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EVB72036

868/915MHz FSK/ASK Transmitter

Evaluation Board Description

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EVB Description

Rev. 002

June/07

1

Theory of Operation

1.1

General

As depicted in Fig.1, the TH72036 transmitter consists of a fully integrated voltage-controlled oscillator

(VCO), a divide-by-32 divider (div32), a phase-frequency detector (PFD) and a charge pump (CP). An inter-

nal loop filter determines the dynamic behavior of the PLL and suppresses reference spurious signals. A

Colpitts crystal oscillator (XOSC) is used as the reference oscillator of a phase-locked loop (PLL) synthe-

or to be matched to a 50Ohm load. Bandgap biasing ensures stable operation of the IC at a power supply

range of 1.95 V to 5.5 V.

1.2

Block Diagram

Fig. 1:

Block diagram with external components

2

Functional Description

2.1

Crystal Oscillator

A Colpitts crystal oscillator with integrated functional capacitors is used as the reference oscillator for the PLL

synthesizer. The equivalent input capacitance CRO offered by the crystal oscillator input pin ROI is about

18pF. The crystal oscillator is provided with an amplitude control loop in order to have a very stable fre-

quency over the specified supply voltage and temperature range in combination with a short start-up time.

CX1

FSKDTA

antenna

matching

network

XOSC

PA

XBUF

VCO

PLL

CP

PFD

32

OUT

PSEL

FSKSW

ROI

XTAL

CX2

VEE

9

1

8

6

3

2

10

VCC

div 8

div 32

CKDIV

5

7

mode

control

ENTX

4

CKOUT

ASKDTA

RPS

R1