Atmel AT86RF215 Device Family
Sub-1GHz/2.4GHz Transceiver and I/Q Radio for
IEEE Std 802.15.4TM-2015
IEEE Std 802.15.4gTM-2012
ETSI TS 102 887-1
AT86RF215 / AT86RF215IQ / AT86RF215M
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Features AT86RF215
Fully integrated radio transceiver covering 389.5-510MHz / 779-1020MHz / 24002483.5MHz including:
European band:
Chinese band:
North American band:
Korean band:
Japanese band:
World-wide ISM band:
863-870MHz / 870-876MHz / 915-921MHz
470-510MHz / 779-787MHz
902-928MHz
917-923.5MHz
920-928MHz
2400-2483.5MHz
I/Q data interface:
One TX and two RX serial low voltage differential signal (LVDS) interfaces
13-bit I/Q data interface with a sampling frequency of up to 4MHz
Transceiver Control interface: SPI (serial peripheral interface)
Supported PHYs (*proprietary)
MR-FSK
Symbol rates: 50, 100, 150, 200, 300*, 400ksymbol/s
Rate 1/2-FEC: RSC and NRNSC, with and without interleaving
Order: 2-level, 4-level
MR-OFDM
Option 1: 100, 200, 400, 800, 1200*, 1600*, 2400*kb/s
Option 2: 50, 100, 200, 400, 600, 800, 1200*kb/s
Option 3: 50, 100, 200, 300, 400, 600kb/s
Option 4: 50, 100, 150, 200, 300kb/s
MR-O-QPSK
100kchip/s with 6.25, 12.5, 25, 50kb/s data rate
200kchip/s with 12.5, 25*, 50*, 100*kb/s data rate
1000kchip/s with 31.25, 125, 250, 500kb/s data rate
2000kchip/s with 31.25, 125, 250, 500, 1000*kb/s data rate
O-QPSK
1000kchip/s with 250kb/s and 500*kb/s data rate
2000kchip/s with 250kb/s and 1000*kb/s data rate
Bi-directional differential RF signal ports for:
Band I: 433/470/780/863/868/915/917/920MHz
Band II: 2450MHz
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Simultaneous operation of sub-1GHz and 2.4GHz transceiver
Separate 2kbytes RX and TX frame buffer
IEEE MAC support
Frame filter (IEEE Std 802.15.4-2006)
FCS handling
Automatic acknowledgement (IEEE Std 802.15.4-2006)
CCA with automatic transmit
Industry leading link budget
Programmable TX output power up to +14.5dBm@900MHz band
Noise figure below 5dB for sub-1GHz and 2.4GHz transceiver
Receiver sensitivity down to -123dBm at 6.25kb/s MR-O-QPSK
Radio transceiver features
Integrated TX/RX switch, LNA, PLL loop filter and RF frontend control
Fast settling PLL supporting frequency hopping
Automatic filter calibration
Received signal strength indicator / energy detection
True random number generator
Optimized for low BOM cost and ease of production
Low power supply voltage from 1.8V to 3.6V
Internal voltage regulators and battery monitor
Reduced power consumption (RPC) modes for MR-FSK and MR-OQPSK
Low current consumption (incl. baseband processing / without I/Q interface)
Deep sleep
RX listen
RX active
TX
30nA
6..28mA (RPC mode dependent)
28mA
62mA @14dBm output power
Industrial temperature range from –40°C to +85°C
48-pin low-profile lead-free plastic QFN package
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1.
Description
The AT86RF215 is a multi-band radio transceiver for various sub-1GHz bands and the 2.4GHz band specially designed
for smart metering and applications implementing IEEE Std 802.15.4g™-2012 [3], ETSI TS 102 887-1 [5], IEEE Std
802.15.4TM-2015 [7].
The device is comprised of two independent transceivers, each with its own baseband and I/Q data interface. The
AT86RF215 incorporates two transceivers and two baseband cores forming two independent radio systems. The
transceivers are highly integrated minimizing the number of external components required on the printed circuit board
(PCB). The supply voltage ranges from 1.8V to 3.6V. A 26MHz temperature controlled oscillator (TCXO) or a crystal
oscillator (XTAL) is used as a reference clock.
The AT86RF215 allows simultaneous independent reception in the sub-1GHz and 2.4GHz bands. Each radio frequency
(RF) port is accessed with balanced differential signal pairs. Optimal sensitivity and output power are achieved with 50Ω
differential load. The device offers a high link budget with maximum TX output power of 14.5dBm@900MHz and
sensitivity down to -123dBm@MR-OQPSK-6.25kb/s.
The device is controlled via a fast serial peripheral interface (SPI). Dedicated MAC hardware, random number generator
and on-board battery monitoring improve overall system efficiency and timing.
The AT86RF215 can be operated with an external microcontroller (e.g. Atmel SAM4 Family) and/or an external
baseband processor.
1.1
Device Family
1.1.1
Overview
Table 1-1.
Device Family Overview
Device
Description
AT86RF215
Dual band transceiver and I/Q radio
Embedded baseband supporting MR-FSK, MR-OFDM, MR-O-QPSK, and O-QPSK
Compliant to IEEE Std 802.15.4g™-2012 [3]; IEEE Std 802.15.4™-2011 [2]; ETSI TS 102 887-1
[5], IEEE Std 802.15.4TM-2015 [7]
AT86RF215IQ
I/Q radio (13-bit I/Q low voltage differential signal (LVDS) interface)
AT86RF215M
Sub-1GHz Transceiver and I/Q radio
Embedded baseband supporting MR-FSK, MR-OFDM, MR-O-QPSK, and O-QPSK
Compliant to IEEE Std 802.15.4g™-2012 [3]; ETSI TS 102 887-1 [5]
Note:
1.1.2
For operation of the AT86RF215M see "Basic Operation of AT86RF215M" on page 42.
Device Identification
The device identifier can be read from the register RF_PN. The version number of the device can be read from the
register RF_VN.
1.1.3
Register Description
1.1.3.1 RF_PN – Device Part Number
The register contains the part number of the device.
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Bit
7
6
5
4
R
R
R
R
2
1
0
R
R
R
R
PN
(0x000D)
Read/Write
3
RF_PN
Bit 7:0 – RF_PN.PN: Device Part Number
The register contains the part number of the device.
Table 1-2.
PN
Sub-register
Value
Description
PN
0x34
AT86RF215
0x35
AT86RF215IQ
0x36
AT86RF215M
1.1.3.2 RF_VN – Device Version Number
The register contains the version number of the device.
Bit
7
6
5
4
1.2
3
2
1
0
VN
(0x000E)
RF_VN
Read/Write
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
Initial Value v.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Initial Value v.3
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Block Diagram
The device features two independent radio systems. It contains one sub-1GHz transceiver and one 2.4GHz transceiver.
Each transceiver is paired with a baseband core optimized to demodulate signals commonly used in the associated
band, thus providing complete RF-to-Baseband operation. The internal baseband cores support MR-FSK, O-QPSK/MRO-QPSK and MR-OFDM modulation schemes. Alternatively users can route the I/Q data stream directly to an external
processor for advanced signal processing using the 13-bit LVDS interface.
The AT86RF215 block diagram is shown in Figure 1-1.
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Figure 1-1. AT86RF215 Block Diagram
AT86RF215
2.4GHz Radio (RF24)
Random Number Generator
Battery Monitor
(BATMON)
DVDD (1.8V)
Digital Voltage Regulator
Automatic Gain Control (AGC)
Receiver Analog Frontend
Low
Noise
Amplifier
(LNA)
Mixer
Receiver Digital
Frontend
Sigma-Delta
Analog
Digital
Converter
(SDADC)
Band
Pass
Filter
(BPF)
Filter,
DownSampling
(RX_DFE)
Baseband Core1
(BBC1)
RX
Frame
Buffer
I_DATA[13:0]
Q_DATA[13:0]
MR-FSK
RFN/RFP
2.4GHz
AVDD1 (1.8V)
Analog Voltage Regulator
(2.4GHz Transceiver)
2.4GHz Frequency
Synthesizer (PLL)
Transmitter Analog Frontend
Power
Amplifier
(PA)
Mixer
Analog
Calibration
MR-OFDM
Transmitter
Digital Frontend
Low
Pass
Filter
(LPF)
Digital
Analog
Converter
(DAC)
Filter,
UpSampling
(TX_DFE)
MR-O-QPSK/
O-QPSK
TX
Frame
Buffer
I_DATA[13:0]
Q_DATA[13:0]
RXD24
RXCLK
RXD09
TXD
TXCLK
Serial
I/Q Data
Interface
(LVDS)
Sub-1GHz Radio (RF09)
RSTN
IRQ
Random Number Generator
Automatic Gain Control (AGC)
Receiver Analog Frontend
Low
Noise
Amplifier
(LNA)
Mixer
Receiver Digital
Frontend
Band
Pass
Filter
(BPF)
Sigma-Delta
Analog
Digital
Converter
(SDADC)
Filter,
DownSampling
(RX_DFE)
MISO
MOSI
SELN
SCLK
Serial
Peripheral
Interface
(SPI)
I_DATA[13:0]
Q_DATA[13:0]
Baseband Core0
(BBC0)
RX
Frame
Buffer
MR-FSK
RFN/RFP
Sub-1GHz
AVDD0 (1.8V)
Analog Voltage Regulator
(Sub-1GHz Transceiver)
Sub-1GHz Frequency
Synthesizer (PLL)
Analog
Calibration
MR-OFDM
Transmitter Analog Frontend
Power
Amplifier
(PA)
Mixer
Transmitter
Digital Frontend
Low
Pass
Filter
(LPF)
Digital
Analog
Converter
(DAC)
Filter,
UpSampling
(TX_DFE)
MR-O-QPSK/
O-QPSK
I_DATA[13:0]
Q_DATA[13:0]
TX
Frame
Buffer
XOSC / Clock PLL
XTAL/TCXO
Notes:
1.
Baseband Core0/1 are not available at AT86RF215IQ
2.
