4.1Security Engine with JTAG control ....................................................................................................................... 104
4.10Real Time Clock..................................................................................................................................................... 208
4.11Auxiliary ADC Unit ............................................................................................................................................... 216
9 Radio Interface Control........................................................................................................ ....... 446
9.1Baseband Serial Interface....................................................................................................................................... 446
9.3Automatic Power Control (APC) Unit ................................................................................................................... 457
9.4Automatic Frequency Control (AFC) Unit ............................................................................................................ 464
10 Baseband Front End..................................................................................................................... 467
10.1Baseband Serial Ports............................................................................................................................................. 468
12.2Reset Generation Unit (RGU)................................................................................................................................ 507
14 Digital Pin Electrical Characteristics..........................................................................................593
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Preface
Acronym for Register Type
R/W
RO
RC
WO
W1S
W1C
Capable of both read and write access
Read only
Read only. After reading the register bank, each bit which is HIGH(1) will be cleared to LOW(0 )
automatically.
Write only
Write only. When writing data bits to register bank, each bit which is HIGH(1) will cause the
corresponding bit to be set to 1. Data bits which are LOW(0) has no effect on the corresponding bit.
Write only. When writing data bits to register bank, each bit which is HIGH(1) will cause the
corresponding bit to be cleared to 0. Data bits which are LOW(0) has no effect on the corresponding bit.
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1. System Overview
MT6235 is a highly-integrated and extremely powerful
single-chip solution for GSM/GPRS/EDGE mobile phones.
TM
Based on the 32-bit ARM926EJ-S
RISC processor,
MT6235’s superb processing power, along with high
bandwidth architecture and dedicated hardware support,
provides an unprecedented platform for high performance
GPRS/EDGE Class 12 MODEM application. Overall,
MT6235 presents a revolutionary platform for mobile
devices.
Typical application diagram is shown in Figure 1.
Platform
MT6235 is capable of running the ARM926EJ-S
TM
RISC
processor at up to 208 MHz, thus providing fast data
processing capabilities. In addition to the high clock
frequency, separate CODE and DATA caches are also
included to further improve the overall system efficiency.
For large amounts of data transfer, high performance DMA
(Direct Memory Access) with hardware flow control is
implemented, which greatly enhances the data movement
speed while reducing MCU processing load.
Targeted as a high performance platform for mobile
applications, hardware flash content protection is also
provided to prevent unauthorized porting of the software
load to protect the manufacturer’s development
investment.
Memory
To provide the greatest capacity for expansion and
maximum bandwidth for data intensive applications such
as multimedia features, MT6235 supports up to 4 external
state-of-the-art devices through its 8/16-bit host interface.
High performance devices such as Mobile SDRAM and
Cellular RAM are supported for maximum bandwidth.
Traditional devices such as burst/page mode flash, page
mode SRAM, and Pseudo SRAM are also supported. For
greatest compatibility, the memory interface can also be
used to connect to legacy devices such as Color/Parallel
LCD, and multi-media companion chips are all supported
through this interface. To minimize power consumption
and ensure low noise, this interface is designed for flexible
I/O voltage and allows lowering of the supply voltage
down to 1.8V. The driving strength is configurable for
signal integrity adjustment.
Multi-media
The MT6235 multi-media subsystem provides a
connection to a CMOS image sensor and supports a
resolution up to 2.0 Mpixels. With its high performance
In addition to image and video features, MT6235 utilizes
high resolution DAC, digital audio, and audio synthesis
technology to provide superior audio features for all future
multi-media needs.
Connectivity and Storage
To take advantage of its incredible multimedia strengths,
MT6235 incorporates myriads of advanced connectivity
and storage options for data storage and communication.
MT6235 supports UART, Fast IrDA, USB 2.0, SDIO,
Bluetooth, Touch Screen Controller, WIFI Interface, and
MMC/SD/MS/MS Pro storage systems. These interfaces
provide MT6235 users with the highest degree of
flexibility in implementing solutions suitable for the
targeted application.
