ISM/SRD RF Transceiver Solutions

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ISM/SRD RF Transceiver Solutions

• Kemn Song RF Technical Manager
• ADI China DFAE Training 2011

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Agenda

• Key Application areas
• Worldwide ISM Band Map
• Product Overviews
• Tx / Rx Only
• Medium / Wide Band TRX
• Narrow Band TRX
• New Products TRX
• 3rd Party Partners
• Evaluation Tools

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Key Applications in II
Industrial Monitoring Process Control
AMR Automatic Meter Reading AMI Auto Meter
Infrastructure
Remote Control
Home Automation Building Control
Wireless Sensors
UAV
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Key Applications in Healthcare, Automotive,
Consumer, Comms, etc
Social Alarm
Set Top Box Remote
Car Alarm Vehicle Tracking
Remote Patient Monitoring
Cell phone / Handset
GDO, Homelink
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Products address worldwide unlicensed Bands
2.4GHzADF7242/41

• ARIB T67 ADF7021-N

• ADF7020-1
• ADF7023-C

433/868MHz
315/450/915MHz
426/429MHz
433MHz 470-510MHz
950MHz

• EN300-220
• Medium ADF7020/23
• Narrow ADF7021
• EN300-328 2.4GHz ADF72402

315/915MHz

• ARIB T96 ADF7023-J

433/915MHz

• FCC Pt 90 (ADF7021)
• FCC Pt 15.247 915MHz (ADF7020/23)
• FCC Pt 15.231 315MHz (ADF7020-1)
• FCC Pt 15.247 2.4GHz (ADF7242/41)

• AS NZ5 4268ADF7020/23

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Overview of ISM Band Tx Rx Products
Part ID Region Band Details Availability
ADF7012(2nd Gen.) WW(incl. Japan/ China/S.Korea 75MHz 1GHz Data rate lt 200kbits/s, Improved Power Efficiency Phase Noise. Wider Range Released
ADF7901 N.America 369.5MHz 395.9MHz Simple programming for remote control apps. No Micro required. Released
ADF7902 N.America 369.5MHz 395.9MHz Receiver companion to ADF7901. Released
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ADF7012 Low Cost Multi-channel Transmitter

• Key Specs
• 75MHz 1GHz Operation using external VCO
  inductor
• Low Current 868MHz,
• 10dBm, 21mA
• 0dBm, 14mA
• Output Power -20 to 14dBm

Example Application RF remote control

• Key Features
• PA ramping
• Programmable Deviation Frequency 1kHz to 300kHz
• Modulation FSK, GFSK, OOK or G-ASK
• Bias Currents Trade Performance Vs Battery Life

Block Diagram link
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Overview of Medium to Wide Band ISM Transceivers
Part ID Channel BW Freq. Band Details Relevant Standards
ADF7020 Medium 862-956MHz 431-478MHz Data rate lt 200kbits/s, IF BW100k/150k/200k EN 300-220FCC Pt.15.247
ADF7020-1 Medium 80MHz-650MHz External Inductor versionof ADF7020 Licensed and unlicensed VHF/UHF
ADF7025 Wide 862-928Mhz Spread-spectrum Data rate lt 384kbits/s, BW600k/900k/1.2MHzDirect Conversion Rx FCC Pt.15.247(wideband digital modulation)
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ADF7020 Single-chip RF Transceiver

• Key Features
• Single Chip UHF Transceiver
• Patented AFC feature allows use of low-cost
  crystals
• 7-Bit ADC for Digital Readback of
• RSSI (Receive Signal Strength Indicator) level,
  Battery Voltage
• On Chip Temp Sensor, Accuracy /-5 Deg, External
  Analog Input
• Internal Tx/Rx switch
• Saves on external GaAs or CMOS switch

• Key Specs
• ISM Bands Supported
• 433, 868, 915 950MHz ISM Bands
• Modulation Formats FSK/GFSK/ASK/OOK/G-OOK
• Data Rates 0.3kbps 200kbps
• Receiver Sensitivity
• -117.5dBm at 1kbps, BER 1E-3
• -119 dBm using external antenna switch
• Receiver IDD 19mA - 21mA (Sensitivity vs.
  Current trade-off)
• Out of band Blocking 70dB
• IP3 in high linearity mode -3dBm
• Programmable output power up to 13dBm
  longer range

