Baseband and RF Architecture.................................................................................................................... 4
Power Up and Reset ....................................................................................................................................5
Power Up - Power Key............................................................................................................................. 7
Power Up - Charger ................................................................................................................................. 7
Power Up - RTC Alarm............................................................................................................................. 8
Power Off .......................................................................................................................................................8
Power Consumption and Operation Modes .........................................................................................8
Power Distribution ......................................................................................................................................9
Clock Distribution ......................................................................................................................................11
Charge Control ...........................................................................................................................................20
Accessory Detection Through ACI..................................................................................................... 25
SIM CAR .......................................................................................................................................................26
Test Points...................................................................................................................................................... 28
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Introduction
The baseband module is a CDMA single-band engine based on the DCT4 architecture and
consists of three ASICs: Universal Energy Management cost effective (UEMC), Universal
Phone Processor (UPP8M4.2), and a 64 megabit FLASH.
The baseband architecture supports a power-saving function called sleep mode. Sleep
mode shuts off the VCTCXO, which is used as the system clock source for both the RF and
the baseband. During sleep mode, the system runs from a 32 kHz crystal and all the RF
regulators (VR1A, VR1B, VR2, … VR7) are off. The sleep time is determined by network
parameters. Sleep mode is entered when both the MCU and the DSP are in standby mode
and the normal VCTCXO clock is switched off. The mobile terminal is waken up by a timer
running from this 32 kHz clock supply. The period of the sleep/wake up cycle (slotted
cycle) is 1.28N seconds, where N= 0, 1, 2, depending on the slot cycle index.
2118 supports standard Nokia 2-wire and 3-wire chargers (ACP-x and LCH-x). However,
the 3-wire chargers are treated as 2-wire chargers. The PWM control signal for
controlling the 3-wire charger is ignored. UEMC ASIC and EM SW control charging.
BL-5C Li-ion battery is used as main power source and has nominal capacity of 850 mAh.
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Power Up and Reset
Power up and reset are controlled by the UEMC ASIC. The baseband can be powered up in
the following ways:
•Pressing the Power button, which means grounding the PWRONX pin of the
UEMC
•Connecting the charger to the charger input
•Initiating the RTC Alarm, when the RTC logic has been programmed to give an
alarm
After receiving one of the above signals, the UEMC counts a 20 ms delay and then enters
reset mode. The watchdog starts, and if the battery voltage is greater than Vcoff+, a
200 ms delay is started to allow references (etc.) to settle. After this delay elapses, the
VFLASH1 regulator is enabled. Then, 500 us later, the VR3, VANA, VIO, and VCORE are
enabled. Finally, the Power Up Reset (PURX) line is held low for 20 ms. This reset (PURX)
is sent to the UPP. Resets are generated for the MCU and the DSP. During this reset
phase, the UEMC forces the VCTCXO regulator on — regardless of the status of the sleep
control input signal to the UEMC. The FLSRSTx from the UPP is used to reset the flash
during power up and to put the flash in power down during sleep. All baseband
regulators are switched on when the UEMC is powered on. The UEMC internal watchdogs
are running during the UEMC reset state, with the longest watchdog time selected. If the
watchdog expires, the UEMC returns to the power off state. The UEMC watchdogs are
internally acknowledged at the rising edge of the PURX signal to always give the same
watchdog response time to the MCU.
The following timing diagram represents the UEMC start-up sequence from reset to
power-on mode.
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Power Up - Power Key
When the power key is pressed, the UEMC enters the power-up sequence. Pressing the
power key causes the PWRONX pin on the UEMC to be grounded. The UEMC PWRONX
signal is not part of the keypad matrix. The power key is only connected to the UEMC.
This means that when pressing the power key an interrupt is generated to the UPP that
starts the MCU. The MCU then reads the UEMC interrupt register and notices that it is a
PWRONX interrupt. The MCU reads the status of the PWRONX signal using the UEMC
control bus (CBUS). If the PWRONX signal stays low for a certain time the MCU accepts
this as a valid power-on state and continues with the SW initialization of the baseband.