To achieve a complete user interface, MT6235 also brings
together all the necessary peripheral blocks for a
multi-media GSM/GPRS/EDGE phone. The peripheral
blocks include the Keypad Scanner with the capability to
detect multiple key presses, SIM Controller, Alerter, Real
Time Clock, PWM, Serial LCD Controller, and General
Purpose Programmable I/Os.
Furthermore, to provide much better configurability and
bandwidth for multi-media products, an additional 18-bit
parallel interface is incorporated. This interface enables
connection to LCD panels as well as NAND flash devices
for additional multi-media data storage.
Audio
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Using a highly integrated mixed-signal Audio Front-End,
the MT6235 architecture allows for easy audio interfacing
with direct connection to the audio transducers. The
audio interface integrates D/A and A/D Converters for
Voice band, as well as high resolution Stereo D/A
Converters for Audio band. In addition, MT6235 also
provides Stereo Input and Analog MUX.
MT6235 supports AMR codec to adaptively optimize
speech and audio quality. Moreover, HE-AAC codec is
implemented to deliver CD-quality audio at low bit rates.
On the whole, MT6235’s audio features provide a rich
solution for multi-media applications.
Radio
MT6235 integrates a mixed-signal baseband front-end in
order to provide a well-organized radio interface with
flexibility for efficient customization. The front-end
contains gain and offset calibration mechanisms, and filters
with programmable coefficients for comprehensive
compatibility control on RF modules. This approach
allows the usage of a high resolution D/A Converter for
controlling VCXO or crystal, reducing the need for an
expensive TCVCXO. MT6235 achieves great MODEM
performance by utilizing a 14-bit high resolution A/D
Converter in the RF downlink path. Furthermore, to
reduce the need for extra external current-driving
component, the driving strength of some BPI outputs is
designed to be configurable.
advanced low leakage CMOS process, hence providing an
overall ultra low leakage solution.
Package
The MT6235 device is offered in a 13mm×13mm, 362-ball,
0.5 mm pitch, TFBGA package.
Debug Function
The JTAG interface enables in-circuit debugging of the
software program with the ARM926EJ-S core. With this
standardized debugging interface, MT6235 provides
developers with a wide set of options in choosing ARM
development kits from different third party vendors.
Power Management
The MT6235 offers various low-power features to help
reduce system power consumption. These features
include a Pause Mode of 32 KHz clocking in Standby State,
Power Down Mode for individual peripherals, and
Processor Sleep Mode. MT6235 is also fabricated in an
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Figure 1 Typical application of MT6235
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Platform Features
General
z Integrated voice-band, audio-band and base-band
analog front ends
z TFBGA 13mm×13mm, 362-ball, 0.5 mm pitch
package
MCU Subsystem
z ARM926EJ-S 32-bit RISC processor
z High performance multi-layer AMBA bus
z Java hardware acceleration for fast Java-based
games and applets
z Operating frequency: 26/52/104/208 MHz
z Dedicated DMA bus
z 14 DMA channels
z 512K bits on-chip SRAM
z 384K bits Instruction-TCM
z 640K bits Data-TCM
z 128K bits Instruction-Cache
z 128K bits Data-Cache
z On-chip boot ROM for Factory Flash
Programming
z Supports Flash and SRAM/PSRAM with page
mode or burst mode
z Industry standard Parallel LCD interface
z Supports multi-media companion chips with 8/16
bits data width
z Flexible I/O voltage of 1.8V ~ 2.8V for memory
interface
z Configurable driving strength for memory
interface
User Interfaces
z 8-row × 8-column keypad controller with
hardware scanner
z Supports multiple key presses for gaming
z SIM/USIM controller with hardware T=0/T=1
protocol control
z Real Time Clock (RTC) operating with a separate
power supply
z General Purpose I/Os (GPIOs)
z 4 sets of Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) output
z Alerter output with Enhanced PWM or PDM
z 8 external interrupt lines
z Watchdog timer for system crash recovery
z 3 sets of General Purpose Timer
z Circuit Switch Data coprocessor
z Division coprocessor
z PPP Framer coprocessor
External Memory Interface
z Supports up to 4 external memory devices
z Supports 8-bit or 16-bit memory components with
maximum size of up to 128M Bytes each
z Supports Mobile SDRAM and Cellular RAM
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Security
z Supports security key and 126 bit chip unique ID
Connectivity
z 3 UARTs with hardware flow control and speeds
z IrDA modulator/demodulator with hardware
z USB 2.0 capability
z Multi Media Card, Secure Digital Memory Card,
up to 921600 bps
framer. Supports SIR/MIR/FIR operating speeds.
Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro host controller
with flexible I/O voltage power
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zSupports SDIO interface for SDIO peripherals as
well as WIFI connectivity
z DAI/PCM and I2S interface for Audio application
Power Management
z Power Down Mode for analog and digital circuits
z Processor Sleep Mode
z Pause Mode of 32 KHz clocking in Standby State
z 4-channel Auxiliary 10-bit A/D Converter for
charger and battery monitoring and photo sensing
Test and Debug
z Built-in digital and analog loop back modes for
both Audio and Baseband Front-End
z DAI port complying with GSM Rec.11.10
z JTAG port for debugging embedded MCU
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1.1 MODEM Features
Radio Interface and Baseband Front End
z GMSK modulator with analog I and Q channel
outputs
z 10-bit D/A Converter for uplink baseband I and Q
signals
z 14-bit high resolution A/D Converter for downlink
baseband I and Q signals
z Calibration mechanism of offset and gain
mismatch for baseband A/D Converter and D/A
Converter
z 10-bit D/A Converter for Automatic Power
Control
z 13-bit high resolution D/A Converter for
Automatic Frequency Control
z Programmable Radio RX filter
z 2 channels Baseband Serial Interface (BSI) with
3-wire control
z Bi-directional BSI interface. RF chip register
read access with 3-wire or 4-wire interface.
z 10-Pin Baseband Parallel Interface (BPI) with
programmable driving strength
z GSM/GPRS quad vocoders for adaptive multirate
(AMR), enhanced full rate (EFR), full rate (FR)
and half rate (HR)
z GSM channel coding, equalization and A5/1, A5/2
and A5/3 ciphering
z GPRS GEA1, GEA2 and GEA3 ciphering
z Programmable GSM/GPRS/EDGE modem
z Packet Switched Data with CS1/CS2/CS3/CS4
coding schemes
z GSM Circuit Switch Data
z GPRS/EDGE Class 12
Voice Interface and Voice Front End
z Two microphone inputs sharing one low noise
amplifier with programmable gain and automatic
gain control (AGC) mechanisms
z Voice power amplifier with programmable gain
nd
order Sigma-Delta A/D Converter for voice
z 2
uplink path
z D/A Converter for voice downlink path
z Supports half-duplex hands-free operation
z Multi-band support
Voice and Modem CODEC
z Dial tone generation
z Voice memo
z Noise reduction
z Echo suppression
z Advanced sidetone Oscillation Reduction
z Digital sidetone generator with programmable
gain
z Two programmable acoustic compensation filters
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1.2 Multi-Media Features
LCD/NAND Flash Interface
z Dedicated Parallel Interface supports 3 external
devices with 8-/16-bit NAND flash interface,
8-/9-/16-/18-bit Parallel interface, and Serial
interface for LCM
z Built-in NAND Flash Controller with 1-bit ECC
for mass storage
LCD Controller
z Supports simultaneous connection to up to 3
parallel LCD and 2 serial LCD modules
z Supports LCM format: RGB332, RGB444,
RGB565, RGB666, RGB888
z Supports LCD module with maximum resolution
up to 800x600 at 24bpp
z Per pixel alpha channel
z True color engine
z Supports hardware display rotation
z Capable of combining display memories with up to
6 blending layers
Image Signal Processor
z 8 bit YUV format image input
z Capable of processing image of size up to 2.0 M
pixels
z Horizontal scaling in averaging method
z Vertical scaling in bilinear method
z YUV and RGB color space conversion
z Boundary padding
2D Accelerator
z Supports 32-bpp ARGB8888, 24-bpp RGB888,
16-bpp RGB565, and 8-bpp index color modes
z Supports SVG Tiny
z Rectangle gradient fill
z BitBlt: multi-BitBlt with 7 rotation, 16 binary ROP
z Alpha blending with 7 rotation
z Line drawing: normal line, dotted line,
anti-aliasing
z Circle drawing
z Bezier curve drawing
z Triangle flat fill
z Font caching: normal font, italic font
z Command queue with max depth of 2047
Audio CODEC
z Supports HE-AAC codec decode
z Supports AAC codec decode
z IEEE Std 1180-1990 IDCT standards compliance
z Supports progressive image processing to
minimize storage space requirement
z Supports reload-able DMA for VLD stream
Image Data Processing
z Supports Digital Zoom
z Supports RGB888/565, YUV444 image
processing
z High throughput hardware scaler. Capable of
tailoring an image to an arbitrary size.
