Datasheet HFA3860B Datasheet (Intersil Corporation)

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HFA3860B

Data Sheet July 1999

Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Baseband Processor

™

The Harris HFA3860BDirectSequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) baseband processor is part of the PRISM®

2.4GHz radio chipset, and contains all the functions necessary for a full or half

duplex packet baseband transceiver. The HF A3860B has on-board A/Ds for analog I and Q inputs,

for which the HFA3724/6 IF QMODEM is recommended. Differential phase shift keying modulation schemes DBPSK and DQPSK, with data scrambling capability, are available along with Complementary Code Keying and M-Ary Bi-Orthogonal Keying to provide a variety of data rates. Builtin flexibility allows the HFA3860B to be configured through a general purpose control bus, for a range of applications. A Receive Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) monitoring function with on-board 6-bit A/D provides Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) to avoid data collisions and optimize network throughput. The HF A3860B is housed in a thin plastic quad flat package (TQFP) suitable forPCMCIA board applications.

Ordering Information

TEMP.

PART NO.

RANGE (oC) PKG. TYPE PKG. NO.

HFA3860BIV -40 to 85 48 Ld TQFP Q48.7x7 HFA3860BIV96 -40 to 85 Tape and Reel

Pinout

HFA3860B (TQFP)

TEST_CK

TX_PE

TXD

TXCLK

TX_RDY

GND

DDA

GND

OUT

TEST7

TEST6

1 2

3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11

13 14 15 16

TEST5

TEST4

GND

TEST3

TEST2

TEST1

TEST0

373839404142434445464748

36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25

2423222120191817

RXCLK RXD MD_RDY RX_PE CCA GND MCLK V

RESET ANTSEL ANTSEL SD

File Number

4594.1

Features

• Complete DSSS Baseband Processor

• Processing Gain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ≥10dB

• Programmable Data Rate. . . . . . . 1, 2, 5.5, and 11MBPS

• Ultra Small Package. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 x 7 x 1mm

• Single Supply Operation (44MHz Max) . . . . 2.7V to 3.6V

• Modulation Methods. .DBPSK, DQPSK, CCK, and MBOK

• Supports Full or Half Duplex Operations

• On-Chip A/D Converters for I/Q Data (3-Bit, 22 MSPS) and RSSI (6-Bit)

• Backwards Compatible with HFA3824A, HFA3860A

• Supports Dual Antenna Diversity

Applications

• Enterprise WLAN Systems

• Systems Targeting IEEE 802.11 Standard

• DSSS PCMCIA Wireless Transceiver

• Spread Spectrum WLAN RF Modems

• TDMA Packet Protocol Radios

• Part 15 Compliant Radio Links

• Portable Bar Code Scanners/POS Terminal

• Portable PDA/Notebook Computer

• Wireless Digital Audio

• Wireless Digital Video

• PCN/Wireless PBX

Simpliﬁed Block Diagram

RSSI

OUT

3-BIT

A/D

3-BIT

A/D

6-BIT

A/D

DE-SPREADER

CCA

DEMOD.

PRO-

CESSOR

INTER-

FACE

DATA TO NETWORK

CTRL

PROCESSOR

GND

REFP

RSSI

REFN

4-1

DDA

GND

SDI

DDA

GND

SCLK

CAUTION: These devices are sensitive to electrostatic discharge; follow proper IC Handling Procedures.

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PRISM® is a registered trademark of Intersil Corporation. PRISM logo is a trademark of Intersil Corporation.

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SPREADER

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Table of Contents

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Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Pinout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Simplified Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Typical Application Diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Pin Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

External Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Control Port (4 Wire) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

TX Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

RX Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

I/Q A/D Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

A/D Calibration Circuit and Registers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

RSSI A/D Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Test Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Power Down Modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Transmitter Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Header/Packet Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Scrambler and Data Encoder Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Spread Spectrum Modulator Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

CCK Modulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) and Energy Detect (ED) Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Demodulator Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Acquisition Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Two Antenna Acquisition (Recommended for Indoor Use) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

One Antenna Acquisition (Only Recommended if Multipath is Not Significant). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Acquisition Signal Quality Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Procedure to Set Acq. Signal Quality Parameters Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

PN Correlators Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Data Demodulation and Tracking Description (DBPSK and DQPSK Modes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Data Decoder and Descrambler Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Data Demodulation Description (BMBOK and QMBOK Modes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Data Demodulation in the CCK Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Demodulator Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Overall Eb/N0 Versus BER Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Clock Offset Tracking Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Carrier Offset Frequency Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

A Default Register Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Control Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Test Circuit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Thin Plastic Quad Flatpack Packages (TQFP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

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Typical Application Diagram

HFA3860B

HF A3424(NOTE)

(FILE# 4131)

HF A3624

UP/DOWN

CONVERTER

(FILE# 4066)

RFPA

HF A3925

(FILE# 4132)

TYPICAL TRANSCEIVER APPLICATION CIRCUIT USING THE HFA3860B

NOTE: Required for systems targeting 802.11 speciﬁcations.

VCO

DUAL SYNTHESIZER

HFA3524

(FILE# 4062)

÷2

0o/90

QUAD IF MODULATOR

HFA3724/6

(FILE# 4067)

HF A3860B

(FILE# 4594)

RXI

RXQ

RSSI

M U X

A/D

DE-

SPREAD

A/D

CCA

A/D

TXI

SPREAD

TXQ

DSSS BASEBAND PROCESSOR

DEMOD

802.11

MAC-PHY

INTERFACE

MOD.

DATA TO MACCTRL

For additional information on the PRISM™ chip set, call (407) 724-7800 to access Harris’ AnswerFAX system. When prompted, key in the four-digit document number (File #) of

The four-digit ﬁle numbers are shown in the Typical Application Diagram, and correspond to the appropriate circuit.

the data sheets you wish to receive.

Pin Descriptions

NAME PIN TYPE I/O DESCRIPTION

DDA

(Analog)

(Digital)

GND

(Analog)

GND

(Digital)

REFN

REFP

ANTSEL 26 O The antenna select signal changes state as the receiver switches from antenna to antenna during the

ANTSEL 27 O The antenna select signal changes state as the receiver switches from antenna to antenna during the

RSSI 14 I Receive Signal Strength Indicator Analog input.

10, 18, 20 Power DC power supply 2.7V - 3.6V (Not Hardwired Together On Chip).

7, 21, 29, 42 Power DC power supply 2.7 - 3.6V

11, 15, 19 Ground DC power supply 2.7 - 3.6V, ground (Not Hardwired Together On Chip).

6, 22, 31, 41 Ground DC power supply 2.7 - 3.6V, ground.

17 I “Negative” voltage reference for A/D’s (I and Q) [Relative to V

REFP

] 16 I “Positive” voltage reference for A/D’s (I, Q and RSSI) 12 I Analog input to the internal 3-bit A/D of the In-phase received data. 13 I Analog input to the internal 3-bit A/D of the Quadrature received data.

acquisition process in the antenna diversity mode. This is a complement for ANTSEL (pin 27) for differential drive of antenna switches.

acquisition process in the antenna diversity mode. This is a complement for ANTSEL (pin 26) for differential drive of antenna switches.

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Pin Descriptions

NAME PIN TYPE I/O DESCRIPTION

TX_PE 2 I When active, the transmitter is conﬁgured to be operational, otherwise the transmitter is in standby

TXD 3 I TXD is an input, used to transfer MAC Payload Data Unit (MPDU) data from the MAC or network

TXCLK 4 O TXCLK is a clock output used to receive the data on the TXD from the MAC or network processor to

TX_RDY 5 O TX_RDY is an output to the external network processor indicating that Preamble and Header

CCA 32 O ClearChannelAssessment (CCA) is an output used to signal that the channel is clear to transmit. The

RXD 35 O RXD is an output to the external network processor transferring demodulated Header information and

RXCLK 36 O RXCLK is the bit clock output. This clock is used to transfer Header information and payload data

MD_RDY 34 O MD_RDY is an output signal to the network processor, indicating header data and a data packet are

RX_PE 33 I When active, the receiver is conﬁgured to be operational, otherwise the receiver is in standby mode.

SD 25 I/O SD is a serial bidirectional data bus which is used to transfer address and data to/from the internal

SCLK 24 I SCLK is the clock for the SD serial bus. The data on SD is clocked at the rising edge. SCLK is an input

SDI 23 I Serial Data Input in 3 wire mode described in Tech Brief 362. This pin is not used in the 4 wire interface

R/W8 IR/W is an input to the HFA3860B used to change the direction of the SD bus when reading or writing

CS 9 I CS is a Chip select for the device to activate the serial control port. The CS doesn’t impact any of the

TEST 7:0 37, 38, 39,

40, 43, 44,

45, 46

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mode. TX_PE isaninputfromthe external Media Access Controller (MAC) or network processortothe HFA3860B. The rising edge of TX_PE will start the internal transmit state machine and the falling edge will initiate shut down of the state machine. TX_PE envelopes the transmit data except for the last bit. The transmitterwill continue to runfor3 symbols afterTX_PEgoes inactive toallowthe PAtoshut down gracefully.

processor to the HFA3860B. The data is received serially with the LSB ﬁrst. The data is clocked in the HFA3860B at the rising edge of TXCLK.

the HFA3860B, synchronously. Transmit data on the TXD bus is clocked into the HFA3860B on the rising edge. The clocking edge is also programmabletobeoneitherphaseoftheclock.Therateof the clock will be dependent upon the data rate that is programmed in the signalling ﬁeld of the header.

information has been generated and that the HFA3860B is ready to receive the data packet from the network processorover theTXDserial bus.The TX_RDYreturns totheinactive state whenthelastchip of the last symbol has been output.

CCA algorithm makesits decision as a function ofRSSI,Energy detect (ED), and Carrier Sense(CRS). The CCA algorithm and its features are described elsewhere in the data sheet. Logic 0 = Channel is clear to transmit. Logic 1 = Channel is NOT clear to transmit (busy). This polarity is programmable and can be inverted.

data in a serial format. The data is sent serially with the LSB ﬁrst. The data is frame aligned with MD_RDY.

through the RXD serial bus to the network processor. This clock reﬂects the bit rate in use. RXCLK is held to a logic “0” state during the CRC16 reception. RXCLK becomes active after the SFD has been detected. Data should be sampled on the rising edge. This polarity is programmable and can be inverted.

ready to be transferred to the processor. MD_RDY is an active high signal and it envelopes the data transfer over the RXD serial bus. MD_RDY goes active when the SFD is detected and returns to its inactive state when RX_PE goes inactive or an error is detected in the header.

This is an active high input signal. In standby, RX_PE inactive, all A/D converters are disabled.

registers. The bit ordering of an 8-bit word is MSB ﬁrst. The ﬁrst 8 bits during transfers indicate the register address immediately followed by 8 more bits representing the data that needs to be written or read at that register.

clock and it is asynchronous to the internal master clock (MCLK)The maximum rate of this clock is 11MHz or one half the master clock frequency, whichever is lower.

described in this data sheet. It should not be left ﬂoating.

data on the SD bus.R/W alsoenablestheserialshiftregisterusedinareadcycle.R/Wmustbe set up prior to the rising edge of SCLK. A high level indicates read while a low level is a write.

other interface ports and signals, i.e., the TX or RX ports and interface signals. This is an active low signal. When inactive SD, SCLK, and R/W become “don’t care” signals.

O This is a data port that can be programmed to bring out internal signals or data for monitoring. These

bits are primarily reserved by the manufacturerfor testing. A further description of the test port is given at the appropriate section of this data sheet.

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Pin Descriptions

NAME PIN TYPE I/O DESCRIPTION

TEST_CK 1 O This is the clock that is used in conjunction with the data that is being output from the test bus (TEST

RESET 28 I Master reset for device. When active TX and RX functions are disabled. If RESET is kept low the

MCLK 30 I Master Clock for device. The nominal frequency of this clock is 44MHz. This is used internally to

OUT

NOTE: Total of 48 pins; ALL pins are used.

External Interfaces

There are three primary digital interface ports for the HFA3860B that are used for conﬁguration and during normal operation of the device as shown in Figure 1. These ports are:

• The Control Port, which is used to conﬁgure, write and/or read the status of the internal HFA3860B registers.

• The TX Port, which is used to accept the data that needs to be transmitted from the network processor.

• The RX Port, which is used to output the received demodulated data to the network processor.

In addition to these primary digital interfaces the device includes a byte wide parallel Test Port which can be conﬁgured to output various internal signals and/or data. The device can also be set into various power consumption modes by external control. The HFA3860B contains three Analog to Digital (A/D) converters. The analog interfaces to the HFA3860B include, the In phase (I) and Quadrature (Q) data component inputs, and the RF signal strength indicator input. A reference voltage divider is also required external to the device.

(Continued)

0-7).

HFA3860Bgoes into the power standby mode. RESET does not alter any of the conﬁguration register values nor does it preset any of the registers into default values. Device requires programming upon power-up.

generate all other internal necessary clocks and is divided by 2 or 4 for the transceiver clocks. 48 O TX Spread baseband I digital output data. Data is output at the chip rate. 47 O TX Spread baseband Q digital output data. Data is output at the chip rate.

Control Port (4 Wire)

The serial control port is used to serially write and read data to/from the device. This serial port can operate up to a 11MHz rate or 1/2 the maximum master clock rate of the device, MCLK (whichever is lower). MCLK must be running during programming. This port is used to program and to read all internal registers. The ﬁrst 8 bits always represent the address followed immediately by the 8 data bits for that register. The two LSBs of address are don’t care, but reserved for future expansion. The serial transfers are accomplished through the serial data pin (SD). SD is a bidirectional serial data bus. Chip Select ( Read/

Write (R/W) are also required as handshake signals for this port. The clock used in conjunction with the address and data on SD is SCLK. This clock is provided by the external source and it is an input to the HFA3860B. The timing relationships of these signals are illustrated in Figures 2 and 3. R/ low when it is to be wr itten. the state machine. entire data transfer cycle. device only. The serial control port operates asynchronously from the TX and RX ports and it can

W is high when data is to be read, and

CS is an asynchronous reset to

CS must be active (low) during the

CS selects the serial control por t

CS), and

accomplish data transfers independent of the activity at the

ANTSEL ANTSEL

ANALOG

INPUTS

REFERENCE

A/D

POWER

DOWN

SIGNALS

TEST

PORT

TESTCK

HFA3860B

I (ANALOG) Q (ANALOG) RSSI (ANALOG)

REFN

REFP

TX_PE RX_PE

RESET

TEST

TXD

TXCLK

TX_RDY

RXD

RXCLK

MD_RDY

CS SD

SCLK

SDI

TX OUTPUTS

TX_PORT

RX_PORT

CONTROL_PORT

other digital or analog ports. The HFA3860B has 34 internal registers that can be

conﬁgured through the control port. These registers are listed in the Conﬁguration and Control Internal Register table. Table 1 lists the conﬁguration register number, a brief name describing the register, and the HEX address to access each of the registers. The type indicates whether the corresponding register is Read only (R) or Read/Write (R/W). Some registers are two bytes wide as indicated on the table (high and low bytes). To fully program the HFA3860B registers requires two writes of registers CR16 and CR17. This shadow register scheme extends the register compliment by two registers from 32 to 34 without

FIGURE 1. EXTERNAL INTERFACE

requiring an additional address bit.

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SCLK

HFA3860B

FIRST ADDRESS BIT FIRST DATABIT OUT

7654321076543210

1234567 01234567

LSBDATA OUTMSBMSB ADDRESS IN

NOTES:

1. The HFA3860B always uses the rising edge of SCLK. SD, R/W and CS hold times allow the controller to use either the rising or falling edge.

2. This port operates essentially the same as the HFA3824 with the exception that the AS signal of the 3824 is not required.

