BC3603
Sub-1GHz OOK/GFSK RF Transceiver
• Supports low cost 16MHz crystal with integrated
load capacitor
Features
• Frequency band: 315/433/470/868/915MHz
• OOK/GFSK modulation
• Programmable digital channel filter for optimum
performance at various data rates
• Supports 3-wire or 4-wire SPI interface
• Wide input voltage range of 1.8V~3.6V
• Programmable data rate:
• AGC (Auto Gain Control) to achieve wide input
range, up to +10dBm
• AFC (Auto Frequency Compensation) for
frequency drift due to X’tal aging
♦
OOK: 0.5kbps~20kbps
• On-chip low power RC oscillator for WOR
(Wake-on-RX) and WOT (Wake-on-TX) functions
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GFSK: 2kbps~250kbps
• Programmable TX output power: 0dBm~20dBm
• Low current consumption
• On-chip 8-bit RSSI (Received Signal Strength
Indicator)
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0.4μA deep sleep mode current with data
• Physical TX/RX FIFO buffers: TX 64 bytes, RX 64
bytes
retention
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RX current consumption (AGC on & 2kbps data
• Simple FIFO/Block FIFO/Extend FIFO (up to 255
rate) @ 433.92MHz: 5.8mA
bytes)/Infinite FIFO modes
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• Programmable threshold for carrier detection
RX current consumption (AGC on & 250kbps
data rate) @ 433.92MHz: 6.4mA
• Frame synchronization recognition for both FIFO
mode and Direct mode
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RX current consumption (AGC on & 2kbps data
• Packet handling
rate) @ 868.3MHz: 6.8mA
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FEC (Forward Error Correction)
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RX current consumption (AGC on & 250kbps
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Data whitening
data rate) @ 868.3MHz: 7.5mA
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Manchester encoding
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TX current consumption @ 433.92MHz: 43mA
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CRC-16 checking
@ 13dBm POUT
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TX current consumption @ 868.3MHz: 47mA
• ATR (Auto-Transmit-Receive)
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@ 13dBm POUT
Auto-resend
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Auto-acknowledgment
• High RX sensitivity (433.92MHz)
♦
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-120dBm at 2kbps on-air data rate
WOT + Auto-resend
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-111dBm at 50kbps on-air data rate
WOR + Auto-acknowledgment
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-103dBm at 250kbps on-air data rate
• Packet filtering
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CRC filtering
• High RX sensitivity (868.3MHz)
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-119dBm at 2kbps on-air data rate
Address filtering
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-109dBm at 50kbps on-air data rate
• Package type: 16-pin QFN (3mm×3mm)
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-102dBm at 250kbps on-air data rate
• On-chip VCO and Fractional-N synthesizer with
integrated loop filter
Rev. 1.10
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August 11, 2023