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z Wavetable synthesis with up to 64 tones
z Advanced wavetable synthesizer capable of
generating simulated stereo
z Wavetable including GM full set of 128
instruments and 47 sets of percussions
z PCM Playback and Record
z Digital Audio Playback
Audio Interface and Audio Front End
z Supports I2S interface
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zHigh resolution D/A Converters for Stereo Audio
playback
z Analog multiplexer for stereo audio
z Stereo to mono conversion
z Stereo analog input for stereo audio source
1.3 General Description
Figure 2 depicts the block diagram of MT6235. Based on a dual-processor architecture, MT6235 integrates both an
ARM926EJ-S core and a digital signal processor core. ARM926EJ-S is the main processor responsible for running
high-level GSM/GPRS protocol software as well as multi-media applications. The digital signal processor manages the
low-level MODEM as well as advanced audio functions. Except for a few mixed-signal circuitries, the other building
blocks in MT6235 are connected to either the microcontroller or the digital signal processor.
MT6235consists of the following subsystems:
z Microcontroller Unit (MCU) Subsystem: includes an ARM926EJ-S RISC processor and its accompanying
memory management and interrupt handling logics;
z Digital Signal Processor (DSP) Subsystem: includes a DSP and its accompanying memory, memory controller, and
interrupt controller;
z MCU/DSP Interface: the junction at which the MCU and the DSP exchange hardware and software information;
z Microcontroller Peripherals: includes all user interface modules and RF control interface modules;
z Microcontroller Coprocessors: runs computing-intensive processes in place of the Microcontroller;
z DSP Peripherals: hardware accelerators for GSM/GPRS/EDGE channel codec;
z Multi-media Subsystem: integrates several advanced accelerators to support multi-media applications;
z Voice Front End: the data path for converting analog speech to and from digital speech;
z Audio Front End: the data path for converting stereo audio from an audio source;
z Baseband Front End: the data path for converting a digital signal to and from an analog signal from the RF
modules;
z Timing Generator: generates the control signals related to the TDMA frame timing; and,
z Power, Reset and Clock Subsystem: manages the power, reset, and clock distribution inside MT6235.
Details of the individual subsystems and blocks are described in the following chapters.
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Figure 2 MT6235 block diagram.
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2 Product Description
2.1 Pin Outs
One type of package for this product, TFBGA 13mm*13mm, 362-ball, 0.5 mm pitch package, is offered.
Pin-outs and the top view are illustrated in Figure 3 for this package. Outline and dimension of package is illustrated in Figure 4, while the definition of package is shown in Table 1.
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Figure 3 Top view of MT6235 TFBGA 13mm*13mm, 362-ball, 0.5 mm pitch package
Notes: RFU is reserved for future use and leave as NC in normal operation.
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Figure 4 Outlines and dimension of TFBGA 13mm*13mm, 362-ball, 0.5 mm pitch package
Body Size Ball Count Ball Pitch Ball Dia. Package Thk. Stand Off Substrate Thk.
