Wideband code division multiple
access frequency division duplex
zero IF receiver
Objective specification
Supersedes data of 2002 Oct 16
2002 Oct 30
Philips SemiconductorsObjective specification
Wideband code division multiple access
frequency division duplex zero IF receiver
CONTENTS
1FEATURES
2APPLICATIONS
3GENERAL DESCRIPTION
4QUICK REFERENCE DATA
5ORDERING INFORMATION
6BLOCK DIAGRAM
7PINNING INFORMATION
7.1Pinning
7.2Pin description
8FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
8.1RF receiver front-end and RF VCO
8.2Channel filter and AGC
8.3RF VCO
8.4RF LO section
8.5RF fractional-N synthesizer PLL
8.6Clock PLL
8.7Control
9OPERATING MODES
9.1Basic operating mode
9.2AGC gain look-up table
9.3RF PLL synthesizer
9.4Clock PLL synthesizer
10PROGRAMMING
10.1Serial programming bus
10.2Data format
10.3Register contents
11LIMITING VALUES
12THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS
13DC CHARACTERISTICS
14AC CHARACTERISTICS
15SERIAL BUS TIMING CHARACTERISTICS
16APPLICATION INFORMATION
17PACKAGE OUTLINE
18SOLDERING
18.1Introduction to soldering surface mount
18.2Reflow soldering
18.3Wave soldering
18.4Manual soldering
18.5Suitability of surface mount IC packages for
19DATA SHEET STATUS
20DEFINITIONS
21DISCLAIMERS
UAA3580
packages
wave and reflow soldering methods
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Wideband code division multiple access
frequency division duplex zero IF receiver
1FEATURES
• Low noise wide dynamic range for zero IF receivers
• 79 dB gain control range; in steps of 1 dB
• Channel filters
• 96 dB voltage gain
• Fully integrated fractional-N synthesizer with AFC
control capability
• Fully integrated RF VCO withintegrated supply voltage
regulator
• Fully differential design to minimize crosstalk
• Supply voltage from 2.4 to 3.3 V
• 3-wire serial interface bus
• HVQFN24 package.
2APPLICATIONS
• WCDM-FDDreceiver for GSM hand-portable equipment
• Dual mode GSM/GPRS/EDGE/UMTS handset.
UAA3580
3GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The UAA3580 is a BiCMOS integrated circuit receiver
intended for the Third Generation Partnership Project
(3GPP) specification for the Universal Mobile
Telecommunication System (UMTS).
ThecircuitisspeciallydesignedfortheFrequencyDivision
Duplex (FDD) mode of the Wide Code Division Multiple
Access (WCDMA) that operates in the 2110 to 2170 MHz
band.
The UAA3580 contains the whole analog receive chain
from Radio Frequency (RF) Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) to
baseband IQ outputs including a channel filter, a complete
RF Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) with a fully integrated
Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO), and a clock PLL that
generates a programmable UMTS system clock from an
external 26 MHz reference signal.
4QUICK REFERENCE DATA
SYMBOLPARAMETERMIN.TYP.MAX.UNIT
V
CCA
V
DDD
T
amb
5ORDERING INFORMATION
TYPE
NUMBER
UAA3580HNHVQFN24plastic, heatsink very thin quad flat package; no leads
analog supply voltage2.6−3.3V
digital supply voltage1.6−2.8V
ambient temperature−30−+70°C
PACKAGE
VERSION
NAMEDESCRIPTION
SOT616-1
24 terminals; body 4 × 4 × 0.90 mm
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frequency division duplex zero IF receiver
6BLOCK DIAGRAM
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REFIN
V
CCA(SYN)
CPCLKO
V
CCA(CP)
RFCPO
CAPVCOREG
VCOGND
V
CCA(RF)
RFGND
RFIP
RFIN
IFGND
RXCEN
V
CCA(IF)
19
20
21
22
23
24
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
SIGMA DELTA
FRACTIONAL-N
RF VCO
VCO
REGULATOR
LNA
RF
DIVIDE-BY-2
MIXER
MIXER
RF
SIGMA DELTA
FRACTIONAL-N
UAA3580HN
DIVIDE-BY-2
VCO
SERIAL INTERFACE
18
17
16
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
REXT
UMTSCLKO
V
DDD
EN
CLK
DATA
QN
QP
IN
IP
FCA236
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Fig.1 Block diagram.
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frequency division duplex zero IF receiver
7PINNING INFORMATION
7.1Pinning
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IFGND
RFIN
RFIP
RFGND
V
CCA(RF)
VCOGND
6
5
4
3
2
1
CCA(IF)
V
RXCEN
8
7
UAA3580HN
UAA3580
IP
IN
9
10
QP
11
QN
12
13
DATA
14
CLK
15
EN
V
16
UMTSCLKO
17
REXT
18
DDD
22
23
24
RFCPO
CCA(CP)
V
CAPVCOREG
20
21
CPCLKO
CCA(SYN)
V
Fig.2 Pin configuration.
