Micrel Inc.
Functional Diagram
MICRF221
UHF
DOWNCOVERTER
MIXER
LNA
MIXER
fLO
SYNTHESIZER
-f f
i
IMAGE
REJECT
FILTER
CONTROL
LOGIC
DESENSE
IF AMP
DETECTOR
CONTROL
LOGIC PROGRAMMABLE
FILTER
AGC
CONTROL
CAGC
RSSI
OOK
DEMODULATOR
SLICER
RSSI
SLEEP
OSCILLATOR
SLEEP
TIMER
AUTOPOLL
DO
REFERENCE
OSCILLATOR
REFERENCE
AND CONTROL
BITCHECK
WAKE-UP
SQUELCH
DO' CONTROL
LOGIC
DO'
SLICE
LEVEL
CONTROL
LOGIC
DO
CTH
Figure 3. Simplified Block Diagram
Functional Description
The simplified block diagram, shown in Figure 3,
illustrates the basic structure of the MICRF221
receiver. It is made of four sub-blocks:
• UHF Down-converter
• OOK Demodulator
• Reference and Control logic
• Auto-poll circuitry.
Outside the device, the MICRF221 receiver requires
just three components to operate: two capacitors
(CTH, and CAGC) and the reference frequency device
(usually a quartz crystal). An additional five
components are used to improve performance: a
power supply decoupling capacitor, two components
for the matching network, and two components for the
October 2008
pre-selector band-pass filter.
Receiver Operation
UHF Downconverter
The UHF down-converter has six components: LNA,
mixers, synthesizer, image reject filter, band pass filter
and IF amp.
LNA
The RF input signal is AC-coupled into the gate circuit
of the grounded source LNA input stage. The LNA is a
Cascoded NMOS amplifier. The amplified RF signal is
then fed to the RF ports of two double balanced
mixers.
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