

2 (0010)

3 (0011)

4 (0100)

5 (0101)

6 (0110)

7 (0111)

8 (1000)

9 (1001)

10 (1010)

11 (1011)

12 (1100)

13 (1101) 9 56

14 (1110) 5 60

15 (1111) 1 64

0x03: FIFOTHR – RX FIFO and TX FIFO Thresholds

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Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:0

SYNC[15:8]

211 (0xD3)

R/W

8 MSB of 16-bit sync word

Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:0

SYNC[7:0]

145 (0x91)

R/W

8 LSB of 16-bit sync word

Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:0

PACKET_LENGTH

255 (0xFF)

R/W

Indicates the packet length when fixed packet length mode is enabled. If variable packet length mode is used, this value indicates the maximum packet length allowed. This value must be different from 0.

Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:5

PQT[2:0]

0 (0x00)

R/W

Preamble quality estimator threshold. The preamble quality estimator increases an internal counter by one each time a bit is received that is different from the previous bit, and decreases the counter by 8 each time a bit is received that is the same as the last bit.

A threshold of 4∙PQT for this counter is used to gate sync word detection. When PQT=0 a sync word is always accepted.

4 0

Not Used.

CRC_AUTOFLUSH

R/W

Enable automatic flush of RX FIFO when CRC is not OK. This requires that only one packet is in the RXIFIFO and that packet length is limited to the RX FIFO size.

APPEND_STATUS

R/W

When enabled, two status bytes will be appended to the payload of the packet. The status bytes contain RSSI and LQI values, as well as CRC OK.

1:0

ADR_CHK[1:0]

0 (00)

R/W

Controls address check configuration of received packages.

Setting

Address check configuration

0 (00)

No address check

1 (01)

Address check, no broadcast

2 (10)

Address check and 0 (0x00) broadcast

3 (11)

Address check and 0 (0x00) and 255 (0xFF) broadcast

0x04: SYNC1 – Sync Word, High Byte

0x05: SYNC0 – Sync Word, Low Byte

0x06: PKTLEN – Packet Length

0x07: PKTCTRL1 – Packet Automation Control

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Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

Not used

WHITE_DATA

R/W

Turn data whitening on / off 0: Whitening off

1: Whitening on

5:4

PKT_FORMAT[1:0]

0 (00)

R/W

Format of RX and TX data

Setting

Packet format

0 (00)

Normal mode, use FIFOs for RX and TX

1 (01)

Synchronous serial mode, Data in on GDO0 and data out on either of the GDOx pins

2 (10)

Random TX mode; sends random data using PN9 generator. Used for test. Works as normal mode, setting 0 (00), in RX

3 (11)

Asynchronous serial mode, Data in on GDO0 and data out on either of the GDOx pins

3 0

Not used

CRC_EN

R/W

1: CRC calculation in TX and CRC check in RX enabled 0: CRC disabled for TX and RX

1:0

LENGTH_CONFIG[1:0]

1 (01)

R/W

Configure the packet length

Setting

Packet length configuration

0 (00)

Fixed packet length mode. Length configured in PKTLEN register

1 (01)

Variable packet length mode. Packet length configured by the first byte after sync word

2 (10)

Infinite packet length mode

3 (11)

Reserved

Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:0

DEVICE_ADDR[7:0]

0 (0x00)

R/W

Address used for packet filtration. Optional broadcast addresses are 0 (0x00) and 255 (0xFF).

Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:0

CHAN[7:0]

0 (0x00)

R/W

The 8-bit unsigned channel number, which is multiplied by the channel spacing setting and added to the base frequency.

0x08: PKTCTRL0 – Packet Automation Control

CC1101

0x09: ADDR – Device Address

0x0A: CHANNR – Channel Number

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Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:6

Not used

5 0

R/W

Reserved

4:0

FREQ_IF[4:0]

15 (0x0F)

R/W

The desired IF frequency to employ in RX. Subtracted from FS base frequency in RX and controls the digital complex mixer in the demodulator.

IFFREQ

XOSC



The default value gives an IF frequency of 381kHz, assuming a 26.0 MHz crystal.

Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:0

FREQOFF[7:0]

0 (0x00)

R/W

Frequency offset added to the base frequency before being used by the frequency synthesizer. (2s-complement).

Resolution is F

XTAL

/214 (1.59kHz-1.65kHz); range is ±202 kHz to ±210 kHz,

dependent of XTAL frequency.

Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:6

FREQ[23:22]

0 (00)

FREQ[23:22] is always 0 (the FREQ2 register is less than 36 with 26-27 MHz crystal)

5:0

FREQ[21:16]

30 (0x1E)

R/W

FREQ[23:0] is the base frequency for the frequency synthesiser in increments of f

XOSC

/216.

 

0:23

FREQ

XOSC

carrier



Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:0

FREQ[15:8]

196 (0xC4)

R/W

Ref. FREQ2 register

Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:0

FREQ[7:0]

236 (0xEC)

R/W

Ref. FREQ2 register

0x0B: FSCTRL1 – Frequency Synthesizer Control

0x0C: FSCTRL0 – Frequency Synthesizer Control

CC1101

0x0D: FREQ2 – Frequency Control Word, High Byte

0x0E: FREQ1 – Frequency Control Word, Middle Byte

0x0F: FREQ0 – Frequency Control Word, Low Byte

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Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:6

CHANBW_E[1:0]

2 (0x02)

R/W

5:4

CHANBW_M[1:0]

0 (0x00)

R/W

Sets the decimation ratio for the delta-sigma ADC input stream and thus the channel bandwidth.

ECHANBW

XOSC

channel

MCHANBW

2)·_4(8 



The default values give 203 kHz channel filter bandwidth, assuming a 26.0 MHz crystal.

