This Service Repair Documentation is intended to carry out repairs on BenQ repair level 3-4.
1.2 Scope
This document is the reference document for all BenQ authorised Service Partners which are
released to repair BenQ Siemens mobile phones up to level 3.
1.3 Terms and Abbreviations
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GSM-Tester (CMU200 or 4400S incl. Options)
PC-incl. Monitor, Keyboard and Mouse
SW-Update-Cable TI-Platform (M315/M580/S88...) F30032-P601-A1
Power Supply
Spectrum Analyser
Active RF-Probe incl. Power Supply
Oscilloscope incl. Probe
RF-Connector (N<>SMA(f))
Power Supply Cables
Dongle (F30032-P28-A1) if USB-Dongle is used a special driver for NT is required
BGA Soldering equipment
Reference: Equipment recommendation V1.6
(downloadable from the technical support page)
4 Required Software for Level 3
Windows XP
XCSD Tool 1.5.5 higher
GRT Version 3 or higher
Internet unblocking solution (JPICS)
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The radio part is realizes the conversion of the GMSK-HF-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 led to the D/Aconverter of the logic part. In the transmission direction, the GMSK-signal is generated in an
Up Conversion Modulation Phase Locked Loop by modulation of the I- and Q-signals which
were generated in the logic part. After that the signals are amplified in the power amplifier.
Transmitter and Receiver are never active at the same time. Simultaneous receiving in the
GSM850/EGSM900 and GSM1800/GSM1900 band is impossible. Simultaneous
transmission in the GSM850/EGSM900 and GSM1800/GSM1900 band is impossible, too.
However the monitoring band (monitoring timeslot) in the TDMA-frame can be chosen
independently of the receiving respectively the transmitting band (RX- and TX timeslot of
the band).
EF51 RF-part is dimensioned for triple band operation (EGSM900, DCS1800, PCS19000)
supporting GPRS functionality up to multiclass 10.
The RF-circuit consists of the following components:
• Renesas Bright 5PL chip set (HD155153NP) with the following functionality:
PLL for local oscillator LO1 and LO2 and TxVCO
Integrated local oscillators LO1, LO2 (without loop filter)
Integrated TxVCO (without loop filter and core inductors for GSM)
Direct conversion receiver including LNA, DC-mixer, channel filtering and
PGC-amplifier
Active part of 26 MHz reference oscillator
Integrated Polar Loop, phase and amplitude control of transmitted output
power
• Renesas LTCC transmit PA PF09026B (incl. integrated power control circuitry for
GMSK mode)
• Frontend-Module including RX-/TX-switch and EGSM900 / DCS1800 / PCS 1900
receiver SAW-filters
• Crystal and passive circuitry of the 26MHz VCXO reference oscillator
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ADC/DAC & Control Logic for DC Offset Cancellation
HD155165BP (B6E)
The HD155165BP receiver is based upon the HD155155NP direct conversion design. As
HD155165BP supports quad band, the front end incorporates four LNAs and mixers. The
incoming RF signals are mixed directly down to I/Q base-band by the front-end block. This
incorporates four LNAs / four buffers and Gilbert Cell mixer blocks optimized for operation at
850MHz, 900MHz, 1800MHz, 1900MHz respectively.
The front-end block is followed by two closely matched base-band amplifier chains. These
include distributed low pass filter, three switched gain stages and one fixed gain stage. In
addition, the base-band section integrates A/D and D/A converters which provide automatic
on-chip correction of DC offsets. The three switched gain stages in each channel are DC
coupled and provide 90dB gain control range with 2dB step size. The first PGA has a
voltage gain range (x8-x1) with 6dB steps. The second PGA has a gain range (x8-x0.125)
with 2dB steps. The third PGA has a gain range (x8-x0.125) with 2dB steps. The final fixed
gain amplifier provides a gain of x3 or x6. The gain is set to match the on-chip levels to the
input dynamic range of the base-band. The base-band filtering in each channel comprises a
single RC low pass filter at the input of the first switched gain stage and three 2nd order
Butterworth filters, one at the input of each of the other switched gain stages. The R/C filter
requires an off-chip capacitor for each channel. The Butterworth filters are fully integrated
on-chip.
The base-band PGA includes a DC offset cancellation system. The auto calibration system
uses a successive approximation technique and requires around 20us to perform a three
stages calibration. The system calibrates out the offsets arising in both I and Q receives
channels.
IRxP
IRxN
QRxP
QRxN
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The B6E generates a modulated signal at IF with a quadrature modulator and converts it to
final frequency with an Offset Phase Locked Loop (OPLL).
The Offset Phase Locked Loop is simply a PLL with a down conversion mixer in the
feedback path. Using a down converter in the feedback path acts as an up-converter in the
forward path. This allows the output frequency to be different from the comparison
frequency without affecting the normal operation of the loop. Phase/frequency changes in
the reference signal are not scaled, as they would be if a divider were used in the feedback
path, hence the modulation is faithfully reproduced at the final frequency.
The main advantage of the OPLL in this application is that it forms a tracking band pass
filter around the modulated signal. This is because the loop cannot respond to phase
variations at the reference that are outside its closed loop bandwidth. Thus the broad band
phase noise from the quadrature modulator is shaped by the frequency response of the
closed loop allowing the TX noise specification to be met without further filtering.
A secondary advantage of the OPLL is that the output signal, coming from a VCO, is truly
constant envelope. This removes the problem of spectral spreading caused by AM to AM
and AM to PM conversion in the power amplifier.
The OPLL is formed from an on chip Gilbert cell down converter, limiter and phase detector
with on chip passive loop filter. The phase detector is implemented as a Gilvert cell with
current source output stage. The current output allows an integrator to be included in the
passive loop filter. This is similar to the technique commonly used in PLL synthesizers. A
digital phase detector is used to speed OPLL locking. After locking, the digital phase
detector is switched off and the analogue phase detector becomes active.
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HD155165BP provides a DCXO function. With that function, we can build a reference
clock generation circuits as shown in the above graph. This means that the VCTCXO
module is not necessary for clock application, and only one crystal with 8ppm tolerance
and one varactor are enough.
The transistor in HD155165BP and two internal capacitors (C1, C2) provide a negative
resistance, and the crystal (X1) combined with some other passive components to provide
a positive resistance. When these two resistance values equal to each other at some
frequency, the oscillation will happen at that frequency. In our design target, the oscillation
frequency should be within 26MHz +/-15 ppm at least.
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Introduction:
Pandora B2 utilizes TI’s chipsets (CALYPSO and IOTA) and RENESAS’s chipset (SHJ2SL)
as base-band solution. Base-band is composed with three potions: Logic, Analog/Codec
and MMP. CALYPSO is a GSM/GPRS digital base-band logic solution included
microprocessor, DSP, and peripherals. IOTA is a combination of analog/codec solution and
power management which contain base-band codec, voice-band codec, several voltage
regulators and SIM level shifter etc. SHJ2SL is a multimedia solution included
microprocessor, DSP, internal memory, and interrupt controller. In addition, Pandora B2
integrates with other features such as CMOS DSC module, Mini-SD card, vibration, melody
and charging etc. The following sections will present the operation theory with circuitry and
descriptions respectively.
6.2 Block Diagram
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