The Baseband module of the RH-48 transceiver is a CDMA single-band engine. The baseband architecture is based on the DCT4 Apollo engine.
RH-48 cellular baseband consists of three ASICs: Universal Energy Management (UEM),
Universal Phone Processor (UPP), and a 128/8 megabit combo FLASH.
The baseband architecture supports a power-saving function called sleep mode. This
sleep mode shuts off the VCTCXO, which is used as system clock source for both RF and
baseband. During the 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 phone 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.
RH-48 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 three-wire charger is ignored. UEM ASIC and EM SW control charging.
BL-5C Li-ion battery is used as main power source for RH-48. BL-5C has nominal capacity of 850 mAh.
• By the RTC Alarm, when the RTC logic has been programmed to give an alarm.
After receiving one of the above signals, the UEM counts a 20ms delay and then enters
its reset mode. The watchdog starts up, and if the battery voltage is greater than Vcoff+,
a 200ms delay is started to allow references, etc. to settle. After this delay elapses, the
VFLASH1 regulator is enabled. Then, 500us later 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
UPP; resets are generated for the MCU and the DSP. During this reset phase, the UEM
forces the VCTCXO regulator on — regardless of the status of the sleep control input signal to the UEM. 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 at
the UEM power on — except for the SIM regulator and Vflash2. Vsim and Vflash2 are not
used. The UEM internal watchdogs are running during the UEM reset state, with the
longest watchdog time selected. If the watchdog expires, the UEM returns to power off
state. The UEM watchdogs are internally acknowledged at the rising edge of the PURX
signal in order to always give the same watchdog response time to the MCU.
The following timing diagram represents UEM start-up sequence from reset to power-on
mode.
When the Power on key is pressed, the UEM enters the power-up sequence. Pressing the
power key causes the PWRONX pin on the UEM to be grounded. The UEM PWRONX signal is not part of the keypad matrix. The power key is only connected to the UEM. This
means that when pressing the power key an interrupt is generated to the UPP that starts
the MCU. The MCU then reads the UEM interrupt register and notice that it is a PWRONX
interrupt. The MCU now reads the status of the PWRONX signal using the UEM 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 on key does not indicate a valid power-on situation, the MCU powers off the
baseband.
Power up when charger is connected
In order to be able to detect and start charging in cases where the main battery is fully
discharged (empty) and hence UEM has no supply (NO_SUPPLY or BACKUP mode of
UEM), charging is controlled by START-UP CHARGING circuitry.
Whenever VBAT level is detected to be below master reset threshold (V
controlled by START_UP charge circuitry. Connecting a charger forces VCHAR input to
rise above charger detection threshold, VCH
started. UEM generates 100mA constant output current from the connected charger’s
output voltage. As battery charges its voltage rises, and when VBAT voltage level higher
than master reset threshold limit (V
MSTR-
. By detection start-up charging is
DET+
) is detected START_UP charge is terminated.
MSTR+
), charging is
Monitoring the VBAT voltage level is done by charge control block (CHACON). MSTRX=‘1’
output reset signal (internal to UEM) is given to UEM’s RESET block when VBAT>V
during start-up charging, charging is cancelled. It
MSTR
will restart if new rising edge on VCHAR input is detected (VCHAR rising above VCH
RTC alarm power up
If phone is in POWER_OFF mode when RTC alarm occurs the wake-up procedure. After
baseband is powered on, an interrupt is given to MCU. When RTC alarm occurs during
ACTIVE mode, the interrupt for MCU is generated.
Power off
The Baseband switch power-off mode if any of following statements is true:
• Power key is pressed
• Battery voltage is too low (VBATT < 3.2 V)
• Watchdog timer register expires
The Power-down procedure is controlled by the UEM.
Power Consumption and Operation modes
DET+
).
In the POWER-OFF mode, the power (VBAT) is supplied to UEM, buzzer, vibra , LED, PA
and PA drivers (Tomcat and Hornet). During this mode, the current consumption on this
mode is approximately 35uA.