FIGURE 2. CONTROL PORT READ TIMING

SCLK

7654321076543210

1234567 012345670

LSBDATA INMSBMSB ADDRESS IN

FIGURE 3. CONTROL PORT WRITE TIMING

TABLE 1. CONFIGURATION AND CONTROL INTERNAL REGISTER LIST

CONFIGURATION

CR0 Part/Version Code R 00 CR1 I/O Polarity R/W 04 CR2 TX and RX Control R/W 08 CR3 A/D_CAL_POS Register R/W 0C CR4 A/D_CAL_NEG Register R/W 10 CR5 CCA Antenna Control R/W 14 CR6 Preamble Length R/W 18 CR7 Scramble_Tap (RX and TX) R/W 1C CR8 RX_SQ1_ ACQ (High) Threshold R/W 20

CR9 RX-SQ1_ ACQ (Low) Threshold R/W 24 CR10 RX_SQ2_ ACQ (High) Threshold R/W 28 CR11 RX-SQ2_ ACQ (Low) Threshold R/W 2C CR12 SQ1 CCA Thresh (High) R/W 30 CR13 SQ1 CCA Thresh (Low) R/W 34 CR14 ED or RSSI Thresh R/W 38 CR15 SFD Timer R/W 3C

ADDRESS HEX

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TABLE 1. CONFIGURATION AND CONTROL INTERNAL REGISTER LIST (Continued)

CONFIGURATION

CR16 (Note 3) Signal Field (BPSK - 11 Chip Sequence)

or (Cover Code (Low))

CR17 (Note 3) Signal Field (QPSK - 11 Chip Sequence)

or (Cover Code (High))

CR18 Signal Field (BPSK - Mod. Walsh Sequence)

or (CCK 5.5Mbps)

CR19 Signal Field (QPSK - Mod. Walsh Sequence)

or (CCK 11Mbps) CR20 TX Signal Field R/W 50 CR21 TX Service Field R/W 54 CR22 TX Length Field (High) R/W 58 CR23 TX Length Field (Low) R/W 5C CR24 RX Status R 60 CR25 RX Service Field Status R 64 CR26 RX Length Field Status (High) R 68 CR27 RX Length Field Status (Low) R 6C CR28 Test Bus Address R/W 70 CR29 Test Bus Monitor R 74 CR30 Test Register 1, Must Load 00H R/W 78 CR31 RX Control R/W 7C

NOTE:

3. To provide CCK functionality, these registers must be programmed in two passes. Once with CR5 bit 7 as a 0 and once with it as a 1.

R/W 40

R/W 44

R/W 48

R/W 4C

ADDRESS HEX

TX Port

The transmit data port accepts the data that needs to be transmitted serially from an external data source. The data is modulated and transmitted as soon as it is received from the external data source.TheserialdataisinputtotheHFA3860B through TXD using the next rising edge of TXCLK to clock it in the HF A3860B. TXCLK is an output from the HFA3860B. A timing scenario of the transmit signal handshakes and sequence is shown on timing diagram Figure 4.

The external processor initiates the transmit sequence by asserting TX_PE. TX_PE envelopes the transmit data packet on TXD. The HFA3860B responds by generating a Preamble and Header. Bef ore the last bit of the Header is sent, the HF A3860B begins gener ating TXCLK to input the serial data on TXD. TXCLK will run until TX_PE goes bac k to its inactive state indicating the end of the data packet. The user needs to hold TX_PE high for as many clocks as there bits to transmit. For the higher data rates, this will be in multiples of the number of bits per symbol. The HFA3860B will continue to output modulated signal for 2µs after the last data bit is output, to supply bits to flush the modulation path. TX_PE must be held until the last data bit is output from the MAC/FIFO. The minim um TX_PE inactive pulse required to

restart the preamble and header generation is 2.22µs and to reset the modulator is 4.22µs.

The HFA3860Binternallygeneratesthepreambleandheader information from information supplied via the control registers. The external source needs to provide only the data portion of the packetand set the control registers. The timing diagram of this process is illustrated on Figure 4. Assertion of TX_PE will initialize the generation of the preamble and header.TX_RDY, which is an output from the HF A3860B, is used to indicate to the external processor that the preamble has been generated and the device is ready to receive the data packet (MPDU) to be transmitted from the external processor. Signals TX_RDY, TX_PE and TXCLK can be set individually, by programming Configuration Register (CR) 1, as either active high or active low signals.

The transmit port is completely independent from the operation of the other interface ports including the RX port, therefore supporting a full duplex mode.

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TXCLK

HFA3860B

TX_PE

TXD

TX_RDY

NOTE: Preamble/Header and Data is transmitted LSB ﬁrst. TXD shown generated from rising edge of TXCLK.

RXCLK

RX_PE

HEADER FIELDS

PROCESSING

MD_RDY

RXD

PREAMBLE/HEADER

FIRST DATA BIT SAMPLED

LSB DATA PACKET

FIGURE 4. TX PORT TIMING

LSB DATA PACKET MSB

MSB

DAT A

LAST DATA BIT SAMPLED

DEASSERTED WHEN LAST CHIP OF MPDU CLEARS MOD PATH OF 3860

NOTE: MD_RDY active after CRC16. See detailed timing diagrams (see Figures 22, 23, 24).

FIGURE 5. RX PORT TIMING

RX Port

The timing diagram Figure 5 illustrates the relationships between the various signals of the RX port. The receive data port serially outputs the demodulated data from RXD. The data is output as soon as it is demodulated by the HFA3860B.RX_PE mustbe at its activestate throughout the receive operation. When RX_PE is inactive the device's receive functions, including acquisition, will be in a stand by mode.

RXCLK is an output from the HFA3860Bandis the clock for the serial demodulated data on RXD.MD_RDY is an output from the HFA3860B and it may be set to go active after SFD or CRC fields. Note that RXCLK becomes active after the Start Frame Delimiter (SFD) to clock out the Signal, Service, and Length fields, then goes inactive during the header CRC field. RXCLK becomes active again for the data. MD_RDY returns to its inactive state after RX_PE is deactivated by the external controller, or if a header error is detected. A header error is either a failure of the CRC check, or the failure of the received signal field to match one of the 4 programmed signal fields. For either type of header error, the HFA3860B will reset itself after reception

of the CRC field. If MD_RDY had been set to go active after CRC, it will remain low.

MD_RDYandRXCLKcanbeconfiguredthroughCR1,bit6-7 to be active low,or active high. The receive port is completely independent from the operation of the other interface ports including the TX port, supporting therefore a full duplex mode.

I/Q A/D Interface

The PRISM baseband processor chip (HFA3860B) includes two 3-bit Analog to Digital converters (A/Ds) that sample the analog input from the IF down converter. The I/Q A/D clock, samples at twice the chip rate. The nominal sampling rate is 22MHz.

The interface speciﬁcations for the I and Q A/Ds are listed in Table 2.

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TABLE 2. I, Q, A/D SPECIFICATIONS

PARAMETER MIN TYP MAX

Full Scale Input Voltage (V Input Bandwidth (-0.5dB) - 20MHz Input Capacitance (pF) - 5 Input Impedance (DC) 5kΩ -FS (Sampling Frequency) - 22MHz -

The voltages applied to pin 16, V

) 0.25 0.50 1.0

P-P

and pin 17, V

REFP

REFN

set the references for the internal I and Q A/D converters. In addition, V reference. For a nominal I/Q input of 500mV suggested V V

is 0.86V. V

REFN

is also used to set the RSSI A/D converter

REFP

voltage is 1.75V, and the suggested

REFP

should never be less than 0.25V.

REFN

P-P

, the

Figure 6 illustrates the suggested interface conﬁguration for the A/Ds and the reference circuits.

Since these A/Ds are intended to sample AC voltages, their inputs are biased internally and they should be capacitively coupled. The HPF corner frequency in the baseband receive path should be less than 1kHz.

REFP

REFN

HFA3860B

3.9K

0.15µF

8.2K

9.1K

FIGURE 6. INTERFACES

0.01µF

The A/D section includes a compensation (calibration) circuit that automatically adjusts for temperature and component variations of the RF and IF strips. The variations in gain of limiters, AGC circuits, ﬁlters etc. can be compensated for up to ±4dB. Without the compensation circuit, the A/Ds could see a loss of up to 1.5 bits of the 3 bits of quantization. The A/D calibration circuit adjusts the A/D reference voltages to maintain optimum quantization of the IF input over this variation range. It works on the principle of setting the reference to insure that the signal is at full scale (saturation) a certain percentage of the time. Note that this is not an AGC and it will compensate only for slow variations in signal levels (several seconds).

The procedure for setting the A/D references to accommodate various input signal voltage levels is to set the reference voltages so that the A/D calibration circuit is operating at half scale with the nominal input. This leaves the maximum amount of adjustment room for circuit tolerances.

A/D Calibration Circuit and Registers

The A/D compensation or calibration circuit is designed to optimize A/D performance for the I and Q inputs by maintaining the full 3-bit resolution of the outputs. There are two registers (CR 3 AD_CAL_POS and CR 4 AD_CAL_NEG) that set the parameters for the internal I and Q A/D calibration circuit.

Both I and Q A/D outputs are monitored by the A/D calibration circuit as shown in Figure 7 and if either has a full scale value, a 24-bit accumulator is incremented as deﬁned by parameter AD_CAL_POS. If neither has a full scale value, the accumulator is decremented as deﬁned by parameter AD_CAL_NEG. The output of this accumulator is used to drive D/A converters that adjust the A/D’s references. Loop gain reduction is accomplished by using only the 5 MSBs out of the 24 bits. The compensation adjustment is updated at a 1kHz rate. The A/D calibration circuit is only intended to remove slow component variations.

Forbest performance,the optimum probability that either the I or Q A/D converter is at the saturation level was determined to be 50%. The probability P is set by the formula:

P(AD_CAL_POS)+(1-P)(AD_CAL_NEG) = 0. One solution to this formula for P = 1/2 is: AD_CAL_POS = 1 AD_CAL_NEG = -1 This also sets the levels so that operation with either NOISE

or SIGNAL is approximately the same. It is assumed that the RF and IF sections of the receiver have enough gain to cause limiting on thermal noise. This will keep the levels at the A/D approximately the same regardless of whether signal is present or not. The A/D calibration is normally set to work only while the receiver is tracking, but it can be set to operate all the time the receiver is on or it can be turned off and held at mid scale.

The A/D calibration circuit operation can be deﬁned through CR 2, bits 3 and 4. Table 3 illustrates the possible conﬁgurations. The A/D Cal function should initially be programmed for mid scale operation to preset it, then programmedforeithertrackingmode.Thisinitializesthepart for most rapid settling on the appropriate values.

TABLE 3. A/D CALIBRATION

CR 2

BIT 4

0 0 OFF, Reference set at mid scale. 0 1 OFF, Reference set at mid scale. 1 0 A/D_Cal while tracking only. 1 1 A/D_Cal while RX_PE active.

CR 2

BIT 3

A/D CALIBRATION CIRCUIT

CONFIGURATION

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RX_I_IN

RX_Q_IN

A/D

A/D_CK

HFA3860B

+FS OR -FS

COMPARE

+FS OR -FS

COMPARE

TO CORRELATOR

TO RSSI A/D

A/D_CAL_CK

(APPROX 1KHz)

SELECT

REFN

ANALOG BIASES

REFP

A/D_CAL_POS

A/D_CAL_NEG

D/A

FIGURE 7. A/D CAL CIRCUIT

RSSI A/D Interface

The Receive Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) analog signal is input to a 6-bit A/D, indicating 64 discrete levels of received signal strength. This A/D measures a DC voltage, so its input must be DC coupled. Pin 16 (V RSSI A/D converter. V

is common for the I and Q and

REFP

) sets the reference for the

REFP

RSSI A/Ds. The RSSI signal is used as an input to the Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) algorithm of the HFA3860B . The RSSI A/D output is stored in an 6-bit register available via the TEST Bus and the TEST Bus monitor register. CCA is further described on page 17.

The interface speciﬁcations for the RSSI A/D are listed in Table 4 below (V

TABLE 4. RSSI A/D SPECIFICATIONS

PARAMETER MIN TYP MAX

Full Scale Input Voltage - - 1.15 Input Bandwidth (0.5dB) 1MHz - Input Capacitance - 7pF Input Impedance (DC) 1M - -

REFP

= 1.75V).

Test Port

The HFA3860B provides the capability to access a number of internal signals and/or data through the Test port, pins TEST 7:0. In addition pin 1 (TEST_CK) is an output that can be used in conjunction with the data coming from the test port outputs. The test port is programmable through configuration register (CR28). Any signal on the test port can also be read from configuration register (CR29) via the serial control port.

ACCUMULATOR

(25-BIT)

5 MSBs

There are 32 modes assigned to the PRISM test port. Some are only applicable to factory test.

MODE DESCRIPTION TEST_CLK TEST (7:0)

(0Ah)

TEST REG MODE 1 (7)

A/DCAL

A/D_CAL_ACCUM

(1/4 dB PER LSB)

REG

TEST REG

MODE 25 (8:0)

TABLE 5. TEST MODES

0 Quiet Test Bus 0 00 1 RX Acquisition

Monitor

Initial Detect A/DCal, CRS, ED,

Track, SFD Detect, Signal Field Ready, Length Field Ready, Header CRC Valid

2 TX Field Monitor IQMARK A/DCal, TXPE Inter-

nal, Preamble Start, SFD Start, Signal Field Start, Length FieldStart, CRCStart, MPDU Start

3 RSSI Monitor RSSI Pulse CSE Latched, CSE,

RSSI Out (5:0)

4 SQ1 Monitor Pulse after

SQ1 (7:0)

SQ is valid

5 SQ2 Monitor Pulse after

SQ2 (7:0)

SQ is valid

6 Correlator Lo

Rate

7 Freq Test Lo

Rate

8 Phase Test Lo

Rate

9 NCO Test Lo

Rate

Bit Sync Accum Lo Rate

Sample CLK Correlator Magnitude

(7:0)

Subsample CLK

Subsample

Frequency Register (18:11)

Phase Register (7:3) Shift <2:0>

NCO Register (15:8)

CLK Enable Bit Sync Accum (7:3)

Shift (2:0)

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TABLE 5. TEST MODES (Continued)

MODE DESCRIPTION TEST_CLK TEST (7:0)

11 Reserved Reserved Factory Test Only 12 A/D Cal Test

Mode

13 Correlator IHigh

Rate

14 Correlator Q

High Rate

15 Chip Error

Accumulator

16 NCO Test Hi

Rate

17 Freq Test Hi

Rate

18 Carrier Phase

Error Hi Rate 19 Reserved Sample CLK Factory Test Only 20 Reserved Sample CLK Factory Test Only 21 I_A/D, Q_A/D Sample CLK 0,0,I_A/D(2:0),Q_A/D

22 Reserved Reserved Factory Test Only 23 Reserved Reserved Factory Test Only 24 Reserved Reserved Factory Test Only 25 A/D Cal AccumLoA/D Cal

26 A/D Cal AccumHiA/D Cal

27 Freq Accum Lo Freq Accum

28 Reserved Reserved Factory Test Only 29 SQ2 Monitor Hi Pulse After

30-31 Reserved Reserved Factory Test Only

A/D Cal CLK A/DCal, ED, A/DCal

Disable, ADCal (4:0)

Sample CLK Correlator I (8:1)/

CCK Magnitude

Sample CLK Correlator Q

(8:1)/CCK Quality

0 Chip Error Accum

(14:7)

Sample CLK NCO Accum (19:12)

Sample CLK Lag Accum (18:11)

Sample CLK Carrier Phase Error

(6,6:0)

(2:0)

A/D Cal Accum (7:0)

Accum (8)

A/D Cal Accum (16:9)

Accum (17)

Freq Accum (14:7)

(15)

SQ2 (15:8)

SQ Valid

Deﬁnitions

ED. Energy Detect, indicates that the RSSI value exceedsits

programmed threshold. CRS. Carrier Sense, indicates that a signal has been

acquired (PN acquisition).

TXCLK. Transmit clock. Track. Indicates start of tracking and start of SFD time-out. SFD Detect. Variable time after track starts. Signal Field Ready. ~ 8µs after SFD detect. Length Field Ready. ~ 32µs after SFD detect. Header CRC Valid. ~ 48µs after SFD detect. DCLK. Data bit clock. FrqReg. Contents of the NCO frequency register. PhaseReg. Phase of signal after carrier loop correction. NCO PhaseAccumReg. Contents of the NCO phase

accumulation register. SQ1. Signal Quality measure #1. Contents of the bit sync

accumulator.Eight MSBs of most recent 16-bit stored value. SQ2. Signal Quality measure #2. Signal phase variance

after removal of data. Eight MSBs of most recent 16-bit stored value.