If the power key does not indicate a valid power-on situation, the MCU powers off the
baseband.
Power Up - Charger
In order to be able to detect and start charging in cases where the main battery is fully
discharged (empty) and hence UEMC has no supply (NO_SUPPLY or BACKUP mode of
UEMC), charging is controlled by start-up charging circuitry.
Whenever the VBAT level is detected to be below the master reset threshold (V
charging is controlled by START_UP charge circuitry. Connecting a charger forces the
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VCHAR input to rise above the charger detection threshold (VCH
start-up charging is initiated. The UEMC generates 100 mA constant output current from
the connected charger’s output voltage. The battery’s voltage rises at it charges, and
when the VBAT voltage level is detected to be higher than master reset threshold limit
(V
), the START_UP charge is terminated.
MSTR+
Monitoring the VBAT voltage level is done by charge control block (CHACON). A
MSTRX=‘1’ output reset signal (internal to the UEMC) is given to the UEMC’s reset block
when the VBAT>V
If the VBAT is detected to fall below V
cancelled. It will restart if a new rising edge on VCHAR input is detected (VCHAR rising
above VCH
DET+
Power Up - RTC Alarm
If the mobile terminal is in power-off mode when the RTC alarm occurs, the wake-up
procedure intiates. After the baseband is powered on, an interrupt is given to the MCU.
When an RTC alarm occurs during active mode, the interrupt is generated to the MCU.
Power Off
).
and the UEMC enters into the reset sequence.
MSTR+
during start-up charging, charging is
MSTR
) and by detection,
DET+
The baseband switches to power-off mode if any of following occurs:
•Power key is pressed
•Battery voltage is too low (VBATT < 3.2 V)
•Watchdog timer register expires
The UEMC controls the power-down procedure.
Power Consumption and Operation Modes
In power-off mode, the power (VBAT) is supplied to the UEMC, vibra, LED, PA, and PA
drivers. During this mode, the current consumption is approximately 35 uA.
In the sleep mode, both processors (MCU and DSP) are in stand-by mode. The mobile
terminal enters sleep mode only when both processors make this request. When the
SLEEPX signal is detected low by the UEMC, the mobile terminal enters sleep mode. The
VIO and VFLASH1 regulators are put into low quiescent current mode, VCORE enters LDO
mode, and the VANA and VFLASH2 regulators are disabled. All RF regulators are disabled
during sleep mode. When the SLEEPX signal is detected high by the UEMC, the mobile
terminal enters ACTIVE mode and all functions are activated.
Sleep mode is exited either by the expiration of a sleep clock counter in the UEMC or by
some external interrupt (generated by a charger connection, key press, headset
connection, etc.).
In sleep mode, the VCTCXO is shut down and the 32 kHz sleep clock oscillator is used as
a reference clock for the baseband.
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In ACTIVE mode, the mobile terminal is in normal operation, scanning for channels,
listening to a base station, transmitting and processing information. There are several
sub-states in the active mode depending on the mobile terminal present state of the
mobile terminal, such as burst reception, burst transmission, if the DSP is working, etc.
In active mode, SW controls the UEMC RF regulators: VR1A and VR1B can be enabled or
disabled. VSIM can be enabled or disabled and its output voltage can be programmed to
be 1.8 V or 3.3 V. VR2 and VR4—VR7 can be enabled or disabled or forced into low
quiescent current mode. VR3 is always enabled in active mode and disabled during Sleep
mode and cannot be control by SW in the same way as the other regulators. VR3 will
only turn off if both processors request to be in sleep mode.
CHARGING mode can be performed in parallel with any other operating mode. A BSI
resistor inside the battery pack indicates the battery type/size. The resistor value
corresponds to a specific battery capacity. This capacity value is related to the battery
technology.
