The B1300 RF integrates the TRF6150 transceiver IC, TX/RX VCO, Power amplifier
(RF3110), Front End Module 8450T(switchplexer, RF-SAW filter), for dualband transmitting
and receiving function.
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2-1-1 The Receiver
The RF receive signal( EGSM 925Mhz – 960MHz, DCS 1805Mhz – 1880Mhz) is input via
the antenna or coaxial connector. An antenna matching circuit is between the antenna and
the connector.
An t
EGSM ba n d
Di p l e x e r
DCS 18 0 0
ban d
EGSM
Swi t c h
DCS 18 0 0
Swi t c h
An t e n n a Swi t c h Mod u l e
SAW
LPF
SAW
LPF
Fr o n t End Mod ul e
EGSM-Rx
EGSM-Tx
DCS1800-Rx
DCS1800-Tx
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The RF receive signal( EGSM 925Mhz – 960MHz, DCS 1805Mhz – 1880Mhz) is input via
the antenna or coaxial connector. An antenna matching circuit is between the antenna and
the connector.
Module(FEM8450T) to switch either Rx or Tx path on. When the Rx path is turned on,
the RF receive signal then feeds into two paths, EGSM Rx and DCS1800 Rx.
This Front End Module contains two RF SAW filters, DCS SAW Filter to filter any unwanted
signal apart from the DCS Rx band. And the GSM SAW filter in the Front End Module is
to filter out unwanted signal beyond the GSM Rx band. These two paths are then connected
to the GSMLNA and DCSLNA of TRF6150 respectively.
The RF receive signal is amplified by LNAs in TRF6150, and then the signal then feeds into
quadrature demodulator for mixing with LO which is produced by the main synthesiser of
TRF6150 and external TX/RX VCO. TX/RX VCO will generate 2 times of RX frequency in
EGSM band and half times of RX frequency in DCS band to minimize the DC offset generated
by self mixing.
In TRF6150, the quadrature demodulator produce baseband(I/Q) signal .
This I/Q signal is amplified by two variable gain amplifiers and filtered by low pass filter,
and then fed to baseband IC in differential mode.
2-1-2 The TX IF Modulator
The TX I & Q signals from baseband IC are fed to Pin#18-21 of the TRF6150, where they
are then modulated onto a TX IF by the modulator inside TRF6150. The TX IF frequency is
listed as below.
EGSM Band
FromToAUX VCO= 2 x IF Frequency
CH 1CH 26858 MHz
CH 27CH 43852.8 MHz
CH 44CH 91858 MHz
CH 92CH 108842.4 MHz
CH 109CH 985858 MHz
CH 986CH 1002842.4 MHz
CH 1003CH 1024858 MHz
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DCS Band
FromToAUX VCO= 2 x IF Frequency
CH 512CH 532832 MHz
CH 533CH 549837.2 MHz
CH 550CH 575832 MHz
CH 576CH 597858 MHz
CH 598CH 614837.2 MHz
CH 615CH 662858 MHz
CH 663CH 679852.8 MHz
CH 680CH 727858 MHz
CH 728CH 744852.8 MHz
CH 745CH 792858 MHz
CH 793CH 809847.6 MHz
CH 810CH 857858 MHz
CH 858CH 874847.6 MHz
CH 875CH 885858 MHz
The signal TX LO IF (416 ~ 429Mhz) is produced by the AUX VCO (832 ~ 858MHz),
which has been divided down by a factor of 2 .
2-1-3 The Translation Loop Transmitter
The translation loop approach has many advantages over a traditional upconverter solution.
A typical upconverter transmitter usually consists of an IF modulator followed by a mixer for
upconversion to RF. In the translation loop transmitter, the RF transmit signal is instead
generated directly by a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), the phase of which is locked to
the modulated IF reference in a fast phase-locked-loop. Because a VCO is inherently
a lower-noise source than a mixer, the translation loop transmitter produces a low noise floor,
so no subsequent high-selectivity filtering is necessary, and the diplexer or other post-PA filter
of the conventional approach is eliminated. This saves power and cost, as the insertion loss
of the duplexer is eliminated, and the output level of the power amplifier can be reduced.
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The transmit signal is generated directly by a external TX/RX VCO (VON1885C28DKB).
In the feedback path, the RF transmit signal is mixed with the off-chip main VCO to produce
the desired TXIF (416 ~ 429Mhz). This TXIF signal from the feedback path is then compared
to the TXIF signal from the IF modulator at the detector. The resulting signal after passing
a low pass filter drives the external TX/RX VCO.
