Table of contents
1.
2.
3.
Abbreviations ...................................................................................................................................................4
General Circuit Description..............................................................................................................................5
Technical Parameters......................................................................................................................................6
Absolute Maximum Ratings.........................................................................................................................6
Recommended Operating Range................................................................................................................6
Digital Pin Specifications.............................................................................................................................6
General RF Specifications...........................................................................................................................7
Transmitter Specifications...........................................................................................................................7
Receiver Specifications...............................................................................................................................8
Current Consumption Specifications...........................................................................................................9
SPI Timing Specifications............................................................................................................................9
Crystal Parameter Specifications ..............................................................................................................10
Basic Operating Modes .................................................................................................................................11
Configuration .............................................................................................................................................11
Basic Operating Mode Description............................................................................................................12
3.1.
3.2.
3.3.
3.4.
3.5.
3.6.
3.7.
3.8.
3.9.
4.
4.1.
4.2.
4.2.1.
4.2.2.
P_ON ....................................................................................................................................................12
SLEEP...................................................................................................................................................12
TRX_OFF..............................................................................................................................................12
PLL_ON ................................................................................................................................................12
RX_ON and BUSY_RX.........................................................................................................................13
RX_ON_NOCLK ...................................................................................................................................13
BUSY_TX..............................................................................................................................................13
Basic Mode Timing....................................................................................................................................13
Wake-up Procedure ..............................................................................................................................13
Transition from PLL_ON via BUSY_TX to RX_ON...............................................................................14
State Transition Timing.........................................................................................................................15
4.2.3.
4.2.4.
4.2.5.
4.2.6.
4.2.7.
4.3.
4.3.1.
4.3.2.
4.3.3.
5.
6.
Extended Operating Modes...........................................................................................................................16
Peer-to-peer Network Support ..................................................................................................................16
Configuration .............................................................................................................................................18
Extended Operation Mode Description .....................................................................................................18
5.1.
5.2.
5.3.
5.3.1.
5.3.2.
5.3.3.
RX_AACK_ON......................................................................................................................................18
TX_ARET_ON.......................................................................................................................................18
RX_AACK_NOCLK...............................................................................................................................19
Functional Description ...................................................................................................................................20
RSSI/Energy Detection .............................................................................................................................20
Link Quality Indication ...............................................................................................................................20
Clear Channel Assessment.......................................................................................................................20
Voltage Regulators....................................................................................................................................20
Battery Monitor ..........................................................................................................................................21
Crystal Oscillator .......................................................................................................................................22
PLL Frequency Synthesizer ......................................................................................................................23
Automatic Filter Tuning .............................................................................................................................24
PHY to Micro-Controller Interface..................................................................................................................25
SPI Protocol...............................................................................................................................................25
Register Access Mode (Short Mode) ........................................................................................................26
Frame Buffer Access Modes (Long Modes)..............................................................................................27
Frame Receive Procedure ........................................................................................................................28
Frame Transmit Procedure .......................................................................................................................28
Sleep/Wake-up and Transmit Signal.........................................................................................................29
Interrupt Logic............................................................................................................................................30
6.1.
6.2.
6.3.
6.4.
6.5.
6.6.
6.7.
6.8.
7.
7.1.
7.2.
7.3.
7.4.
7.5.
7.6.
7.7.
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