Low Power IEEE 802.15.4/Proprietary
GFSK/FSK Zero-IF 2.4 GHz Transceiver IC
ADF7242
On-chip low power processor performs
FEATURES
Radio control
Packet management
Packet management support
Frequency range (global ISM band)
2400 MHz to 2483.5 MHz
Programmable data rates and modulation
IEEE 802.15.4-2006-compatible (250 kbps)
GFSK/FSK/GMSK/MSK modulation
50 kbps to 2000 kbps data rates
Low power consumption
Insertion/detection of preamble/SWD/CRC/address
IEEEE 802.15.4-2006 frame filtering
IEEEE 802.15.4-2006 CSMA/CA unslotted modes
Flexible 256-byte transmit/receive data buffer
IEEEE 802.15.4-2006 and GFSK/FSK SPORT modes
Fast settling automatic frequency control
Flexible multiple RF port interface
External PA/LNA support hardware
Switched antenna diversity support
Wake-up timer
19 mA (typical) in receive mode
21.5 mA (typical) in transmit mode (PO = 3 dBm)
1.7 μA, 32 kHz crystal oscillator wake-up mode
High sensitivity (IEEE 802.15.4-2006)
−95 dBm at 250 kbps
High sensitivity (0.1% BER)
−96 dBm at 62.5 kbps (GFSK)
−93 dBm at 500 kbps (GFSK)
−90 dBm at 1 Mbps (GFSK)
−87.5 dBm at 2 Mbps (GFSK)
Programmable output power
−20 dBm to +4.8 dBm in 2 dB steps
Integrated voltage regulators
1.8 V to 3.6 V input voltage range
Very few external components
Integrated PLL loop filter, receive/transmit switch, battery
monitor, temperature sensor, 32 kHz RC and crystal
oscillators
Flexible SPI control interface with block read/write access
Small form factor 5 mm × 5 mm 32-lead LFCSP package
APPLICATIONS
Wireless sensor networks
Excellent receiver selectivity and blocking resilience
Zero-IF architecture
Complies with EN300 440 Class 2, EN300 328, FCC CFR47
Part 15, ARIB STD-T66
Automatic meter reading/smart metering
Industrial wireless control
Healthcare
Wireless audio/video
Consumer electronics
ZigBee
Digital RSSI measurement
Fast automatic VCO calibration
Automatic RF synthesizer bandwidth optimization
FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM
ADF7242
4kB
PROGRAM
ROM
8-BIT
PROCESSOR
DAC
ADC
FSK
DEMOD
LNA1
2kB
PROGRAM
RAM
RADIO
CONTROLLER
DSSS
DEMOD
LNA2
256-BYTE
PACKET
RAM
ADC
DAC
AGC
OCL
AFC
CDR
PACKET
MANAGER
64-BYTE
BBRAM
256-BYTE
MCR
FRACTIONAL-N
RF SYNTHESIZER
GAUSSIAN FILTER
PRE-EMPHASIS FILTER
PA
WAKE-UP CTRL
SPI
GPIO
SPORT
IRQ
32kHz
RC
OSC
32kHz
XTAL
OSC
BATTERY
MONITOR
TEMPERATURE
SENSOR
26MHz
OSC
LDO × 4
BIAS
Figure 1
Rev. 0
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