3:0

DRATE_E[3:0]

12 (0x0C)

R/W

The exponent of the user specified symbol rate

Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:0

DRATE_M[7:0]

34 (0x22)

R/W

The mantissa of the user specified symbol rate. The symbol rate is configured using an unsigned, floating-point number with 9-bit mantissa and 4-bit exponent. The 9th bit is a hidden „1‟. The resulting data rate is:

 

XOSC

EDRATE

DATA

MDRATE

R 





2_256

The default values give a data rate of 115.051 kBaud (closest setting to 115.2 kBaud), assuming a 26.0 MHz crystal.

0x10: MDMCFG4 – Modem Configuration

0x11: MDMCFG3 – Modem Configuration

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Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

DEM_DCFILT_OFF

R/W

Disable digital DC blocking filter before demodulator. 0 = Enable (better sensitivity) 1 = Disable (current optimized). Only for data rates

≤ 250 kBaud The recommended IF frequency changes when the DC blocking is disabled.

Please use SmartRF Studio [5] to calculate correct register setting.

6:4

MOD_FORMAT[2:0]

0 (000)

R/W

The modulation format of the radio signal

Setting

Modulation format

0 (000)

2-FSK

1 (001)

GFSK

2 (010)

3 (011)

ASK/OOK

4 (100)

4-FSK

5 (101)

6 (110)

7 (111)

MSK

MSK is only supported for data rates above 26 kBaud

MANCHESTER_EN

R/W

Enables Manchester encoding/decoding. 0 = Disable 1 = Enable

2:0

SYNC_MODE[2:0]

2 (010)

R/W

Combined sync-word qualifier mode. The values 0 (000) and 4 (100) disables preamble and sync word

transmission in TX and preamble and sync word detection in RX. The values 1 (001), 2 (010), 5 (101) and 6 (110) enables 16-bit sync word

transmission in TX and 16-bits sync word detection in RX. Only 15 of 16 bits need to match in RX when using setting 1 (001) or 5 (101). The values 3 (011) and 7 (111) enables repeated sync word transmission in TX and 32-bits sync word detection in RX (only 30 of 32 bits need to match).

Setting

Sync-word qualifier mode

0 (000)

No preamble/sync

1 (001)

15/16 sync word bits detected

2 (010)

16/16 sync word bits detected

3 (011)

30/32 sync word bits detected

4 (100)

No preamble/sync, carrier-sense above threshold

5 (101)

15/16 + carrier-sense above threshold

6 (110)

16/16 + carrier-sense above threshold

7 (111)

30/32 + carrier-sense above threshold

0x12: MDMCFG2 – Modem Configuration

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Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

FEC_EN

R/W

Enable Forward Error Correction (FEC) with interleaving for packet payload

0 = Disable 1 = Enable (Only supported for fixed packet length mode, i.e.

PKTCTRL0.LENGTH_CONFIG=0)

6:4

NUM_PREAMBLE[2:0]

2 (010)

R/W

Sets the minimum number of preamble bytes to be transmitted

Setting

Number of preamble bytes

0 (000)

1 (001)

2 (010)

3 (011)

4 (100)

5 (101)

6 (110)

7 (111)

24 3:2

Not used

1:0

CHANSPC_E[1:0]

2 (10)

R/W

2 bit exponent of channel spacing

Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:0

CHANSPC_M[7:0]

248 (0xF8)

R/W

8-bit mantissa of channel spacing. The channel spacing is multiplied by the channel number CHAN and added to the base frequency. It is unsigned and has the format:

 

ECHANSPC

XOSC

CHANNEL

MCHANSPC

2_256



The default values give 199.951 kHz channel spacing (the closest setting to 200 kHz), assuming 26.0 MHz crystal frequency.

0x13: MDMCFG1– Modem Configuration

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Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

Not used.

6:4

DEVIATION_E[2:0]

4 (100)

R/W

Deviation exponent.

Not used.

2:0

DEVIATION_M[2:0]

7 (111)

R/W

2-FSK/ GFSK/ 4-FSK

Specifies the nominal frequency deviation from the carrier for a „0‟ (-DEVIATN) and „1‟ (+DEVIATN) in a mantissa-exponent format, interpreted as a 4-bit value with MSB implicit 1. The resulting frequency deviation is given by:

EDEVIATION

xosc

dev

MDEVIATION

2)_8(



The default values give ±47.607 kHz deviation assuming 26.0 MHz crystal frequency.

MSK

Specifies the fraction of symbol period (1/8-8/8) during which a phase change occurs („0‟: +90deg, „1‟:-90deg). Refer to the SmartRF Studio software [5] for correct DEVIATN setting when using MSK.

ASK/OOK

This setting has no effect.

2-FSK/ GFSK/ 4-FSK

Specifies the expected frequency deviation of incoming signal, must be approximately right for demodulation to be performed reliably and robustly.

MSK/ ASK/OOK

This setting has no effect.

0x15: DEVIATN – Modem Deviation Setting

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Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:5

Not used

RX_TIME_RSSI

R/W

Direct RX termination based on RSSI measurement (carrier sense). For ASK/OOK modulation, RX times out if there is no carrier sense in the first 8 symbol periods.

RX_TIME_QUAL

R/W

When the RX_TIME timer expires, the chip checks if sync word is found when

RX_TIME_QUAL=0, or either sync word is found or PQI is set when RX_TIME_QUAL=1.

2:0

RX_TIME[2:0]

7 (111)

R/W

Timeout for sync word search in RX for both WOR mode and normal RX operation. The timeout is relative to the programmed EVENT0 timeout.

The RX timeout in µs is given by EVENT0·C(RX_TIME, WOR_RES) ·26/X, where C is given by the table below and X is the crystal oscillator frequency in MHz:

Setting

WOR_RES = 0

WOR_RES = 1

WOR_RES = 2

WOR_RES = 3

0 (000)

3.6058

18.0288

32.4519

46.8750

1 (001)

1.8029

9.0144

16.2260

23.4375

2 (010)

0.9014

4.5072

8.1130

11.7188

3 (011)

0.4507

2.2536

4.0565

5.8594

4 (100)

0.2254

1.1268

2.0282

2.9297

5 (101)

0.1127

0.5634

1.0141

1.4648

6 (110)

0.0563

0.2817

0.5071

0.7324

7 (111)

Until end of packet

As an example, EVENT0=34666, WOR_RES=0 and RX_TIME=6 corresponds to 1.96 ms RX timeout, 1 s polling interval and

0.195% duty cycle. Note that WOR_RES should be 0 or 1 when using WOR because using WOR_RES > 1 will give a very low duty cycle. In applications where WOR is not used all settings of WOR_RES can be used.

