The radio part is necessary to convert the GMSK-RF-signals from the antenna to the
baseband and vice versa.
In the receiving direction, the signals are split in the I- and Q-component and fed to the A/D-converter of the logic part. In the transmission direction, the GMSK-signal is
generated with the Direct Modulator by modulation of the I- and Q-signals, which are
generated in the baseband section. After the modulation the RF-signals are amplified by
a buffer-limiter and, for the GSM900 path, filtered with a SAW-Filter. Finally, the power amplifier (PA) is attached to reach the output power.
Transmitter and Receiver are never active at the same time. Simultaneous
reception in the EGSM 900 and GSM 1800 band is impossible as well as
simultaneous transmission in both bands. However the monitoring band
(monitoring timeslot) in the TDMA-frame can be chosen independently of the
receiving or transmitting band (RX- and TX timeslot of the band).
The RF-part is designed for dualband operation (EGSM 900, GSM 1800) and consists of
the following main components:
1. 26MHz reference crystal Z1500
2. TX-Filter in GSM section Z1600
3. Transmitter power amplifier RF9340 with integrated regulator Z1700
4. Front-End-Module including RX-/TX-switch and EGSM 900/GSM1800 receiver SAW-
filters D1740
5. Infineon Limiter/Buffer PMB2256 to amplify the RF signals from the modulator to
drive the PA D1600
6. Infineon Smarti DC2 PMB6256 with the following functionality D1785:
• Integrated active part of the 26MHz crystal oscillator
• PLL for local oscillator LO1
• LO1-VCO
• Direct conversion receiver with channel filtering
• Direct Modulator
• Active part of the reference oscillator including buffer
The voltage regulator for the RF-part is located inside the ASIC D361.(see chapter 5.2).It
generates the required 2,85V “RF-Voltages” named VCC2_8 and VCC_SYN.(VCC_SYN
is also named VCC2 and behind R1451VCC_OSC)
The following components are supplied by:
VCC2_8
• Limiter amplifier
The voltage regulator RFREG 1 is controlled by the signal SLEEPQ (RF_EN
RFREG2 is controlled by he signal VCXOEN_UC connected to SLEEP1_N
H1)
. Both signals are provided by the EGOLD+ (SLEEPQ (GSM TDMA-Timer H16) /
VCXOEN_UC (Miscellaneous R6)).
Circuit diagram
VCC_SYN
• Modulators
• RX mixers
• VCO
• PLL
• 26 MHz reference oscillator
(RF REG G2)),
(on/off Control
CC2_8
SYN
4.3 Frequency generation
4.3.1 Synthesizer: The discrete VCXO (26MHz)
The reference oscillator is a 26 MHz voltage controlled crystal oscillator. It has two main
tasks:
• It is used as reference for the synthesizer phase/frequency detector (Smarti
internal circuit)
• It gives the clock for the processor (E-Gold)
The main block is realized as an internal transistor cell with a Colpitts structure. The 26
MHz quartz crystal is connected to a tuning circuit that allows a fine-tuning of the
frequency. A current mirror, acting as buffer and amplifier followed by a LC resonant
circuit makes the signal to fit the E-Gold clock signal requirements. ON/OFF signal
(VCC_OSC) comes from the ASIC via the resistor R1451. For temperature
measurements of the VCXO a temperature resistance (R700) is used. The resistor is
placed near the VCXO. The measurement result TVCXO is reported to the EGOLD+
(Analog Interface P3) via R138 as the signal TENV. The frequency of the reference oscillator
can be adjusted by the EGOLD+ via a PNM- modulated AFC-signal.
The signal leaves the SMARTI as BB_SIN26M at pin 4 to be further used from the
EGOLD+ (D171
The required voltage VCC_SYN is provided by the ASCI D361
The local oscillator (LO1) consists of a PLL inside the Smarti DC (D720), an external loop
filter. The VCO is build in.
The first local oscillator is needed to generate frequencies which enables the transceiver IC
to demodulate the receiver signal and to perform the channel selection in the TX part. The
LO1/PLL part is switched on with PLLON (
). The PLL settings are programmed by the 3 wire bus RFCLK (pin 1), RFDATA (pin2)
F16)
and RFSTR (
times for GSM1800.
This LO1 frequency range
The required voltage VCC_SYN is provided by the ASIC D361
pin 5) from the EGOLD+ (D171 (GSM TDMA Timer
pin3). The LO frequency is 4 times the RX/TX frequency for EGSM 900 and 2
The mechanical antenna switch for the differentiation between the internal and external
antenna.
External
to / from
lexer
di
4.5 Frontendmodul (Electrical Antenna Switch)
EGSM900/GSM1800 <> Receiver/Transmitter
The frontend has two functions.
- to select the different GSM bands
- to switch between RX and TX mode
Inside the frontendmodul SAW filters are integrated in the RX paths.
For dual band mode the FEM needs two supply voltages (VC1, VC2) that are directly
provided by the Smarti DC (FEM1 and FEM2). The following logical table shows the
different modes of the FEM.
Mode Selection Vc. 1 Vc.2 Vc.3
EGSM900 RX LOW LOW LOW
EGSM900 TX HIGH LOW LOW
GSM1800 RX LOW LOW LOW
GSM1800 TX LOW HIGH LOW
GSM1900 RX LOW LOW HIGH
GSM1900 TX LOW HIGH LOW
Two balanced SAW filters are integrated to have good stop-band attenuation in the GSM
and the PCN RX paths.
4.6.1 Receiver: EGSM900/GSM1800 – Filter to Demodulator
From the antenna switch, up to the demodulator the received signal passes the following
blocks to get the demodulated baseband signals for the EGOLD+:
Filter LNA
Inside Z650 Smarti Smarti Smarti
Filter: The EGSM900, GSM1800 filters are located inside the frontend module. The Filter
are centred to a frequency of 942,5MHz for EGSM900, 1847,5MHz for GSM1800.
The LNA´s (EGSM900/GSM1800) are located inside the Smarti. The LNA can be
LNA:
switched in HIGH (On) and LOW (Off) mode and is controlled by the Smarti depending on
EGOLD+ information.
Demodulator:
The amplified RF signal is converted by a quadrature demodulator to the final
outputsignals at baseband frequency. The LO signals are generated by a divider by 4 for
the GSM900 band and by a divider by 2 for GSM1800 band.
The resulting in-phase and quadratursignals are fed into two baseband low pass filters and
the PGC amplifier chain. The baseband filter provide a suppression of inband-blocking and
adjacent channel interferers.
PGC:
After baseband filtering the signal is fed into a PGC amplifier chain. The baseband
amplifier offers 78 dB programmable gain with 2 dB steps. Due to the high baseband gain
(58 dB), DC offsets can corrupt the signal at the baseband outputs. Differential offset
voltages are reduced by an internal offset compensation circuit. The control is realised
through the EGOLD+ signals (RFDATA; RFCLK; RFSTR.
The Smarti DC consists of a direct conversion receiver for GSM 900/1800.