MC13201 Technical Data, Rev. 1.3,

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Freescale Semiconductor

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Block Diagrams

Figure 1 shows a simplified block diagram of the MC13201 which is an 802.15.4 Standard compatible

transceiver that provides the functions required in the physical layer (PHY) specification.

Figure 1. 802.15.4 modem Simplified Block Diagram

Figure 2 shows the basic system block diagram for the MC13201 in an application. Interface with the

transceiver is accomplished through a 4-wire SPI port and interrupt request line. The media access control

(MAC), drivers, and network and application software (as required) reside on the host processor. The host

can vary from a simple 8-bit device up to a sophisticated 32-bit processor depending on application

requirements.

Figure 2. System Level Block Diagram

Phas e Shift M odulator

RST

GPIO 1

GPIO 2

GPIO 3

GPIO 4

XT A L2

XT A L1

RF IN _M

(PAO_M )

PAO _P

PAO _M

MOSI

MISO

SPIC LK

R XT XEN

CE

ATTN

GPIO 5

GPIO 6

GPIO 7

Rec eiv e

Pac k et R AM

T rans m it

Pac k et R AM 1

T rans m it R AM

Arbiter

Rec eiv e R AM

Arbiter

PA

VCO

Crys ta l

O s c illa to r

S y m bol

Generation

FC S

Generation

Header

G eneration

Sequenc e

M anager

(C ontrol Logic )

VDDL O 2

256 M Hz

2.45 GHz

LN A

1s t IF M ix er

IF = 65 M Hz

2nd IF M ix er

IF = 1 M Hz PM A

Dec im ation

F ilter

Matc hed

Filter

Bas eband

Mix er

DC D

CC A

Pac k et

Proc es sor

IR Q

Arbiter

24 Bit Ev ent T im er

IR Q

16 M Hz

AG C

Analog

R egulator

VBAT T

Digital

R egulator L

Digital

R egulator H

Pow er-U p

C ontrol

Logic

Cry s tal

Regulator

VC O

Regulator

VDDIN T

P rogrammable

Pres c aler

CLKO

4 Program m able

T imer C omparators

S y nthesizer

VDDD

VDDVC O

VDDA

VDDLO 1

T rans m it

Pac k et R AM 2

T / R

RF IN _P

(PAO _P)

CT_ B ia s

Analog Receiver

MC13201

Frequency

Generation

Analog

Transmitter

Voltage

Regulators

Power Up

Management

Control

Logic

Buffer RAM

SPI

and GPIO

Microcontroller

SPI

ROM

(Flash)

RAM

CPU

A/D

Application

Network

MAC

PHY Driver