A high side injection, i.e. RF = LO - IF, is used in the EGSM band upconversion while a low
side injection, i.e. RF = LO + IF, is used in the DCS band upconversion.
This upconversion scheme, with appropriate TXIFs, allows for a single wide-band VCO to
be used.
2-2 The PA Circuit
The RF3110 is a triple-band GSM/DCS/PCS power amplifier module that incorporates an
indirect closed loop method of power control. This simplifies the phone design by eliminating
the need for the complicated control loop design. The indirect closed loop is fully self
contained and required does not require loop optimization. It can be driven directly from the
DAC out-put in the baseband circuit.
The indirect closed loop is essentially a closed loop method of power control that is invisible
to the user. Most power control systems in GSM sense either for-ward power or collector/
drain current. The RF3110 does not use a power detector. A high-speed control loop is
incorporated to regulate the collector voltages of the amplifier while the stages are held at a
constant bias. The V RAMP signal is multiplied and the collector voltages are regulated to
the multiplied V RAMP voltage.
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2-3 Peripheral Circuit
Temperature Sensor
When the chip is not transmitting or receiving, its temperature can be measured by sensing
the voltage on the external resistor from pin 31 to ground.
From –40 to +85 C, the resistor voltage varies linearly from 0.9V to 1.35V.
Regulator and Serial Data Interface
TRF6150 built in 3 voltage regulators to supply internal functions and external RF componen
ts. The serial interface of TRF6150 consists of a 3-wire serial bus, comprising DATA,
CLOCK and STROBE signals. These signals are used to enter control words into the chip.
The control words contain information for programming the regulators, the synthesizers and
the receiver.
13 MHz Clock
The 13 MHz-clock consists of a TCXO (TOA1300VPM4DKG-SM2) which oscillates at a
frequency of 13MHz. It acts as time base of all synthesizers and Baseband.
2-4 Digital Baseband Chip : HERCROM20, F741529
HERCROM20 is a chip implementing the digital baseband processing of a GSM mobile
phone. It combines a TMS320C54X (LEAD2) DSP, a micro controller ARM7TDMIE, an
internal 4Mbit RAM memory, and their associated application peripherals.
The HERCROM20 supports the following features:
• CPU & DSP
• Memory Interface (MEMINT)
• Interrupt Controller
• I2C / Micro Wire Interface
• Serial Port Interface (SPI)
• UART Control/Interface
• Display Interface
• SIM Card Interface
• I/O System Connector Interface
• Radio Interface (RIF)
• JTAG Interface
• Real Time Clock (RTC)
• General Timers / Watch Dog Timer
• Keypad Control
• Backlight Control
• Vibrator Control
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System Block Diagram of Hercrom20
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2-5 Analog Baseband Chip : Nausica_CS, TWL3012B
The TWL3012B device includes a complete set of baseband functions that perform the
interface and processing of the following, voice signals, the baseband in-phase (I) and the
quadrature (Q) signals, which support both the single-slot and multislot modes.
The TWL3012B device also includes associated auxiliary RF control features, supply voltage
regulation, battery charging controls, and switch on/off system analysis.
The TWL3012B device supports the following features.
• Voiceband Coder / Decoder (codec)
• Baseband codec single and multislot with I/Q RF interface
• Automatic Power Control (APC) and Automatic Frequency Control (AFC)
• Voiceband Serial Port (VSP), Baseband Serial Port (BSP), and MCU Serial Port (USP),
Timing Serial Port (TSP).
• SIM Card Interface
• Battery Charging Interface (BCI)
• Six Low-Dropout, Low-Noise, Linear Voltage Regulators (VREG)
• Voltage Reference and Power On Control (VRPC)
• Five-channel analog-to-digital converter (MADC)
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System Block Diagram of Nausica_CS
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Peripheral
2-6 CPU Memories
Flash ROM
An 32Mbit programmable ROM which is capable of being written to while still in circuit.
Contains all the main command software for the mobile.
SRAM
A 4MBit SRAM memory is embedded in the HERCROM20 which is used for ARM7 & DSP
execution
2-7 Power Supplies
There are six regulators in the Nausica_CS . Those regulators are dedicated power supplies,
which provides most of the power requirements for the Baseband and RF circuits.
Each of these regulators can be controlled by Nausica_CS internal registers.
These are configured as shown in the following Figure and table.