Sample CLK. Receive clock (RX sample clock). Nominally 22MHz.

Subsample CLK. LO rate symbol clock. Nominally 1MHz. BitSyncAccum. Real time monitor of the bit synchronization

accumulator contents, mantissa only.

A/D_Cal_ck. Clock for applying A/D calibration corrections. A/DCal. 5-bit value that drives the D/A adjusting the A/D

reference.

TABLE 6. POWER DOWN MODES

MODE RX_PE TX_PE RESET AT 44MHz DEVICE STATE

SLEEP Inactive Inactive Active 600µA Both transmit and receive functions disabled. Device in sleep mode. Control

Interface is stillactive. Register values aremaintained.Devicewill return to its active state within 10µs plus settling time of AC coupling capacitors (about 5ms).

STANDBY Inactive Inactive Inactive 7mA Both transmit and receive operations disabled. Device will resume its

operational state within 1µs of RX_PE or TX_PE going active.

TX Inactive Active Inactive 10mA Receiver operations disabled. Receiver will return in its operational state

within 1µs of RX_PE going active.

RX Active Inactive Inactive 29mA Transmitter operations disabled. Transmitterwill return to its operational state

within 2 MCLKs of TX_PE going active.

NO CLOCK ICC Standby Active 300µA All inputs at VCC or GND.

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Power Down Modes

The power consumption modes of the HFA3860B are controlled by the following control signals.

Receiver PowerEnable (RX_PE, pin 33), which disables the receiver when inactive.

Transmitter PowerEnable(TX_PE,pin2),whichdisablesthe transmitter when inactive.

Reset (

RESET, pin 28), which puts the receiver in a sleep mode. The power down mode where, both RX_PE are used is the lowest possible power consumption mode for the receiver. Exiting this mode requires a maximum of 10µs before the device is back at its operational mode for transmitters. Add 5ms more to be operational for receive mode. It also requires that RX_PE be activated brieﬂy to clock in the change of state.

The contents of the Conﬁguration Registers are not effected by any of the power down modes. The external processor does have access and can modify any of the CRs during the power down modes. No reconﬁguration is required when returning to operational modes.

Table 6 describes the power down modes available for the HFA3860B (V other inputs to the part (MCLK, SCLK, etc.) continue to run except as noted.

= 3.3V). The table values assume that all

RESET and

Transmitter Description

The HFA3860B transmitter is designed as a Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Phase Shift Keying (DSSS PSK) modulator. It can handle data rates of up to 11MBPS (refer to AC and DC speciﬁcations). Two different modulations are available for the 5.5Mbps and 11Mbps modes. This is to accommodate backwards compatibility with the HFA3860A and to provide an IEEE 802.11 standards compliant mode. The various modes of the modulator are Differential Binary Phase Shift Keying (DBPSK) for 1Mbps, Differential Quaternary Phase Shift Keying (DQPSK) for 2Mbps, Binary M-ary Bi-Orthogonal Keying(BMBOK) or Complementary Code Keying (CCK) for

5.5Mbps, and Quaternary M-ary Bi-Orthogonal Keying (QMBOK) or CCK for 11Mbps. These implement data rates as shown in Table 7. The major functional blocks of the transmitter include a network processor interface, DPSK modulator, high rate modulator, a data scrambler and a spreader, as shown on Figure 11. A description of (M-ARY) Bi-Orthogonal Keying can be found in Chapter 5 of: “Telecommunications System Engineering”, by Lindsey and Simon, Prentis Hall publishing. CCK is essentially a quadraphase form of that modulation.

The preamble and header are alwaystransmittedas DBPSK waveforms while the data packets can be conﬁgured to be either DBPSK, DQPSK, BMBOK, QMBOK, or CCK. The preamble is used by the receiver to achieve initial PN synchronization while the header includes the necessary data ﬁelds of the communications protocol to establish the physical layer link. The transmitter generates the synchronization preamble and header and knows when to make the DBPSK to DQPSK or B/QMBOK or CCK switchover, as required.

For the 1 and 2Mbps modes, the transmitter accepts data from the external source, scrambles it, differentially encodes it as either DBPSK or DQPSK, and mixes it with the BPSK PN spreading. The baseband digital signals are then output to the external IF modulator.

For the MBOK modes, the transmitter inputs the data and forms it into nibbles (4 bits). At 5.5Mbps, it selects one of 8 spread sequences from a table of sequences with 3 of those bits and then picks the true or inverted version of that sequence with the remaining bit. Thus, there are 16 possible spread sequences to send, but only one is sent. This sequence is then modulated on both the I and Q outputs. The phase of the last bit of the header is used as an absolute phase reference for the data portion of the packet. At 11Mbps, two nibbles are used, and each one is used as above independently. One of the resulting sequences is modulated on the I Channel and the other on the Q Channel output. With 16 possible sequences on I and another 16 independently on Q, the total possible number of combinations is 256. Of these only one is sent.

For the CCK modes, the transmitter inputs the data and forms it into nibbles (4 bits) or bytes (8 bits). At 5.5MBPS, it selects one of 4 complex spread sequences as a symbol from a table of sequences with 2 of those bits and then QPSK modulates that symbol with the remaining 2 bits. Thus, there are 16 possible spread sequences to send, but only one is sent. This sequence is then modulated on the I and Q outputs jointly. The phase of the last bit of the header is used as a phase reference for the data portion of the packet. At 11Mbps, one byte is used as above with 6 bits used to select one of 64 spread sequences for a symbol and the other 2 used to QPSK modulate that symbol. Thus, the total possible number of combinations is 256. Of these only one is sent.

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TABLE 7. BIT RATE TABLE EXAMPLES FOR MCLK = 44MHz

DATA

MODULATION

DBPSK 22 00 00 1 1

DQPSK 22 01 01 2 1

BMBOK/CCK 22 10 10 5.5 1.375

QMBOK/CCK 22 11 11 11 1.375

A/D SAMPLE CLOCK

(MHz)

TX SETUP CR 20

BITS 1, 0

RX STATUS CR 24

BITS 7, 6

DATA RATE

(MBPS)

SYMBOL RATE

(MSPS)

DAT A

IOUT

QOUT

CHIP

RATE

SYMBOL

RATE

I vs Q

802.11 DSSS BPSK 802.11 DSSS QPSK 5.5 MB/S BMBOK 11 MB/S QMBOK 1 MB/S

BARKER

1 BIT ENCODED TO ONE OF 2 CODE WORDS (TRUE-INVERSE)

11 CHIPS

11 MC/S 11 MC/S 11 MC/S

1 MS/S 1 MS/S

2 MB/S

BARKER

2 BITS ENCODED TO ONE OF 4 CODE WORDS

11 CHIPS

MODIFIED

WALSH FUNCTIONS

4 BITS ENCODED TO ONE OF 16 MODIFIED WALSH CODE WORDS

8 CHIPS

1.375 MS/S 1.375 MS/S

MODIFIED

WALSH FUNCTIONS

8 BITS ENCODED TO ONE OF 256 MODIFIED WALSH CODE WORDS

8 CHIPS

11 MC/S

5.5 MB/S CCK COMPLEX

SPREAD FUNCTIONS

4 BITS ENCODED TO ONE OF 16 COMPLEX CCK CODE WORDS

8 CHIPS

11 MC/S

1.375 MS/S

11 MB/S CCK

COMPLEX

SPREAD FUNCTIONS

8 BITS ENCODED TO ONE OF 256 COMPLEX CCK CODE WORDS

8 CHIPS

11 MC/S

1.375 MS/S

FIGURE 8. MODULATION MODES

The bit rate Table 7 shows examples of the bit rates and the symbol rates and Figure 8 shows the modulation schemes. The modulator is completely independent from the demodulator,allowing the PRISM baseband processor to be used in full duplex operation.

Header/Packet Description

The HFA3860B is designed to handle continuous or packetized Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) data transmissions. The HFA3860B generates its own preamble and header information.

The device uses a synchronization preamble of up to 256 symbols, and a header that includes four ﬁelds. The preamble is all 1’s plus a start frame delimiter (before entering the scrambler). The actual transmitted pattern of the preamble will be randomized by the scrambler. The preamble is always transmitted as a DBPSK waveform.

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Start Frame Delimiter (SFD) Field (16 Bits) - This carries the synchronization to establish the link frame timing. The HFA3860B will not declare a valid data packet, even if it PN acquires, unless it detects the SFD. The HFA3860Breceiver is programmed to time out searching for the SFD via CR15. The timer starts counting the moment that initial PN synchronization has been established from the preamble.

The four ﬁelds for the header shown in Figure 9 are: Signal Field (8 Bits) - This ﬁeld indicates what data rate the

data packet that follows the header will be. The HFA3860B receiver looks at the signal ﬁeld to determine whether it needs to switch from DBPSK demodulation into DQPSK, B/QMBOK, or CCK demodulation at the end of the always DBPSK preamble and header ﬁelds.

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PREAMBLE (SYNC)

128 BITS

PREAMBLE

SFD 16 BITS

SIGNAL FIELD 8 BITS

FIGURE 9. 802.11 PREAMBLE/HEADER

SERVICE FIELD 8 BITS

Service Field (8 Bits) - This ﬁeld has one bit that is used to

supplement the length ﬁeld and the rest are currently unassigned and can be utilized as required by the user. Set them to 0’s for compliance with IEEE 802.11. The MSB of this ﬁeld is used by the Media Access controller (MAC) to indicate the correct choice when the length ﬁeld is ambiguous.

Length Field (16 Bits) - This ﬁeld indicates the number of microseconds it will take to transmit the payload data (MPDU). The external controller will check the length ﬁeld in determining when it needs to de-assert RX_PE.

CCITT - CRC 16 Field (16 Bits) - This ﬁeld includes the 16-bit CCITT - CRC 16 calculation of the three header ﬁelds. This value is compared with the CCITT - CRC 16 code calculated at the receiver. The HFA3860B receiver will indicate a CCITT - CRC 16 error via CR24 bit 2 and will lower MD_RDY if there is an error.

The CRC or cyclic Redundancy Check is a CCITT CRC-16 FCS (frame check sequence). It is the ones compliment of the remainder generated by the modulo 2 division of the protected bits by the polynomial:

+ x12 + x5 + 1

The protected bits are processed in transmit order. All CRC calculations are made prior to data scrambling. A shift register with two taps is used for the calculation. It is preset to all ones and then the protected ﬁelds are shifted through the register. The output is then complemented and the residual shifted out MSB ﬁrst.

The following Configuration Registers (CR) are used to program the preamble/header functions, more programming details about these registers can be found in the Control Registers section of this document:

CR 6 - Deﬁnes the preamble length minus the SFD in symbols. The 802.11 protocol requires a setting of 128d = 80h.

CR 15 - Defines the length of time that the demodulator searches for the SFD before returning to acquisition.

CR 16 - The contents of this register define DBPSK modulation. If CR 20 bits 1 and 0 are set to indicate DBPSK modulation then the contents of this register are transmitted in the signal field of the header.

CR 17 - The contents of this register define DQPSK modulation. If CR 20 bits 1 and 0 are set to indicate DQPSK modulation then the contents of this register are transmitted in the signal field of the header.

LENGTH FIELD 16 BITS

HEADER

CRC16 16 BITS

CR 18 - The contents of this register define BMBOK

modulation. If CR 20 bits 1 and 0 are set to indicate BMBOK modulation then the contents of this register are transmitted in the signal field of the header.

CR 19 - The contents of this register define QMBOK modulation. If CR 20 bits 1 and 0 are set to indicate QMBOK modulation then the contents of this register are transmitted in the signal field of the header.

CR 20 - The last two bits of the register indicate what modulation is to be used for the data portion of the packet.

CR 21 - The value to be used in the Service field. CR 22, 23 - Defines the value of the transmit data length field.

This value includes all symbols following the last header field symbol and is in microseconds required to transmit the data at the chosen data rate.

The packet consists of the preamble, header and MAC protocol data unit (MPDU). The data is transmitted exactly as received from the control processor. Some dummy bits will be appended to the end of the packet to insure an orderly shutdown of the transmitter. This prevents spectrum splatter. At the end of a packet plus 3 symbols, the external controller is expected to de-assert the TX_PE line to shut the transmitter down.

Scrambler and Data Encoder Description

The modulator has a data scrambler that implements the scrambling algorithm speciﬁed in the IEEE 802.11 standard. This scrambler is used for the preamble, header, and data in all modes. The data scrambler is a self synchronizing circuit. It consist of a 7-bit shift register with feedbackfrom speciﬁed taps of the register, as programmed through conﬁguration register CR 7. Both transmitter and receiver use the same scrambling algorithm. The scrambler can be disabled by setting the taps to 0.

Be advised that the IEEE 802.11 compliant scrambler in the HFA3860B has the property that it can lock up (stop scrambling) on random data followed by repetitive bit patterns. The probability of this happening is 1/128. The patterns that have been identiﬁed are all zeros, all ones, repeated 10s, repeated 1100s, and repeated 111000s. Any break in the repetitive pattern will restart the scrambler. If an all zerospattern followingrandomdatacausesthescrambler to lock up and this state lasts for more than 200 microseconds in the BMBOK and QMBOK data modes, the demodulator may lose carrier tracking and corrupt the packet. This is caused by a buildup of a DC bias in the AC coupling between the HFA3724 and the HFA3860B.

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Scrambling is done by a polynomial division using a prescribed polynomial as shown in Figure 10. A shift register holds the last quotient and the output is the exclusive-or of the data and the sum of taps in the shift register. The taps are programmable. The transmit scrambler seed is Hex 6C and the taps are set with CR7.

SERIAL

Z-5 Z-6 Z

DATA OUT

-7

SERIAL DATA IN

XOR

Z-1 Z-2 Z-3 Z

FIGURE 10. SCRAMBLING PROCESS

-4

XOR

For the 1MBPS DBPSK data rates and for the header in all rates,thedatacoderimplementsthedesiredDBPSKcodingby differential encoding the serial data from the scrambler and driving both the I and Q output channels together. For the 2MBPS DQPSK data rate, the data coder implements the desired coding as shown in the DQPSK Data Encoder table. This coding scheme results from differential coding of dibits (2 bits). V ector rotation is countercloc kwise although bits 5 and 6 of conﬁguration register CR2 can be used to reverse the rotation sense of the TX or RX signal if needed.

TABLE 8. DQPSK DATA ENCODER

DIBIT PATTERN (D0, D1)

PHASE SHIFT

000

+90 01

+180 11

-90 10

D0 IS FIRST IN TIME

For data modulation in the MBOK modes, the data is formed into nibbles (4 bits). For Binary MBOK modulation (5.5MBPS) one nibble is used per symbol and for Quaternary MBOK (11Mbps), two are used. The data is not differentially encoded, just scrambled, in these modes. For the 5.5Mbps CCK modulation, the data is formed into nibbles and one is used for each symbol. The symbols are differentially encoded and all odd symbols are given an additional 180 degree rotation.

Spread Spectrum Modulator Description

The modulator is designed to generate DBPSK, DQPSK, BMBOK, QMBOK, and CCK spread spectrum signals. The modulator is capable of automatically switching its rate where the preamble and header are DBPSK modulated, and the data is modulated differently. The modulator can support date rates of 1, 2, 5.5 and 11Mbps. The programming details to set up the modulator are given at the introductory paragraph of this section. The HFA3860B utilizes Quadraphase (I/Q) modulation at baseband for all modulation modes.

In the 1MBPS DBPSK mode, the I and Q Channels are connected together and driven with the output of the scrambler and differential encoder. The I and Q Channels are then both multiplied with the 11-bit Barker word at the spread rate. The I and Q signals go to the Quadrature upconverter (HFA3724) to be modulated onto a carrier. Thus, the spreading and data modulation are BPSK modulated onto the carrier.

For the 2MBPS DQPSK mode, the serial data is formed into dibits or bit pairs in the differential encoder as detailed above. One of the bits in a dibit goes to the I Channel and the other to the Q Channel. The I and Q Channels are then both multiplied with the 11-bit Barker word at the spread rate. This forms QPSK modulation at the symbol rate with BPSK modulation at the spread rate.