19
FCA237
REFIN
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frequency division duplex zero IF receiver
IP9differential receive baseband positive in-phase output
IN10differential receive baseband negative in-phase output
QP11differential receive baseband positive in-quadrature output
QN12differential receive baseband negative in-quadrature output
DATA13serial bus data input
CLK14serial bus clock input
EN15serial bus enable input
V
DDD
UMTSCLKO17UMTS system clock output
REXT18external charge pump biasing resistor connection
REFIN19reference clock input
V
CCA(SYN)
CPCLKO21charge pump clock output
V
CCA(CP)
RFCPO23RF charge pump output
CAPVCOREG24decoupling capacitor for the VCO regulator
2analog supply voltage for the RF receiver
8analog supply voltage for the IF section
16digital supply voltage
20analog supply voltage for the synthesizer
22analog supply voltage for the charge pump section
die padground
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frequency division duplex zero IF receiver
8FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
The receiver consists of an RF receiver front-end, an
RF VCO, a channel filter, Automatic Gain Control (AGC),
a RF fractional-N synthesizer PLL, a clock PLL, a
Power-up reset circuit and a 3-wire serial programming
bus.
8.1RF receiver front-end and RF VCO
The front-end receiver converts the aerial RF signal from
WCMDA (2.11 to 2.17 GHz) band down to a Zero
Intermediate Frequency (ZIF). The first stage is a
differential low noise amplifier matched to 50 Ω using an
external balun. The LNA is followed by an IQ down-mixer
which consists of two mixers in parallel but driven by
quadrature out-of-phase LO signals. The In phase (I) and
Quadrature phase (Q) ZIF signals are then low-pass
filtered, to provide protection from high frequency offset
interference, and fed into the channel filter.
8.2Channel filter and AGC
The front-end zero IF I and Q outputs are applied to the
integrated low-pass channel filter with a provision for
4 × 8 dB gain steps in front of the filter. The filter is a
self-calibrated fifth-order low-pass filter with a cut-off
frequency around 2.4 MHz. Once filtered the zero IF
I and Q outputs are further amplified with provision for
47 × 1 dB steps and DC offset compensation. The zero IF
output buffer provides close rail-to-rail output signal.
8.3RF VCO
The RF VCO is fully integrated and self-calibrated on
manufacturing tolerances. It consists of 16 different
frequency ranges that are selected internally, depending
on the frequency programmation. It covers the necessary
bandwidth of 4.22 to 4.34 GHz and is tuned via the RF
charge pump and external loop filter. An internal supply
voltage regulator using the pin CAPVCOREG as external
decoupling capacitor supplies the RF VCO and minimizes
parasitic coupling and pushing. The regulator and the RF
VCO are turned on by the RXCEN signal.
8.4RF LO section
The RF LO section covering the 4.22 to 4.34 GHz band is
driven by the internal RF VCO module. It includes the LO
buffering for the RF PLL and a divide-by-two circuit to
generate the quadrature LO signals to drive the RX IQ
down-mixer.
UAA3580
8.5RF fractional-N synthesizer PLL
A high performance RF fractional-N synthesizer PLL is
included on-chip which enables the frequency of the RF
VCOtobesynthesized.Thefrequencyissetviathe3-wire
serial programming bus.
The PLL is based on Sigma-Delta (Σ∆) fractional-N
synthesis that enables the required channel frequency,
including Automatic Frequency Control (AFC) from a free
running external 26 MHz GSM reference frequency, to be
obtained. Very low close in-phase noise is achieved which
allows a wider PLL loop bandwidth and a shorter settling
time. The programmable main dividers are controlled by a
second-order (Σ∆) modulus controller. They divide the RF
VCO signals down to frequencies of 26 MHz (in
programmable 12 Hz steps). Their phase is then
compared in a digital Phase/Frequency Detector (PFD) to
the 26 MHz reference clock signal. The phase error
informationis fed back to the RF VCO viathecharge pump
circuit that ‘sources’ into or ‘sinks’ current from the loop
filter capacitor, thus changing the VCO frequency so that
the loop is finally brought into phase-lock.
The RF synthesizer division range enables an external
reference frequency of 13 to 26 MHz to be used.
8.6Clock PLL
The clock PLL is based on SD fractional-N synthesis that
allows the UMTS system clock, including AFC from a
non-correctedexternal 26 MHz GSM reference frequency,
to be obtained. The PLL comprises a fully integrated RC
VCO.The PLL output is a low harmonic content waveform,
the frequency of which can be programmed to
15.36, 30.72 or 61.44 MHz. The default value is
30.72 MHz.
8.7Control
Thecontrolof the chip is done via the 3-wire serial bus and
pin RXCEN. At power-up the clock PLL section is
automatically enabled, the other sections are enabled
when the RXCEN signal is set HIGH (also via the 3-wire
bus). The power-up signal is detected on pin V
the voltage rises. The V
maintained, enables the programming parameters to be
retained in memory.
pin, if the supply voltage is
DDD
DDD
when
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UAA3580
frequency division duplex zero IF receiver
9OPERATING MODES
9.1Basic operating modes
The circuit can be powered up into different operating
modes, depending on the control bits RXON and SYNON,
via the 3-wire bus. This defines three main modes called
IDLE, SYN and RX mode.
The voltage level applied to pin RXCEN must be set HIGH
to enable the device. The VCO and the PLL sections are
enabled in SYN mode. In the RX mode every section is
enabled (receive part, VCO and PLL sections).