2.4GHz Radio (RF24) and Baseband Core1 (BBC1) are not available at AT86RF215M
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1.3
Control Logic and Naming Conventions
Both radio and baseband cores have separate register blocks. The sub-1GHz radio register names are prefixed by
“RF09_”. The 2.4GHz radio transceiver register names are prefixed by “RF24_”. The register descriptions, including
sub-register descriptions, for both radios and their respective basebands are identical. In rare cases where a register is
only valid for one specific radio (or baseband), the register for the other radio (or baseband) is ignored.
The baseband processor Core0 is connected to the sub-1GHz radio and Core1 is connected to the 2.4GHz radio.
The baseband registers of Core0 are prefixed by “BBC0_”. The baseband register of Core1 are prefixed by “BBC1_”.
The general reference for both core registers is prefixed by “BBCn_”. Both cores are identical and have separate
register spaces.
Common registers of the AT86RF215 which are not specific for the radio or baseband are prefixed by “RF_”.
Note, the datasheet refers to the naming convention of IEEE Std 802.15.4g™-2012 [3] in regards to multi rate and multi
regional frequency (MR) PHYs. The IEEE Std 802.15.4TM-2015 [7] names the PHYs SUN, i.e. smart metering utility
network.
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2.
Pin-out Diagram and Description
2.1
Pin-out Diagram
The pin-out of the AT86RF215 is shown in Figure 2-1.
DVDD
DVSS
DEVDD
IRQ
SCLK
SELN
MOSI
MISO
AVSS
EVDD
AVDD1
AVSS
Figure 2-1. Pin-out
PADDLE
(AVSS)
48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37
FEA24
1
36 RXDP24
FEB24
2
35 RXDN24
AVSS
3
34 RXCLKP
RFP24
4
33 RXCLKN
RFN24
5
32 DVSS
AVSS
6
AT86RF215
31 RXDP09
AVSS
7
48Pin (7x7)mm2, Pitch=0.5mm
30 RXDN09
RFP09
8
29 DEVDD
RFN09
9
28 TXDP
AVSS 10
27 TXDN
FEA09 11
26 TXCLKP
FEB09 12
25 TXCLKN
DVSS
DVSS
CLKO
DEVDD
DVSS
AVSS
XTAL2
TCXO
AVSS
EVDD
AVDD0
RSTN
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
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Table 2-1.
Pin Description
# Pin
Name
Type
Description
1
FEA24
Output
RF frontend control; digital output for the 2.4GHz transceiver
2
FEB24
Output
RF frontend control; digital output for the 2.4GHz transceiver
3
AVSS
In/Out
Analog ground (RF)
4
RFP24
In/Out
Differential RF input/output 2.4GHz (positive)
5
RFN24
In/Out
Differential RF input/output 2.4GHz (negative)
6
AVSS
In/Out
Analog ground (RF)
7
AVSS
In/Out
Analog ground (RF)
8
RFP09
In/Out
Differential RF input/output for sub-1GHz transceiver (positive)
9
RFN09
In/Out
Differential RF input/output for sub-1GHz transceiver (negative)
10
AVSS
In/Out
Analog ground (RF)
11
FEA09
Output
RF frontend control; digital output for the sub-1GHz transceiver
12
FEB09
Output
RF frontend control; digital output for the sub-1GHz transceiver
13
RSTN
Input
Reset input (active low)
14
AVDD0
In/Out
Internal regulated analog 1.8V supply output voltage (internally generated) for
analog circuitry of the sub-1GHz transceiver
15
EVDD
Input
External analog supply voltage (VDD); 3.0V typical
16
AVSS
In/out
Analog ground
17
TCXO
Input
TCXO or crystal oscillator (26MHz) input
18
XTAL2
Output
Crystal oscillator
19
AVSS
In/Out
Analog ground
20
DVSS
In/Out
Digital ground
21
DEVDD
Input
External digital supply voltage (VDD); 3.0V typical
22
CLKO
Output
Clock output
23
DVSS
In/Out
Digital ground
24
DVSS
In/Out
Digital ground
25
TXCLKN
Input
Differential TX I/Q clock interface input (negative)
26
TXCLKP
Input
Differential TX I/Q clock interface input (positive)
27
TXDN
Input
Differential TX I/Q data interface input (negative)
28
TXDP
Input
Differential TX I/Q data interface input (positive)
29
DEVDD
Input
External digital supply voltage (VDD); 3.0V typical
30
RXDN09
Output
Differential RX I/Q data interface output sub-1GHz transceiver (negative)
31
RXDP09
Output
Differential RX I/Q data interface output sub-1GHz transceiver (positive)
32
DVSS
In/Out
Digital ground
33
RXCLKN
Output
Differential RX I/Q clock interface output (negative)
34
RXCLKP
Output
Differential RX I/Q clock interface output (positive)
35
RXDN24
Output
Differential RX I/Q data interface output 2.4GHz transceiver (negative)
36
RXDP24
Output
Differential RX I/Q data interface output 2.4GHz transceiver (positive)
37
DVDD
In/Out
Internal regulated supply output voltage (internally generated) for digital circuitry
38
DVSS
In/Out
Digital ground
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# Pin
Name
Type
Description
39
DEVDD
Output
External digital supply voltage (VDD); 3.0V typical
40
IRQ
Output
Interrupt output
41
SCLK
Input
SPI interface clock input
42
SELN
Input
SPI select input (active low)
43
MOSI
Input
SPI data input
44
MISO
Output
SPI data output
45
AVSS
In/Out
Analog ground
46
EVDD
Input
External analog supply voltage (VDD); 3.0V typical
47
AVDD1
In/Out
Internal regulated analog 1.8V supply output voltage (internally generated) for
analog circuitry for the 2.4GHz transceiver
48
AVSS
In/Out
Analog ground
2.2
Pin Description
2.2.1
RFP09/RFN09, RFP24/RFN24
The differential RF pins (RFP09/RFN09; RFP24/RFN24) provide common-mode rejection to suppress the switching
noise of the internal and external digital signal processing blocks.
A 50Ω differential load at the RF ports ensures high sensitivity and output power. A DC path between the RF pins is
supported; a DC path to ground or supply voltage is not supported. When connecting an RF load providing a DC path to
the power supply or ground, AC coupling is required.
The pins RFP24/RFN24 of AT86RF215M are shortened to AVSS internally and may not be connected.
2.2.2
EVDD, DEVDD (VDD)
EVDD is the external analog supply voltage. DEVDD is the external digital supply voltage. External decoupling
capacitors must be placed close to these device pins. EVDD and DEVDD must be shorted at board level and should
always have the same potential.
2.2.3
AVDD0, AVDD1
AVDD0 and AVDD1 are internally generated/regulated analog supply voltages. External compensation capacitors must
be placed close to these device pins. These supplies are activated, and de-activated, by the sleep-mode logic. Do not
use these signals as references or power supplies. AVDD0 and AVDD1 must not be shorted. For further information
about the analog supply voltages are described in section "Voltage Regulator" on page 75.
An external compensation capacitor at the pin AVDD1 is not required for AT86RF215M, the pin can have no
connections.
2.2.4
DVDD
DVDD is an internally generated/regulated digital supply voltage. An external compensation capacitor must be placed
close to this device pin. For further information about the digital supply voltage are described in section "Voltage
Regulator" on page 75.
2.2.5
AVSS, DVSS
AVSS is the analog ground; DVSS is the digital ground voltage. The analog and the digital grounds should be separated
on the PCB and only connected at a single point on the PCB.
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2.2.6
MISO, MOSI, SCLK, SELN
Pins MISO, MOSI, SCLK and SELN are SPI specific pins which provide register read/write access for device operation.
For further information about the control interface see section "SPI Transceiver Control Interface" on page 16.
2.2.7
RXDN09/RXDP09, RXDN24/RXDP24, RXCLKP/RXCLKN, TXDP/TXDN, TXCLKP/TXCLKN
Pins RXDN09/RXDP09, RXDN24/RXDP24, RXCLKP/RXCLKN, TXDP/TXDN and TXCLKP/TXCLKN are low voltage
differential signal (LVDS) I/Q data interface pins. For further information see section "Serial I/Q Data Interface" on page
22.
The pins RXDN24/RXDP24 are not supported for AT86RF215M, the pins shall have no connections.
2.2.8
IRQ
Pin IRQ is the interrupt pin from the transceiver to the microcontroller and is controlled by both radios and basebands.
The interrupt source can be detected by reading the interrupt status registers using the device control interface (SPI).
For further information about IRQ configuration see section "Interrupt Signalling" on page 19.
2.2.9
RSTN
Pin RSTN is the active low reset pin. For further information see section "Reset Modes " on page 13.
2.2.10 FEA09/FEB09, FEA24/FEB24
The digital output pins FEAnn and FEBnn can control an external RF analog frontend device, in general external LNA,
PA. For each transceiver band two frontend control pins are specified. The pins are not differential. For further
information see section "External Frontend Control" on page 70.
The pins FEA24/FEB24 are not supported for AT86RF215M, the pins shall have no connections.
2.2.11 TCXO/XTAL2
Pin TCXO (Temperature Controlled Crystal Oscillator) is the input pin of a 26MHz clock from a TCXO device. Pin
XTAL2 must be grounded if operating the device with a TCXO.
Alternatively, the device can be operated with a 26MHz Crystal (XTAL) which must be connected between pin TCXO
and pin XTAL2. For further information see section "Crystal Oscillator and TCXO" on page 67.
2.2.12 CLKO
Pin CLKO provides a clock output signal. An external microcontroller can use this clock signal as an input clock source.
For further information about the clock output configuration see "Clock Output" on page 20.
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Application Schematic
A basic application schematic of the AT86RF215 is shown in Figure 3-1. The RF ports require a 50Ω differential load for
best RF performance. The transceiver is operated with a 26MHz TCXO.