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ADF7020-1 Features

• Single Chip VHF/UHF Transceiver
• ADF7020 with external VCO inductor to allow wider
  range of operating frequency
• Bands Supported 80MHz to 650MHz
• Most competitors only cover 300MHz to 900MHz
  bands with gaps.
• Data Rates 0.3kbps 200kbps
• Receiver Sensitivity
• -117.5dBm at 1kbps, BER 10E-3, FSK, RF315MHz
• Or -119 dBm using external antenna switch
• Receiver IDD 17.5mA (3mA lower than ADF7020)

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Overview of Narrow Band ISM Transceivers
Part ID Channel BW Freq. Band Details Relevant Standards
ADF7021 Narrow 862-940MHz 80-650MHz External Inductor Option, Data-rate lt 32kbits/s IF BW12.5/18.5/25KHz FCC Pt.90/95/15ARIB T67EN 300-220 (NB)
ADF7021-N Narrow 842-916MHz 80-650MHz External Inductor, Data-rate lt 18kbits/s IF BW9/12.5/18KHz FCC Pt.90/95/15 ARIB T6712.5kHz CH
ADF7021-V Narrow External VCO Data-rate lt 24kbits/s IF BW 9/13.5/18.5 kHz ETSI EN 300 220 500mW o/p power FCC Part 90 Meets Mask D FCC Part 95 ARIB STD-T67
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ADF7021-V (Ext. VCO improves LO noise)

• Improved adjacent channel rejection (ACR)
• Improved Tx mask spectral purity
• ACR 62dB
• 25kHz channel spacing
• Tx Mask -103dBm
• _at_ 125kHz offset for 10dBm output power, 4.8kb/s
  GFSK, 2.4kHz deviation
• Allows 27dBm (500mW) output power using external
  PA
• Meets the ETSI Tx mask requirements (G3 frequency
  band).
• Can be used to build ETSI class I solution

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Overview of new ISM Band Transceivers
Part ID Channel BW Freq. Band Details Relevant Standards
ADF7023 Medium 430-464MHz 860-928MHz Data rate lt 300kbits/s, IF BW100k/150k/200k/300k Flexible packet processor EN 300-220FCC Pt.15.247
ADF7023-J Medium 902-958Mhz Data rate lt 300kbits/s, IF BW100k/150k/200k/300k Flexible packet processor ARIB T96
ADF7022 Medium 868MHz Data rate 38.4kbits/s IO-Homecontrol MAC EN 300-220
ADF7242 Medium 2400-2483.5MHz Data rate up to 2Mbits/s up to 250kbits/s in 15.4 mode Flexible packet processor IEE802.15.4 compatible FSK to 2Mbps
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NEW
ADF7023 Sub 1GHz (431464MHz, 862928MHz) ISM
transceiver with programmable packet structure
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ADF7023 High performance low power sub GHz
(862-928 431-464MHz) ISM band transceiver

• KEY BENEFITS
• Industry leading blocking spec
• Operate in presence of strong interferers
• High sensitivity
• Operate over longer distances
• Low power consumption
• Provide longer battery life
• Onchip communications processor
• Can use power efficient controllers
• Other features
• Single ended and Diff PA
• Fast settling AFC
• Image rejection calibration
• Energy efficient smart wake up
• Downloadable firmware
• FEC, AES, Antenna Diversity
• Image Rejection Calibration
• Package 32 LFCSP 5 x 5mm

