The system module TB6 consists of Radio Frequency (RF) and Baseband (BB). User Interface (UI) contains display, keyboard, bluetooth, IR link, HF/HS connector and audio parts.
Part of the keyboard is implemented in a separate flip module, namely TF6.
The electrical part of the TB6 and half of the qwerty keyboard is located inside the flip
module.
NHL-9 includes a Pop-Port™ accessory interface. Both two and three wire type of chargers are supported. BL-5C Li-ion battery with nominal capacity of 850 mAh is used as
main power source.
The baseband blocks provide the MCU, DSP, external memory interface and digital control functions in the UPP ASIC. Power supply circuitry, charging, audio processing and RF
control hardware are located in the UEM ASIC.
The purpose of the RF block is to receive and demodulate the radio frequency signal from
the base station and to transmit a modulated RF signal to the base station.
Main functionality of the baseband is implemented into two ASICs:
- UPP (Universal Phone Processor) and
- UEMK Edge (Universal Energy Management)
Figure 1: Baseband Block Description
UPP8Mv3
Combo
Memor
FLASH 128Mbit
& utRAM 16MBit
Keyboards
Engine QWERTY
Engine control
Flip T9
C
Flip QW ERTY
LCD
Passive colour STN
Led driver
Keyboard &
display
illumination
SIM
DEMI
RF-BB Interface
UEMK
Edge
1.8 V
Battery
BL-5C
BU
IR
Bluetooth
Vibra
Accessory
Regulator
System connector
DC
ack
IHF
Tomahawk
IHF Amp
LM4890
HWA
Baseband is running from power rails 2.8V analog voltage and 1.8V I/O voltage. UPP core
voltages can be programmed to 1.053V, 1.35V, 1.57V (default) and 1.8V. UEMK includes
a 6-linear LDO (low drop-out) regulator for baseband and 7 regulators for RF. It also
includes 4 current sources for biasing purposes and internal usage. UEMK also includes
SIM interface, which supports both 1.8V and 3V SIM cards.
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. The phone is
waken up by a timer running from this 32 kHz clock supply or from external interrupt.
The sleeping time is determined by network parameters. The sleep mode is entered when
both the MCU and the DSP are in standby mode and the normal VCTCXO clock has been
switched off. Bluetooth has its own sleep period that is not aligned with phone sleep.
A real time clock function is integrated into the UEMK, which utilises the same 32kHz
clock supply as the sleep clock. A backup power supply is provided for the RTC-battery,
which keeps the real time clock running when the main battery is removed. The backup
power supply is a rechargeable surface mounted cell capacitor. The backup time with the
cell capacitor is 15 minutes minimum.
The interface between the baseband and the RF section is mainly handled by a UEMK
ASIC. UEMK provides A/D and D/A conversion of the in-phase and quadrature receive and
transmit signal paths and also A/D and D/A conversions of received and transmitted
audio signals to and from the user interface. The UEMK supplies the analog TXC and AFC
signals to the RF section according to the UPP DSP digital control. Data transmission
between the UEMK and the UPP is implemented using two serial busses, DBUS for DSP
and CBUS for MCU. There are also separate signals for PDM coded audio. Digital speech
processing is handled by the DSP inside UPP ASIC. UEMK is a dual voltage circuit, the
digital parts are running from the baseband supply 1.8V and the analogue parts are running from the analogue supply 2.78V also VBAT is directly used by some specific blocks.
The baseband supports both internal and external microphone inputs and speaker outputs. Input and output signal source selection and gain control is done by the UEMK
according to control messages from the UPP. Keypad tones, DTMF, and other audio tones
are generated and encoded by the UPP and transmitted to the UEMK for decoding. An
external vibra alert control signal is generated by the UEMK with separate PWM output.
NHL-9 has two external serial control interfaces: FBUS and MBUS. FBUS can be accessed
through production test pattern and Pop-PortTM System Connector. FBUS interface and
MBUS can be accessed through the production test pattern.
EMC shielding is implemented using soldered metal cans. Heat generated by the circuitry
is conducted out via ground planes located in the PWB.
The NHL-9 PWB is implemented into an 8-layer selective OSP coated PWB using buried
via technology.
Table 1: NHL-9 GenIO usage
GENIO #DirectionSignal NameConnected to
Default
state in
sleep
Note
GenIO0OutACIRegEnSysCon“0”ACI regulator enable
GenIO1OutCamRegEnCamera“0”Camera regulator enable
GenIO2InCOL5UI“1”, Pull-UpColumn 5 input from key-
NHL-9 baseband engine has six different functional modes:
•No supply
•Back-up
•Acting Dead
•Active
•Sleep
•Charging
No supply
In NO_SUPPLY mode, the phone has no supply voltage. This mode is a result of disconnection of the main and backup batteries or low battery voltage level in both of the batteries.
Phone is exiting from NO_SUPPLY mode when sufficient battery voltage level is detected.