For the 5.5MBPS Binary M-Ary Bi-Orthogonal Keying (BMBOK) mode, the output of the scrambler is partitioned into nibbles of sign-magnitude (4 bits LSB first). The magnitude bits are used to select 1 of 8 eight bit modified Walsh functions. The Walsh functions are modified by adding hex 03 to all members of a Walsh function set to insure that there is no all 0 member as shown in Table9. The selected function is then XOR’ed with the sign bit and connected to both I and Q outputs. The modified Walsh functions are clocked out at the spread rate (nominally 11 MCPS). The symbol rate is 1/8th of this rate. The Differential Encoder output of the last bit of the header CRC is the phase reference for the high rate data. This reference is XOR’ed with the I and Q data before the output. This allows the demodulator to compensate for phase ambiguity without differential encoding the high rate data.

TABLE 9. MODIFIED WALSH FUNCTIONS

DATA PATTERN

MAG mWAL

0 03 11000000 1 0C 00110000 2 30 00001100 3 3F 11111100 4 56 01101010 5 59 10011010 6 65 10100110 7 6A 01010110

LSB.......MSB

For the 11MBPS QMBOK mode, the output of the scrambler is partitioned into two nibbles. Each nibble is used as above to select a modiﬁed Walsh function and set its sign. The ﬁrst of these modiﬁed Walsh spreading functions goes to the Q Channel and the second to the I Channel. They are then both XOR’ed with the phase reference developed from the last bit of the header CRC from the differential encoder.

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DIBIT PATTERN (D(0), D(1))

D(0) IS FIRST IN TIME

00 0 π 01 π/2 3π/2 (-π/2) 11 π 0 10 3π/2 (-π/2) π/2

HFA3860B

TABLE 10. DQPSK ENCODING TABLE

EVEN SYMBOLS

PHASE CHANGE (+Jω)

ODD SYMBOLS

PHASE CHANGE (+Jω)

CCK Modulation

The spreading code length is 8 and based on complementary codes. The chipping rate is 11 Mchip/s. The symbol duration is exactly 8 complex chips long.

The following formula is used to derive the CCK code words that shall be used for spreading both 5.5 and 11 Mbit/s:

j ϕ1ϕ2ϕ3ϕ

+++()



 

j ϕ1φ4+()ej ϕ1ϕ2ϕ

(LSB to MSB), where c is the code word. The terms: ϕ1, ϕ2, ϕ3, and ϕ4 are deﬁned in clause below

for 5.5Mbps and 11Mbps. This formula creates 8 complex chips (LSB to MSB) that are

transmitted LSB ﬁrst. This is a form of the generalized Hadamard transform

encoding where ϕ1 is added to all code chips, ϕ2 is added to all odd code chips, ϕ3 is added to all odd pairs of code chips and ϕ4 is added to all odd quads of code chips.

The phases ϕ1 modify the phase of all code chips of the sequence and are DQPSK encoded for 5.5 and 11Mbps. This will take the form of rotating the whole symbol by the appropriate amount relative to the phase of the preceding symbol. Note that the MSB chip of the symbol deﬁned above is the chip that indicates the symbol’s phase and it is transmitted last.

For the 5.5Mbps CCK mode, the output of the scrambler is partitioned into nibbles. The ﬁrst two bits are encoded as differential modulation in accordance with Table 10. All odd numbered symbols of the short Header or MPDU are given an extra 180 degree (*) rotation in addition to the standard DQPSK modulation as shown in the table. The symbols of the MPDU shall be numbered starting with “0” for the ﬁrst symbol for the purposes of determining odd and even symbols. That is, the MPDU starts on an even numbered symbol.

j ϕ1ϕ3ϕ

++()

j ϕ1ϕ3+()ej ϕ1ϕ2+()ejϕ

j ϕ1ϕ2ϕ

++()

,,,



,–,,,–

 

The last data dibits d2, and d3 CCK encode the basic symbol as speciﬁed in Table 11. This table is derived from the formula above by settingϕ2 = (d2*pi)+ pi/2, ϕ3 = 0, and ϕ4 = d3*pi. In the table d2 and d3 are in the order shown and the complex chips are shown LSB to MSB (left to right) with LSB transmitted ﬁrst.

TABLE 11. 5.5Mbps CCK ENCODING TABLE

d2, d3

00 : 1 01 : -1j-1 -1j11j1-1j1 10 : -1 11 : 1

1 1j-1 1

1 -1j-1 -1j11j1

-1 1

1-1j1

1-1j11j1

At 11Mbps, 8 bits (d0 to d7; d0 ﬁrst in time) are transmitted per symbol.

The ﬁrst dibit (d0, d1) encodes ϕ1 based on DQPSK. The DQPSK encoder is speciﬁed in Table 10 above. The phase change for ϕ1 is relative to the phase ϕ1 of the preceding symbol. In the case of rate change, the phase change for ϕ1 is relative to the phase ϕ1 of the preceding CCK symbol. All odd numbered symbols of the MPDU are given an extra 180 degree (*) rotation in accordance with the DQPSK modulation as shown in Table 12. Symbol numbering starts with “0” for the ﬁrst symbol of the MPDU.

The data dibits: (d2, d3), (d4, d5), (d6, d7) encode ϕ2, ϕ3, and ϕ4 respectively based on QPSK as speciﬁed in Table

12. Note that this table is binary, not Grey, coded.

TABLE 12. QPSK ENCODING TABLE

DIBIT PATTERN (D(I), D(I+1))

D(I) IS FIRST IN TIME PHASE

00 0 01 π/2 10 π 11 3π/2 (-π/2)

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Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) and Energy Detect (ED) Description

The clear channel assessment (CCA) circuit implements the carrier sense portion of a carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) networking scheme. The Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) monitors the environment to determine when it is feasible to transmit. The result of the CCA algorithm is available 16µs after RX_PE goes high through output pin 32 of the device. The CCA circuit in the HFA3860B can be programmed to be a function of RSSI (energy detected on the channel), carrier detection, or both. The CCA output can be ignored, allowing transmissions independent of any channel conditions. The CCA in combination with the visibility of the various internal parameters (i.e., Energy Detection measurement results), can assist an external processor in executingalgorithms that can adapt to the environment. These algorithms can increase network throughput by minimizing collisions and reducing transmissions liable to errors.

There are two measures that are used in the CCA assessment. The receive signal strength (RSSI) which measures the energy at the antenna and carrier sense early (CSE). Both indicators are normally used since interference can trigger the signal strength indication, but it might not trigger the carrier sense. The carrier sense, however, becomes active only when a spread signal with the proper PN code has been detected, so it may not be adequate in itself. The CCA compares these measures to thresholds at the end of the first antenna dwell following RX_PE going activ e . The state of CCA is not guaranteed from the time RX_PE goes high until the CCA assessment is made. At the end of a packet, after RXPE has been deasserted, the state of CCA is also not guaranteed. CCA should be sampled 16µs after raising RX_PE.

The receive signal strength indication (RSSI) measurement is an analog input to the HFA3860B from the successive IF stage of the radio. The RSSI A/D converts it within the baseband processor and it compares it to a programmable threshold. This threshold is normally set to between -70 and -80dBm. A MAC controlled calibration procedure can be used to optimize this threshold.

The CSE (Carrier Sense Early) is a signal that goes active when SQ1 (after an antenna dwell) has been satisfied. It is called early , since it is indicated bef ore the carrier sense used for acquisition. It is calculated on the basis of the integrated energy in the correlator output over a bloc k of 15 symbols. Thus, the CCA is valid after 16µs has transpired from the time RX_PE was raised.

The Configuration registers effecting the CCA algorithm operation are summarized below (more programming details on these registers can be found under the Control Registers section of this document).

The CCA output from pin 32 of the device can be defined as active high or active low through CR 1 (bit 5). The RSSI threshold is setthroughCR14.IftheactualRSSIvaluefrom the A/D exceeds this threshold then ED becomes active.

The instantaneous RSSI value can be monitored by the external network processor byreadingthetestbusinmode3. It measures the signal 16µs after the start of each antenna or data dwell. RSSI value is inv alid after MD_RDY goes active if CR31 bit 1 is set to a “1”. Value is v alid until MD_RDY drops if bit is set to a “0”. The programmable threshold on the CSE measurement is set through CR12 and CR13. More details on SQ1 are included in the receiver section of this document.

In a typical single antenna system CCA will be monitored to determine when the channel is clear. Once the channel is detected busy, CCA should be checked periodically to determine if the channel becomes clear. CCA is stable to allowasynchronoussamplingorevenfalling edge detection of CCA. Once MD_RDYgoesactive, CCA is then ignored for the remainder of the message. Failure to monitor CCA until MD_RDY goes active (or use of a time-out circuit) could result in a stalled system as it is possible for the channel to be busy and then become clear without an MD_RDY occurring.

A Dual antenna system has the added complexity that CCA will potentially toggle between active and inactive as each antenna is checked. The user must avoid mistaking the inactive CCA signal as an indication the channel is clear. A time-out circuit that begins with the ﬁrst busy channel indication could be used. Alternatively CCA could be monitored, a clear channel indication for 2 successive antenna dwells would show the channel clear on both antennas. Time alignment of CCA monitoring with the receivers 16µs antenna dwells would be required. Once the receiver has acquired, CCA should be monitored for loss of signal until MD_RDY goes active.

An optional CCA mode is set by CR31 bit 0. When set to a zero, the HFA3860B will perform the CCA monitoring for successive antenna dwells when dual antenna mode is selected. The external CCA signal will go active when a busy channel is detected, CCA will stay active until the channel shows clear for two successive antenna dwells. This allows the same simple algorithm to be used in both signal and dual antenna, namely, continuous monitoring of CCA for a clear channel until MD_RDY goes active.

CR5 selects the starting antenna used when RXPE is brought active.

CSE is updated at the end of each antenna dwell. After acquisition, CSE is updated every 64 symbols. In the event of signal loss after acquisition, CSE may go inactive. But because the accumulation is over 63 symbols instead of 15, it is more likely the SQ1 value will exceed the CSE threshold and CSE will remain active.

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Demodulator Description

The receiver portion of the baseband processor, performs A/D conversion and demodulation of the spread spectrum signal. It correlates the PN spread symbols, then demodulates the DBPSK, DQPSK, BMBOK, QMBOK, or CCK symbols. The demodulator includes a frequency tracking loop that tracks and removes the carrier frequency offset. In addition it tracks the symbol timing, and differentially decodes (where appropriate) and descrambles the data. The data is output through the RX Port to the external processor.

The PRISM baseband processor,HFA3860B uses differential demodulation for the initial acquisition portion of the message processing and then switches to coherent demodulation for the rest of the acquisition and data demodulation. The HF A3860B is designed to achieve rapid settling of the carrier tracking loop during acquisition. Rapid phase fluctuations are handled with a relatively wide loop bandwidth. Coherent processing improves the BER performance margin as opposed to differentially coherent processing and is necessary for processing the MBOK data rates.

The baseband processor uses time invariant correlation to strip the PN spreading and phase processing to demodulate the resulting signals in the header and DBPSK/DQPSK demodulation modes. These operations are illustrated in Figure 15 which is an overall block diagram of the receiver processor.

In processing the DBPSK header, input samples from the I and Q A/D converters are correlated to remove the spreading sequence. The peak position of the correlation pulse is used to determine the symbol timing. The sample stream is decimated to the symbol rate and the phase is corrected for frequency offset prior to PSK demodulation. Phase errors from the demodulator are fed to the NCO through a lead/lag filter to maintain phase lock. The variance of the phase error is used to determine signal quality for acquisition and lock detection. The demodulated data is differentially decoded and descrambled before being sent to the header detection section.

In the 1MBPS DBPSK mode, data demodulation is performed the same as in header processing. In the 2MBPS DQPSK mode, the demodulator demodulates two bits per symbol and differentially decodes these bit pairs. The bits are then serialized and descrambled prior to being sent to the output.

In the MBOK and CCK modes, the receiver uses a complex multiplier to remove carrier frequency offsets and a bank of correlators to detect the modulation. A biggest pickerfinds the largest correlation in the I and Q Channels and determines the sign of those correlations. For this to happen, the demodulator must know absolute phase which is determined by referencing the data to the last bit of the header. Each symbol demodulated determines 1 or 2 nibbles of data. This is then serialized and descrambled before passing on to the output.

Chip tracking in the MBOK and CCK modes is chip decision directed. Carrier tracking is via a lead/lag ﬁlter using a digital Costas phase detector.

Acquisition Description

The PRISM baseband processor uses either a dual antenna mode of operation for compensation against multipath interference losses or a single antenna mode of operation with faster acquisition times.

Two Antenna Acquisition

(Recommended for Indoor Use) During the 2 antenna (diversity) mode the two antennas are

scanned in order to ﬁnd the one with the best representation of the signal. This scanning is stopped once a suitable signal is found and the best antenna is selected.

A projected worst case time line for the acquisition of a signal in the two antenna case is shown in Figure 12. The synchronization part of the preamble is 128 symbols long followed by a 16-bit SFD. The receiver must scan the two antennas to determine if a signal is present on either one and, if so, which has the better signal. The timeline is broken into 16 symbol blocks (dwells) for the scanning process. This length of time is necessary to allow enough integration of the signal to make a good acquisition decision. This worst case time line example assumes that the signal is present on antenna A1 only (A2 is blocked). It further assumes that the signal arrives part way into the first A1 dwell such as to just barely miss detection. The signal and the scanning process are asynchronous and the signal could start anywhere. In this timeline, it is assumed that all 16 symbols are present, but they were missed due to power amplifier ramp up. Since A2 has insufficient signal, the first A2 dwell after the start of the preamble also fails detection. The second A1 dwell after signal start is successful and a symbol timing measurement is achieved.

Meanwhile signal quality and signal frequency measurements are made simultaneous with symbol timing measurements. When the bit sync level, SQ1, and Phase variance SQ2 are above their user programmable thresholds, the signal is declared present for that antenna. More details on the Signal Quality estimates and their programmability are given in the Acquisition Signal Quality Parameters section of this document.

At the end of each dwell, a decision is made based on the relative values of the signal qualities of the signals on the two antennas. In the example, antenna A1 is the one selected, so the recorded symbol timing and carrier frequency for A1 are used thereafter for the symbol timing and the PLL of the NCO to begin carrier de-rotation and demodulation.

Prior to initial acquisition the NCO was inactive and DPSK demodulation processing was used. Carrier phase measurement are done on a symbol by symbol basis afterward and coherent DPSK demodulation is in effect.

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After a brief setup time as illustrated on the timeline of Figure 12, the signal begins to emerge from the demodulator.

It takes 7 more symbols to seed the descrambler bef ore v alid data is available .Thisoccursintimeforthe SFD to be received. At this time the demodulator is tracking and in the coherent PSK demodulation mode it will no longer scan antennas.

One Antenna Acquisition

(Only Recommended if Multipath is Not Signiﬁcant) When only one antenna is being used, the user can delete the

antenna switch and shorten the acquisition sequence. Figure 13 shows the single antenna acquisition timeline with an 80 symbol preamble. This scheme deletes the second antenna dwells but performs the same otherwise. It verifies the signal after initial detection for lower f alse alarm probability.

Acquisition Signal Quality Parameters

Two measures of signal quality are used to determine acquisition. The first method of determining signal presence is to measure the correlator output (or bit sync) amplitude. This measure, however, flattens out in the range of high BER and is sensitivetosignal amplitude.Thesecond measure is phase noise and in most BER scenarios it is a better indication of good signals plus it is insensitive to signal amplitude.

The metric forchoosingthebestantennaisdeterminedbyCR5 bit 3. When set to a zero the antenna with the smallest phase variance (SQ2) is chosen. This metric has shown to have a poor measure of multipath effects and is best suited for 1 and 2MBPS operations. When set to a one, the six sidelobes (3 on either side of the 3 centered on the bit sync peak) are summed and compared. The antenna with the smallest sum (SQ3) is selected. This metric is optimal for improving 5.5 and 11MBPS operation in the presence of multipath.