Key Benefit
Low power consumption, high RF performance FSK/GFSK/OOK transceiver with integrated VCO, PLL loop filter and programmable controller supporting data rates up to 300Kbps
Price _at_ 1k
2.32
Key Specifications
Blocking(915MHz/38.4Kbps/10-3 BER) ACR (200K) 38dB /-2MHz 66dB /-10MHz 74dB Sensitivity (BER) -107.5dBm _at_38.4Kbps-102.6dBm _at_ 100kbps Rx current (12.8mA)
Applications
AMR/AMI Metering Home Automation Building Automation
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ADF7023 - Communications Processor
AD7023 Generic MAC
ADF7023
IRQ
IRQ
ROM
Radio Control
8-bit RISC ENGINE
4k Firmware
MISO MOSI SCLK CSN
SPI
MCR
RADIO
Comms Processor
256 bytes Device Settings
BBRAM 64 bytes NV Device Settings
Packet RAM 240 bytes
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ADF7023 - Block diagram
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NEW
ADF7022 Sub 1GHz (868MHz) ISM transceiver with
IO Homecontrol MAC interface
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ADF7022 High performance low power sub GHz ISM
band IO Homecontrol transceiver
Key Benefit
Programmable packet structure and thin MAC layer optimized for IO Homecontrol

• KEY BENEFITS
• Industry leading blocking spec
• Operate in presence of strong interferers
• High sensitivity
• Operate over longer distances
• Low power consumption
• Provide longer battery life
• Onchip communications processor
• Can use power efficient controllers
• Other features
• Single ended and Diff PA
• Fast settling AFC
• Image rejection calibration
• Energy efficient smart wake up
• Downloadable firmware
• FEC, AES, Antenna Diversity
• Image Rejection Calibration
• Package 32 LFCSP 5 x 5mm

Price _at_ 1k
2.82
Key Specifications
Blocking(915MHz/38.4Kbps/10-3 BER) ACR (200K) 38dB /-2MHz 66dB /-10MHz 74dB Sensitivity (BER) -107.5dBm _at_38.4Kbps Rx current (12.8mA)
Applications
AMR/AMI Metering Home Automation Building Automation
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io-homecontrol Members

• Velux (Denmark)
• Roof windows controls Uses ADF7020 ADF7012
• Somfy (France)
• Home automation (door/windows controls, blinds)
• Assa Abloy (Sweden)
• Door opening solutions
• Hörmann (Germany)
• Garage door controls - Uses ADF7020 (designed by
  Velux)
• Honeywell (Germany)
• Floor heating controls - Uses ADF7020 (designed
  by Velux)
• Niko (Belgium)
• Lightning controls and electrical switching
• WindowMaster Renson (Denmark, Belgium)
• Natural ventilation solar shading

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NEW
ADF7242/41 2.4GHz ISM band transceiverwith
IEEE802.15.4 FSK operating modes
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Product Concept - More than just Zigbee
Application Layer

• Microcontroller
• Runs user application
• Stack based on IEEE802.15.4 PHY
• Zigbee, RF4CE
• Wireless HART
• ISA SP100
• 6LoPAN
• Proprietary protocol stack
• ADI drivers specific to MCU
• MAC partition optimizes performance

Stack
IEEE 802.15.4 MAC (Upper)
ADI Transceiver Drivers
SPI / SportInterface

• Wireless controller (ADF7241/2)
• 802.15.4 PHY
• DSSS OQPSK
• Communications controller
• Lower MAC Layer (time critical)

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ADF7242 High performance low power 2.4GHz Dual
Mode transceiver

• KEY BENEFITS
• Dual mode operation (1st to market)
• IEEE802.15.4
• 2MbpsFSK 2.4GHz
• Industry leading blocking resistance
• Allows device to operate in the crowded 2.4GHz
  band in the presence of strong WiFi transmitters
  or close to Bluetooth enabled consumer devices.
• Industry leading max transmit power
• Allows devices to operate over longer distances
• Very high sensitivity
• Allows devices to operate over longer distances
• Low power consumption
• Provides longer battery life
• Onchip communications processor
• Reduces system complexity and enables engineer to
  use less powerful and more power efficient
  controllers
• Other features
• Antenna Diversity
• External PA support

Key Benefit
Operates in either, IEE802.15.4 mode at 250Kbps or FSK/GFSK at up to 2Mbps
Key Specifications Price _at_ 1k
Blocking (48dBm /-5dBm Mod)Max Tx power (5dBm)Sensitivity (-95dBm_at_250kbps) Rx current (19mA) ADF7242 2.42

Sampling Final Release
Nov 2009 Jun 2010
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ADF7241 High performance low power 2.4GHz
IEEE802.15.4 transceiver

