SL1935
Table 1. QuickReferenceData
Characteristic
Value
Units
MHz
dBm
dB
950 to 2150
-75 to -15
10
Operating range
Input dynamic range
VSWR with input match
Input NF
dB
dB
dBm
dBm
dBm
V
dB
deg
dB
10
15
+5
+20
-5
2.0
0.2
0.7
1
@ -70dBm operating sensitivity
@ -60dBm operating sensitivity
IPIP3 @ -20dBm operating sensitivity
IPIP2@ -20dBm operating sensitivity
IPP1dB@ -20dBm operating sensitivity
Baseband output limit voltage
Gain match up to 22MHz
Phase match up to 22MHz
Gain flatness up to 30MHz
Local oscillator phase noise
SSB at 10kHz offset
In band LO reradiation from RF input
LO second harmonic interference level at input level of
-20dBm per carrier
dBc/Hz
dBm
dBc
-80
<-70
-55
dBc
-35
LNA second harmonic interference level at input level
of -25dBm per carrier
MHz
dBc/Hz
4
-152
PLL maximum comparison frequency
PLL phase noise at phase detector
Note: `6dB interstage filter loss assumed in external base band paths.
dBm assumes 75Ω characteristic impedance.
`
Quadrature Downconverter Section
FunctionalDescription
In normal application the tuner IF frequency of typically
950 to 2150MHz is fed direct to the SL1935 RF input
through an appropriate impedance match (Fig.16) and
LNB switching. The input stage is optimised for both NF
and signal handling.
General
The SL1935 is a complete wideband direct conversion
tuner incorporating an on board frequency synthesiser
andLNA/AGC, optimisedforapplicationindigitalsatellite
receiver systems. The device offers a highly integrated
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The signal handling of the front end is designed to offer
immunity to input composite overload without the
requirement of a tracking filter. RF input impedance is
shown in Fig.3.
solutiontoasatellitetunerfunction, incorporatinganI C
businterfacecontroller, alowphasenoisePLLfrequency
synthesiser and all tuner analogue functionality. The
analogue blocks include the reference oscillator,
consistingoftwoindependentoscillators,aphasesplitter,
RF preamplifier with AGC facility, channel mixers and
baseband amplifiers incorporating two selectable
baseband paths, allowing for two externally definable
bandwidths. In this application two varactor tuned tanks,
a reference crystal and baseband filtering components
are required to complete the tuner system.
The RF input amplifier feeds an AGC stage and provides
system gain control. The system AGC gain range will
guarantee anoperating dynamicrange of-70to-20dBm.
TheAGCiscontrolledbytheAGCsenderandisoptimised
for S/N and S/I performance across the full dynamic
range. Details of the AGC characteristics, variations in
IIP3, IIP2, P1dB and NF are illustrated in Figs.4, 5, 6, 7,
and 8 respectively.
A buffered crystal frequency output is available to clock
the QPSK demodulator and powers up in the active
state.
The required I and Q local oscillator frequencies for
quadrature downconversion are generated by the on-
board reference oscillators designated ‘VCOS’ and
‘VCOV’. VCOSoperatesnominallyfrom1900to3000MHz
and is then divided by two to provide 950 to 1500MHz.
VCOV operates nominally from 1400 to 2200MHz. Only
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TheI C businterfacecontrolsthefrequencysynthesiser,
the local oscillator, the baseband path selection, the
buffered reference frequency output and an external
switching port.
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the oscillator selected via bit VS in the I C data
transmission is powered.
Figure 2 shows the device block diagram and pin
allocations are shown in Figure 1.
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