CR5 bit 4 is to select the bit sync accumulation duration used during antenna dwells. When set to a zero the accumulation is over 15 symbols (consistent with HSP3824, HFA3824A, HFA3860).Thissettingallowstheusertoset the CSE and SQ1 thresholds as before and retain consistent CSE and acquisition performance. When set to a one, the bit sync accumulates on the last 13 symbols instead of the last

15. The SQ1 value will be numerically smaller, so CSE and SQ1 acquisition thresholds may need adjustment. The beneﬁt of setting this bit is the elimination of transients (due to antenna switching and A/D timing adjustments) in the bit sync accumulation. This provides the best possible data for SQ3 based antenna diversity.

The bit sync amplitude and phase noise are integrated over each block of 16 symbols used in acquisition or over blocks of 64 symbols in the data demodulation mode. The bit sync amplitude measurement represents the peak of the correlation out of the PN correlator. Figure 14 shows the correlation process. The signal is sampled at twice the chip rate (i.e., 22MSPS). The one sample that falls closest to the peak is used for a bit sync amplitude sample for each symbol. This sample is called the on-time sample. High bit sync amplitude means a good signal. The early and late samples are the two adjacent samples and are used for tracking.

The other signal quality measurement is based on phase noise and that is takenbysamplingthecorrelatoroutputatthe correlator peaks. The phase changes due to scrambling are removedbydifferentialdemodulation during initial acquisition. Then the phase, the phase rate and the phase variance are measured and integrated for 16 symbols. The phase variance is used forthephasenoise signal quality measure (SQ2). Low phase noise means a stronger received signal.

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IIN (12)

(13)

REFP

REFN

RSSI (14)

ANTSEL (26) ANTSEL (27)

(48)

OUT

(47)

OUT

(16)

(17)

(ANALOG)

(10, 18, 20)

B/Q

MUX

OUTPUT MUX

XOR

GND (ANALOG)

(11, 15, 19)

HIGH RATE (MBOK/CCK) MODULATOR

CCK or

WALSH GEN

DIF ENCODE INIT STATE

DPSK MODULATOR

DIFFERENTIAL

MUX CLK

ENCODER b(t)

-1

XOR

b(t-1)

CLK

LATCH

FOR DQPSK

I CH ONLY FOR DBPSK

(DIGITAL)

(7, 21, 29, 42)

SIGN BITS

S.I.P.O.

AND

DIFF.

ENCODER

11MHz, HI_RATE_START, HI_CLK

TX_DATA

SCRAMBLER

GND (DIGITAL)

(6, 22, 31, 41)

CLOCK ENABLE

LOGIC

SCRAMBLED DATA

CRC-16

PREAMBLE/HEADER

TX_PE

PORT

RECEIVE

PORT

TRANSMIT

(36) RXCLK

(32) CCA

(33) RX_PE (35) RXD (34) MD_RDY

(5) TX_RDY (4) TXCLK

(3) TXD (2) TX_PE

11-BIT PN AT

CHIP RATE

SPREADER

TIMING

GENERATOR

MCLK

(28)

RESET

(30)

MCLK

(1)

TEST_CK

(38)

(37) (39)

TEST 0

TEST 1

FIGURE 11. DSSS BASEBAND PROCESSOR, TRANSMIT SECTION

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TEST PORT

(40)

TEST 2

TEST 3

(43)

TEST 4

(44)

PROCESSOR INTERFACE

(45)

TEST 5

SERIAL CONTROL

(46)

TEST 6

PORT

TEST 7

(25) SD (24) SCLK

(23) SDI (8) R/W (9) CS

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RAMP

HFA3860B

126 SYMBOL SYNC

SFD

16 SYMBOLS

BABABAB B

16 SYMBOLS 16 SYMBOLS 16 SYMBOLS 16 SYMBOLS 16 SYMBOLS 16 SYMBOLS

JUST

MISSED

DET

ANT1

SIG

FOUND

ANT2

SYMB

TIMING

DETECT

ANT1

CHECK

ANT2

NOTES:

4. Worst Case Timing; antenna dwell starts before signal is full strength.

5. Time line shown assumes that antenna 2 gets insufficient signal.

FIGURE 12. DUAL ANTENNA ACQUISITION TIMELINE

POWER

RAMP

78 SYMBOL SYNC

16 SYMBOLS

16 SYMBOLS 16 SYMBOLS 16 SYMBOLS 7 SYM 16 SYMBOLS

JUST

MISSED

DET

SYMB

TIMING

DETECT

ANT1

CHECK ANT2

VERIFY

INTERNAL

SET UP TIME

VERIFY

7 SYM

DESCRAMBLER

ANT1

SEED

16 SYMBOLS

SEED DESCRAMBLER

INTERNAL SET UP TIME

SFD

SFD DET

START DATA

SFD DET

START DATA

FIGURE 13. SINGLE ANTENNA ACQUISITION TIMELINE

Procedure to Set Acq. Signal Quality Parameters Example

There are four registers that set the acquisition signal quality thresholds, they are: CR 8, 9, 10, and 11 (RX_SQX_IN_ACQ). Each threshold consists of two bytes, high and low that hold a 16-bit number.

These two thresholds, bit sync amplitude CR (8 and 9) and phase error CR (10 and 11) are used to determine if the desired signal is present. If the thresholds are set too “low”, that increases the probability of missing a high signal to noise detection due to being busy processing a false alarm. If they are set too “high”, that increases the probability of missing a low signal to noise detection. For the bit sync amplitude, “high” actually means high amplitude while for phase noise “high” means low noise or high SNR.

A recommended procedure is to set these thresholds individually optimizing each one of them to the same false alarm rate with no desired signal present. Only the background environment should be present, usually additive gaussian white noise (AGWN). When programming each threshold, the other threshold is set so that it always indicates that the signal is present. Set register CR8 to 00h while trying

to determine the value of the phase error signal quality threshold for registers CR 10 and 11. Set register CR10 to FFh while trying to determine the value of the Bit sync amplitude signal quality threshold for registers 8 and 9. Monitor the Carrier Sense (CRS) output (TEST 6, pin 45) in test mode 1 and adjust the threshold to produce the desired rate of false detections. CRS indicates v alid initial PN acquisition. After both thresholds are programmed in the device the CRS rate is a logic “and” of both signal qualities rate of occurrence over their respective thresholds and will therefore be much lower than either.

PN Correlators Description

There are two types of correlators in the HFA3860B baseband processor. The ﬁrst is a parallel matched correlator that correlates for the Barker sequence used in preamble, header, and PSK data modes. This PN correlator is designed to handle BPSK spreading with carrier offsets up to ±50ppm and 11 chips per symbol. Since the spreading is BPSK, the correlator is implemented with two real correlators, one for the I and one for the Q Channel. The same Barker sequence is always used for both I and Q correlators.

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SAMPLES

AT 2X CHIP

RATE

CORRELATION TIME

CORRELATOR OUTPUT IS

THE RESULT OF CORRELATING

THE PN SEQUENCE WITH THE

RECEIVED SIGNAL

T0 + 1 SYMBOL

CORRELATOR

OUTPUT REPEATS

FIGURE 14. CORRELATION PROCESS

These correlators are time invariant matched filters otherwise knownas parallelcorrelators.Theyuseonesampleperchipfor correlation although two samples per chip are processed. The correlator despreads the samples from the chip rate backtothe original data rategiving10.4dBprocessinggainfor 11 chips per bit. While despreading the desired signal, the correlator spreads the energy of any non correlating interfering signal.

The second form of correlator is the serial correlator bank used for detection of the MBOK or CCK modulation. For MBOK there is a bank of eight 8 chip correlators for the I Channel and another 8 for the Q Channel. These correlators integrate over the symbol and are sampled at the symbol rate of 1.375MSps. Each bank of correlators is connected to a biggest picker that finds the correlator output with the largest magnitude output. This finding of 1 out of 8 process determines 3 signal bits per correlator bank. The sign of the correlator output determines 1 more bit per bank. Thus, each bank of correlators can determine 4 bits at 1.375 MSPS. This is a rate of 5.5MBPS. Only the I correlator bank is used for BMBOK. When both correlator banks are used, this becomes twice that rate or 11Mbps.

For the CCK modes, the correlation function uses a Fast Walsh Transform to correlate the 4 or 64 code possibilities followed b y a biggest picker . The finding of the biggest of 4 or 64 recovers 2 or 6 bits depending on the rate. The QPSK angle of the symbol is then used to recover the last two bits. The correlator output is then processed through the differential decoder to demodulate the last two bits.

Data Demodulation and Tracking Description (DBPSK and DQPSK Modes)

The signal is demodulated from the correlation peaks tracked by the symbol timing loop (bit sync) as shown in Figure 14. The frequency and phase of the signal is corrected from the NCO that is driven by the phase locked loop. Demodulation of the DPSK data in the early stages of acquisition is done by delay and subtraction of the phase samples. Once phase locked loop tracking of the carrier is established, coherent demodulation is enabled for better

CORRELATION

PEAK

T0 + 2 SYMBOLS

EARLY ON-TIME LATE

performance. Averaging the phase errors over 16 symbols gives the necessary frequency information for proper NCO operation. The signal quality known as SQ2 is the variance in this estimate.

Configuration Register 15 sets the search timer for the SFD. This register sets this time-out length in symbols for the receiver . If the time out is reached, and no SFD is found, the receiver resets to the acquisition mode. The suggested value is # preamble symbols + 16. If sev er al transmit preamble lengths are used by various transmitters in a network, the longest value should be used for the receiv er settings .

Data Decoder and Descrambler Description

The data decoder that implements the desired DQPSK coding/decoding as shown in Table 13. The data is formed into pairs of bits called dibits. The left bit of the pair is the ﬁrst in time. This coding scheme results from differential coding of the dibits. Vectorrotationiscounterclockwisefor a positive phase shift, but can be reversed with bit 5 or 6 of CR2.

TABLE 13. DQPSK DATA DECODER

DIBIT PATTERN (D0, D1)

PHASE SHIFT

000

+90 01

+180 11

-90 10

For DBPSK, the decoding is simple differential decoding. The data scrambler and descrambler are self synchronizing

circuits. They consist of a 7-bit shift register with feedback of some of the taps of the register. The scrambler is designed to insure smearing of the discrete spectrum lines produced by the PN code.

One thing to keep in mind is that both the differential decoding and the descrambling cause error extension. This causes the errors to occur in groups of 4 and 6. This is due to two properties of the processing. First, the differential decoding

D0 IS FIRST IN TIME

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process causes errors to occur in pairs. When a symbol error is made, it is usually a single bit error even in QPSK mode . When a symbol is in error, the ne xt symbol will also be decoded wrong since the data is encoded in the change from one symbol to the next. Thus, two errors are made on two successive symbols. Therefore up to 4 bits may be wrong although on the average only 2 are. In QPSK mode , these may be next to one another or separated by up to 2 bits. Secondly, when the bits are processed by the descrambler, these errors are further extended. The descrambler is a 7-bit shift register with one or more taps exclusive or’ed with the bit stream. If for example the scrambler polynomial uses 2 taps that are summed with the data, then each error is extended by a factor of three. DQPSK errors can be spaced the same as the tap spacing, so they can be canceled in the descrambler. In this case, two wrongs do make a right, so the observed errors can be in groups of 4 instead of 6. If a single error is made the whole packet is discarded, so the error extension property has no effect on the packet error rate.

Descrambling is self synchronizing and is done by a polynomial division using a prescribed polynomial. A shift register holds the last quotient and the output is the exclusiveor of the data and the sum of taps in the shift register. The transmit scrambler taps are programmed b y CR 7.

Data Demodulation Description (BMBOK and QMBOK Modes)

This demodulator handles the M-ary Bi-Orthogonal Keying (MBOK) modulation used for the two highest data rates. It is slaved to the low rate processor which it depends on for initial timing and phase tracking information. The high rate section coherently processes the signal, so it needs to have the I and Q Channels properly oriented and phased. The low rate section acquires the signal, locks up symbol and carrier tracking loops, and determines the data rate to be used for the MPDU data.

The demodulator for the MBOK modes takes over when the preamble and header have been acquired and processed. On the last bit of the header, the absolute phase of the signal is captured and used as a phase reference for the high rate demodulator as shown in Figure 15. The phase and frequency information from the carrier tracking loop in the low rate section is passed to the loop of the high rate section and control of the demodulator is passed to the high rate section.

The signal from the A/D converters is carrier frequency and phase corrected by a complex multiplier (mixer) that multiplies the received signal with the output of the Numerically Controlled Oscillator (NCO) and SIN/COS look up table. This removes the frequency offset and aligns the I and Q Channels properly for the correlators. The sample rate is decimated to 11MSps for the correlators after the complex multiplier since the data is now synchronous in time.

The Walsh correlation section consists of a bank of 8 serial correlators on I and 8 on Q. Each of these correlators is programmed to correlate for its assigned spread function or its inverse. The demodulator knows the symbol timing, so the correlation is integrated over each symbol and sampled and dumped at the end of the symbol. The sampled correlation outputs from each bank are compared to each other in a biggest picker and the chosen one determines 4 bits of the symbol. Three bits come from which of the 8 correlators had the largest output and the fourth is determined from the sign of that output. In the 5.5MBPS or binary mode, only the I Channel is operated. This demodulates 4 bits per symbol. In the 11MBPS mode, both I and Q Channels are used and this detects 8 bits per symbol. The outputs are corrected for absolute phase and then serialized for the descrambler.

Data Demodulation in the CCK Modes

In this mode, the demodulator uses Complementary Code Keying (CCK) modulation f or the tw o highest data rates . It is slaved to the low rate processor which it depends on for initial timing and phase tracking information. The low rate section acquires the signal, locks up symbol and carrier tracking loops, and determines the data rate to be used for the MPDU data.

The demodulator for the CCK modes takes over when the preamble and header have been acquired and processed. On the last bit of the header, the phase of the signal is captured and used as a phase reference for the high rate differential demodulator. The phase and frequency information from the carrier tracking loop in the low rate section is passed to the loop of the high rate section and control of the demodulator is passed to the high rate section.

The signal from the A/D converters is carrier frequency and phase corrected by a complex multiplier (mixer) that multiplies the received signal with the output of the Numerically Controlled Oscillator (NCO) and SIN/COS look up table. This removesthefrequencyoffsetand aligns the I and Q Channels properly for the correlators. The sample rate is decimated to 11 MSPS for the correlators after the complex multiplier since the data is now synchronous in time.

The FastWalsh transformcorrelation section processes the I and Q channel information. The demodulator knows the symbol timing, so the correlation is processed over each symbol. The correlation outputs from the correlator are compared to each other in a biggest picker and the chosen one determines 6 bits of the symbol. The QPSK phase of the chosen one determines two more bits for a total of 8 bits per symbol. Six bits come from which of the 64 correlators had the largest output and the last two are determined from the QPSK differential demod of that output. In the 5.5MBPS mode, only 4 the correlator outputs are monitored. This demodulates 2 bits for which of 4 correlators had the largest output and 2 more for the QPSK demodulation of that output for a total of 4 bits per symbol.

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REF

1.75V (MAX)

0.25V (MIN)

(12)

(13)

REFP

REFN

RSSI (14)

(16)

(17)

VR3+

3-BIT

A/D

3-BIT

A/D

VR3-

RSSI

REF

6-BIT

A/D

(ANALOG)

(10, 18, 20)

A/D REF

AND

LEVEL ADJ.

ANALOG

GND (ANALOG)

(11, 15, 19)

PHASE

ROTATE

(DIGITAL)

(7, 21, 29, 42)

DE-SPREADER/ACQUISITION

MF CORRELATOR

11-BIT BARKER

MF CORRELATOR

11-BIT BARKER

PSK

DEMOD

PHASE ERROR

LEAD

NCO

/LAG

FILTER

DIFF

DECODER

d(t)

-1

d(t-1)

GND (DIGITAL)

(6, 22, 31, 41)

MAG. /

PHASE

AND

TIMING

DISTRIB.