Digital
Control
SPI
Figure 3-1. Basic Application Schematic
Cdec
C
dec
(not required for
AT86RF215M)
Cdec
VDD
VDD
Cdec
PADDLE
(AVSS)
RXDP24 36
2 FEB24
RXDN24 35
3
AVSS
RXCLKP 34
4 RFP24
RXCLKN 33
5 RFN24
DVSS
32
6
AVSS
AT86RF215
RXDP09 31
7
AVSS
2
RXDN09 30
48Pin (7x7)mm , Pitch=0.5mm
8 RFP09
DEVDD 29
9 RFN09
TXDP
28
10
TXDN
27
AVSS
VDD
DVSS
DVSS
CLKO
DEVDD
AVSS
DVSS
TCXO
XTAL2
AVSS
TXCLKN 25
EVDD
TXCLKP 26
12 FEB09
RSTN
11 FEA09
Cdec
I/Q Data Interface
DVDD
DVSS
DEVDD
IRQ
SCLK
SELN
MOSI
MISO
AVSS
EVDD
1 FEA24
AVDD0
2.4 GHz
Frontend
n.c. for AT86RF215M
AVDD1
AVSS
48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37
Sub1GHz
Frontend
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
VDDTCXO
TCXO
VDD
Cdec
Cdec
VDD
RF
CF
Digital
Control
Cdec
3.
The external analog power supply EVDD, the external digital power supply DEVDD and the integrated voltage
regulators outputs AVDD0, DVDD and AVDD1 must be decoupled by a capacitor (Cdec). All decoupling capacitors
should be placed as close as possible to the pins and should have low-resistance and low-inductance connection to
ground. EVDD and DEVDD must be shorted at PCB level and should always have the same potential (V DD).
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A low-pass filter (CF, RF) should be placed close to pin CLKO to reduce the emission of CLKO signal harmonics.
This is not needed if pin CLKO is not used as a microcontroller clock source. In this case, clock output signal
should be disabled during device initialization, see register RF_CLKO.
The pins RFP24/RFN24 of the AT86RF215M are connected to AVSS and must not be connected. The pins
RXDP24/RXDN24 are not supported for the AT86RF215M and can be left opened.
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4.
Control and Data Interfaces
4.1
Reset Modes
4.1.1
Summary Reset Modes
The AT86RF215 can be reset by the following conditions:
Power-on reset or voltage drop, see section "Power-on Reset" below
Chip Reset command, see section "Chip Reset" on page 14
Chip Reset via pulse at pin RSTN, see section "Chip Reset" on page 14
Transceiver Reset, see section "Transceiver Reset" on page 14
State SLEEP, see section "State SLEEP" on page 34
State DEEP_SLEEP, see section "State DEEP_SLEEP and Wake-up Procedure" on page 34
The AT86RF215 registers can be classified into register groups for common chip functionality, for the I/Q data interface,
for the sub-1GHz transceiver and for the 2.4GHz transceiver. Table 4-1 shows which register groups are reset by which
reset source.
Table 4-1.
AT86RF215 Reset Modes
Reset Source
Common Chip
Register
I/Q Data Interface
Register
Sub-1GHz
Transceiver
Register
2.4GHz
Transceiver
Register
RF_CFG,
RF_XOC,
RF_CLKO and
RF_BMDVC
RF_IQIFC0 and
RF_IQIFC1
RF09_* and
BBC0_*
RF24_* and
BBC1_*
Power-On Reset
reset
reset
reset
reset
Chip Reset
reset
reset
reset
reset
Sub-1GHz Transceiver Reset
reset
2.4GHz Transceiver Reset
reset
Sub-1GHz Transceiver SLEEP
reset
2.4GHz Transceiver SLEEP
DEEP_SLEEP
4.1.2
reset
reset
reset
reset
Power-on Reset
A power-on reset is initiated if the supply voltage drops below the operating range of the voltage regulator (see section
"Voltage Regulator" on page 75) and returns back to the supported range again. For further information about the
operation range see section "Operating Range" on page 187.
The power-on procedure is shown in Figure 4-1.
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Figure 4-1. Power-on Procedure
Event
VDD on
State
Power-on
TRXOFF
Block
XOSC, DVREG
CLKO active
IRQ
Time
WAKEUP
tPOWERON
When the external supply voltage (VDD) is initially supplied to the AT86RF215, the device enables the crystal oscillator
(XOSC) and the internal 1.8V voltage regulator for the digital domain (DVREG). After tPOWERON the output clock signal is
available at pin CLKO at default clock rate of 26MHz. During the power-on procedure, all registers are set to their
default values. As soon as the state TRXOFF is reached, the SPI is enabled and it can be used to control the device. At
the same time, the interrupt IRQS.WAKEUP at both transceivers is set to 1 and the pin IRQ is asserted high.
4.1.3
Chip Reset
The Chip Reset procedure resets the entire device (i.e. both radios, sub-1GHz and 2.4GHz and both baseband cores),
all registers are set to their default values.
The Chip Reset is triggered by the pin RSTN or by writing the Chip Reset command. The Chip Reset is triggered by
pulling the pin RSTN to low, keeping it low for tRST and to release it to high again; for further timing information see
section "Power-on Reset Characteristics" on page 188. To trigger the Chip Reset via the Chip Reset command, the
value 0x07 needs to be written to the sub-register RF_RST.CMD.
After initiating the Chip Reset procedure, the device enters the internal state RESET. After the reset procedure is
completed, the state RESET is left and the state TRXOFF is reached. The completion of the reset procedure is
indicated by the interrupt IRQS.WAKEUP for both transceivers.
For further information about state changes see section "State Machine" on page 33.
4.1.4
Transceiver Reset
While the Chip Reset procedure resets the entire device (sub-1GHz/BBC0 and 2.4GHz/BBC1), the Transceiver Reset is
used to reset only a single transceiver (RF09/BBC0 or RF24/BBC1). The Transceiver Reset is initiated by writing the
command RESET to the register RFn_CMD of the corresponding transceiver. During the reset procedure the
corresponding transceiver state machine is reset and the corresponding transceiver (RFn_*) and baseband registers
(BBCn_*) are set to their default values. The common device registers (RF_*) are not reset.
Once the reset procedure is completed, the state TRXOFF is reached and the interrupt IRQS.WAKEUP is issued for the
corresponding transceiver.
4.1.5
Register Description
4.1.5.1 RF_RST – Chip Reset
The register RF_RST allows resetting the entire device via an SPI command.
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Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
(0x0005)
–
–
–
–
–
Read/Write
R
R
R
R
R
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
CMD
RF_RST
Bit 2:0 – RF_RST.CMD: Chip Reset Command
Writing the value 0x7 to the sub-register CMD triggers the reset procedure of the entire device; the values 0x0 to 0x6
have no effect.
Table 4-2.
CMD
Sub-register
Name
CMD
RF_RESET
Value
Description
0x7
CHIP RESET
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4.2
SPI Transceiver Control Interface
4.2.1
Introduction
The control interface comprises an SPI slave and provides access to registers and frame buffers of the AT86RF215.
Table 4-3 shows the SPI signals.
Table 4-3.
SPI Signals
SPI Signal
Direction
Description
SCLK
Input
SPI clock signal
SELN
Input
SPI select signal, active low
MOSI
Input
SPI data master output, slave input signal
MISO
Output
SPI data master input, slave output signal
The SPI is byte-oriented with bi-directional communication between master and slave. Each byte is transferred with the
MSB first. The SPI select signal SELN is active low. The number of clocks at SCLK must be a multiple of eight. The
AT86RF215 SPI provides register and frame buffer access in a linear address space. The access mode is configured
by the address in the COMMAND bytes.
4.2.2
SPI Protocol
Each SPI sequence starts by setting SELN to low and finishes by releasing SELN to high. After setting SELN to low, the
two COMMAND bytes are transferred from the SPI master via pin MOSI followed by SPI clock signals to read or to write
data. The two COMMAND bytes define the SPI access mode (read or write access) and the 14-bit address (see Table
4-4).
Table 4-4.
Bit[15]
MODE[1]
SPI COMMAND Definition
Bit[14]
MODE[0]
Bit[13:8]
ADDRESS[13:8]
COMMAND[15:8]
Bit[7:0]
ADDRESS[7:0]
SPI Access Mode
COMMAND[7:0]
0
0
ADDRESS[13:8]
ADDRESS[7:0]
Read
1
0
ADDRESS[13:8]
ADDRESS[7:0]
Write
0
1
ADDRESS[13:8]
ADDRESS[7:0]
Reserved
1
1
ADDRESS[13:8]
ADDRESS[7:0]
Reserved
The SPI can be operated in single or block access mode. The single access mode (see section 4.2.4) is used to read or
to write a single register value. The block access mode (see section 4.2.4) is used to read or to write a block of data
with a variable number of data bytes.
4.2.3
Single Access Mode
The single access mode is a three byte operation. First the two COMMAND bytes are transferred on MOSI. If MODE
indicates a write access, then the third byte contains the value that is written to the selected address (see Figure 4-2). If
MODE indicates a read access, then the content of the selected address is returned with the third byte on pin MISO
(see Figure 4-3).
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Figure 4-2. SPI Single Write Access
SELN
SCLK
MOSI
MODE[1:0], ADDRESS[13:8]
ADDRESS[7:0]
VALUEADDRESS
MISO
Figure 4-3. SPI Single Read Access
SELN
SCLK
MOSI
MODE[1:0], ADDRESS[13:8]
ADDRESS[7:0]
MISO
4.2.4
VALUEADDRESS
Block Access Mode
The block access mode is entered when SELN remains low after the third byte of the single access mode. During block
write access the fourth byte on MOSI is written to the next address (ADDRESS+1) and so on. The same procedure
applies to the block read access, where the content of the next address (ADDRESS+1) is returned with the fourth byte
on pin MISO. The block mode can access the whole address space (see Figure 4-4 and Figure 4-5).
Figure 4-4. SPI Block Write Access
SELN
SCLK
...
MOSI
MODE[1:0], ADDRESS[13:8]
ADDRESS[7:0]
VALUEADDRESS
VALUEADDRESS+1
ALUEADDRESS+n
MISO
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Figure 4-5. SPI Block Read Access
SELN
SCLK
...
