3.
Typical Key Fob Application for Bi-directional RKE
Figure 3-1. Typical Key Fob Application for Bi-directional RKE with 5dBm TX Power, 433.92MHz
C11
L1
C7
C6
CDEM
RSSI
CS
NC
NC
TEST3
NC
RF_IN
NC
SCK
SDI_TMDI
SDO_TMDO
CLK
C5
AVCC
Microcontroller
433_N868
NC
ATA5823/ATA5824
R1
L2
R_PWR
PWR_H
RF_OUT
IRQ
POUT
VCC
VSS
VSINT
NC
NC
NC
C8
C9
C10
XTAL2
Loop antenna
C1
13.25311 MHz
C2
C3
+ Lithium cell
Figure 3-1 shows a typical 433.92MHz RKE key fob application. The external components are 10 capacitors, 1 resistor, 2
inductors and a crystal. C1 to C3 are 68nF voltage supply blocking capacitors. C5 is a 10nF supply blocking capacitor. C6 is a
15nF fixed capacitor used for the internal quasi-peak detector and for the high-pass frequency of the data filter. C7 to C11 are
RF matching capacitors in the range of 1pF to 33pF. L1 is a matching inductor of about 5.6nH to 56nH. L2 is a feed inductor
of about 120nH. A load capacitor of 9pF for the crystal is integrated. R1 is typically 22k and sets the output power to about
5.5dBm. The loop antenna’s quality factor is somewhat reduced by this application due to the quality factor of L2 and the
RX/TX switch. On the other hand, this lower quality factor is necessary to have a robust design with a bandwidth that is wide
enough for production tolerances. Due to the single-ended and ground-referenced design, the loop antenna can be a free-
form wire around the application as it is usually employed in RKE unidirectional systems. The Atmel® ATA5823/ATA5824
provides sufficient isolation and robust pulling behavior of internal circuits from the supply voltage as well as an integrated
VCO inductor to allow this. Since the efficiency of a loop antenna is proportional to the square of the surrounded area, it is
beneficial to have a large loop around the application board with a lower quality factor to relax the tolerance specification of
the RF matching components and to get a high antenna efficiency in spite of their lower quality factor.
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