D E N e b A (MAX) A1(NOM) C
13 13 362 0.5 0.3 1.2 0.21 0.36
Table 1 Definition of TFBGA 13mm*13mm, 362-ball, 0.5 mm pitch package (Unit: mm)
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2.2 Top Marking Definition
MT6235A
DDDD-###
LLLLL
S
MT6235A: Part No.
DDDD: Date Code
###: Subcontractor Code
LLLLL: U1 Die Lot No.
S: Special Code
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2.3 DC Characteristics
2.3.1 Absolute Maximum Ratings
Prolonged exposure to absolute maximum ratings may reduce device reliability. Functional operation at these maximum
ratings is not implied.
Item Symbol Min Max Unit
IO power supply VDD33 -0.3 VDD33+0.3 V
I/O input voltage VDD33 -0.3 VDD33+0.3 V
Operating temperature Topr -20 80 Celsius
Storage temperature Tstg -55 125 Celsius
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2.4 Pin Description
Ball
Name Dir
13X13
Description
Mode0 Mode1 Mode2 Mode3
PU/PDRese
t
G4 JTRST_B I JTAG test port reset input PD PD
G3 JTCK I JTAG test port clock input PU PU
G2 JTDI I JTAG test port data input PU PU
G1 JTMS I JTAG test port mode switch PUPU
H1 JTDO IO JTAG test port data output
H2 JRTCK IO JTAG test port returned clock output
AE6 BPI_BUS0 IO RF hard-wire control bus 0
AD7 BPI_BUS1 IO RF hard-wire control bus 1
JTAG Port
RF Parallel Control Unit
AC7 BPI_BUS2 IO RF hard-wire control bus 2
AC6 BPI_BUS3 IO RF hard-wire control bus 3
AE8 BPI_BUS4 IO RF hard-wire control bus 4
AD8 BPI_BUS5 IO RF hard-wire control bus 5
AC8 BPI_BUS6 IO RF hard-wire control bus 6
AB8 BPI_BUS7 IO RF hard-wire control bus 7
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GPIO19
GPIO20
GPIO21
BPI_BUS3 PU/PDPD
BPI_BUS6 PU/PDPD
BPI_BUS7 PU/PDPD
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AE9 BPI_BUS8 IO RF hard-wire control bus 8
AD9 BPI_BUS9 IO RF hard-wire control bus 9
AC9 BSI_CS0 IO RF 3-wire interface chip select 0
AE10 BSI_DATA IO RF 3-wire interface data output
AD10 BSI_CLK IO RF 3-wire interface clock output
AC10 PWM0 IO Pulse width modulated signal 0
AB10 PWM1 IO Pulse width modulated signal 1
RF Serial Control Unit
PWM Interface
GPIO22
GPIO23
GPIO39
GPIO40
BPI_BUS8 PU/PDPD
BPI_BUS9 BSI_CS1 PU/PDPD
PWM0 PU/PDPD
PWM1 BSI_RFIN PU/PDPD
AC5 PWM2 IO Pulse width modulated signal 2
AE5 PWM3 IO Pulse width modulated signal 3
AE4 SCL IO
AD5 SDA IO
AC11 LSCK IO Serial display interface data output
U11 LSA0 IO Serial display interface address output
Camera Control Interface
Serial LCD/PM IC Interface
GPIO17
GPIO18
GPIO15
GPIO16
GPIO24
GPIO25
PWM2 D2_TID5 PU/PDPD
PWM3 D2_TID6 PU/PDPD
SCL D2_TID3 PU/PDPU
SDA D2_TID4 PU/PDPU
LSCK DSP_GPO2 IRQ0 PU/PDPD
LSA0 DSP_GPO3 IRQ1 PU/PDPD
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AD12 LSDA IO Serial display interface clock output
AE12 LSCE0B IO Serial display interface chip select 0
output
LSCE1B IO
AC12
AB12 LPCE1B IO
U12 LPCE0B IO
AE13 LPTE IO
AC13 LRSTB IO Parallel display interface Reset Signal