MOSI
MODE[1:0], ADDRESS[13:8]
ADDRESS[7:0]
MISO
4.2.5
VALUEADDRESS
VALUEADDRESS+1
ALUEADDRESS+n
SPI Timing
Figure 4-6 and Figure 4-7 illustrate the SPI timing and its parameters. The corresponding timing parameter values tSPI_0
- tSPI_9 are defined in section "SPI Timing Characteristics" on page 204.
Figure 4-6. SPI Timing, Definition of Timing Parameters tSPI_0, tSPI_5, tSPI_6, tSPI_8, tSPI_9.
tSPI_0
tSPI_9
tSPI_8
SELN
tSPI_5
SCLK
MOSI
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
tSPI_6
MISO
Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0
Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0
Figure 4-7. SPI Timing, Definition of Timing Parameters tSPI_1 to tSPI_4.
SELN
SCLK
tSPI_3 tSPI_4
MOSI
Bit 7
Bit 6
tSPI_1
MISO
Bit 5
tSPI_2
Bit 7
Bit 6
Bit 5
SELN low enables the MISO output driver of the AT86RF215. The MSB of values transferred via MISO is valid after tSPI_
1 and is updated at each falling edge of SCLK. If the MISO driver is disabled (during inactive SPI periods), no internal
pull-up circuitry is connected to it. Driving the appropriate signal level must be ensured by the master device or an
external pull-up resistor.
Referring to Figure 4-6 and Figure 4-7, the AT86RF215 MOSI is sampled at the rising edge of the SCLK signal. The
signal MOSI must be stable before and after the rising edge of SCLK as specified by tSPI_3 and tSPI_4. The output (MISO)
is initiated at the falling edge of SCLK.
The SPI command is processed at the last rising clock edge of SCLK.
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4.3
Interrupt Signalling
The radios and the basebands of the AT86RF215 generate interrupt events. All enabled interrupt events are logically
OR’d to form the single external interrupt signal at pin IRQ.
The IRQ behavior and the pad driver strength can be configured by the register RF_CFG. The register RF_CFG content
is maintained during state DEEP_SLEEP and is cleared during RESET.
The active polarity of pin IRQ can be configured by sub-register RF_CFG.IRQP. After a reset procedure the polarity is
set to active high.
For further information see section "Interrupts" on page 38.
4.3.1
Register Description
4.3.1.1 RF_CFG – IRQ Configuration
The register RF_CFG contains bits to configure the IRQ behavior.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
(0x0006)
–
–
–
–
IRQMM
IRQP
Read/Write
R
R
R
R
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
DRV
RF_CFG
Bit 3 – RF_CFG.IRQMM: IRQ Mask Mode
The bit IRQMM configures the IRQ mask mode.
Table 4-5.
IRQMM
Sub-register
IRQMM
Value
Description
0x0
Masked IRQ reasons do not appear in IRQS register
0x1
Masked IRQ reasons do appear in IRQS register
Bit 2 – RF_CFG.IRQP: IRQ Polarity
The bit IRQP configures the IRQ pin polarity.
Table 4-6.
IRQP
Sub-register
IRQP
Value
Description
0x0
Active high
0x1
Active low
Bit 1:0 – RF_CFG.DRV: Output Driver Strength of Pads
The bits DRV configure the pads driver strength of the pins IRQ, MISO, and the frontend control (i.e. FEA09, FEB09,
FEA24, FEB24) pins.
Table 4-7.
DRV
Sub-register
Name
Value
Description
DRV
RF_DRV2
0x0
2mA
RF_DRV4
0x1
4mA
RF_DRV6
0x2
6mA
RF_DRV8
0x3
8mA
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4.4
Clock Output
The AT86RF215 provides a clock output signal at pin CLKO.
The clock output signal is generated by the oscillator module using the external crystal or TCXO; see section "Crystal
Oscillator and TCXO" on page 67 for further information about the oscillator configuration.
After reset or power-on the clock output signal is enabled and set to the default clock rate value of 26MHz. The signal’s
driver strength and the clock frequency can be configured by register RF_CLKO.
Resetting AT86RF215 via Chip Reset causes the register RF_CLKO to be reset to its default value.
In state DEEP_SLEEP the clock output signal is paused. If the device is woken up by writing command TRXOFF to one
of the transceiver command registers, the clock output signal continues after tDEEP_SLEEP_TRXOFF with the configuration that
has been set before entering state DEEP_SLEEP.
If the clock output signal is not used, it is recommended to switch it off. The output signal can be switched off by the
sub-register RF_CLKO.OS.
For electrical parameter of the clock output signal see section "Clock Output – pin CLKO" on page 189 and "General
Transceiver Specifications" on page 188.
4.4.1
Register Description
4.4.1.1 RF_CLKO – Clock Output
The register RF_CLKO contains configuration bits for the clock output signal. The register setting is maintained during
state DEEP_SLEEP.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
(0x0007)
–
–
–
Read/Write
R
R
R
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
DRV
OS
RF_CLKO
Bit 4:3 – RF_CLKO.DRV: Output Driver Strength CLKO
The bit DRV configures the CLKO pad driver strength.
Table 4-8.
DRV
Sub-register
Name
DRV
RF_DRVCLKO2
0x0
2mA
RF_DRVCLKO4
0x1
4mA
RF_DRVCLKO6
0x2
6mA
RF_DRVCLKO8
0x3
8mA
Value
Description
Bit 2:0 – RF_CLKO.OS: Clock Output Selection
The bit OS configures the clock output frequency of the CLKO output signal. The change of the clock output frequency
occurs immediately and spike free.
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Table 4-9.
OS
Sub-register
OS
Value
Description
0x0
OFF
0x1
26MHz
0x2
32MHz
0x3
16MHz
0x4
8MHz
0x5
4MHz
0x6
2MHz
0x7
1MHz
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4.5
4.5.1
Serial I/Q Data Interface
Introduction
A point-to-point, low voltage differential signalling (LVDS) interface is used for the data transfer between the
AT86RF215 and an external baseband processor. The implemented interface is based on the IEEE standard 1596.31996 (see [4]). The specific interface of the AT86RF215 has a data rate of 128Mb/s composed of 16 data bits at 4MHz
for each of the I and Q data streams from the device. The LVDS clock frequency is 64MHz. The interface uses double
data rate (DDR). A new data bit is received and transmitted at both the falling and rising edge of the LVDS clock.
In order to decrease current consumption, a proprietary scalable LVDS (SLVDS) interface is implemented in addition to
the IEEE standard functionality.
The AT86RF215 data interface consists of two receive and one transmit signal paths. The interface signals are all
implemented as differential pairs. Two receive pairs and one clock pair form the LVDS driver. One transmit pair and one
clock pair form the LVDS receiver. Within this document the terminologies of I/Q data driver and receiver are used with
reference to the external baseband processor, see Figure 4-8.
Figure 4-8. I/Q Data Interface
AT86RF215
External Baseband
I/Q Data
Driver
RX
2.4GHz
Radio
Sub-1GHz
Radio
RX
TX I/Q Data
Receiver
TX
2
RXDP24/
RXDN24
2
RXDP09/
RXDN09
2
RXCLKP/
RXCLKN
TXDP/
TXDN
I/Q Data
Receiver
2
I/Q Data
Driver
TXCLKP/ 2
TXCLKN
The TXCLK must have the same frequency as the RXCLK signal. There is no requirement on the phase alignment. The
RXCLK driver is also enabled while transmitting data, so that the external baseband can derive the TXCLK from the
RXCLK, see Table 10-34 on page 206 and Table 10-35 on page 207 for the required phase relation between clock and
data.
The driver and receiver should be on the same printed circuit board (PCB) and have a small ground potential Vgdb (see
Figure 4-9 on page 23) difference. The length of the PCB wires between the devices is expected to be short and their
differential impedance should be 100Ω.
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Figure 4-9. I/Q Data Interface Structure (Refer to [4])
driver
Voa
interface
receiver
A’
A
Via
B
100Ω
B’
B
Vib
Vob
Vgdp
4.5.2
Configuration
The proprietary SLVDS link has a low voltage swing of 200mV with a common mode offset voltage of 200mV. The
differential lines must be terminated with a 100Ω differential impedance. This termination is included in the I/Q data
receiver of the AT86RF215. Voltage swing and offset can be adjusted with sub-registers IQIFC0.DRV and IQIFC0.CMV.
Note that a higher voltage swing also increases the current consumption.
The I/Q data interface can also be operated with a common mode voltage of 1.2V. In this way the AT86RF215 can
communicate with common LVDS interfaces compliant to the IEEE standard 1596.3-1996 [4]. The higher common
mode voltage is selected if bit IQIFC0.CMV1V2 is set to 1. If it is set to 1, the sub-register IQIFC0.CMV has no function.
The I/Q data interface receivers operate over a wide input common mode range. They have a differential input
hysteresis and a fail safe circuit. The hysteresis avoids amplifying small signal noise at zero input voltages. Input
voltages can be zero when receiver inputs are open or the connected drivers are powered down. The hysteresis means
that an input signal must change by more than Vhyst (see Table 10-32 on page 206) to toggle the receiver output. If no
driver circuit is connected to the inputs, the fail safe circuit sets the sub-register IQIFC1.FAILSF to 1 and the internal
pull-ups force the open inputs to DEVDD.
Refer to chapter "Electrical Characteristics" on page 187 for a complete list of all DC and AC characteristics of the
LVDS interface.
4.5.3
Characteristics and Timing
Double data rate is implemented to clock the data using both negative and positive clock edges. The data sent by the
AT86RF215 (transceiver state RX) is center aligned. The data received from an external baseband processor
(transceiver TX) must be edge aligned. Uneven data bits are related to the rising clock edge. Even data bits are related
to the falling clock edge (see Figure 4-10 on page 24).
The skew between RX clock and data can be adjusted to match the timing requirement of the LVDS input of an external
baseband processor. The skew alignment parameter is set by the sub-register IQIFC1.SKEWDRV. Figure 4-10 shows
the functionality of the skew alignment. The skew settings must only be altered when the LVDS interface is off (for
example in state TRXOFF).
