U3741BM Datasheet, PDF (10/32 Pages) ATMEL Corporation – UHF ASK RECEIVER IC

Polling Circuit and Control Logic
The receiver is designed to consume less than 1 mA while being sensitive to signals
from a corresponding transmitter. This is achieved via the polling circuit. This circuit
enables the signal path periodically for a short time. During this time the bit check logic
verifies the presence of a valid transmitter signal. Only if a valid signal is detected the
receiver remains active and transfers the data to the connected microcontroller. If there
is no valid signal present, the receiver is in sleep mode most of the time resulting in low
current consumption. This condition is called polling mode. A connected microcontroller
is disabled during that time.
All relevant parameters of the polling logic can be configured by the connected micro-
controller. This flexibility enables the user to meet the specifications in terms of current
consumption, system response time, data rate etc.
Regarding the number of connection wires to the microcontroller, the receiver is very
flexible. It can be either operated by a single bi-directional line to save ports to the con-
nected microcontroller, it can be operated by up to three uni-directional ports.
Basic Clock Cycle of the
Digital Circuitry
The complete timing of the digital circuitry and the analog filtering is derived from one
clock. According to Figure 7, this clock cycle T_Clk is derived from the crystal oscillator
(XTO) in combination with a divider. The division factor is controlled by the logical state
at pin MODE. According to section “RF Front End” on page 4, the frequency of the crys-
tal oscillator (f_XTO) is defined by the RF input signal (f_RFin) which also defines the
operating frequency of the local oscillator (f_LO).
Figure 7. Generation of the Basic Clock Cycle
T_Clk
Divider
:14/:10
f_XTO
XTO
MODE
16
L : USA (:10)
H: Europe (:14)
DVCC
15
XTO
14
Pin MODE can now be set in accordance with the desired clock cycle T_Clk. T_Clk controls
the following application-relevant parameters:
• Timing of the polling circuit including bit check
• Timing of analog and digital signal processing
• Timing of register programming
• Frequency of the reset marker
• F filter center frequency (f_IF0)
Most applications are dominated by two transmission frequencies: f_Send = 315 MHz is
mainly used in the USA, f_Send = 433.92 MHz in Europe. In order to ease the usage of all
T_Clk-dependent parameters, the electrical characteristics display three conditions for
each parameter.
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