QUALITY

BIT

SYNC

SYMBOL CLOCK

CLEAR CHANNEL

ASSESSMENT/

SIGNAL QUALITY

SIGNAL

AND

RSSI

(36) RXCLK

SIGNAL QUALITY

(32) CCA

THRESHOLD

SQ AND RSSI

ANTSEL (26) ANTSEL (27)

SIN/COS

ROM

NCO

LEAD

/LAG

FILTER

GENERATOR

(28)

RESET

TIMING

MCLK

COMPLX

MULTIPLY

CARRIER

PHASE

DETECT

(30)

MCLK

DPSK DEMOD AND AFC

PHASE AND FREQ JAM

CHIP

PHASE

DETECT

WALSH

CORREL

HIGH RATE SECTION

TIMING

LOOP

FILTER LOGIC

SYMBOL

DECISION

(1)

TEST_CK

XOR

RX_DATA

DESCRAMBLER

CLOCK

ENABLE

SIGN

CORRECT,

PISO DIFF.

DECODE

TEST PORT

(38)

(37) (39)

(40)

PREAMBLE/HEADER

(43)

(44)

(45)

PORT

RECEIVE

CRC-16 DETECT

PORT

TRANSMIT

PROCESSOR INTERFACE

PORT

SERIAL CONTROL

(46)

(33) RX_PE (35) RXD (34) MD_RDY

(5) TX_RDY (4) TXCLK (3) TXD

(2) TX_PE

(25) SD (24) SCLK

(23) SDI (8) R/W (9) CS

TEST 0

FIGURE 15. DSSS BASEBAND PROCESSOR, RECEIVE SECTION

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TEST 2

TEST 3

TEST 4

TEST 5

TEST 6

TEST 7

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Tracking

Chip tracking is performed on the de-rotated signal samples from the complex multiplier. These are alternately routed into two streams. The END chip samples are the same as those used for the correlators. The MID chip samples should lie on the chip transitions when the tracking is perfect. A chip phase error is generated if the END sign bits bracketing the MID samples are different. The sign of the error is determined by the sign of the END sample after the MID sample.

Tracking is only measured when there is a chip transition. Note that this tracking is dependent on a positive SNR in the chip rate bandwidth.

The symbol clock is generated by selecting one 44 MHz clock pulse out of every 32 pulses of this sample clock. Chip tracking adjusts the sampling in 1/8th chip increments by selecting which edge of the 44 MHz clock to use and which pulse. Timing adjustments can be made every 32 symbols as needed.

Carrier tracking is performed in a four phase Costas loop. The initial conditions are copied into the loop from the carrier loop in the low rate section. The END samples from above are used for the phase detection. The phase error for the 11Mbps case is derived from Isign*Q-Qsign*I whereas in binary mode, it is simply Isign*Q. This forms the error term that is integrated in the lead/lag filter for the NCO, closing the loop.

Demodulator Performance

This section indicates the typical performance measures for a radio design. The performance data below should be used as a guide. In general, the actual performance depends on the application, interference environment, RF/IF implementation and radio component selection.

The losses in both figures include RF and IF radio losses; they do not reflect the HFA3860B losses alone. The HF A3860B baseband processing losses from theoretical are , by themselves, a small percentage of the overall loss.

The PRISM demodulator performs with an implementation loss of less than 3dB from theoretical in a AWGNenvironment with low phase noise local oscillators. For the 1 and 2Mbps modes, the observed errors occurred in groups of 4 and 6 errors. This is because of the error extension properties of differential decoding and descrambling. For the 5.5 and 11Mbps modes, the errors occur in symbols of 4 or 8 bits each and arefurther extended bythedescrambling.Therefore the error patterns are less well defined.

-02

1.E BER 2.0

-03

1.E

-04

1.E

BER

-05

1.E

-06

1.E

-07

1.E

FIGURE 16. BER vs EB/N0 PERFORMANCE FOR PSK MODES

1.E-03

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

THY 1.2

EB/N0

BER 1.0

Overall Eb/N0 Versus BER Performance

The PRISM chip set has been designed to be robust and energy efﬁcient in packet mode communications. The demodulator uses coherent processing for data demodulation. The ﬁgures below show the performance of the baseband processor when used in conjunction with the HFA3724 IF limiter and the PRISM recommended IF ﬁlters. Off the shelf test equipment are used for the RF processing. The curves should be used as a guide to assess performance in a complete implementation.

Factors for carrier phase noise, multipath, and other degradations will need to be considered on an implementation by implementation basis in order to predict the overall performance of each individual system.

Figure 16 shows the curves for theoretical DBPSK/DQPSK demodulation with coherent demodulation and descrambling as well as the PRISM performance measured for DBPSK and DQPSK. ThetheoreticalperformanceforDBPSK and DQPSK are the same as shown on the diagram. Figure 17 shows the theoretical and actual performance of the MBOK/CCK modes.

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1.E-04

1.E-05

BER

1.E-06

1.E-07

FIGURE 17. BER vs EB/N0 PERFORMANCE FOR MBOK/CCK

THY 5.5

MODES

THY 11

BER 11

BER 5.5

141312111098765

Eb/N0

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-04

1.00E

-05

1.00E

BER 1.0 BER 2.0 BER 5.5

-06

1.00E

-50 -40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50

-04

1.00E

-05

1.00E

BER

-06

1.00E

-50 -40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50

BER 11

CLOCK OFFSET (PPM)

FIGURE 18. BER vs CLOCK OFFSET

BER 1.0 BER 2.0 BER 5.5 BER 11

CARRIER OFFSET AT 2.4GHz (PPM)

Clock Offset Tracking Performance

The PRISM baseband processor is designed to accept data clock offsets of up to ±25ppm for each end of the link (TX and RX). This effects both the acquisition and the tracking performance of the demodulator. The budget for clock offset error is 0.75dB at ±50ppm and the performance is shown in Figure 18. This ﬁgure shows that the baseband processor in the high rate modes is better than at low rates in tracking clock offsets. The data for this ﬁgure and the next one was taken with the SNR into the receiver set to achieve 1E

-5

BER with no offset. Then the offset was varied to determine the change in performance.

Carrier Offset Frequency Performance

The correlators used for acquisition for all modes and for demodulation in the 1 and 2Mbps modes are time invariant matched filter correlators otherwise known as parallel correlators. They use two samples per chip and are tapped at every other shift register stage. Their performance with carrier frequency offsets is determined by the phase roll rate due to the offset. For an offset of +50ppm (combined for both TX and RX) will cause the carrier to phase roll 22.5 degrees over the length of the correlator. This causes a loss of 0.22dB in correlation magnitude which translates directly to Eb/N0 performance loss. In the PRISM chip design, the correlator is not included in the carrier phase locked loop correction, so this loss occurs for both acquisition and data. In the high rate modes,thedatademodulationisdonewithasetofcorrelators that are included in the carrier tracking loop, so the loss is less. Figure 19 shows the loss versus carrier offset taken out to +75ppm (120kHz is 50ppm at 2.4GHz).

FIGURE 19. BER vs CARRIER OFFSET

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A Default Register Conﬁguration

The registers in the HF A3860B are addressed with 6-bit numbers where the lower 2 bits of an 8-bit hexadecimal address are left as unused. This results in the addresses being in increments of 4 as shown in the table below. Table 14 shows the register values for a def ault 802.11 configuration with dual antennas and various rate configurations. The data is

TABLE 14. CONTROL REGISTER VALUES FOR SINGLE ANTENNA ACQUISITION

CONFIGURATION

CR0 Part / Version Code R 00 03 CR1 I/O Polarity R/W 04 00 CR2 TX & RX Control R/W 08 14 CR3 A/D_CAL_POS Register R/W 0C 01 CR4 A/D_CAL_NEG Register R/W 10 FF CR5 CCA Antenna Control R/W 14 2C CR6 Preamble Length R/W 18 80 CR7 Scramble_Tap (RX and TX) R/W 1C 48 CR8 RX_SQ1_ ACQ (High) Threshold R/W 20 01

CR9 RX-SQ1_ ACQ (Low) Threshold R/W 24 88 CR10 RX_SQ2_ ACQ (High) Threshold R/W 28 00 CR11 RX-SQ2_ ACQ (Low) Threshold R/W 2C 98 CR12 SQ1 CCA Thresh (High) R/W 30 01 CR13 SQ1 CCA Thresh (Low) R/W 34 98 CR14 ED or RSSI Thresh R/W 38 20 CR15 SFD Timer R/W 3C 90

CR16 (Note 6) Signal Field (BPSK - 11 Chip Barker Sequence)/or Q Cover Code for

CCK Modulation

CR17 (Note 6) Signal Field (QPSK - 11 Chip Barker Sequence)/or I Cover Code for

CCK Modulation CR18 Signal Field (BPSK - Mod Walsh Sequence) R/W 48 37 CR19 Signal Field (QPSK - Mod Walsh Sequence) R/W 4C 6E CR20 TX Signal Field R/W 50 00/01/02/03 CR21 TX Service Field R/W 54 00 CR22 TX Length Field (High) R/W 58 FF CR23 TX Length Field (Low) R/W 5C FF CR24 RX Status R 60 X CR25 RX Service Field Status R 64 X CR26 RX Length Field Status (High) R 68 X CR27 RX Length Field Status (Low) R 6C X CR28 Test Bus Address R/W 70 00 CR29 Test Bus Monitor R 74 X CR30 Test Register 1 R/W 78 00 CR31 RX Control MBOK/CCK R/W 7C 00

NOTE:

6. To provide CCK functionality, these registers must be programmed in two passes. Once with CR5 bit 7 as a 0 and once with it as a 1.

transmitted as either DBPSK, DQPSK, BMBOK, QMBOK, or CCK depending on the configuration chosen. It is recommended that you start with the simplest configuration (DBPSK) for initial test and verification of the device and/or the radio design. The user can later modify the CR contents to reflect the system and the required performance of each specific application.

ADDRESS

HEX

R/W 40 0A/

R/W 44 14/

1/2/5.5/1

Mbps

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Control Registers

The following tables describe the function of each control register along with the associated bits in each control register.

CONFIGURATION REGISTER 0 ADDRESS (0h) PART/VERSION CODE

Bit 7:4 Part Code

0 = HFA3860 series

Bit 3:0 Version Code

3 = 3860B Version

CONFIGURATION REGISTER 1 ADDRESS (04h) I/O POLARITY

This register is used to define the phase of clocks and other interface signals. 00h is normal setting.

Bit 7 This controls the phase of the RX_CLK output

Logic 1 = Invert Clk Logic 0 = Non-Inverted Clk

Bit 6 This control bit selects the active level of the MD_RDY output pin 34.

Logic 1 = MD_RDY is Active 0 Logic 0 = MD_RDY is Active 1

Bit 5 This control bit selects the active level of the Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) output pin 32.

Logic 1 = CCA Active 1 Logic 0 = CCA Active 0

Bit 4 This control bit selects the active level of the Energy Detect (ED) output which is an output pin at the test port, pin 44.

Logic 1 = ED Active 0 Logic 0 = ED Active 1

Bit 3 This control bit selects the active level of the Carrier Sense (CRS) output pin which is an output pin at the test port, pin 45.

Logic 1 = CRS Active 0 Logic 0 = CRS Active 1

Bit 2 This control bit selects the active level of the transmit enable (TX_PE) input pin 2.

Logic 1 = TX_PE Active 0 Logic 0 = TX_PE Active 1

Bit 1 This control bit selects the phase of the transmit output clock (TXCLK) pin 4.

Logic 1 = Inverted TXCLK Logic 0 = NON-Inverted TXCLK

Bit 0 Reserved, must be set to 0.

CONFIGURATION REGISTER 2 ADDRESS (08h) TX AND RX CONTROL

Write to control, Read to verify control, setup while TX_PE and RX_PE are low

Bit 7 MCLK control.

0 = 44MHz All signal modes supported. 1 = 22MHz 1 and 2MBPS, B/QPSK 11 Chip sequence mode only. Reduced power mode.

Bit 6 TX Rotation

0 = Normal 1 = Invert Q Out

Bit 5 RX Rotation

0 = Normal 1 = Invert Q IN

Bit 4 A/D Calibration

0 = A/D_CAL Off 1 = A/D_CAL On

Bit 3 A/D Calibration control (only valid if A/D Calibration is on).

0 = A/D Calibration only while in receive tracking mode (A/D Calibration set on signals only). 1 = A/D Calibration while receive RX_PE is active (in this mode, the A/D Calibration will be set primarily on noise).

Bit 2 This bit enables/disables energy detect (ED) for the CCA function.

0 = ED Off 1 = ED On

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CONFIGURATION REGISTER 2 ADDRESS (08h) TX AND RX CONTROL (Continued)

Write to control, Read to verify control, setup while TX_PE and RX_PE are low

Bit 1 MD_RDY Start. Sets where MD_RDY will become active.

0 = After SFD detect (normal). This allows the header fields to be enveloped by MD_RDY. 1 = After Header CRC verify and start of MPDU. Header data can be read from Configuration Registers.

Bit 0 TX and RX Clock

0 = Enable Gated clocks(normal).RXclockwillcome on to clock out header fields, go off during CRC and come backonfor MPDU data. Header rate is 1MHz, data rate is variable. TXCLK comes on after TXRDY active. 1 = Clocks start as soon as modem starts tracking and remain on until either header checks fail or until RX_ PE goes back low. This is only usable in the 1 and 2MBPS modes. TXCLK comes on after TX_PE active.

CONFIGURATION REGISTER 3 ADDRESS (0Ch) A/D CAL POS

Bits 0 - 7 This 8-bit control registercontains a binary valueused for positiveincrement forthelevel adjustingcircuitof the A/Dreference.

The larger the step the faster the A/D Calibration settles.

CONFIGURATION REGISTER 4 ADDRESS (10h) A/D CAL NEG

Bits 0 - 7 This 8-bit control register contains a binary value used for the negative increment for the level adjusting circuit of the A/D

reference. The number is programmed as 256 - the value wanted since it is a negative number.

CONFIGURATION REGISTER 5 ADDRESS (14h) CCA ANTENNA CONTROL

Bit 7 Selects deﬁnition of CR 16 and CR 17

0 = registers CR 16 and CR 17 deﬁned as Signal deﬁnition ﬁelds

1 = those registers hold the cover code for the CCK modulation Bit 6 Reserved, set to 0 Bit 5 0 = Normal

1 = A/D timing adjustment during acquisition, deassertion of RxPE required to activate. Bit 4 0 = Normal

1 = Delayed bit sync accumulation Bit 3 0 = Normal

1 = Use multipath antenna selection (SQ3) Bit 2 RX Diversity

0 = Off Single antenna, can use A or B (see bits 1:0).

1 = On Antenna switches during acquisition every 16 us. Starts cycle on antenna deﬁned by bits 1:0. Bits 1:0 CCA Antenna mode. Deﬁnes the antenna to be used at the start of acquisition for CCA checking and for subsequent

transmission. TX antenna is always the same as used to check CCA. Controls antenna selection via the ANT_SEL pin.

00 = Use last Receive antenna for CCA checking and TX. Acquisition starts on the antenna which had a valid header on last

reception.

01 = Illegal State - Unknown Behavior

10 = Use antenna B for CCA and TX (single antenna). AntSel = 0

11 = Use antenna A for CCA and TX (single antenna). AntSel = 1

CONFIGURATION REGISTER 6 ADDRESS (18h) PREAMBLE LENGTH

Bits 0 - 7 This register contains the count for the Preamble length counter. Setup while TX_PE is low. For IEEE 802.11 use 80h. For

other than IEEE 802.11 applications, in general increasing the preamble length will improve low signal to noise acquisition

performance atthecost of greater linkoverhead.Fordual receive antennaoperation,the minimum suggestedvalueis 128d = 80h.

Forsinglereceiveantenna operation, the minimum suggested valueis80d = 50h. These suggested values include a2symbolTX

power amplifier ramp up. If y ou progr am 128 y ou get 130.

CONFIGURATION REGISTER 7 ADDRESS (1Ch) SCRAMBLER TAPS

Bit 7 0 = Normal, RX_PE Enables/Disables the internal receive clock. I = Internal receive clock is always enabled.