• KEY BENEFITS
• IEEE802.15.4 transceiver
• Industry leading blocking resistance
• Allows device to operate in the crowded 2.4GHz
  band in the presence of strong WiFi transmitters
  or close to Bluetooth enabled consumer devices.
• Industry leading max transmit power
• Allows devices to operate over longer distances
• Very high sensitivity
• Allows devices to operate over longer distances
• Low power consumption
• Provides longer battery life
• Onchip communications processor
• Reduces system complexity and enables engineer to
  use less powerful and more power efficient
  controllers
• Other features
• Antenna Diversity
• External PA support

Key Benefit
Industry leading blocking performance
Key Specifications Price _at_ 1k
Blocking (48dBm /-5dBm Mod)Max Tx power (5dBm)Sensitivity (-95dBm_at_250kbps) Rx current (19mA) ADF7241 1.98

Sampling Final Release
Nov 2009 Mar 2011
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ADF7242 - Block Diagram
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ADF7242 - Common Specifications

• Frequency / supply / temp range
• 2400 .. 2485 MHz
• 1.8V .. 3.6V
• -40 .. 85 ºC
• Power Consumption
• lt 19 mA - RX mode (IEEE802.15.4)
• lt 19 mA - TX mode (_at_ 3 dBm)
• lt 1 µA RTC standby with data retention
• Synthesizer
• Agile fractional-N Synthesizer
• Resolution lt 10 kHz
• XTAL oscillator trimable /- 11 ppm
• Integrated loop filter
• Package
• 5 x 5 mm LFCSP-32 package

• Real-Time Clock / wake-up controller
• 32 kHz XTAL oscillator or
• Calibrated 32 kHz RC oscillator
• Wake-up interval 30.5 us .. 36 h
• Secondary timer in firmware
• Features
• Switched antenna diversity support
• External high power PA interface with bias /
  supply output
• Integrated temperature sensor
• Up to 8 programmable I/O ports
• Timing
• Wake-up from SLEEP lt 0.3 ms
• Channel switching time lt 165 us (RX)
• Channel switching time lt100 us (TX)

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ADF7242 - GFSK/ 802.15.4 specs
GFSK
IEEE 802.15.4

• Modulation formats / data rates
• 62.5 .. 2000 kbps 2-GFSK (BT0.5)
• Receive Path
• Sensitivity lt -84 dBm _at_ 2 Mbps (typ)
• IIP3 gt -18 dBm (Df15 MHz, Df110 MHz)
• RSSI readback in dBm, lt 3 dB error
• Transmit Path
• Direct VCO modulation
• EVM lt 8
• O/p power -20 dBm .. 4 dBm, 2 dB step
• Programmable PA ramp
• Packet Handling Support
• Command oriented interface
• Programmable sync word

• Modulation formats / data rates
• 250 kbps OQPSK DSSS
• Receive Path
• Sensitivity lt -95 dBm
• ACPR N/-1 gt 46 dB _at_ Pin -94 dBm
• ACPR N/-1 gt 46 dB _at_ Pin -82 dBm
• ACPR N/-2 gt 54 dB _at_ Pin -94 dBm
• ACPR N/-2 gt 54 dB _at_ Pin -82 dBm
• Transmit Path
• As for GFSK
• Packet Handling Support
• Command oriented interface
• Addition of preamble
• Addition of SFD
• Addition of FCS
• Detection of SFD
• Automatic FCS check

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3rd Party Partners
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Evaluation ToolsEval Platforms and Software
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ADI SRD Design Studio - Toolkit
Schematic Tool
Mod Domain Analyzer
Spectrum Analyzer
Battery Lifetime calculations
Range Analysis
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Evaluation Board System

• Daughter Board
• ADF70XX IC external components and 14 pin
  header
• ADF70XXMBZ2 Mother Board
• USB Interface to chip programmer and ADIismLINK
  GUI
• Allows RF testing
• Allows protocol evaluation
• Can add external sensors to prototype concepts
• Perform range tests

DBZx Daughter Board
14 Pin Header
MBZ2 Mother Board
USB
ADIismLINK Ver2
RF Evaluation Software
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Daughter Boards