In the SLEEP mode, both processors, MCU and DSP, are in stand-by mode. Phone will go
to sleep mode only when both processors make this request. When SLEEPX signal is
detected low by the UEM, the phone enters SLEEP mode. VIO and VFLASH1 regulators are
put into low quiescent current mode, VCORE enters LDO mode, and VANA and VFLASH2
regulators are disabled. All RF regulators are disabled during SLEEP mode. When SLEEPX
signal is detected high by the UEM, the phone enters ACTIVE mode and all functions are
activated.
The sleep mode is exited either by the expiration of a sleep clock counter in the UEM or
by some external interrupt, generated by a charger connection, key press, headset connection, etc.
In sleep mode, VCTCXO is shut down and 32 kHz sleep clock oscillator is used as reference clock for the baseband.
The average current consumption of the phone in sleep mode can vary depending mainly
on SW state (e.g., slot cycle 0, 1, or 2 and if the phone is working on IS95 or IS2000 for
CDMA); however, on average is about 6 mA in slot cycle 0 on IS95.
In the ACTIVE mode, the phone 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 phone present state of the phone such as: burst
reception, burst transmission, if DSP is working, etc.
In active mode SW controls the UEM 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 1.8V or 3.3V. 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.
In the CHARGING mode, the charging 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 UEM,
and the charging software running in the UPP controls it.
The charging control circuitry (CHACON) inside the UEM controls the charging current
delivered from the charger to the battery and phone. The battery voltage rise is limited
by turning the UEM switch off, when the battery voltage has reached 4.2 V. 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 phone‘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 UEM ASIC controls the power distribution to the whole phone 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:
UEM, PA, buzzer, vibra, display, and keyboard lights.
The heart of the power distribution to the phone is the power control block inside UEM.
It includes all the voltage regulators and feeds the power to the whole system. UEM handles hardware functions of power up so that regulators are not powered and power up
reset (PURX) are not released if battery voltage is less than 3 V.
RH-48 Baseband is powered from five different UEM regulators (VANA, VIO, VFLASH1,
VFLASH2, and VCORE (DC/DC) See Table 1.
UEM supplies also voltages VR1A, VR1B, VR2, VR3, VR4, VR5, VR6, and VR7 for RF. See
Table 2.
VCORE3001.5Output voltage selectable 1.0V/1.3V/1.5V/1.8V
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
VSIM253.0Enabled only when SIM card is used
Regulator
VR1A104.75Enabled when cell transmitter is on
VR1B104.75Enabled when the transmitter is on
Maximum current
(mA)
Table 2: RH-48 RF regulators
Maximum current
(mA)
Vout (V)Notes
Power up default 1.5V
during sleep and power off-modes)
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 UEM. The charge pump
works with Cbus (1.2 MHz) oscillator and gives a 4.75 V regulated output voltage to RF.
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 Yoda pin 18 (TCXO_IN). Yoda then converts the analog sine waveform to a digital waveform with swing voltage of 0 tot 1.8V and sends it to the UPP
from pin 16 at Yoda (19.2 Out) to the UPP pin M5 (RFCLK). (See Figure 4 for waveform.)
Figure 4: Waveform of 19.2MHz clock (VCTCXO) going to the Yoda ASIC
The UPP distributes the 19.2MHz internal clock to the DSP and MCU, where SW multiplies this clock by seven for the DSP and by two for the MCU. (See Figure 6.)
A 1.2 MHz clock signal is use for CBUS, which is used by the MCU to transfer data
between UEM and UPP. (See the following figure for Cbus data transfer.)
DBUS Clk Interface
A 9.6 MHz clock signal is use for DBUS, which is used by the DSP to transfer data
between UEM and UPP. (See the following figure.)
The system clock is stopped during sleep mode by disabling the VCTCXO power supply
(VR3) from the UEM regulator output by turning off the controlled output signal SleepX
from UPP.
SleepCLK (Digital)
The UEM provides a 32kHz sleep clock for internal use and to UPP, where it is used for
the sleep mode timing. (Figure 9.)