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CONFIGURATION REGISTER 7 ADDRESS (1Ch) SCRAMBLER TAPS (Continued)

Bits 6:0 This register is used to conﬁgure the transmit scrambler with a 7-bit polynomial tap conﬁguration. The transmit scrambler is

a 7-bit shift register, with 7 conﬁgurable taps. A logic 1 is the respective bit position enables that particular tap. The example

below illustrates the register conﬁguration for the polynomial F(x) = 1 + X-4+X-7. Each clock is a shift left.

LSB

Bits (6:0) 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

Term X-7X-6X-5X−4X-3X-2X

Scrambler Taps F(x) = 1 + X-4+X

CONFIGURATION REGISTER 8 ADDRESS (20h) SQ1 ACQ THRESHOLD (HIGH)

Bits 0 - 7 This control register contains theupperbyte bits(8- 14) of the bitsyncamplitudesignal quality threshold used foracquisition.

This register combined with the lower byte represents a 15-bit threshold value for the bit sync amplitude signal quality

measurements made during acquisition at each antenna dwell. This threshold comparison is added with the SQ2 threshold

in registers 10 and 11 for acquisition. A lower value on this threshold will increase the probability of detection and the

probability of false alarm.

CONFIGURATION REGISTER 9 ADDRESS (24h) SQ1 ACQ THRESHOLD (LOW)

Bits 0 - 7 This control register contains the lower byte bits (0 - 7) of the bit sync amplitude signal quality threshold used for acquisition.

This register combined with the upper byte represents a 15-bit threshold value for the bit sync amplitude signal quality

measurement made during acquisition at each antenna dwell.

CONFIGURATION REGISTER 10 ADDRESS (28h) SQ2 ACQ THRESHOLD (HIGH)

Bits 0 - 7 This control register contains the upper byte bits (8 - 15) of the carrier phase variance threshold used for acquisition. This

during acquisition at each antenna dwell and is based on the choice of the best antenna. This threshold is used with the bit

sync threshold in registers 8 and 9 to declare acquisition. A higher value in this threshold will increase the probability of

acquisition and false alarm.

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1 0 0 1 0 0 0

-1

CONFIGURATION REGISTER 11 ADDRESS (2Ch) SQ2 ACQ THRESHOLD (LOW)

Bits 0 - 7 This control register contains the lower byte bits (0 - 7) of the carrier phase variance threshold used for acquisition.

CONFIGURATION REGISTER 12 ADDRESS (30h) SQ1 CCA THRESHOLD (HIGH)

Bits 0 - 7 This control register contains the upper byte bits (8 - 14) of the bit sync amplitude signal quality threshold used for CCA

estimation.Thisregister combined withthelower byterepresents a 15-bitthresholdvalue forthe bit syncamplitudesignal quality

measurement made during acquisition on CCA antenna dwell. A lower value on this threshold will increase the probability of

detection and the probability of false alarm. Set the threshold according to instructions in the text.

CONFIGURATION REGISTER 13 ADDRESS (34h) SQ1 CCA THRESHOLD (LOW)

Bits 0 - 7 This control register contains the lower byte bits (0 - 7) of the bit sync amplitude signal quality threshold used for CCA. This

measurement made during acquisition on CCA antenna dwell.

CONFIGURATION REGISTER 14 ADDRESS (38h) ED OR RSSI THRESHOLD

Bit 7:6 R/W, But Not Used Internally Bits 5:0 This register contains the value for the RSSI threshold for measuring and generating energy detect (ED). When the RSSI

exceeds the threshold ED is declared. ED indicates the presence of energy in the channel.

MSB LSB

Bits (0:5) 5 4 3 2 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 00h (Min)

RSSI_STAT 1 1 1 1 1 1 3Fh (Max)

To disable the ED signal so that it has no affect on the CCA logic, the threshold must be set to a 3Fh (all ones).

CONFIGURATION REGISTER 15 ADDRESS (3Ch) SFD TIMER

Bits 7:0 This register is programmed with an 8-bit value which represents the length of time for the demodulator to search for a SFD

in areceive Header.Each bit incrementrepresents1 symbol period. Failureto ﬁnd the SFDwillresult in a return toacquisition

mode.

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CONFIGURATION REGISTER 16 ADDRESS (40h) SIGNAL FIELD DBPSK/ CCK QCOVER

Bits 7:0 This register contains an 8-bit value deﬁning the data packet modulation as DBPSK. This value will be a 0Ah for 802.11, and

is used in the transmitted Signalling Field of the header. This value will also be used for detecting the modulation type on the

received Header.

When CR 5-bit 7 is a ‘1’, thisregisteraddresspointstoashadowregister holding the Q cover code. The nominal valueofthe

Q covercodeis48h. To provide CCK functionality, this register address must be programmed in two passes. OncewithCR5

bit 7 as a 1 and once with it as a 0.

CONFIGURATION REGISTER 17 ADDRESS (44h) SIGNAL FIELD DQPSK/ CCK ICOVER

Bits 7:0 This register contains the 8-bit value deﬁning the data packet modulation as DQPSK. This value will be a 14h for operation

at adatarate of 2MBPS andisusedin the transmitted SignallingFieldof the header.Thisvalue will also beusedfor detecting

the modulation type on the received header.

When CR 5 bit 7 is a ‘1’, this register address points to a shadow register holding the I cover code. The nominal value of the

I cover code is 48h. To provide CCK functionality, this register address must be programmed in two passes. Once with CR5

bit 7 as a 1 and once with it as a 0.

CONFIGURATION REGISTER 18 ADDRESS (48h) SIGNAL FIELD BMBOK/CCK

Bits 7:0 This register contains the 8-bit value deﬁning the data packet modulation as BMBOK. This value will be a 37h for operation

at a data rate of 5.5MBPS and is used in the transmitted Signalling Field of the header. This value will also be used for

detecting the modulation type on the received header.

CONFIGURATION REGISTER 19 ADDRESS (4Ch) SIGNAL FIELD QMBOK/CCK

Bits 7:0 This register contains the 8-bit value deﬁning the data packet modulation as QMBOK. This value will be a 6Eh for operation

at a data rate of 11MBPS and is used in the transmitted Signalling Field of the header. This value will also be used for

detecting the modulation type on the received header.

CONFIGURATION REGISTER 20 ADDRESS (50h) TX SIGNAL FIELD

Bits 7:3 R/W, But Not Used Internally Bit 2 0 = Normal

1 = Transmit QPSK (2MBPS) with no header, bits 1:0 must be 00 (see Tech Brief 365) Bits 1:0 TX data Rate. Must be setatleast2µsbefore needed in TX frame.ThisselectsTX signal ﬁeld code from the registers above.

00 = DBPSK - 11 chip sequence (1MBPS)

01 = DQPSK - 11 chip sequence (2MBPS)

10 = BMBOK - modiﬁed 8 chip Walsh sequence (5.5MBPS)

11 = QMBOK - modiﬁed 8 chip Walsh sequence (11MBPS)

CONFIGURATION REGISTER 21 ADDRESS (54h) TX SERVICE FIELD

Bits 7:0 This 8-bit register isprogrammedwith the 8-bit valueofthe Service ﬁeldtobe transmitted in the Header.This ﬁeld is reserved

for future use and should always be set to 00h.

CONFIGURATION REGISTER 22 ADDRESS (58h) TX LENGTH FIELD (HIGH)

Bits 7:0 This 8-bit register contains the higher byte (bits 8 - 15) of the transmit Length Field described in the Header. This byte

combined with the lower byte indicates the number of microseconds the data packet will take.

CONFIGURATION REGISTER 23 ADDRESS (5Ch) TX LENGTH FIELD (LOW)

Bits 7:0 This 8-bit register contains thelowerbyte (bits 0 -7)of the transmit Length Fielddescribedinthe Header. This bytecombined

with the higher byte indicates the number of microseconds the data packet will take.

CONFIGURATION REGISTER 24 ADDRESS (60h) RX STATUS

This read only register is provided for MACs that can’t process the header fields from the RXD port.

Bits 7:6 RX signal ﬁeld detected (set to 00 when RXPE inactive)

00 = DBPSK - 11 Chip Sequence (1MBPS)

01 = DQPSK - 11 Chip Sequence (2MBPS)

10 = BMBOK - modiﬁed 8 chip Walsh sequence / CCK (5.5MBPS)

11 = QMBOK - modiﬁed 8 chip Walsh sequence / CCK (11MBPS) Bit 5 Search/Acquisition Status (set to 0 when RX_PE is inactive)

0 = Searching

1 = Carrier Acquired

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CONFIGURATION REGISTER 24 ADDRESS (60h) RX STATUS

This read only register is provided for MACs that can’t process the header fields from the RXD port.

Bit 4 SFD search status (set to 0 when RX_PE is inactive)

0 = Searching

1 = SFD Found Bit 3 Signal Field Valid (set to 0 when RX_PE is inactive) signal ﬁeld must be one of the 4 ﬁeld values in CR 16 to CR19

0 = Not Valid

1 = Valid Bit 2 Valid header CRC (set to 0 when RX_PE is inactive)

0 = Not Valid

1 = Valid Bit 1 Antenna received on. Indicates antenna the receiver was on when last valid CRC check occurred.

0 = Antenna B

1 = Antenna A Bit 0 Always 0

CONFIGURATION REGISTER 25 ADDRESS (64h) RX SERVICE FIELD STATUS

Bits 7:0 This register contains the detected received 8-bit value of the Service Field for the Header. This ﬁeld is reserved for future

use. It should be the value programmed into register 21 of the transmitter.

CONFIGURATION REGISTER 26 ADDRESS (68h) RX LENGTH FIELD STATUS (HIGH)

Bits 7:0 This register contains the detected higher byte (bits 8 - 15) of the received Length Field contained in the Header. This byte

combined with the lower byte indicates the number of transmitted bits in the data packet.

CONFIGURATION REGISTER ADDRESS 27 (6Ch) RX LENGTH FIELD STATUS (LOW)

Bits 7:0 This register contains the detected lower byte of the received Length Field contained in the Header. This byte combined with

the upper byte indicates the number of transmitted bits in the data packet.

CONFIGURATION REGISTER 28 ADDRESS (70h) TEST BUS ADDRESS

Supplies address for test pin outputs and Test Bus Monitor Register

Bits 7:0 Test Bus Address = 00h

Quiet Test Bus

Test 7:0 = 00

TEST_CLK = 0 Bits 7:0 Test Bus Address = 01h

RX Acquisition Monitor These bits sequentially go high as the signal is input. Transitions are aligned to chip boundaries.

Bits are reset after last chip of message.

Test 7 = A/DCal (Full Scale)

Test 6 = CRS, Carrier Sense

Test 5 = ED, energy detect comparator output

Test 4 = Track, indicates start of tracking and start of SFD time-out

Test 3 = SFD Detect, variable time after track start

Test 2 = Signal Field Ready, ~ 8µs after SFD Detect

Test 1 = Length Field Ready, ~ 32µs after SFD Detect

Test 0 = Header CRC Valid, ~ 48µs after SFD Detect

TEST_CLK = Initial Detect Bits 7:0 Test Bus Address = 02h

TX Field Monitor. These bits sequentially go high as thesignalisoutput. Transitionsare aligned to chip boundaries. Bits are

reset after last chip of valid message.

Test 7 = A/DCal (Full Scale)

Test 6 = TXPE Internal, Inactive edge of pad TXPE delayed

Test 5 = Preamble Start

Test 4 = SFD Start

Test 3 = Signal Field Start

Test 2 = Length Field Start

Test 1 = Header CRC Start

Test 0 = MPDU Start

TEST_CLK = IQMARK, identifies symbol boundaries on IOUT and QOUT

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CONFIGURATION REGISTER 28 ADDRESS (70h) TEST BUS ADDRESS (Continued)

Supplies address for test pin outputs and Test Bus Monitor Register

Bits 7:0 Test Bus Address = 03h

RSSI Monitor

Test 7 = CSE Enhanced. Used in enhanced CCA dual antenna mode.

Test 6 = CSE, Carrier Sense Early (SQI CCA Only)

Test 5:0 = RSSI(5:), bit 5 is MSB, straight binary (000000 = Min, 11111 = Max)

TEST_CLK = RSSI A/D CLK, Sample RSSI(5:0) on last rising edge Bits 7:0 Test Bus Address = 04h

SQ1 Monitor

Test 7:0 = SQ1 (7:0)

TEST_CLK = pulse after SQ is valid Bits 7:0 Test Bus Address = 05h

SQ2 Monitor - SQ3 output if SQ3 used for antenna diversity.

Test 7:0 = SQ2 (7:0)

TEST_CLK = pulse after SQ is valid Bits 7:0 Test Bus Address = 06h

Correlator Lo Rate

Test 7:0 = Correlator Magnitude Lo Rate Only

TEST_CLK = Sample CLK Bits 7:0 Test Bus Address = 07h

Freq Test Lo Rate

Test 7:0 = Freq Reg Lo Rate (18:11)

TEST_CLK = SUBSAMPLECLK (Symbol Clock) Bits 7:0 Test Bus Address = 08h

Phase Test Lo Rate

Test 7:0 = Phase Reg Lo Rate (7:0)

TEST_CLK = SUBSAMPLECLK (Symbol Clock) Bits 7:0 Test Bus Address = 09h

NCO Test Lo Rate

Test 7:0 = NCO Reg Lo Rate (15:8)

TEST_CLK = SUBSAMPLECLK (Symbol Clock) Bits 7:0 Test Bus Address = 0Ah

Bit Sync Accum Lo Rate

Test 7:0 = Bit Sync Accumulator (7:3), exponent (2:0)

TEST_CLK = Last symbol indicator Bits 7:0 Test Bus Address = 0Bh

Test PN Gen., Factory Test Only

Test 7:0 +TEST_CLK = Top 9 bits of PN generator used for fault tests. Bits 7:0 Test Bus Address = 0Ch

A/D Cal Test Mode

Test 7 = A/D CAL (Full Scale)

Test 6 = ED, Energy Detect Comparator Output

Test 5 = A/D_CAL Disable

Test(4:0) = A/D_Cal(4:0)

TEST_CLK = A/D_Cal CLK Bits 7:0 Test Bus Address = 0Dh

Correlator I High Rate, tests the MBOK I correlator output.

Test 7:0 = Correlator I Hi Rate (8:1)

TEST_CLK = Sample CLK Bits 7:0 Test Bus Address = 0Eh

Correlator Q High Rate, tests the MBOK Q correlator output.

Test 7:0 = Correlator Q Hi Rate (8:1)

TEST_CLK = Sample CLK Bits 7:0 Test Bus Address = 0Fh

Chip Error Accumulator,

Test 7:0 = Chip Error Accumulator (14:7)

TEST_CLK = 0

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CONFIGURATION REGISTER 28 ADDRESS (70h) TEST BUS ADDRESS (Continued)

Supplies address for test pin outputs and Test Bus Monitor Register

Bits 7:0 Test Bus Address = 10h

NCO Test Hi Rate, tests the NCO in the high rate tracking section.

Test 7:0 = NCO Accum (19:12)

TEST_CLK = Sample CLK Bits 7:0 Test Bus Address = 11h

FREQ Test Hi Rate, tests the NCO lag accumulator in the high rate tracking section.

Test 7:0 = Lag Accum (18:11)

TEST_CLK = Sample CLK Bits 7:0 Test Bus Address = 12h

Carrier Phase Error Hi Rate

Test 7:0 = Carrier Phase Error (6,6:0)

TEST_CLK = Sample CLK Bits 7:0 Test Bus Address = 13h

I_ROT Hi Rate, tests the I Channel phase rotation error signal.

Test 7:0 = I_ROT (5,5,5:0)

TEST_CLK = Sample CLK Bits 7:0 Test Bus Address = 14h

Q_ROT Hi Rate

Test 7:0 = Q_ROT (5,5,5:0)

TEST_CLK = Sample CLK Bits 7:0 Test Bus Address = 15h

I_A/D, Q_A/D, tests the I and Q Channel 3-bit A/D Converters.