The battery voltage, temperature, size, and charging current are measured by the UEMC,
and the charging software running in the UPP controls it.
The charging control circuitry (CHACON) inside the UEMC controls the charging current
delivered from the charger to the battery and mobile terminal. The battery voltage rise is
limited by turning the UEMC switch off when the battery voltage has reached 4.2 V. The
charging current is monitored by measuring the voltage drop across a 220 mOhm
resistor.
Power Distribution
In normal operation, the baseband is powered from the mobile terminal‘s battery. The
battery consists of one Lithium-Ion cell capacity of 850 mAh and some safety and
protection circuits to prevent harm to the battery.
The UEMC ASIC controls the power distribution to the whole mobile terminal through
the BB and RF regulators excluding the power amplifier (PA), which has a continuous
power rail directly from the battery. The battery feeds power directly to the following
parts of the system:
•UEMC
•PA
•Vibra
•Display
•Keyboard lights
The heart of the power distribution to the mobile terminal is the power control block
inside the UEMC. It includes all the voltage regulators and feeds the power to the whole
system. The UEMC handles hardware power-up functions so the regulators are not
powered and the power up reset (PURX) is not released if the battery voltage is less than
3 V.
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The 2118 baseband is powered from five different UEMC regulators (see Table 1).
Table 1: Baseband Regulators
Regulator
VCORE3001.35/1.05Power up default 1.35 V and 1.05 V in Sleep Mode.
VIO1501.8Enabled always except during power-off mode
VFLASH1702.78Enabled always except during power-off mode
VFLASH2402.78Enabled only when data cable is connected
VANA802.78Enabled only when the system is awake (Off during
VSIM253.0Enabled only when SIM card is used
Maximum
Current (mA)
Vout (V)Notes
sleep and power off-modes)
Table 2 includes the UEMC regulators for the RF.
Table 2: RF Regulators
Regulator
VR1A104.75Enabled when cell transmitter is on
VR1B104.75Enabled when the transmitter is on
Maximum
Current (mA)
Vout (V)Notes
VR21002.78Enabled when the transmitter is on
VR3202.78Enabled when SleepX is high
VR4502.78Enabled when the receiver is on
VR5502.78Enabled when the receiver is on
VR6502.78Enabled when the transmitter is on
VR7452.78Enabled when the receiver is on
The charge pump that is used by VR1A is constructed around the UEMC. The charge
pump works with the CBUS (1.2 MHz) oscillator and gives a 4.75 V regulated output
voltage to the RF.
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Clock Distribution
RFClk (19.2 MHz Analog)
The main clock signal for the baseband is generated from the voltage and temperature
controlled crystal oscillator VCTCXO (G500). This 19.2 MHz clock signal is generated at
the RF and is fed to N700 pin 18 (TCXO_IN). N700 then converts the analog sine
waveform to a digital waveform with a swing voltage of 0 tot 1.8 V and sends it to the
UPP from pin 16 at N700 (19.2 Out) to the UPP pin M5 (RFCLK).
Figure 4: Waveform of the 19.2 MHz clock (VCTCXO) going to the N700 ASIC
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RFConvClk (19.2 MHz digital)
The UPP distributes the 19.2 MHz internal clock to the DSP and MCU, where the software
multiplies this clock by seven for the DSP and by two for the MCU.
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CBUS Clk Interface
A 1.2 MHz clock signal is used for CBUS, which is used by the MCU to transfer data
between the UEMC and UPP.
DBUS Clk Interface
A 9.6 MHz clock signal is used for DBUS, which is used by the DSP to transfer data
between the UEMC and UPP.
Figure 7: CBUS data transfer
Figure 8: Dbus data transferring
The system clock is stopped during sleep mode by disabling the VCTCXO power supply
(VR3) from the UEMC regulator output by turning off the controlled output signal SleepX
from the UPP.