AT86RF212 Datasheet, PDF (1/173 Pages) ATMEL Corporation – Low Power 800/900 MHz Transceiver for IEEE 802.15.4- 2006, ZigbeeTM, and ISM Applications

Features
• Fully Integrated 800/900 MHz-Band Transceiver
- European ISM Band from 863 to 870 MHz
- North American ISM Band from 902 to 928 MHz
• Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum with Different Modulation and Data Rates
- BPSK with 20 and 40 kbit/s (compliant to IEEE 802.15.4-2006)
- O-QPSK with 100 and 250 kbit/s (compliant to IEEE 802.15.4-2006)
- O-QPSK with 200, 400, 500, and 1000 kbit/s PSDU Data Rate
• Flexible Combination of Frequency Bands and Data Rates
• Industry Leading Link Budget
- Receiver Sensitivity up to -110 dBm
- Programmable TX Output Power up to +10 dBm
• Low Power Supply Voltage from 1.8 V to 3.6 V
- Internal Voltage Regulators and Battery Monitor
• Low Current Consumption
- SLEEP = 0.2 µA
- TRX_OFF = 0.4 mA
- RX_ON = 9 mA
- TX_ACTIVE = 19 mA (at P_TX = 5 dBm)
• Digital Interface
- Registers, Frame Buffer, and AES Accessible through SPI
- Clock Output with Configurable Rate
• Radio Transceiver Features
- Adjustable Receiver Sensitivity
- Integrated TX/RX Switch, LNA, and PLL Loop Filter
- Fast Settling PLL Supporting Frequency Hopping
- Automatic VCO and Filter Calibration
- Integrated 16 MHz Crystal Oscillator
- 128 byte FIFO for Transmit/Receive
• IEEE 802.15.4-2006 Hardware Support
- FCS Computation and Check
- Clear Channel Assessment
- Received Signal Strength Indicator, Energy Detection, and Link Quality
Indication
• MAC Hardware Accelerator
- Automatic Acknowledgement, CSMA-CA, and Retransmission
- Automatic Frame Filtering
• AES 128 bit Hardware Accelerator (ECB and CBC modes)
• Extended Feature Set Hardware Support
- True Random Number Generation for Security Applications
- TX/RX Indication (External RF Front End Control)
- MAC based Antenna Diversity
• Optimized for Low BoM Cost and Ease of Production
- Low External Component Count: Antenna, Reference Crystal, and Bypass
Capacitors
- Excellent ESD Robustness
• Industrial Temperature Range from -40°C to +85°C
• 32-pin Low-profile Lead-free Plastic QFN Package, 5.0 x 5.0 x 0.9 mm³
• Compliant to IEEE 802.15.4-2003 and IEEE 802.15.4-2006, ETSI EN 300 220-1,
and FCC 47 CFR Section 15.247
AT86RF212
Low Power
800/900 MHz
Transceiver for
IEEE 802.15.4-
2006, Zigbee^TM,
and ISM
Applications
PRELIMINARY
8168A-AVR-06/08