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Figure 4-10. Clock to Data Timing Alignment
+2ns
0ns
+1ns
-1ns
+2ns
0ns
+1ns
-1ns
RX Link - I/Q Driver (AT86RF215 OUTPUT)
RXCLK
IQIFC1.SKEWDRV: 3
2
1
0
tD CLK-DATA_RX(1)
RXD09
RXD09[31]
RXD09[30]
RXD09[29]
RXD09
RXD24[29]
RXD24
tSkewD2(2)
RXD24
RXD24[31]
RXD24[30]
TX Link – I/Q Receiver (AT86RF215 INPUT)
TXCLK
tSkewR1(3) (-1ns)
TXD
Notes:
Valid Data[31]
tSkewR1 (2ns)
Valid Data[30]
Valid Data[29]
Valid Data
1.
Programmable clock to data delay at the I/Q data interface driver (for details refer to register
IQIFC1.SKEWDRV on page 28 and section "I/Q Data Interface Driver AC Specification" on page 206)
2.
LVDS data channel to LVDS data channel skew (see section "I/Q Data Interface Driver AC Specification"
on page 206)
3.
Skew tolerable at receiver input to meet setup and hold time requirements (see section "I/Q Data Interface
Receiver AC Specification" on page 207)
The data sampling rate fs ranges from 400ksample/s to 4Msample/s and is defined by the registers RFn_TXDFE and
RFn_RXDFE. The interface transfers the I/Q data in 32-bit data words with a fixed rate of 4Mword/s. This results in a
fixed rate of 128Mb/s with a double data rate clock frequency of 64MHz at the interface.
An IDLE period must be inserted between each 32-bit data word if a lower sampling rate fs is used. During the IDLE
period zero words are transmitted. A zero word consists of 32 zero bits.
The interface must be DC coupled, because the bit stream is not DC balanced.
4.5.4
Word Format
The I/Q data interface is based on serializing/de-serializing a 32-bit word. The 32-bit word is composed of a two bit I
synchronization pattern followed by a 14-bit I data word and a two bit Q synchronization pattern followed by a 14-bit Q
data word (see Table 4-10 below).
Table 4-10. I/Q Data Interface Word Frame Format
Bit[31:30]
Bit[29:16]
Bit[15:14]
Bit[13:0]
I_SYNC = 0b10
I_DATA[13:0]
Q_SYNC = 0b01
Q_DATA[13:0]
The actual baseband signal data is contained in sub-fields I_DATA[13:1] and Q_DATA[13:1], each interpreted as 13-bit
2’s complement signed values with {I,Q}_DATA[13] being the sign bit and {I,Q}_DATA[1] being the least significant bit.
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For the transmit I/Q data (pin TXD) TX control information can be embedded in the bit I_DATA[0]. In this case,
embedded TX control must be enabled in the register IQIFC0.EEC and the bit Q_DATA[0] must be zero. If embedded
TX control is not enabled, the bits {I,Q}_DATA[0] are not interpreted.
For the receive I/Q data (pin RXD09/24) the bits {I,Q}_DATA[0] are not used and always equal to 0.
For details on the I/Q data processing refer to section "Transmitter Digital Frontend" on page 43 and "Receiver Digital
Frontend" on page 53. Embedded TX control is described in section "Transmit Control" on page 46.
4.5.5
Sample Rate
The sample rate (SR) of the I/Q data stream at TXD must be the same as the transmit sample rate configured in
register TXDFE.SR. A number of m = TXDFE.SR-1 zero words must be inserted between the data carrying 32-bit
words (refer to Figure 4-11 below).
The sample rate of the I/Q data stream at RXD09 and RXD24 is the same as the receive sample rate configured in
register RXDFE.SR. Zero words are inserted in the same format as for the TXD stream.
Figure 4-11. I/Q Data at Different Sample Rates
Sample Rate
4Msample/s
32Bit
Data
32Bit
Data
32Bit
Data
32Bit
Data
32Bit
Data
32Bit
Data
32Bit
Data
32Bit
Data
32Bit
Data
32Bit
Data
32Bit
Data
32Bit
Data
32Bit
Data
32Bit
Data
32Bit
Data
32Bit
Data
32Bit
Data
32Bit
Data
32Bit
Data
32Bit
Data
32Bit
Data
2Msample/s
32Bit
Data
Zero
Word
32Bit
Data
Zero
Word
32Bit
Data
Zero
Word
32Bit
Data
Zero
Word
32Bit
Data
Zero
Word
32Bit
Data
Zero
Word
32Bit
Data
Zero
Word
32Bit
Data
Zero
Word
32Bit
Data
Zero
Word
32Bit
Data
Zero
Word
32Bit
Data
4/3Msample/s
32Bit
Data
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
32Bit
Data
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
32Bit
Data
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
32Bit
Data
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
32Bit
Data
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
32Bit
Data
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
32Bit
Data
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
1Msample/s
32Bit
Data
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
32Bit
Data
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
32Bit
Data
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
32Bit
Data
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
32Bit
Data
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
32Bit
Data
800ksample/s
32Bit
Data
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
32Bit
Data
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
32Bit
Data
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
32Bit
Data
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
32Bit
Data
2/3Msample/s
32Bit
Data
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
32Bit
Data
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
32Bit
Data
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
32Bit
Data
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
500ksample/s
32Bit
Data
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
32Bit
Data
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
32Bit
Data
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
400ksample/s
32Bit
Data
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
32Bit
Data
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
Zero
Word
32Bit
Data
(SR-1) 32bit Zero Words
0µs
4.5.6
1µs
2µs
3µs
4µs
5µs
Operation and Synchronization
If the AT86RF215 operates in I/Q radio mode, it automatically enables the required I/Q data interface driver and
receiver. The TX link (TXD and TXCLK receiver) is enabled in the states TXPREP and TX. In addition, the RXCLK
driver is activated because the AT86RF215 operates as I/Q data interface clock master. The RX link is enabled in state
RX and incorporates the RXCLK and RXD09 or RXD24 driver for the sub-1GHz or 2.4GHz transceiver, respectively.
For details about the transceiver operating modes and states refer to chapter "Basic Operation " on page 30
After enabling the TX link, the TXD and TXCLK driver require a start-up time (see section "I/Q Data Interface Driver DC
and Startup Specification" on page 205). The start-up phase is followed by the initial synchronization. If the I_SYNC
pattern is detected after 32 or more zero bits, the de-serialization of the I/Q data is started. The synchronization of the
TX link is validated at each expected I_SYNC and Q_SYNC pattern. An I_SYNC pattern is expected either 16 bits after
a Q_SYNC pattern or 32 or more zero bits after a 32-bit data word. A Q_SYNC pattern is expected 16 bits after an
I_SYNC pattern. Figure 4-12 on page 26 shows the start-up phase and initial synchronization of the TX link.
The successful reception of a I/Q data word is indicated by the synchronization status bit IQIFC2.SYNC. The bit is
cleared at each read access and set again at the reception of the next I/Q data word.
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If the validation of the synchronization fails, the received data word is ignored, the synchronization status bit
IQIFC2.SYNC is cleared and an error status is indicated together with an interrupt (see bit IQIFC0.SF and
IRQS.IQIFSF). A synchronization failure is also indicated if a bit pattern other than I_SYNC is detected during the IDLE
condition. The error status is cleared after a new successful initial word synchronization. Figure 4-13 below shows an
example of a synchronization failure caused by a wrong I_SYNC pattern followed by a new synchronization.
Disabling the I/Q data driver (transceiver is set to state TRXOFF) resets the bits IQIFC2.SYNC and IQIFC0.SF to zero.
Between the last 32-bit word of a TX baseband frame and the first 32-bit word of the following TX baseband frame, zero
bits must be inserted for a minimum of 2.5µs (400ksample/s period) to ensure a correct resynchronization of the I/Q
data interface.
Figure 4-12. I/Q Data Interface Initial Synchronization
STATE
TRANSITION
TXPREP
tstartupR(1)
TXD,TXCLK
I_SYNC
I_DATA
Q_SYNC
Q_DATA
I_SYNC
≥32 zero bits
initial synchronization
IQIFC1.FAILSF
IQIFC2.SYNC
Note:
I/Q data interface receiver start-up time (see section "I/Q Data Interface Driver DC and Startup Specification"
on page 205)
Figure 4-13. I/Q Data Interface Synchronization Failure
TXD
Q_DATA
I_SYNC
≠ 0b10
I_SYNC
I_DATA
Q_SYNC
Q_DATA
I_SYNC
≥32 zero bits
synchronization failure
new synchronization
IQIFC0.SF
IQIFC2.SYNC
IRQ
IQIFSF
4.5.7
Loop-back Test
An external loop-back feature is available to test the I/Q data interface by sending the data from the receiver TXD
directly to the driver RXD09 and RXD24. Like in normal operation mode, the TXCLK is expected to be a looped back
version of RXCLK with no guaranteed phase alignment. Due to the synchronization of the loop-back data to the driver
clock RXCLK, the delay from TXD to RXD09/24 is up to 18-bit periods.
The loop-back mode is enabled setting bit IQIFC0.EXTLB to 1. Note, the loop-back mode must not be enabled in
normal transmit operation mode, the loop-back mode shall be used for interface test and setup.
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4.5.8
Register Description
4.5.8.1 RF_IQIFC0 – Transceiver I/Q Data Interface Configuration Register 0
The register configures the I/Q data interface.
Bit
7
6
EXTLB
SF
Read/Write
RW
R
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
1
0
5
4
3
DRV
2
1
0
CMV1V2
EEC
RW
RW
RW
1
0
0
CMV
RF_IQIFC0
Bit 7 – IQIFC0.EXTLB: I/Q IF External Loopback
The bit enables the external loopback functionality. If the bit is set to 1, the received data of the I/Q IF pin TXDn/p is fed
back via the pins RXDxxn/p.
Table 4-11. EXTLB
Sub-register
EXTLB
Value
Description
0x0
External loopback disabled
0x1
External loopback enabled
Bit 6 – IQIFC0.SF: I/Q IF Synchronization Failure
The bit indicates whether the data stream of the I/Q data interface is synchronized correctly.
