SA636
Low voltage high performance mixer FM IF system
with high-speed RSSI
Rev. 8 — 8 October 2019
Product data sheet
1. General description
The SA636 is a low-voltage high performance monolithic FM IF system with high-speed
RSSI incorporating a mixer/oscillator, two limiting intermediate frequency amplifiers,
quadrature detector, logarithmic Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI), voltage
regulator, wideband data output and fast RSSI op amps. The SA636 is available in
20-lead SSOP (Shrink Small Outline Package) and HVQFN20 (quad flat package).
The SA636 was designed for high bandwidth portable communication applications and
will function down to 2.7 V. The RF section is similar to the famous SA605. The data
output has a minimum bandwidth of 600 kHz. This is designed to demodulate wideband
data. The RSSI output is amplified. The RSSI output has access to the feedback pin. This
enables the designer to adjust the level of the outputs or add filtering.
SA636 incorporates a power-down mode which powers down the device when
POWER_DOWN_CTRL pin is LOW. Power-down logic levels are CMOS and TTL
compatible with high input impedance.
SA636DK/02 is identical to SA636DK/01 except that Vo(RSSI) RSSI output voltage where
IF level = -118 dBm is screened 0.15 V to 0.45 V for applications that work best within this
range of operation.
2. Features and benefits
Wideband data output (600 kHz minimum)
Fast RSSI rise and fall times
Low power consumption: 6.5 mA typical at 3 V
Mixer input to >500 MHz
Mixer conversion power gain of 11 dB at 240 MHz
Mixer noise figure of 12 dB at 240 MHz
XTAL oscillator effective to 150 MHz (LC oscillator to 1 GHz local oscillator can be
injected)
92 dB of IF amp/limiter gain
25 MHz limiter small signal bandwidth
Temperature compensated logarithmic Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) with
a dynamic range in excess of 90 dB
RSSI output internal op amp
Internal op amps with rail-to-rail outputs
Low external component count; suitable for crystal/ceramic/LC filters