ISL3684
®
Data Sheet
March 2002
FN8001.2
PROPRIETARY
Direct Down Conversion Transceiver
Features
The Intersil ISL3684 Wireless LAN
Integrated RF Front End is part the
PRISM 3, 2.4HGz 11Mbit, 802.11b
• Highly integrated RF to baseband solution
• Frequency of operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4GHz to 2.5GHz
• Low supply operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.7V to 3.3V
• Noise figure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.4dB
• Voltage gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -2.5dB to 88.5dB
• Gain and phase balance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ±0.5dB, ±2deg.
• TX/RX switching speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <1µs
• Direct simple interface to ISL3871
compliant radio chipset. The
ISL3684 interfaces directly with Intersil's ISL3871 Integrated
LAN Medium Access Controller with Baseband Processor.
The addition of the ISL3984 Power Amplifier and ISL3084
5GHz VCO completes the PRISM 3 LAN radio application.
Pinout
ISL3684
MLFP
TOP VIEW
Applications
• PC card wireless LAN adapters
• High data rate wireless LAN systems targeting
IEEE802.11b standard
• Spread spectrum WLAN RF modems
• TDMA or CSMA packet protocol radios
• PCI wireless LAN cards
56
15
LNA_VCC
LNA_GND
SHIELD
LNA_IN+
LNA_IN-
SHIELD
PE1
RX_I+
RX_I-
55
54
53
52
51
16
17
18
19
RX_AGC_GND
RX_AGC_VCC
RX_Q+
RECEIVE SECTION
• ISA, ISA PnP WLAN cards
20
RX_Q-
• PCN / wireless PBX / wireless local loop
50
49
21
22
TX_I+
TX_GND
TX_I-
23
48
47
46
TX_OUT
TX_GND
TX_VCC
TRANSMIT SECTION
PLL/SYNTHESIZER
1.2_REF
TX_Q+
TX_Q-
24
25
45
44
TX_AGC 26
TX_BB_VCC 27
TX_BB_GND 28
LD
PRE_VDD
43
PRE_GND
CAUTION: These devices are sensitive to electrostatic discharge; follow proper IC Handling Procedures.
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