BC2502A/BC2502B
Power on Reset Characteristics
Ta=25°C
Symbol
VPOR
Parameter
Conditions
Min.
—
Typ. Max. Unit
VDD Start Voltage to Ensure Power-on Reset
VDD Rising Rate to Ensure Power-on Reset
—
—
—
—
100
—
mV
RRPOR
0.035
V/ms
Minimum Time for VDD Stays at VPOR to
Ensure Power-on Reset
tPOR
—
1
—
—
ms
VDD
tPOR
RRPOR
VPOR
Time
Operation Modes
Functional Description
The devices provide four operation modes, power off
mode, deep sleep mode, RX mode and configuration
mode.
The BC2502x devices are ultra-low power, high
performance, low-cost FSK receivers suitable for use
in wireless applications with a frequency of 315, 433,
868, 915MHz respectively. The devices are formed by
a low-IF receiver, followed by a FSK demodulator and
a fractional-N synthesizer. They only require a crystal
and a minimum number of passive components to
implement a FSK receiver.
In the deep sleep mode, there is less than 1µA of sleep
mode leakage current with register data retention.
In the RX Mode, the devices execute normal RX
operations that receive incoming RF signals from the
antenna and then output the demodulated data onto the
DO/SDA pin. There are two types of RX mode, one is
the Auto RX mode and the other is the sniff RX mode.
FSK RF Receiver
The BC2502x devices adopt a fully-integrated, low-
IF receiver architecture. The received RF signal is first
amplified by a low noise amplifier (LNA), after which
the frequency is reduced to an intermediate frequency
(IF). The IF signal is filtered by a channel-selected filter
which rejects the unwanted out-of-band interference
signals and image signal. After the BPF stage, the
desired IF signal is amplified by the limiter amplifier
which generates a received-signal-strength-indicator
(RSSI) signal.
In the Configuration Mode, the devices are operated
as I2C slaves and are programmed by an external
MCU. Users can select the desired RX channel
by configuring the internal registers. After the
configuration has completed, the devices will return to
the deep sleep mode by setting the CFOMSD bit high.
CFOMSD=1 & I2C stop
Configuration
Mode
DO/SDA = Low, then
SD/SCL H → L
The devices feature an automatic gain control (AGC)
unit which adjusts the front-end gain according to
the RSSI. The AGC can increase the dynamic range
of the RSSI and enable the devices to receive a wide
dynamic range RF signal.
Power Off
Deep Sleep
DO/SDA = High, then
SD/SCL H → L
RX Mode
The FSK one/zero type data is generated by
comparing the RSSI signal to a manipulated threshold.
This threshold is crucial to the performance of
FSK demodulation. The agile threshold detection
mechanism can reduce glitches when there is no RF
signal or when long zero data streams are received. It
also includes a fast tracking threshold to offer good
immunity from co-channel interferences.
SD/SCL L → H
Operation Mode Switching
Note: The CFOMSD bit will be cleared to zero
automatically when the device leaves the
configuration mode.
Rev. 1.20
5
December 05, 2022