The duty cycle using WOR is approximated by:

Setting

WOR_RES=0

WOR_RES=1

0 (000)

12.50%

1.95%

1 (001)

6.250%

9765ppm

2 (010)

3.125%

4883ppm

3 (011)

1.563%

2441ppm

4 (100)

0.781%

5 (101)

0.391%

6 (110)

0.195%

7 (111)

Note that the RC oscillator must be enabled in order to use setting 0-6, because the timeout counts RC oscillator periods. WOR mode does not need to be enabled. The timeout counter resolution is limited: With RX_TIME=0, the timeout count is given by the 13 MSBs of EVENT0, decreasing to the 7MSBs of EVENT0 with RX_TIME=6.

0x16: MCSM2 – Main Radio Control State Machine Configuration

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Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:6

Not used

5:4

CCA_MODE[1:0]

3 (11)

R/W

Selects CCA_MODE; Reflected in CCA signal

Setting

Clear channel indication

0 (00)

Always

1 (01)

If RSSI below threshold

2 (10)

Unless currently receiving a packet

3 (11)

If RSSI below threshold unless currently receiving a packet

3:2

RXOFF_MODE[1:0]

0 (00)

R/W

Select what should happen when a packet has been received

Setting

Next state after finishing packet reception

0 (00)

IDLE

1 (01)

FSTXON

2 (10)

3 (11)

Stay in RX

It is not possible to set RXOFF_MODE to be TX or FSTXON and at the same time use CCA.

1:0

TXOFF_MODE[1:0]

0 (00)

R/W

Select what should happen when a packet has been sent (TX)

Setting

Next state after finishing packet transmission

0 (00)

IDLE

1 (01)

FSTXON

2 (10)

Stay in TX (start sending preamble)

3 (11)

0x17: MCSM1– Main Radio Control State Machine Configuration

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Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:6

Not used

5:4

FS_AUTOCAL[1:0]

0 (00)

R/W

Automatically calibrate when going to RX or TX, or back to IDLE

Setting

When to perform automatic calibration

0 (00)

Never (manually calibrate using SCAL strobe)

1 (01)

When going from IDLE to RX or TX (or FSTXON)

2 (10)

When going from RX or TX back to IDLE automatically

3 (11)

Every 4th time when going from RX or TX to IDLE automatically

In some automatic wake-on-radio (WOR) applications, using setting 3 (11) can significantly reduce current consumption.

3:2

PO_TIMEOUT

1 (01)

R/W

Programs the number of times the six-bit ripple counter must expire after XOSC has stabilized before CHP_RDYn goes low

[1]

If XOSC is on (stable) during power-down, PO_TIMEOUT should be set so that the regulated digital supply voltage has time to stabilize before CHP_RDYn goes low (PO_TIMEOUT=2 recommended). Typical start-up time for the voltage regulator is 50 μs.

For robust operation it is recommended to use PO_TIMEOUT = 2 or 3 when XOSC is off during power-down.

[1]

Note that the XOSC_STABLE signal will be asserted at the same time as the CHP_RDYn signal; i.e. the PO_TIMEOUT delays both signals and does not insert a delay between the signals

Setting

Expire count

Timeout after XOSC start

0 (00)

Approx. 2.3 – 2.4 μs

1 (01)

Approx. 37 – 39 μs

2 (10)

Approx. 149 – 155 μs

3 (11)

256

Approx. 597 – 620 μs

Exact timeout depends on crystal frequency.

PIN_CTRL_EN

R/W

Enables the pin radio control option

XOSC_FORCE_ON

R/W

Force the XOSC to stay on in the SLEEP state.

0x18: MCSM0– Main Radio Control State Machine Configuration

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Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:6

Not used

FOC_BS_CS_GATE

R/W

If set, the demodulator freezes the frequency offset compensation and clock recovery feedback loops until the CS signal goes high.

4:3

FOC_PRE_K[1:0]

2 (10)

R/W

The frequency compensation loop gain to be used before a sync word is detected.

Setting

Freq. compensation loop gain before sync word

0 (00)

1 (01)

2 (10)

3 (11)

FOC_POST_K

R/W

The frequency compensation loop gain to be used after a sync word is detected.

Setting

Freq. compensation loop gain after sync word

Same as FOC_PRE_K

K/2

1:0

FOC_LIMIT[1:0]

2 (10)

R/W

The saturation point for the frequency offset compensation algorithm:

Setting

Saturation point (max compensated offset)

0 (00)

±0 (no frequency offset compensation)

1 (01)

±BW

CHAN

2 (10)

±BW

CHAN

3 (11)

±BW

CHAN

Frequency offset compensation is not supported for ASK/OOK. Always use FOC_LIMIT=0 with these modulation formats.

0x19: FOCCFG – Frequency Offset Compensation Configuration

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Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:6

BS_PRE_KI[1:0]

1 (01)

R/W

The clock recovery feedback loop integral gain to be used before a sync word is detected (used to correct offsets in data rate):

Setting

Clock recovery loop integral gain before sync word

0 (00)

1 (01)

2KI

2 (10)

3KI

3 (11)

4KI

5:4

BS_PRE_KP[1:0]

2 (10)

R/W

The clock recovery feedback loop proportional gain to be used before a sync word is detected.

Setting

Clock recovery loop proportional gain before sync word

0 (00)

1 (01)

2KP

2 (10)

3KP

3 (11)

4KP

BS_POST_KI

R/W

The clock recovery feedback loop integral gain to be used after a sync word is detected.