Battery voltage can rise either by connecting a new battery with VBAT > V
connecting charger and charging the battery above V
Back-up
In BACK_UP mode, the backup battery has sufficient charge but the main battery can be
disconnected or empty (VBAT < V
VRTC regulator is disabled in BACK_UP mode. VRTC output is supplied without regulation
from backup battery (VBACK). All the other regulators are disabled in BACK_UP mode.
Acting dead
If the phone is off when the charger is connected, the phone is powered on but enters a
state called ”Acting Dead”. To the user, the phone acts as if it was switched off. A battery
charging alert is given and/or a battery charging indication on the display is shown to
acknowledge the user that the battery is being charged.
and VBACK > VBU
MSTR
MSTR+
COFF
or by
MSTR+
.
).
Active
In the Active mode, the phone is operates normally, scanning for channels, listening to a
base station, transmitting and processing information. There are several sub-states in the
active mode depending on if the phone is in burst reception, burst transmission, if DSP is
working, etc.
In the Active mode, the RF regulators are controlled by SW, which writes the desired settings into UEMK’s registers: VR1A can be enabled or disabled. VR2 can be enabled or dis-
abled and its output voltage can be programmed to be 2.78V or 3.3V. VR4 -VR7 can be
enabled, disabled, or forced into low quiescent current mode. VR3 is always enabled in
the Active mode.
Table 23: Regulator Controls
RegulatorNote
VFLASH1Enabled
VFLASH2Controlled by register writing into UEMK register.
Default state is off.
VANAEnabled
Disabled in sleep mode
VIOEnabled
VCOREEnabled
VSIMControlled by writing into UEMK register.
VR1AControlled by writing into UEMK register.
Disabled in sleep mode
VR1BControlled by writing into UEMK register.
Disabled in sleep mode
VR2Controlled by writing into UEMK register.
Disabled in sleep mode
VR3Enabled
Disabled in sleep mode
VR4Enabled
Disabled in sleep mode
VR5Enabled
Disabled in sleep mode
VR6Enabled
Disabled in sleep mode
VR7Enabled
Disabled in sleep mode
IPA1Controlled by writing into UEMK register.
IPA2Controlled by writing into UEMK register.
IPA3Controlled by writing into UEMK register.
Sleep mode
Sleep mode is entered when both MCU and DSP are in stand–by mode. Sleep is controlled by both processors. When SLEEPX low signal is detected, UEMK enters the SLEEP
mode. VCORE, VIO and VFLASH1 regulators are put into low quiescent current mode. All
the RF regulators are disabled in SLEEP. When SLEEPX=1 is detected, UEMK enters the
ACTIVE mode, which activates all functions.
The sleep mode is exited either by the expiration of a sleep clock counter in the UEMK or
by some external interrupt, generated by a charger connection, key press, headset connection, etc.
In the sleep mode, VCTCXO is shut down and a 32 kHz sleep clock oscillator is used as a
reference clock for the baseband.
Charging
Charging can be performed in any operating mode. The battery type/size is indicated by a
resistor inside the battery pack. The resistor value corresponds to a specific battery
capacity. This capacity value is related to the battery technology as different capacity
values are achieved by using different battery technology.
The battery voltage, temperature, size and current are measured by the UEMK controlled
by the charging software running in the UPP.
The charging control circuitry inside the UEMK controls the charging current delivered
from the charger to the battery. The battery voltage rise is limited by turning the UEMK
switch off when the battery voltage reaches 4.2 V. Charging current is monitored by
measuring the voltage drop across a 220 mΩ resistor.
Battery
850 mAh Li-ion battery pack BL-5C is used in NHL-9.
BSI2Battery capacity measurement (fixed resistor inside the battery pack)
GND3Negative/common battery terminal
Figure 3: BL-5C Battery Pack Contacts
3(GND)
1 (+)2(BSI)
The BSI fixed resistor value indicates type and default capacity of a battery. NTC-resistor
measures the battery temperature.
Temperature and capacity information is needed for the charge control. BSI is connected
to a pin in the battery connector. BTEMP is connected to NTC resistor. NTC is located on
the engine PWB. Phone has 100 kΩ pull-up resistors for these lines so that they can be
read by A/D inputs in the phone.
Table 26: BSI Resistor Values
ParameterMinTypMax
Battery size indicator resistor
BSI
6.76.86.9kΩTest mode resistor value
3.23.33.4kΩLocal mode resistor value
75kΩBattery size indicator (BL-5C)
Uni
t
Notes
Tolerance ±1%
Table 27: BTEMP NTC Resistor Properties
ParameterMinTypMax
NTC resistor BTEMP47kΩBattery temperature indicator (NTC
Supported chargers are ACP-7, ACP-8, ACP-9, ACP-12, LCH-8, LCH-9 and LCH-12.
Charging is controlled by the UEMK ASIC. External components are needed for current
sensing, EMC, reverse polarity and transient protection of the input to the baseband
module. The charger is connected to the system connector interface. The NHL-9 baseband is designed to support DCT3 chargers. Both 2- and 3-wire type chargers are supported.
The operation of the charging circuit has been specified in such a way as to limit the
power dissipation across the charge switch and to ensure safe operation in all modes.