3. Typical Key Fob Application for Bi-directional RKE
Figure 3-1. Typical Key Fob Application for Bi-directional RKE with 5 dBm TX Power, 433.92 MHz
C7
C11
L1
C6
CDEM
RSSI
NC
NC
CS
TEST3
SCK
NC
RF_IN
NC
SDI_TMDI
SDO_TMDO
CLK
C5
AVCC
Microcontroller
433_N868
NC
ATA5823/ATA5824
R1
L2
R_PWR
PWR_H
RF_OUT
NC
IRQ
POUT
VSINT
NC
VCC
VSS
C8
NC
XTAL2
C10
C9
Loop antenna
C1
13.25311 MHz
C3
C2
+
Litihum-cell
Figure 3-1 shows a typical 433.92 MHz RKE key fob application. The external components are
10 capacitors, 1 resistor, 2 inductors and a crystal. C1 to C3 are 68 nF voltage supply blocking
capacitors. C5 is a 10 nF supply blocking capacitor. C6 is a 15 nF 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 1 pF to 33 pF. L1 is a matching inductor of about 5.6 nH to
56 nH. L2 is a feed inductor of about 120 nH. A load capacitor of 9 pF for the crystal is inte-
grated. R1 is typically 22 kΩ and sets the output power to about 5.5 dBm. 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 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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