Table 4-12. SF
Sub-register
SF
Value
Description
0x0
No synchronization failure
0x1
Synchronization failure
Bit 5:4 – IQIFC0.DRV: I/Q IF Driver Output Current
The sub-register configures the I/Q data interface driver output current.
Table 4-13. DRV
Sub-register
DRV
Value
Description
0x0
1mA
0x1
2mA
0x2
3mA
0x3
4mA
Bit 3:2 – IQIFC0.CMV: I/Q IF common mode voltage
The sub-register configures the common mode voltage of the I/Q data interface signals.
Table 4-14. CMV
Sub-register
CMV
Value
Description
0x0
150mV
0x1
200mV
0x2
250mV
0x3
300mV
Bit 1 – IQIFC0.CMV1V2: I/Q IF Common Mode Voltage Compliant to IEEE Std 1596
The common mode voltage of 1.2V compliant to the IEEE Std 1596 is set. Sub-register CMV has no effect.
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Table 4-15. CMV1V2
Sub-register
Value
CMV1V2
Description
0x0
CMV sub-register value is valid
0x1
Common mode of 1.2V is set
Bit 0 – IQIFC0.EEC: I/Q IF Enable Embedded TX Start Control
The bit enables the ability to start and finish transmitting by a control bit within the I/Q data stream (I_DATA[0]). If this bit
is set to 1, the transmit start and finish cannot be controlled by SPI commands.
Table 4-16. EEC
Sub-register
Value
EEC
Description
0x0
Embedded control is not enabled.
0x1
Embedded control is enabled.
4.5.8.2 RF_IQIFC1 – Transceiver I/Q Data Interface Configuration Register 1
The register configures the skew behavior, the chip mode of the I/Q data interface and contains the status of the I/Q
data interface receiver.
Bit
7
6
FAILSF
5
4
CHPM
3
2
–
–
1
0
SKEWDRV
Read/Write
R
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
RF_IQIFC1
Bit 7 – IQIFC1.FAILSF: I/Q IF Receiver Failsafe Status
This bit indicates that the LVDS receiver is in failsafe mode. The failsafe mode is entered if the LVDS receiver is not
driven by an LVDS driver.
Bit 6:4 – IQIFC1.CHPM: Chip Mode
This sub-register configures the working mode of the chip and define which parts (RF, baseband, I/Q IF) are in
operation. Note, the AT86RF215IQ supports chip mode one (CHPM=1) only. Also note, the AT86RF215M generally
does not support operation of BBC1 and RF24.
Table 4-17. CHPM
Sub-register
Name
CHPM
RF_MODE_BBRF
0x0
RF enabled, baseband (BBC0, BBC1) enabled, I/Q IF disabled
RF_MODE_RF
0x1
RF enabled, baseband (BBC0, BBC1) disabled, I/Q IF enabled
RF_MODE_BBRF09
0x4
RF enabled, baseband (BBC0) disabled and (BBC1) enabled, I/Q
IF for sub-GHz Transceiver enabled
RF_MODE_BBRF24
0x5
RF enabled, baseband (BBC1) disabled and (BBC0) enabled, I/Q
IF for 2.4GHz Transceiver enabled
Value
Description
Bit 1:0 – IQIFC1.SKEWDRV: Skew alignment I/Q IF driver
This sub-register configures the alignment of the I/Q data interface RXDxxn/p signal edges relative to the RXCLKn/p
clock edges. The register values define the time from the RXCLKn/p clock edge to the next RXDxxn/p signal edge. The
reset value of 2 (3.906ns) corresponds to a half bit period with the data center aligned in reference to the clock.
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Table 4-18. SKEWDRV
Sub-register
Value
SKEWDRV
Description
0x0
1.906ns
0x1
2.906ns
0x2
3.906ns
0x3
4.906ns
4.5.8.3 RF_IQIFC2 – Transceiver I/Q Data Interface Configuration Register 2
The register contains the status of the I/Q data interface deserializer.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
SYNC
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Read/Write
R
RW
R
R
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
RF_IQIFC2
Bit 7 – IQIFC2.SYNC: I/Q IF Deserializer Synchronization Status
This bit indicates that the I/Q IF has synchronized to the incoming I/Q data stream.
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5.
Basic Operation
5.1
Operating Modes
5.1.1
Operating Modes Description
The AT86RF215 contains two transceivers. Each transceiver comprises a radio and a baseband module. Each
transceiver can be operated in two different modes:
Baseband mode
I/Q radio mode.
The AT86RF215IQ only provides the I/Q radio mode for both transceivers. For device differentiation see section "Device
Family" on page 3.
In the baseband mode, the internal baseband controls the radio and processes the data encoding/decoding for transmit
and receive from the internal frame buffer. Figure 5-1 shows a sample system setup if both transceivers are operated in
this mode.
In the I/Q radio mode, the radio is controlled from an external microcontroller via SPI and the data are exchanged via
the I/Q data interface which is described in section "Serial I/Q Data Interface" on page 22. This allows the usage of an
external baseband. In the I/Q radio mode any access to BBCn_* registers of the respective baseband has no effect.
This implies that no baseband interrupts are issued and the registers BBCn_IRQS are not changed. An example setup
for both transceivers operated in I/Q radio mode is shown in Figure 5-2.
If one transceiver is operated in I/Q radio mode and the other transceiver is operated in baseband controlled mode, a
mixed setup applies (see Figure 5-3 and Figure 5-4).
After reset or wakeup from state DEEP_SLEEP, the baseband mode is set for both transceivers as default. The mode
can be configured by the sub-register IQIFC1.CHPM; see Table 5-1 below.
Table 5-1.
Chip mode Configurations
Operating Mode
IQIFC1.CHPM = RF_MODE_BBRF
IQIFC1.CHPM = RF_MODE_RF
IQIFC1.CHPM = RF_MODE_BBRF09
IQIFC1.CHPM = RF_MODE_BBRF24
Note:
TRX09
TRX24
RF09
BBC0
RXD09
RF24
BBC1
RXD24
on
on
off
on
on
off
Baseband mode
on
off
Baseband mode
on
I/Q radio mode
on
off
on
off
on
I/Q radio mode
on
I/Q radio mode
on
on
on
on
off
Baseband mode
on
Baseband mode
on
off
on
I/Q radio mode
TXD
off
on
on
on
See sub-register IQIFC1.CHPM for chip mode enumerations
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Figure 5-1. System Setup Using Baseband Mode for both Transceivers
AT86RF215
IRQ
SPI
Reset
RF09
Radio
BBC0
Basband
RF24
Radio
BBC1
Baseband
External
Microcontroller
Figure 5-2. System Setup Using I/Q Radio Mode for both Radios
AT86RF215
IRQ
SPI
Reset
External
Microcontroller /
Baseband
RXD09
RF09
Radio
TXD
RF24
Radio
Baseband
RXD24
Figure 5-3. System Setup for mixed Setup (TRX09 in I/Q Radio Mode, TRX24 in Baseband Mode)
AT86RF215
IRQ
SPI
Reset
RXD09
RF09
Radio
RF24
Radio
External
Microcontroller /
Baseband
Baseband
TXD
BBC1
Baseband
Figure 5-4. System Setup for mixed Setup (TRX24 in I/Q Radio Mode, TRX09 in Baseband Mode)
AT86RF215
RF09
Radio
RF24
Radio
IRQ
SPI
Reset
External
Microcontroller /
Baseband
BBC0
Baseband
TXD
Baseband
RXD24
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5.1.2
Register Description
5.1.2.1 RF_IQIFC1 – Transceiver I/Q Data Interface Configuration Register 1
The register configures the skew behavior, the chip mode of the I/Q data interface and contains the status of the I/Q
data interface receiver.
Bit
7
6
FAILSF
5
4
CHPM
3
2
–
–
1
0
SKEWDRV
Read/Write
R
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
RF_IQIFC1
Bit 6:4 – IQIFC1.CHPM: Chip Mode
This sub-register configures the working mode of the chip and define which parts (RF, baseband, I/Q IF) are in
operation. Note, the AT86RF215IQ supports chip mode one (CHPM=1) only. Also note, the AT86RF215M generally
does not support operation of BBC1 and RF24.
Table 5-2.
CHPM
Sub-register
Name
CHPM
RF_MODE_BBRF
Value
0x0
Description
RF enabled, baseband (BBC0, BBC1) enabled, I/Q IF disabled
RF_MODE_RF
0x1
RF enabled, baseband (BBC0, BBC1) disabled, I/Q IF enabled
RF_MODE_BBRF09
0x4
RF enabled, baseband (BBC0) disabled and (BBC1) enabled, I/Q
IF for sub-GHz Transceiver enabled
RF_MODE_BBRF24
0x5
RF enabled, baseband (BBC1) disabled and (BBC0) enabled, I/Q
IF for 2.4GHz Transceiver enabled
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5.2
State Machine
The AT86RF215 state machine forms the basis for both operating modes. Figure 5-5 shows the state machine of one of
the transceiver. This section describes the different states and how to initiate state transitions.
Figure 5-5. State Machine
POWER
OFF*
SLEEP
CMD=SLEEP
to the
other
transceiver
DEEP_
SLEEP*
CMD=TRXOFF
IRQ: WAKEUP
Power On
IRQ: WAKEUP
CMD=SLEEP
CMD=TRXOFF
IRQ: WAKEUP
any state
RSTN = 0,
RF_RST = 7 or
CMD=RESET
TRXOFF
CMD=TRXOFF
TX, RX,
TXPREP or
TRANSITION
IRQ: WAKEUP
CMD=RX
CMD=TXPREP
TRANSITION
TRANSITION
IRQ: TRXRDY
CMD=TX
TX
CMD=TXPREP
IRQ: TRXRDY
CMD=RX
TXPREP
CMD=TXPREP
IRQ: TRXRDY
frame end
frame end
IRQ: TXFE
IRQ: RXFE
CMD=TXPREP or PLL lock after channel update
IRQ: TRXRDY
RX
TX, RX or
TXPREP
PLL unlock
IRQ: TRXERR
Legend:
CMD=TRXOFF
transition by value written to register
RSTN = 0
transition by pin RSTN value
frame end
transition by event end of transmission or reception
IRQ: WAKEUP
interrupt status
* Internal state, cannot be read from register RFn_STATE
The current transceiver state is determined by reading the register RFn_STATE. A state change is initiated by writing a
command to the register RFn_CMD. The provided command is appended to the command queue. The command
queue has a depth of one element. As soon as the previous command has been executed, the next command is
fetched and handled. For example, if in the state TRXOFF the commands TXPREP and TX are written consecutively to
the register RFn_CMD, the transition from state TRXOFF to TXPREP is executed before the transition to state TX is
started.