Setting

Clock recovery loop integral gain after sync word

Same as BS_PRE_KI

KI /2

BS_POST_KP

R/W

The clock recovery feedback loop proportional gain to be used after a sync word is detected.

Setting

Clock recovery loop proportional gain after sync word

Same as BS_PRE_KP

1:0

BS_LIMIT[1:0]

0 (00)

R/W

The saturation point for the data rate offset compensation algorithm:

Setting

Data rate offset saturation (max data rate difference)

0 (00)

±0 (No data rate offset compensation performed)

1 (01)

±3.125 % data rate offset

2 (10)

±6.25 % data rate offset

3 (11)

±12.5 % data rate offset

0x1A: BSCFG – Bit Synchronization Configuration

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Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:6

MAX_DVGA_GAIN[1:0]

0 (00)

R/W

Reduces the maximum allowable DVGA gain.

Setting

Allowable DVGA settings

0 (00)

All gain settings can be used

1 (01)

The highest gain setting can not be used

2 (10)

The 2 highest gain settings can not be used

3 (11)

The 3 highest gain settings can not be used

5:3

MAX_LNA_GAIN[2:0]

0 (000)

R/W

Sets the maximum allowable LNA + LNA 2 gain relative to the maximum possible gain.

Setting

Maximum allowable LNA + LNA 2 gain

0 (000)

Maximum possible LNA + LNA 2 gain

1 (001)

Approx. 2.6 dB below maximum possible gain

2 (010)

Approx. 6.1 dB below maximum possible gain

3 (011)

Approx. 7.4 dB below maximum possible gain

4 (100)

Approx. 9.2 dB below maximum possible gain

5 (101)

Approx. 11.5 dB below maximum possible gain

6 (110)

Approx. 14.6 dB below maximum possible gain

7 (111)

Approx. 17.1 dB below maximum possible gain

2:0

MAGN_TARGET[2:0]

3 (011)

R/W

These bits set the target value for the averaged amplitude from the digital channel filter (1 LSB = 0 dB).

Setting

Target amplitude from channel filter

0 (000)

24 dB

1 (001)

27 dB

2 (010)

30 dB

3 (011)

33 dB

4 (100)

36 dB

5 (101)

38 dB

6 (110)

40 dB

7 (111)

42 dB

0x1B: AGCCTRL2 – AGC Control

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Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

Not used

AGC_LNA_PRIORITY

R/W

Selects between two different strategies for LNA and LNA 2 gain adjustment. When 1, the LNA gain is decreased first. When 0, the LNA 2 gain is decreased to minimum before decreasing LNA gain.

5:4

CARRIER_SENSE_REL_THR[1:0]

0 (00)

R/W

Sets the relative change threshold for asserting carrier sense

Setting

Carrier sense relative threshold

0 (00)

Relative carrier sense threshold disabled

1 (01)

6 dB increase in RSSI value

2 (10)

10 dB increase in RSSI value

3 (11)

14 dB increase in RSSI value

3:0

CARRIER_SENSE_ABS_THR[3:0]

0 (0000)

R/W

Sets the absolute RSSI threshold for asserting carrier sense. The 2-complement signed threshold is programmed in steps of 1 dB and is relative to the MAGN_TARGET setting.

Setting

Carrier sense absolute threshold (Equal to channel filter amplitude when AGC

has not decreased gain)

-8 (1000)

Absolute carrier sense threshold disabled

-7 (1001)

7 dB below MAGN_TARGET setting

…

-1 (1111)

1 dB below MAGN_TARGET setting

0 (0000)

At MAGN_TARGET setting

1 (0001)

1 dB above MAGN_TARGET setting

…

7 (0111)

7 dB above MAGN_TARGET setting

0x1C: AGCCTRL1 – AGC Control

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Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:6

HYST_LEVEL[1:0]

2 (10)

R/W

Sets the level of hysteresis on the magnitude deviation (internal AGC signal that determine gain changes).

Setting

Description

0 (00)

No hysteresis, small symmetric dead zone, high gain

1 (01)

Low hysteresis, small asymmetric dead zone, medium gain

2 (10)

Medium hysteresis, medium asymmetric dead zone, medium gain

3 (11)

Large hysteresis, large asymmetric dead zone, low gain

5:4

WAIT_TIME[1:0]

1 (01)

R/W

Sets the number of channel filter samples from a gain adjustment has been made until the AGC algorithm starts accumulating new samples.

Setting

Channel filter samples

0 (00)

1 (01)

2 (10)

3 (11)

3:2

AGC_FREEZE[1:0]

0 (00)

R/W

Control when the AGC gain should be frozen.

Setting

Function

0 (00)

Normal operation. Always adjust gain when required.

1 (01)

The gain setting is frozen when a sync word has been found.

2 (10)

Manually freeze the analogue gain setting and continue to adjust the digital gain.

3 (11)

Manually freezes both the analogue and the digital gain setting. Used for manually overriding the gain.

1:0

FILTER_LENGTH[1:0]

1 (01)

R/W

2-FSK, 4-FSK, MSK: Sets the averaging length for the amplitude from the channel filter.

ASK, OOK: Sets the OOK/ASK decision boundary for OOK/ASK reception.

Setting

Channel filter samples

OOK/ASK decision boundary 0 (00)

4 dB

1 (01)

8 dB

2 (10)

12 dB

3 (11)

16 dB

Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:0

EVENT0[15:8]

135 (0x87)

R/W

High byte of EVENT0 timeout register

RESWOR

XOSC

Event

EVENT

750





0x1D: AGCCTRL0 – AGC Control

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Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:0

EVENT0[7:0]

107 (0x6B)

R/W

Low byte of EVENT0 timeout register. The default EVENT0 value gives 1.0s timeout, assuming a 26.0 MHz crystal.

Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

RC_PD

R/W

Power down signal to RC oscillator. When written to 0, automatic initial calibration will be performed

6:4

EVENT1[2:0]

7 (111)

R/W

Timeout setting from register block. Decoded to Event 1 timeout. RC oscillator clock frequency equals F

XOSC

/750, which is 34.7 – 36 kHz, depending on crystal frequency. The table below lists the number of clock periods after Event 0 before Event 1 times out.

Setting

Event1

0 (000)

4 (0.111 – 0.115 ms)

1 (001)

6 (0.167 – 0.173 ms)

2 (010)

8 (0.222 – 0.230 ms)

3 (011)

12 (0.333 – 0.346 ms)

4 (100)

16 (0.444 – 0.462 ms)

5 (101)

24 (0.667 – 0.692 ms)

6 (110)

32 (0.889 – 0.923 ms)

7 (111)

48 (1.333 – 1.385 ms)

RC_CAL

R/W

Enables (1) or disables (0) the RC oscillator calibration.

Not used

1:0

WOR_RES

0 (00)

R/W

Controls the Event 0 resolution as well as maximum timeout of the WOR module and maximum timeout under normal RX operation:

Setting

Resolution (1 LSB)

Max timeout

0 (00)

1 period (28 – 29 μs)

1.8 – 1.9 seconds

1 (01)

25 periods (0.89 – 0.92 ms)

58 – 61 seconds

2 (10)

210 periods (28 – 30 ms)

31 – 32 minutes

3 (11)

215 periods (0.91 – 0.94 s)

16.5 – 17.2 hours

Note that WOR_RES should be 0 or 1 when using WOR because WOR_RES > 1 will give a very low duty cycle.

In normal RX operation all settings of WOR_RES can be used.

0x1F: WOREVT0 –Low Byte Event0 Timeout

0x20: WORCTRL – Wake On Radio Control

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Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:6

LNA_CURRENT[1:0]

1 (01)

R/W

Adjusts front-end LNA PTAT current output

5:4

LNA2MIX_CURRENT[1:0]

1 (01)

R/W

Adjusts front-end PTAT outputs

3:2

LODIV_BUF_CURRENT_RX[1:0]

1 (01)

R/W

Adjusts current in RX LO buffer (LO input to mixer)

1:0

MIX_CURRENT[1:0]

2 (10)

R/W

Adjusts current in mixer

Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:6

Not used

5:4

LODIV_BUF_CURRENT_TX[1:0]

1 (0x01)

R/W

Adjusts current TX LO buffer (input to PA). The value to use in this field is given by the SmartRF Studio software [5].

Not used

2:0

PA_POWER[2:0]

0 (0x00)

R/W

Selects PA power setting. This value is an index to the PATABLE, which can be programmed with up to 8 different PA settings. In OOK/ASK mode, this selects the PATABLE index to use when transmitting a „1‟. PATABLE index zero is used in OOK/ASK when transmitting a „0‟. The PATABLE settings from index „0‟ to the PA_POWER value are used for ASK TX shaping, and for power ramp-up/ramp-down at the start/end of transmission in all TX modulation formats.

Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:6

FSCAL3[7:6]

2 (0x02)

R/W

Frequency synthesizer calibration configuration. The value to write in this field before calibration is given by the SmartRF Studio software.

5:4

CHP_CURR_CAL_EN[1:0]

2 (0x02)

R/W

Disable charge pump calibration stage when 0.

3:0

FSCAL3[3:0]

9 (1001)

R/W

Frequency synthesizer calibration result register. Digital bit vector defining the charge pump output current, on an

exponential scale: I_OUT = I

·2

FSCAL3[3:0]/4

Fast frequency hopping without calibration for each hop can be done by calibrating upfront for each frequency and saving the resulting FSCAL3, FSCAL2 and FSCAL1 register values. Between each frequency hop, calibration can be replaced by writing the FSCAL3, FSCAL2 and FSCAL1 register values corresponding to the next RF frequency.

0x21: FREND1 – Front End RX Configuration

0x22: FREND0 – Front End TX Configuration

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Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:6

Not used

VCO_CORE_H_EN

R/W

Choose high (1) / low (0) VCO

4:0

FSCAL2[4:0]

10 (0x0A)

R/W

Frequency synthesizer calibration result register. VCO current calibration result and override value. Fast frequency hopping without calibration for each hop can be done by calibrating upfront for each frequency and saving the resulting FSCAL3, FSCAL2 and FSCAL1 register values. Between each frequency hop, calibration can be replaced by writing the FSCAL3, FSCAL2 and FSCAL1 register values corresponding to the next RF frequency.

Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:6

Not used

5:0

FSCAL1[5:0]

32 (0x20)

R/W

Frequency synthesizer calibration result register. Capacitor array setting for VCO coarse tuning. Fast frequency hopping without calibration for each hop can be done by calibrating upfront for each frequency and saving the resulting FSCAL3, FSCAL2 and FSCAL1 register values. Between each frequency hop, calibration can be replaced by writing the FSCAL3, FSCAL2 and FSCAL1 register values corresponding to the next RF frequency.

Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

Not used

6:0

FSCAL0[6:0]

13 (0x0D)

R/W

Frequency synthesizer calibration control. The value to use in this register is given by the SmartRF Studio software [5].

Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7 0

Not used

6:0

RCCTRL1[6:0]

65 (0x41)

R/W

RC oscillator configuration.

Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7 0

Not used

6:0

RCCTRL0[6:0]

0 (0x00)

R/W

RC oscillator configuration.

0x24: FSCAL2 – Frequency Synthesizer Calibration

0x25: FSCAL1 – Frequency Synthesizer Calibration

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0x26: FSCAL0 – Frequency Synthesizer Calibration

0x27: RCCTRL1 – RC Oscillator Configuration

0x28: RCCTRL0 – RC Oscillator Configuration

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Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:0

FSTEST[7:0]

89 (0x59)

R/W

For test only. Do not write to this register.

Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:0

PTEST[7:0]

127 (0x7F)

R/W

Writing 0xBF to this register makes the on-chip temperature sensor available in the IDLE state. The default 0x7F value should then be written back before leaving the IDLE state. Other use of this register is for test only.

Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:0

AGCTEST[7:0]

63 (0x3F)

R/W

For test only. Do not write to this register.

Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:0

TEST2[7:0]

136 (0x88)

R/W

The value to use in this register is given by the SmartRF Studio software [5]. This register will be forced to 0x88 or 0x81 when it wakes up from SLEEP mode, depending on the configuration of FIFOTHR. ADC_RETENTION.

Note that the value read from this register when waking up from SLEEP always is the reset value (0x88) regardless of the ADC_RETENTION setting. The inverting of some of the bits due to the ADC_RETENTION setting is only seen INTERNALLY in the analog part.

Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:0

TEST1[7:0]

49 (0x31)

R/W

The value to use in this register is given by the SmartRF Studio software [5]. This register will be forced to 0x31 or 0x35 when it wakes up from SLEEP mode, depending on the configuration of FIFOTHR. ADC_RETENTION.

Note that the value read from this register when waking up from SLEEP always is the reset value (0x31) regardless of the ADC_RETENTION setting. The inverting of some of the bits due to the ADC_RETENTION setting is only seen INTERNALLY in the analog part.

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29.2 Configuration Register Details – Registers that Loose Programming in SLEEP State

0x29: FSTEST – Frequency Synthesizer Calibration Control

0x2A: PTEST – Production Test

0x2B: AGCTEST – AGC Test

0x2C: TEST2 – Various Test Settings

0x2D: TEST1 – Various Test Settings

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Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:2

TEST0[7:2]

2 (0x02)

R/W

The value to use in this register is given by the SmartRF Studio software [5]. 1 VCO_SEL_CAL_EN

R/W

Enable VCO selection calibration stage when 1

TEST0[0]

R/W

The value to use in this register is given by the SmartRF Studio software [5].

Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:0

PARTNUM[7:0]

0 (0x00)

Chip part number

Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:0

VERSION[7:0]

4 (0x04)

Chip version number.

Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:0

FREQOFF_EST

R The estimated frequency offset (2‟s complement) of the carrier. Resolution is

XTAL

/214 (1.59 - 1.65 kHz); range is ±202 kHz to ±210 kHz, depending on XTAL

frequency. Frequency offset compensation is only supported for 2-FSK, GFSK, 4-FSK, and

MSK modulation. This register will read 0 when using ASK or OOK modulation.

Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

CRC OK

R The last CRC comparison matched. Cleared when entering/restarting RX mode.

6:0

LQI_EST[6:0]

R The Link Quality Indicator estimates how easily a received signal can be demodulated. Calculated over the 64 symbols following the sync word

Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:0

RSSI

R Received signal strength indicator

0x2E: TEST0 – Various Test Settings

29.3 Status Register Details

0x30 (0xF0): PARTNUM – Chip ID

0x31 (0xF1): VERSION – Chip ID

CC1101

0x32 (0xF2): FREQEST – Frequency Offset Estimate from Demodulator

0x33 (0xF3): LQI – Demodulator Estimate for Link Quality

0x34 (0xF4): RSSI – Received Signal Strength Indication

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Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:5

Not used

4:0

MARC_STATE[4:0]

R Main Radio Control FSM State

Value

State name

State (Figure 25, page 50)

0 (0x00)

SLEEP

1 (0x01)

IDLE

2 (0x02)

XOFF

3 (0x03)

VCOON_MC

MANCAL

4 (0x04)

REGON_MC

MANCAL

5 (0x05)

MANCAL

6 (0x06)

VCOON

FS_WAKEUP

7 (0x07)

REGON

FS_WAKEUP

8 (0x08)

STARTCAL

CALIBRATE

9 (0x09)

BWBOOST

SETTLING

10 (0x0A)

FS_LOCK

SETTLING

11 (0x0B)

IFADCON

SETTLING

12 (0x0C)

ENDCAL

CALIBRATE

13 (0x0D)

14 (0x0E)

RX_END

15 (0x0F)

RX_RST

16 (0x10)

TXRX_SWITCH

TXRX_SETTLING

17 (0x11)

RXFIFO_OVERFLOW

18 (0x12)

FSTXON

19 (0x13)

20 (0x14)

TX_END

21 (0x15)

RXTX_SWITCH

RXTX_SETTLING

22 (0x16)

TXFIFO_UNDERFLOW

Note: it is not possible to read back the SLEEP or XOFF state numbers because setting CSn low will make the chip enter the IDLE mode from the SLEEP or XOFF states.

Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:0

TIME[15:8]

R High byte of timer value in WOR module

Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:0

TIME[7:0]

R Low byte of timer value in WOR module

0x35 (0xF5): MARCSTATE – Main Radio Control State Machine State

CC1101

0x36 (0xF6): WORTIME1 – High Byte of WOR Time

0x37 (0xF7): WORTIME0 – Low Byte of WOR Time

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Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

CRC_OK

R The last CRC comparison matched. Cleared when entering/restarting RX mode.

CS R

Carrier sense. Cleared when entering IDLE mode.

PQT_REACHED

R Preamble Quality reached. If leaving RX state when this bit is set it will remain asserted until the chip re-enters RX state (MARCSTATE=0x0D). The bit will also be cleared if PQI goes below the programmed PQT value.

CCA R

Channel is clear

SFD R

Start of Frame Delimiter. In RX, this bit is asserted when sync word has

been received and de-asserted at the end of the packet. It will also deassert when a packet is discarded due to address or maximum length filtering or the radio enters RXFIFO_OVERFLOW state. In TX this bit will always read as 0.

GDO2

R Current GDO2 value. Note: the reading gives the non-inverted value irrespective of what IOCFG2.GDO2_INV is programmed to.

It is not recommended to check for PLL lock by reading PKTSTATUS[2] with GDO2_CFG=0x0A.

Not used

GDO0

R Current GDO0 value. Note: the reading gives the non-inverted value irrespective of what IOCFG0.GDO0_INV is programmed to.