Test 7:6 = 0

Test 5:3 = I_A/D (2:0)

Test 2:0 = Q_A/D (2:0)

TEST_CLK = Sample CLK Bits 7:0 Test Bus Address = 16h

XOR Hi Rate, Factory Test Only

Test 7:0 + TEST_CLK = 9 bits of registered XOR test data from the high rate logic. Bits 7:0 Test Bus Address = 17h

XOR Fast, Factory Test Only

Test 7:0 + TEST_CLK = 9 bits of registered XOR test data from the low rate logic. Bits 7:0 Test Bus Address = 18h

Timing Test, tests the receiver timing.

Test 7 = JMPCLK

Test 6 = JMPCNT

Test 5 = SUBSAMPLECLK

Test 4:0 = MASTERTIM (4:0)

TEST_CLK = Sample CLK Bits 7:0 Test Bus Address = 19h

A/D Cal Accum Lo, tests the lo bits of the A/D cal accumulator.

Test 7:0+TestCLK = A/D Cal Accum (8:0) Bits 7:0 Test Bus Address = 1Ah

A/D Cal Accum Hi, tests the hi bits of the A/D cal accumulator.

Test 7:0+TestCLK = A/D Cal Accum (17:9) Bits 7:0 Test Bus Address = 1Bh

Freq Accum Lo, tests the frequency accumulator of the low rate section.

Test 7:0+TestCLK = Freq Accum (15:7) Bits 7:0 Test Bus Address = 1Ch

Slow XOR, Factory Test

Test 7:0 = 8 bits of registered XOR test data from the low rate logic

TEST_CLK = SUBSAMPLECLK Bits 7:0 Test Bus Address = 1Dh

SQ2 Monitor Hi - SQ3 if SQ3 used for antenna diversity

Test 7:0 = SQ2 (15:8)

TEST_CLK = pulse after SQ is valid

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CONFIGURATION REGISTER 28 ADDRESS (70h) TEST BUS ADDRESS (Continued)

Supplies address for test pin outputs and Test Bus Monitor Register

Bits 7:0 Test Bus Address = 1Eh to 1Fh

Reserved

Test 7:0 + TestCLK = 0

CONFIGURATION REGISTER 29 ADDRESS (74h) TEST BUS MONITOR

Bits 7:0 Maps test bus pins 7:0 to read only value 7:0 when test bus address is supplied by CR 28

CONFIGURATION REGISTER 30 ADDRESS (78h) TEST REGISTER 1

Bits 7 PN Generator for Fault Test

0 = Normal

1 = Enabled Bit 6 High rate Jump Clock Control

0 = Enable HR Jmpclk

1 = Disable HR Jmpclk Bit 5 HR Demod XOR to Test Bus Enable

0 = Normal

1 = Enabled Bit 4 Random Address to Test Bus

0 = Normal

1 = Enabled Bit 3 Faster Cal

0 = Normal

1 = Enabled

When enabled, the 1kHz clock used to update the A/D cal bits is increased to 22kHz. Bit 2 A/D Cal Test Mode

0 = Normal

1 = Enabled

When enabled, the 5 A/D cal bits come from CR3<4:0> to allow direct control. Bit 1 A/D Test Mode

0 = Normal

1 = Enabled

When enabled, this bit causes all 12 bits of A/D outputs (6 RSSI, 3 I, 3 Q) to be directly output on pins of the HFA3860B.

Modem is nonfunctional. Bit 0 Loop Back

0 = Normal

1 = Enabled

When enabled, this bit routes the I and Q outputs to the I and Q inputs of the modem. The 3-bit I&Q A/Ds are bypassed.

CONFIGURATION REGISTER 31 ADDRESS (7Ch) RX CONTROL

Bits 7:5 R/W but not currently used internally, should be set to zero to ensure compatibility with future revisions. Bit 4 Waveform modulation selection for 5.5 and 11Mbps

0 = BMBOK/QMBOK (Binary M-ary Bi-orthogonal Keying or Quaternary M-ary Bi-orthogonal Keying)

1 = CCK (Complementary Code Keying) Bit 3 Type of differential encoding/decoding scheme for 5.5 and 11Mbps CCK modulation

0 = Standard differential encoding/decoding

1 = Differential encoding/decoding with odd symbols given an extra 180 degree rotation (IEEE 802.11 compliant) Bit 2 RX QPSK Acquire

0 = Normal, will not acquire on QPSK, only on BPSK

1 = Acquire on QPSK (2MBPS) see Tech Brief 365. Bit 1 Disable Control

0 = ED disabled after MD_RDY active

1 = ED runs continuously Bit 0 CCA Type Select

1 = RAW CCA, updates every ANT Dwell

0 = Enhanced CCA

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Absolute Maximum Ratings Thermal Information

Supply Voltage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.0V

Input, Output or I/O Voltage. . . . . . . . . . . .GND -0.5V to VCC+0.5V

ESD Classiﬁcation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Class 2

Operating Conditions

Voltage Range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +2.70V to +3.60V

Temperature Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -40oC to 85oC

CAUTION: Stresses above those listed in “Absolute Maximum Ratings” may cause permanent damage to the device. This is a stress only rating and operationofthe device at these or any other conditions above those indicated in the operational sections of this speciﬁcation is not implied.

NOTE:

7. θJA is measured with the component mounted on an evaluation PC board in free air.

Thermal Resistance (Typical, Note 7) θJA(οC/W)

TQFP Package. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Maximum Storage Temperature Range. . . . . . . . . . -65oC to 150oC

Maximum Junction Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150oC

Maximum Lead Temperature (Soldering 10s) . . . . . . . . . . . . .300oC

(Lead Tips Only)

Die Characteristics

Gate Count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,000 Gates

DC Electrical Speciﬁcations V

= 3.0V to 3.3V ±10%, TA = -40oC to 85oC

PARAMETER SYMBOL TEST CONDITIONS MIN TYP MAX UNITS

Power Supply Current I

CCOP

VCC = 3.6V, CLK Frequency 44MHz

-3040mA

(Notes 8, 9)

Standby Power Supply Current I

CCSB

Input Leakage Current I Output Leakage Current I Logical One Input Voltage V Logical Zero Input Voltage V Logical One Output Voltage V Logical Zero Output Voltage V Input Capacitance C Output Capacitance C

IH IL

OUT

VCC = Max, Outputs Not Loaded - 0.5 1 mA VCC = Max, Input = 0V or V VCC = Max, Input = 0V or V

CC CC

VCC = Max, Min 0.7 V

-10 1 10 µA

--V VCC= Min, Max - - VCC/3 V IOH= -1mA, VCC = Min VCC-0.2 - - V IOL = 2mA, VCC = Min - 0.08 0.2 V CLK Frequency 1MHz. All measurements

referenced to GND. TA = 25oC, Note 9

- 5 10 pF

NOTES:

8. Output load 30pF.

9. Not tested, but characterized at initial design and at major process/design changes.

Electrical Speciﬁcations V

= 3.0V to 3.3V ±10%, TA = -40oC to 85oC (Note 10)

MCLK = 44MHz

PARAMETER SYMBOL

MCLK Period t

22.5 - ns

UNITSMIN MAX

MCLK Duty Cycle 43/57 57/43 % Rise/Fall (All Outputs) - 10 ns (Notes 11, 12) TX_PE to IOUT/QOUT (1st Valid Chip) t TX_PE Inactive Width t TX_CLK Width Hi or Low t TX_RDY Active to 1st TX_CLK Hi t Setup TXD to TX_CLK Hi t Hold TXD to TX_CLK Hi t TX_CLK to TX_PE Inactive (1Mbps) t TX_CLK to TX_PE Inactive (2Mbps) t TX_CLK to TX_PE Inactive (5.5Mbps) t TX_CLK to TX_PE Inactive (11Mbps) t TX_RDY Inactive To Last Chip of MPDU Out t

TLP

TCD

RC TDS TDH PEH PEH PEH PEH

2.18 2.3 µs (Notes 11, 13)

2.22 - µs (Notes 11, 14) 40 - ns

260 - ns

30 - ns

0-ns 0 965 ns (Notes 11, 24) 0 420 ns (Notes 11, 24) 0 160 ns (Notes 11, 24) 0 65 ns (Notes 11, 24)

-20 20 ns

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Electrical Speciﬁcations V

= 3.0V to 3.3V ±10%, TA = -40oC to 85oC (Note 10) (Continued)

MCLK = 44MHz

PARAMETER SYMBOL

TXD Modulation Extension t RX_PE Inactive Width t RX_CLK Period (11Mbps Mode) t RX_CLK Width Hi or Low (11Mbps Mode) t RX_CLK to RXD t MD_RDY to 1st RX_CLK t RXD to 1st RX_CLK t Setup RXD to RX_CLK t RX_CLK to RX_PE Inactive (1Mbps) t RX_CLK to RX_PE Inactive (2Mbps) t RX_CLK to RX_PE Inactive (5.5Mbps) t RX_CLK to RX_PE Inactive (11Mbps) t RX_PE inactive to MD_RDY Inactive t Last Chip of SFD in to MD_RDY Active t

RLP RCP RCD RDD RD1 RD1 RDS REH REH REH REH RD2 RD3

2-µs (Notes 11, 15) 70 - ns (Notes 11, 16) 77 - ns 31 - ns 25 60 ns

940 - ns (Notes 11, 19) 940 - ns

31 - ns

0 925 ns (Notes 11, 17)

0 380 ns (Notes 11, 17)

0 140 ns (Notes 11, 17)

0 50 ns (Notes 11, 17)

5 30 ns (Note 18)

2.77 2.86 µs (Notes 11, 19)

UNITSMIN MAX

RX Delay 2.77 2.86 µs (Notes 11, 20) RESET Width Active t RX_PE to CCA Valid t RX_PE to RSSI Valid t

RPW

CCA CCA

50 - ns (Notes 11, 21)

-16µs (Notes 11, 22)

-16µs (Notes 11, 22) ANTSEL Lead Time 820 - ns (Notes 11, 23) SCLK Clock Period t SCLK Width Hi or Low t Setup to SCLK + Edge (SD, SDI, R/W, CS) t Hold Time from SCLK + Edge (SD, SDI, R/W, CS) t SD Out Delay from SCLK + Edge t SD Out Enable/Disable from R/W or CS t TEST 0-7, CCA, ANTSEL, TEST_CK from MCLK t

SCP

SCW

SCS SCH SCD

SCED

90 - ns 20 - ns 30 - ns

0-ns

-30ns

- 15 ns (Note 11)

-40ns

NOTES:

10. ACtestsperf ormedwithC

= 40pF, IOL= 2mA, and IOH= -1mA. Input referencele v elall inputs 1.5V.TestVIH=VCC,VIL=0V; VOH=VOL=VCC/2.

11. Not tested, but characterized at initial design and at major process/design or guaranteed by simulations.

12. Measured from VILto VIH.

13. I

OUT/QOUT

are modulated before first valid chip of preamble is output to provide ramp up time for RF/IF circuits.

14. TX_PE must be inactive before going active to generate a new packet.

15. I

OUT/QOUT

are modulated after last chip of valid data to provide ramp down time for RF/IF circuits.

16. RX_PE must be inactive at least 3 MCLKs before going active to start a new CCA or acquisition.

17. RX_PE active to inactive delay to prevent next RX_CLK.

18. Assumes RX_PE inactive after last RX_CLK.

19. MD_RDY programmed to go active after SFD detect. (Measured from IIN, QIN).

20. MD_RDY programmed to go active at MPDU start. Measured from first chip of first MPDU symbol at IIN, QIN to MD_RDY active.

21. Minimum time to insure Reset. RESET must be followed by an RX_PE pulse to insure proper operation. This pulse should not be used for first receive or acquisition.

22. CCA and RSSI are measured once during the first 16µs interval following RX_PE going active. RX_PE must be pulsed to initiate a new measurement. RSSI may be read via serial port or from Test Bus.

23. ANTSELisswitched in diversity mode before acquisition cycle to compensate for delays in IF circuits. The correlators will be 100X(820ns TdRFns)/990ns% full of new data at the beginning of bit sync accumulation. TdRFns is the settling time of the RF circuits after ANTSEL switches.

24. Delay from TXCLK to inactive edge of TXPE to preventnextTXCLK.BecauseTXPE asynchronously stops TXCLK, TXPE going inactive within 40ns of TXCLK will cause TXCLK minimum hi time to be less than 40ns.

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I and Q A/D AC Electrical Speciﬁcations (Note 11)

PARAMETER MIN TYP MAX UNITS

Full Scale Input Voltage (V

) 0.25 0.50 1.0 V

P-P

Input Bandwidth (-0.5dB) - 20 - MHz Input Capacitance - 5 - pF Input Impedance (DC) 5 - - kΩ FS (Sampling Frequency) - - 22 MHz

RSSI A/D Electrical Speciﬁcations (Note 11)

PARAMETER MIN TYP MAX UNITS

Full Scale Input Voltage (V Input Bandwidth (0.5dB) 1MHz - - MHz Input Capacitance (DC) - 7pF - pF Input Impedance 1M - - MΩ

) - - 1.15 V

P-P

Test Circuit

(NOTE 26)

DUT

NOTES:

25. Includes Stray and JIG Capacitance.

26. Switch S1 Open for I

and I

CCSB

SDI, R/

SD (AS OUTPUT)

CCOP

SCLK

W, SD, CS

(NOTE 25)

SCS

IOH 1.5V IOL

EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT

FIGURE 20. TEST LOAD CIRCUIT

SCW

SCH

SCD

SCP

SCW

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SCED

FIGURE 21. SERIAL CONTROL PORT SIGNAL TIMING

SCED

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OUT

TX_CLK

TX_PE

, Q

OUT

TXRDY

TXD

RX_PE

HFA3860B

PEH

TCD

TDS

TCD

TDH

FIGURE 22. TX PORT SIGNAL TIMING

RLP

TLP

RD3

, Q

MD_RDY

RCP

REH

RX_CLK

RXD

CCA, RSSI

CCA

RD1

RDD

RDS

RCD

NOTE: RXD, MD_RDY is output two MCLK after RXCLK rising to provide hold time. RSSI Output on TEST (5:0).

FIGURE 23. RX PORT SIGNAL TIMING

MCLK

TEST 0-7, CCA, ANTSEL, TEST_CK

RESET

RPW

RD2

MCLK

NOTE: tD2 will occur arbitrarily from rising or falling edge of MCLK if CR2, Bit 7 is set to a 1, otherwise it follows diagram.

FIGURE 24. MISCELLANEOUS SIGNAL TIMING

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Thin Plastic Quad Flatpack Packages (TQFP)

GAGE

PLANE

0o-7

-D-

Q48.7x7 (JEDEC MS-026ABC ISSUE B)

48 LEAD THIN PLASTIC QUAD FLATPACK PACKAGE

INCHES MILLIMETERS

SYMBOL

NOTESMIN MAX MIN MAX

A - 0.047 - 1.20 A1 0.002 0.005 0.05 0.15 A2 0.038 0.041 0.95 1.05 -

-A-

-B-

b 0.007 0.010 0.17 0.27 6

b1 0.007 0.009 0.17 0.23 -

D 0.350 0.358 8.90 9.10 3

D1 0.272 0.280 6.90 7.10 4, 5

E 0.350 0.358 8.90 9.10 3

PIN 1

E1 0.272 0.280 6.90 7.10 4, 5

L 0.018 0.029 0.45 0.75 -

N48 487

e 0.020 BSC 0.50 BSC -

-H-

0.020

0.008 0o MIN

MIN

11o-13

0.08

0.003

0.09/0.16

0.004/0.006

SEATING

PLANE

0.08

0.003

-C-

NOTES:

1. Controlling dimension: MILLIMETER. Convertedinch dimensions are not necessarily exact.

2. All dimensions and tolerances per ANSI Y14.5M-1982.

3. Dimensions D and Etobe determined at seatingplane .

4. Dimensions D1 and E1 to be determined at datum plane

-H-

5. Dimensions D1 and E1 do not include mold protrusion. Allowable protrusion is 0.25mm (0.010 inch) per side.

A-B

6. Dimension b does not include dambar protrusion. Allowable dambar protrusion shall not cause the lead width to exceed the maximum b dimension by more than 0.08mm (0.003

Rev. 1 9/98

-C-

inch).

BASE METAL

0.25

0.010

11o-13

WITH PLATING

0.09/0.20

0.004/0.008

7. “N” is the number of terminal positions.

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