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An interrupt indication may be associated with some state changes. In this case the corresponding interrupt can be read
from the registers RFn_IRQS or BBCn_IRQS, for further information see sections "Interrupt Signalling" on page 19 and
"Interrupts" on page 38.
The following paragraphs describe the different states and the state transitions.
5.2.2
Power-on Procedure
For further information see section "Power-on Reset" on page 13.
5.2.3
General State Transitions
From each state a Chip Reset or Transceiver Reset can be initiated that forces the entire device or a certain transceiver
to be reset and afterwards to enter state TRXOFF. For further information see section "Reset Modes " on page 13.
5.2.4
State TRXOFF
In state TRXOFF all registers can be accessed via SPI.
By default the 1.8V analog voltage regulator (AVDD) is off. The analog voltage regulator is turned on during the
transition to the states TXPREP or RX and turned off when returning to the state TRXOFF. To shorten the transition
time, the analog voltage regulator (AVDD) can be configured by the sub-register AUXS.AVEN to remain on in state
TRXOFF.
After the transceiver has completed the power-on procedure, it automatically reaches the state TRXOFF and the
interrupt IRQS.WAKEUP is issued. The state TRXOFF can be reached from all states by writing the command TRXOFF
to the register RFn_CMD.
5.2.5
State SLEEP
While the one of the transceiver is in state SLEEP, all registers of the transceiver are reset. In contrast to the state
DEEP_SLEEP, the digital voltage regulator (DVREG) stays on.
From state TRXOFF the transceiver is set to state SLEEP by writing the command SLEEP to the register RFn_CMD.
The state SLEEP can be left again by writing command TRXOFF to the register RFn_CMD. If the transceiver reaches
the state TRXOFF, the interrupt IRQS.WAKEUP is issued.
5.2.6
State DEEP_SLEEP and Wake-up Procedure
During state DEEP_SLEEP the DVREG is turned off and the clock output signal (CLKO) is paused; see section "Clock
Output" on page 20 for further information about CLKO. In state DEEP_SLEEP the lowest current consumption value
IDEEP_SLEEP is reached.
If one of the transceivers (sub1-GHz or 2.4GHz) has been set to state SLEEP and the other transceiver (2.4GHz or
sub1-GHz) is set to the state SLEEP as well, the state DEEP_SLEEP is entered automatically (i.e. both transceivers
need to be set to SLEEP to enter state DEEP_SLEEP). Figure 5-6 shows the procedure to enter state DEEP_SLEEP.
Figure 5-6. Procedure entering state DEEP_SLEEP
Command SLEEP to
RF09_CMD
CLKO
CLKO active
CLKO paused
State RF09
TRXOFF
DEEP_SLEEP
State RF24
SLEEP
DEEP_SLEEP
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Writing command TRXOFF, via SPI, while in state DEEP_SLEEP causes the transition from state DEEP_SLEEP to
TRXOFF. Writing the command TRXOFF to one of the registers RFn_CMD wakes-up both transceivers. Figure 5-7
shows the procedure to leave state DEEP_SLEEP and to wake-up.
Figure 5-7. Wake-up from DEEP_SLEEP Procedure
Command TRXOFF to
RF09_CMD or RF24_CMD
CLKO
CLKO paused
CLKO active
State RF09
DEEP_SLEEP
TRXOFF
State RF24
DEEP_SLEEP
TRXOFF
IRQ
Time
WAKEUP
tDEEP_SLEEP
_TRXOFF
Once the command TRXOFF is written to one of the radio register RFn_CMD, the XOSC and DVREG are started. After
tDEEP_SLEEP_TRXOFF both transceivers enter the state TRXOFF and both interrupts IRQS.WAKEUP are issued. The clock
output signal is available and provided to pin CLKO if enabled before the state DEEP_SLEEP has been entered. This
procedure is similar to the power-on procedure. All registers are set to their reset values. However the registers
RF_CFG, RF_CLKO, RF_XOC and RF_BMDVC are not reset. These registers keep their values during state
DEEP_SLEEP, see section "AT86RF215 Reset Modes" on page 13.
5.2.7
State TXPREP
The state TXPREP is used to prepare the transceiver for transmission or reception. In the state TXPREP, the analog
voltage regulator is powered up, the PLL is locked to the configured frequency and analog calibrations are initiated (see
section "Analog Calibrations" on page 80). To achieve maximum performance, the TX output power (register
PAC.TXPWR) and the center frequency (see section "Frequency Synthesizer (PLL)" on page 62) must be configured in
state TRXOFF. The analog transmitter and receiver are still disabled.
In the I/Q radio mode the I/Q data interface (pins RXCLKP/N, TXCLKP/N and TXDP/N) is enabled.
The state TXPREP can be reached from any state, except from the sleep states (i.e. SLEEP and DEEP_SLEEP), by
writing the command TXPREP to the register RFn_CMD. Depending on the state in which the command TXPREP is
written different transition durations are required to reach the state TXPREP. For example, from state TRXOFF the
duration tTRXOFF_TXPREP is required to reach TXPREP.
In the baseband mode, the baseband switches automatically from the state TX to the state TXPREP once frame
transmission is completed. It switches automatically from state RX to state TXPREP, once a frame reception is
completed.
Entering the state TXPREP by writing the command TXPREP causes the device to issue the interrupt IRQS.TRXRDY
once the state TXPREP is reached.
5.2.8
State TX
The state TX is used to transmit data. The PLL is locked to the transmit frequency. The analog voltage regulator, the
transmitter analog frontend and transmitter digital frontend are all enabled.
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In the baseband mode, the baseband enables the transmitter and provides I/Q data to the radio. The samples are
handled by the radio and transmitted over-the-air. If all samples are sent, the baseband (operated in basic mode)
disables the transmitter and sets the state TXPREP automatically. For further information see sections "Example
Transmit Procedure Using Basic Mode" on page 172 and "Example Transmit Procedure Using Auto Mode" on page
174.
In the I/Q radio mode, the external microcontroller controls the transmitter via SPI and the I/Q data is provided by the
I/Q interface. The transmitter control is described in section "Transmit Control" on page 46. In the I/Q radio mode, the
I/Q data interface (pins RXCLKP/N, TXCLKP/N and TXDP/N) is enabled. For further information see section
"Transmitter Usage in I/Q Radio Mode " on page 178.
The state TX is reached from the state TXPREP by writing the command TX to the register RFn_CMD. If the command
TXPREP or TRXOFF is written to the transceiver while being in state TX, an ongoing transmission is aborted.
5.2.9
State RX
The state RX is used to receive data. The PLL is locked to the receive frequency. The analog voltage regulator, the
receiver analog frontend and the receiver digital frontend are all enabled.
In the baseband mode, the baseband decodes received data. If the baseband has received a complete frame and the
interrupt IRQS.RXFE occurs, it stops the reception and the transceiver is switched to the state TXPREP automatically.
For further information about the receive procedure see sections "Example Receive Procedure Using Basic Mode" on
page 173 and "Example Receive Procedure Using Auto Mode" on page 176.
In the I/Q radio mode, the I/Q data interface (pins RXCLKP/N, RXDP/N09 (sub1-GHz) or RXDP/N24 (2.4GHz)) is
enabled.
The state RX is reached from the state TXPREP or from the state TRXOFF by writing the command RX to the register
RFn_CMD. If the command TXPREP or TRXOFF is written to the transceiver while being in state RX, an ongoing
reception is aborted.
5.2.10 Register Description
5.2.10.1 RFn_STATE – Transceiver State
The register contains the current transceiver state.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
–
–
–
–
–
Read/Write
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
0
STATE
RFn_STATE
Bit 2:0 – STATE.STATE: Transceiver State
The current transceiver state can be determined by reading the sub-register STATE. A state transition is triggered by
writing a new command to the sub-register CMD.
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Table 5-3.
STATE
Sub-register
Name
Value
Description
STATE
RF_TRXOFF
0x2
TRXOFF (Transceiver off, SPI active)
RF_TXPREP
0x3
TXPREP (Transmit preparation)
RF_TX
0x4
TX (Transmit)
RF_RX
0x5
RX (Receive)
RF_TRANSITION
0x6
TRANSITION (State transition in progress)
RF_RESET
0x7
RESET (Transceiver is in state RESET or SLEEP)
5.2.10.2 RFn_CMD – Transceiver Command
This register allows control of the transceiver.
Bit
7
–
–
–
–
–
Read/Write
R
R
R
R
R
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
CMD
RFn_CMD
Bit 2:0 – CMD.CMD: Transceiver Command
The sub-register controls the transceiver states. Writing a new command to the sub-register triggers a state transition.
The current state can be read from sub-register STATE.
Table 5-4.
CMD
Sub-register
Name
CMD
RF_NOP
Value
0x0
Description
NO OPERATION
RF_SLEEP
0x1
SLEEP
RF_TRXOFF
0x2
TRXOFF (Transceiver off, SPI active)
RF_TXPREP
0x3
TXPREP (Transmit preparation)
RF_TX
0x4
TX (Transmit)
RF_RX
0x5
RX (Receive)
RF_RESET
0x7
RESET (transceiver reset, the transceiver state will automatically
end up in state TRXOFF)
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5.3
Interrupts
5.3.1
Description
The AT86RF215 generates in certain scenarios interrupt events (IRQ). Depending on the interrupt configuration, all
interrupt events (from the sub-1GHz radio, 2.4GHz radio, baseband core 0 and baseband core 1) are combined to a
single interrupt signal.