It is not recommended to check for PLL lock by reading PKTSTATUS[0] with GDO0_CFG=0x0A.

Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

7:0

VCO_VC_DAC[7:0]

R Status register for test only.

Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

TXFIFO_UNDERFLOW

6:0

NUM_TXBYTES

R Number of bytes in TX FIFO

Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

RXFIFO_OVERFLOW

6:0

NUM_RXBYTES

R Number of bytes in RX FIFO

Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

Not used

6:0

RCCTRL1_STATUS[6:0]

R Contains the value from the last run of the RC oscillator calibration routine. For usage description refer to Application Note AN047 [4]

0x38 (0xF8): PKTSTATUS – Current GDOx Status and Packet Status

CC1101

0x39 (0xF9): VCO_VC_DAC – Current Setting from PLL Calibration Module

0x3A (0xFA): TXBYTES – Underflow and Number of Bytes

0x3B (0xFB): RXBYTES – Overflow and Number of Bytes

0x3C (0xFC): RCCTRL1_STATUS – Last RC Oscillator Calibration Result

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Bit

Field Name

Reset

R/W

Description

Not used

6:0

RCCTRL0_STATUS[6:0]

R Contains the value from the last run of the RC oscillator calibration routine. For usage description refer to Application Note AN047 [4].

Orderable Evaluation Module

Description

Minimum Order Quantity

CC1101DK433

CC1101 Development Kit, 433 MHz

CC1101DK868-915

CC1101 Development Kit, 868/915 MHz

CC1101EMK433

CC1101 Evaluation Module Kit, 433 MHz

CC1101EMK868-915

CC1101 Evaluation Module Kit, 868/915 MHz

0x3D (0xFD): RCCTRL0_STATUS – Last RC Oscillator Calibration Result

30 Soldering Information

The recommendations for lead-free reflow in IPC/JEDEC J-STD-020 should be followed.

31 Development Kit Ordering Information

CC1101

Figure 34: Development Kit Ordering Information

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32 References

[1] CC1101EM 315 - 433 MHz Reference Design (swrr046.zip) [2] CC1101EM 868 – 915 MHz Reference Design (swrr045.zip) [3] CC1101 Errata Notes (swrz020.pdf) [4] AN047 CC1100/CC2500 – Wake-On-Radio (swra126.pdf) [5] SmartRFTM Studio (swrc046.zip) [6] CC1100 CC2500 Examples Libraries (swrc021.zip) [7] CC1100/CC1150DK, CC1101DK, and CC2500/CC2550DK Examples and Libraries User

Manual (swru109.pdf) [8] DN010 Close-in Reception with CC1101 (swra147.pdf) [9] DN017 CC11xx 868/915 MHz RF Matching (swra168.pdf) [10] DN015 Permanent Frequency Offset Compensation (swra159.pdf) [11] DN006 CC11xx Settings for FCC 15.247 Solutions (swra123.pdf) [12] DN505 RSSI Interpretation and Timing (swra114.pdf) [13] AN058 Antenna Selection Guide (swra161.pdf) [14] AN067 Wireless MBUS Implementation with CC1101 and MSP430 (swra234.pdf) [15] DN013 Programming Output Power on CC1101 (swra168.pdf) [16] DN022 CC11xx OOK/ASK register settings (swra215.pdf) [17] DN005 CC11xx Sensitivity versus Frequency Offset and Crystal Accuracy (swra122.pdf) [18] DN501 PATABLE Access (swra110.pdf) [19] DN504 FEC Implementation (swra113.pdf) [20] DN507 FEC Decoding (swra313.pdf) [21] CC1190 Data Sheet (swrs089.pdf) [22] AN094 Using the CC1190 Front End with CC1101 under EN 300 220 (swra356.pdf) [23] AN096 Using the CC1190 Front End with CC1101 under FCC 15.247 (swra361.pdf) [24] DN032 Options for Cost Optimized CC11xx Matching (swra346.pdf) [25] DN036 CC1101+CC1190 600 kbps Data Rate, +19 dBm transmit power without FHSS in

902-928 MHz frequency Band (swrr078.pdf [26] TPS62730 Data Sheet (slvsac3.pdf)

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Revision

Date

Description/Changes

SWRS061H

2012.10.09

Added 256 Hz clock to Table 41: GDOx Signal Selection

SWRS061G

2011.07.26

Crystal NX3225GA added to application circuit BOM Added reference to CC1190 range extender Added reference to AN094 and AN096 Corrected settling times and PLL turn-on/hop time in Table 15 Added reference to design notes DN032 and DN036 Removed references to AN001 and AN050 Changed description of MCSM0.PO_TIMEOUT Removed link to DN009 Added more detailed information about how to check for PLL lock in Section 22.1

SWRS061F

2010.01.10

Changed from multi-layer to wire-wound inductors in Table 38. Included PA_PD and LNA_PD GDO signals Table 41 as they were erroneously removed in SWRS061E. Updated WOR current consumption figures in Table 4. The Gaussian filter BT is changed from 1.0 to 0.5. Changed minimum data rate to 0.6 kBaud. Updated Table 25 with 0.6 kBaud data rate. Added information that digital signals with sharp edges should not be routed close to XOSC_Q1 PCB track. Added information about 1/XOSC glitch in received data output when using asynchronous serial mode Added information that a 27 MHz crystal is recommended for systems targeting compliance with modulation bandwidth requirements in the 869 to 870 MHz frequency range under EN 300 220.

Updated overall state transition times in Table 34 and added table with frequency synthesizer calibration times (Table 35). Added -116 dBm 1% PER at 0.6 kBaud, 434 MHz Included information about 4-FSK modulation Added sensitivity figures for 4-FSK Added link to DN507 Updated PKTSTATUS.SFD. In TX this bit reads as 0. Updated PKTSTATUS.PQT_REACHED. Removed chapter on Packet Description Changed chapter on Ordering Information since this was duplicate information.