• 2-layer, one-sided boards
• External Components
• XTAL/TCXO
• Matching
• Decoupling
• Harmonic Filter
• Various Models available, tuned for different
  frequencies

ADF7020 DB
ADF7021 DB
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• ADuCRF101
• Fully integrated System on Chip (SoC) Solution
• ISM band RF Transceiver
• 6-Channel 12-bit or 14-bit SAR ADC 1MSPS
• ARM Cortex-M3 32-bit RISC MCU with SRAM and
  FLASH memory
• Ultra-low power design
• 1.8V to 3.6V
• Six sleep modes
• Full range of on-chip MCU peripherals

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ADuCRF101 Precision Analog MicrocontrollerARM
Cortex M3 with ISM band Transceiver

• Integrates all elements required for a fully
  programmable radio
• Sub-1G RF Transceiver with superior Blocking
  Sensitivity
• Processing (ARM Cortec-M3 32-bit RISC MCU, SRAM,
  FLASH memory)
• Data conversion (6-Channel 12-bit SAR ADC 1MSPS)
• Supports demanding design requirements of todays
  remote, battery-powered wireless sensor network
  (WSN) applications
• Utility meters
• Medical telemetry systems
• Building automation
• Asset tracking
• Security systems
• Ultra-low-power design
• 9mm x 9mm Body, Very Thin Quad package

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ADuCRF101Key Features
Processor 32-bit ARM Cortex-M3 processor core
Memory Up to 128 Kbytes of flash memory, 16 Kbytes SRAM
Transceiver Frequencies 862 to 928 MHz and 431 to 464 MHz
Data Rate 1 kbps to 300 kbps
Transmit Power -20 dBm to 12 dBm
Power Efficiency Partial sleep-mode current, 1.6 µA (with SRAM contents retained)  Full sleep-mode current, 580 nA
Operating Current 8.7 to 32 mA in transmit mode 12.8 mA in receive mode
Modulation 2 FSK / GFSK / OOK / MSK / GMSK
Receiver Sensitivity -107.5 dBm at 38.4 kbps
Interferer Rejection 38 dB adjacent channel (channel spacing 500kHz, IF BW 300kHz)
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ADuCRF101 key features

• ISM Band Radio (lt 1 GHz)
• ISM band 862MHz to 928MHz and 431MHz to 464MHz
  transceiver. 950 MHz (Japan) being investigated.
• 1 kbps to 300 kbps supported.
• FSK/MSK/GFSK/GMSK/OOK modulation schemes
  available.
• Very flexible packet handling with receive packet
  filtering.
• Single ended or differential PA available.
• Microcontroller, Analog Peripherals
• 16MHz ARM Cortex M3 32-bit MCU, Flash memory
  based.
• 4 general purpose timers and comms interfaces.
• Multi-Channel 12-bit or 14-bit ADC.
• On-Chip temperature monitor.
• Power
• 1.8V to 3.6V operation.
• Normal mode 250uA/MHz.
• Hibernate mode 1.6uA typical.

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ADuCRF101 Block Diagram
Low PowerRadio
FIFO
Radio Timer Unit
RFIO1
26MHz Xtal
32kHz 20
RFIO2
Packet Handlerand Wake Up Control
32kHz
16MHz 3
128kB FlashCode DataMemory
2kB kernel
POR/PSM
DMA
ADC0
16kB RAM
...
14/12bitADC 1MSPS
8-ChannelPWM
......
MUX
Vectored Interrupt Controller
P1.0
...
WatchdogTimer
UART
TemperatureMonitor
ADC5
P1.7
...
P0.0
CORTEXM3MCU 16MHz
WakeupTimer
SPI
P0.3
BandgapReference
P1.4
GP Timer 0
I2C
P1.5
Vref
VREF
...
Serial Wire
GP Timer 1
GPIO Control
ADuCRF101
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SUMMARY

• Analog Devices offers a wide portfolio of High
  Performance Sub 1GHz and 2.4GHz RF Transceivers
  for applications requiring longer range and
  improved resilience to interference
• Thanks !
• Kemn Song, RF Technical Manager, Shanghai
• Kemn.song_at_analog.com