SWRS061E

2009.04.21

Maximum output power increased to +12/+11 dBm at 868/915MHz with the use of wire-wound inductors (Murata LQW15xx series). Changes to optimum PATABLE settings. Added typical output power over temperature and supply voltage. Changes to current consumption in TX mode. Added typical TX current consumption over temperature and supply voltage. Improved sensitivity figures at 868/915 MHz. Added typical sensitivity figures over temperature and supply voltage. Added typical RX current consumption over temperature and input power level. Changes to adjacent channel rejection at 38.4 kBaud. Changes to image rejection at 250 kBaud. Updates to selectivity/blocking plots. Changed bill of materials for 868/915 MHz application circuits to Murata LQW15xx series inductors. Changed analog temperature sensor temperature coefficient. Added links to DN501 and DN504 Changes to section 17.6. A low LQI value indicates a good link Changes to Package Description section Changes to Ordering Information section

33 General Information

33.1 Document History

CC1101

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Revision

Date

Description/Changes

SWRS061D

2008.05.22

Edited title and removed CC logo. Formatted and edited text. Put important notes in boxes. Corrected the 250 kBaud settings information from MSK to GFSK. Added plot over RX current variation versus input power level and temperature. Added tables for sensitivity, output power and TX current consumption variation versus temperature and supply voltage. Moved the selectivity plots to the electrical specification section and updated the 1.2 kBaud setting plot. Added load capacitance spec for the crystal oscillator. Updated links from AN039 to AN050. Updated information regarding optional filtering of 699 MHz emission, updated the 868/915 MHz application figure and bills of material, and added link to DN017. Updated and moved information regarding the crystal, a reference signal, the balun, and PCB layout recommendations to the section regarding the application circuit. Added information regarding antennas and link to the antenna selection guide AN058. Added link to DN005. Restructured Section 14.1 and added link to DN015. Moved improved spectrum information (GFSK info) to Section 16.1. Added information regarding the DEVIATN register in Chapter 16 and in the register description. Added information on ASK/OOK settings and added a link to DN022. Updated RSSI information and added link to DN505. Updated Section 18.2 information. Clarified the text describing Figure 27. Added link to DN013. Updated Figure 33. Updated Section 28.2. Updated information regarding serial synchronous mode. Added information regarding Wireless MBUS and added link to AN067. Updated info regarding the FIFOTHR register and TEST1 and TEST2. Updated info regarding the PKTSTAUS.SFD bit. Updated address for reading content from 0x3D. Updated registers information on bits that are not used. Updated Command Strobes section. Added link to DN009. Updated links in the reference chapter. Added link to the Community.

SWRS061C

2008.05.22

Added product information on the front page

SWRS061B

2007.06.05

Changed name on DN009 Close-in Reception with CC1101 to DN010 Close-in Reception with CC1101. Added info regarding how to reduce spurious emission at 699 MHz. Changes regarding this was done the following places: Table: RF Transmit Section, Figure 11: Typical Application and Evaluation Circuit 868/915 MHz, Table 20: Overview of External Components, and Table 21: Bill Of Materials for the Application Circuit. Changes made to Figure 27: Power-On Reset with SRES

SWRS061A

2007.06.30

Initial release.

SWRS061

2007.04.16

First preliminary data sheet release

CC1101

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PACKAGING INFORMATION

Orderable Device Status

CC1101RTK ACTIVE VQFN RTK 20 92 Green (RoHS

CC1101RTKG3 ACTIVE VQFN RTK 20 92 Green (RoHS

CC1101RTKR ACTIVE VQFN RTK 20 3000 Green (RoHS

CC1101RTKRG3 ACTIVE VQFN RTK 20 3000 Green (RoHS

(1)

The marketing status values are defined as follows:

ACTIVE: Product device recommended for new designs. LIFEBUY: TI has announced that the device will be discontinued, and a lifetime-buy period is in effect. NRND: Not recommended for new designs. Device is in production to support existing customers, but TI does not recommend using this part in a new design. PREVIEW: Device has been announced but is not in production. Samples may or may not be available. OBSOLETE: TI has discontinued the production of the device.

Package Type Package

(1)

Drawing

Pins Package Qty Eco Plan

(2)

& no Sb/Br)

Lead/Ball Finish MSL Peak Temp

(3)

CU NIPDAU Level-3-260C-168 HR -40 to 85 CC1101

Op Temp (°C) Top-Side Markings

(4)

(2)

Eco Plan - The planned eco-friendly classification: Pb-Free (RoHS), Pb-Free (RoHS Exempt), or Green (RoHS & no Sb/Br) - please check http://www.ti.com/productcontent for the latest availability

information and additional product content details.

TBD: The Pb-Free/Green conversion plan has not been defined. Pb-Free (RoHS): TI's terms "Lead-Free" or "Pb-Free" mean semiconductor products that are compatible with the current RoHS requirements for all 6 substances, including the requirement that

lead not exceed 0.1% by weight in homogeneous materials. Where designed to be soldered at high temperatures, TI Pb-Free products are suitable for use in specified lead-free processes. Pb-Free (RoHS Exempt): This component has a RoHS exemption for either 1) lead-based flip-chip solder bumps used between the die and package, or 2) lead-based die adhesive used between the die and leadframe. The component is otherwise considered Pb-Free (RoHS compatible) as defined above. Green (RoHS & no Sb/Br): TI defines "Green" to mean Pb-Free (RoHS compatible), and free of Bromine (Br) and Antimony (Sb) based flame retardants (Br or Sb do not exceed 0.1% by weight in homogeneous material)

(3)

MSL, Peak Temp. -- The Moisture Sensitivity Level rating according to the JEDEC industry standard classifications, and peak solder temperature.

(4)

Only one of markings shown within the brackets will appear on the physical device.

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OTHER QUALIFIED VERSIONS OF CC1101 :

Automotive: CC1101-Q1

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NOTE: Qualified Version Definitions:

Automotive - Q100 devices qualified for high-reliability automotive applications targeting zero defects

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