Interrupts can be enabled / disabled for each radio and baseband core separately by the registers RFn_IRQM and
BBCn_IRQM. After a reset procedure and a wake-up from DEEP_SLEEP procedure, all interrupt sources are disabled
except the interrupt WAKEUP.
The pending interrupt event(s) or source(s) can be determined by reading the radio and baseband IRQ status registers
RFn_IRQS and BBCn_IRQS. Each radio and baseband block provides its own interrupt status register. Altogether there
are four interrupt status registers.
The radio interrupt status registers RFn_IRQS indicate interrupt events that are related to radio functionality, such as
IRQS.TRXERR, IRQS.EDC or IRQS.TRXRDY, or general transceiver functionality, such as IRQS.IQIFSF,
IRQS.BATLOW, IRQS.WAKEUP. Table 5-5 summarizes the radio interrupts status and refers to sections that provide
further information about the corresponding interrupt.
Table 5-5.
Radio Interrupt Status
Interrupt
Section for further information
Comment
IRQS.WAKEUP
"State DEEP_SLEEP and Wake-up
Procedure" on page 34
Returning from the state DEEP_SLEEP, the
interrupt IRQS.WAKEUP is always set for
both radios together. On the other hand, the
interrupt IRQS.WAKEUP is set only for the
corresponding radio that returns from the
State SLEEP.
"Reset Modes " on page 13
Once a Chip Reset procedure is completed,
the interrupt IRQS.WAKEUP is issued for
both transceivers. A Transceiver Reset
completion is indicated by the interrupt
IRQS.WAKEUP for the corresponding
transceiver only.
IRQS.TRXRDY
"Frequency Synthesizer (PLL)" on page 62
and "State TXPREP" on page 35
IRQS.EDC
"Energy Measurement" on page 56
IRQS.BATLOW
"Battery Monitor (BATMON) " on page 78
IRQS.TRXERR
"Frequency Synthesizer (PLL)" on page 62
IRQS.IQIFSF
"Serial I/Q Data Interface" on page 22
The IRQ IRQS.BATLOW is issued pair wise,
i.e. this IRQ is always set for both radios
(sub1-GHz and 2.4GHz) at the same time.
Applicable in I/Q radio mode only.
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The baseband interrupt status registers BBCn_IRQS indicate interrupt events that are related to frame processing
functionality. The baseband interrupt status registers BBCn_IRQS do not change if the device is operated in the I/Q
radio mode. For further information about baseband interrupts see section "Baseband Core" on page 81.
The IRQ status registers are cleared automatically by reading the corresponding register via SPI. The interrupt status
registers can be read separately or all IRQ status registers can be read at once using the SPI block mode; see section
"SPI Transceiver Control Interface" on page 16 for further information about SPI access.
There can be more than one interrupt event pending at a time. As long as there is any unmasked/enabled interrupt
reason pending, the pin IRQ is kept active. If the sub-register RF_CFG.IRQMM is set to 1, the interrupt status can be
read from the interrupt status registers (IRQS), even if the corresponding IRQ is not enabled.
5.3.2
Register Description
5.3.2.1 BBCn_IRQM – Baseband IRQ Mask
The register BBCn_IRQM contains the baseband IRQ mask. A bit set to 1 enables the corresponding IRQ to cause an
IRQ pin event. A bit set to 0 disables the corresponding IRQ to cause an IRQ pin event.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
FBLI
AGCR
AGCH
TXFE
RXEM
RXAM
RXFE
RXFS
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
BBCn_IRQM
Bit 7 – IRQM.FBLI: Frame Buffer Level Indication Interrupt Mask
If this bit is set to 1, the interrupt FBLI is enabled.
Bit 6 – IRQM.AGCR: AGC Release Interrupt Mask
If this bit is set to 1, the interrupt AGCR is enabled.
Bit 5 – IRQM.AGCH: AGC Hold Interrupt Mask
If this bit is set to 1, the interrupt AGCH is enabled.
Bit 4 – IRQM.TXFE: Transmitter Frame End Interrupt Mask
If this bit is set to 1 the interrupt TXFE is enabled.
Bit 3 – IRQM.RXEM: Receiver Extended Match Interrupt Mask
If this bit is set to 1, the interrupt RXEM is enabled.
Bit 2 – IRQM.RXAM: Receiver Address Match Interrupt Mask
If this bit is set to 1, the interrupt RXAM is enabled.
Bit 1 – IRQM.RXFE: Receiver Frame End Interrupt Mask
If this bit is set to 1, the interrupt RXFE is enabled.
Bit 0 – IRQM.RXFS: Receiver Frame Start Interrupt Mask
If this bit is set to 1, the interrut RXFS is enabled.
5.3.2.2 RFn_IRQM – Radio IRQ Mask
The register RFn_IRQM contains the radio IRQ mask. A bit set to 1 enables the corresponding IRQ to cause an IRQ pin
event. A bit set to 0 disables the corresponding IRQ to cause an IRQ pin event.
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Bit
7
Read/Write
Initial Value
0
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
–
–
IQIFSF
TRXERR
BATLOW
EDC
TRXRDY
WAKEUP
R
R
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
RFn_IRQM
Bit 5 – IRQM.IQIFSF: I/Q IF Synchronization Failure Interrupt Mask
If this bit is set to 1, the interrupt IQIFSF is enabled.
Bit 4 – IRQM.TRXERR: Transceiver Error Interrupt Mask
If this bit is set to 1, the interrupt TRXERR is enabled.
Bit 3 – IRQM.BATLOW: Battery Low Interrupt Mask
If this bit is set to 1, the interrupt BATLOW is enabled.
Bit 2 – IRQM.EDC: Energy Detection Completion Interrupt Mask
If this bit is set to 1, the interrupt EDC is enabled.
Bit 1 – IRQM.TRXRDY: Transceiver Ready Interrupt Mask
If this bit is set to 1, the interrupt TRXRDY is enabled.
Bit 0 – IRQM.WAKEUP: Wake-up / Reset Interrupt Mask
If this bit is set to 1, the interrupt WAKEUP is enabled. This bit is automatically set to 1 in the states POWER_ON,
DEEP_SLEEP, SLEEP and RESET.
5.3.2.3 RFn_IRQS – Radio IRQ Status
The register RFn_IRQS contains the radio IRQ status. A bit set to 1 indicates that the corresponding IRQ has occurred.
The register is cleared by a read access.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
–
–
IQIFSF
TRXERR
BATLOW
EDC
TRXRDY
WAKEUP
Read/Write
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
RFn_IRQS
Bit 5 – IRQS.IQIFSF: I/Q IF Synchronization Failure Interrupt
This bit is set to 1 if the I/Q data interface synchronization fails.
Bit 4 – IRQS.TRXERR: Transceiver Error Interrupt
This bit is set to 1 if a transceiver error is detected, i.e. a PLL lock error occurs.
Bit 3 – IRQS.BATLOW: Battery Low Interrupt
This bit is set to 1 if the battery monitor detects a voltage at EVDD that is below the threshold voltage.
Bit 2 – IRQS.EDC: Energy Detection Completion Interrupt
This bit is set to 1 if a single or continuous energy measurement is completed. It is not set if the automatic energy
measurement mode is used.
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Bit 1 – IRQS.TRXRDY: Transceiver Ready Interrupt
This bit is set to 1 if the command TXPREP is written to the register RFn_CMD and transceiver reaches the state
TXPREP. While being in the state TXPREP and changing the RF frequency, the IRQ TRXRDY is issued once the
frequency settling is completed. Note: It is not set if the baseband switches automatically to the state TXPREP due to
an IRQ TXFE or RXFE.
Bit 0 – IRQS.WAKEUP: Wake-up / Reset Interrupt
This bit is set to 1 if the wake-up procedure from state SLEEP/DEEP_SLEEP or power-up procedure is completed. It
also indicates the completion of the RESET procedure.
5.3.2.4 BBCn_IRQS – Baseband IRQ Status
The register BBCn_IRQS contains the baseband IRQ status. A bit set to 1 indicates that the corresponding IRQ has
occurred. The register is cleared by a read access.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
FBLI
AGCR
AGCH
TXFE
RXEM
RXAM
RXFE
RXFS
Read/Write
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
BBCn_IRQS
Bit 7 – IRQS.FBLI: Frame Buffer Level Indication Interrupt
During frame recieve this bit is set to 1 if the number of received bytes is greater than the frame buffer level indication
(see registers BBCn_FBLIL and BBCn_FBLIH).
Bit 6 – IRQS.AGCR: AGC Release Interrupt
This bit is set to 1 if the baseband releases the AGC. The interrupts AGCH and AGCR are exclusive; i.e. only the last
occurrence of both status bits is indicated. The interrupt AGCR is cleared automatically by the interrupt AGCH.
Bit 5 – IRQS.AGCH: AGC Hold Interrupt
This bit is set to 1 if the baseband holds the AGC. The interrupts AGCH and AGCR are exclusive; i.e. only the last
occurrence of both status bits is indicated. The interrupt AGCH is cleared automatically by the interrupt AGCR.
Bit 4 – IRQS.TXFE: Transmitter Frame End Interrupt
This bit is set to 1 if the frame transmission is completed. The state is automatically changed from TX to TXPREP. This
automatic state change does not cause an IRQ TRXRDY.
Bit 3 – IRQS.RXEM: Receiver Extended Match Interrupt
This bit is set to 1 if a received frame matches the extended frame filter rules.
Bit 2 – IRQS.RXAM: Receiver Address Match Interrupt
This bit is set to 1 if a received frame matches the 3rd level filter rules.
Bit 1 – IRQS.RXFE: Receiver Frame End Interrupt
This bit is set to 1 if frame end is detected. The state is automatically changed from RX to TXPREP. This automatic
state change does not cause an IRQ TRXRDY.
Bit 0 – IRQS.RXFS: Receiver Frame Start Interrupt
This bit is set to 1 if a valid frame start (PHR) is detected.
5.3.2.5 RF_CFG – IRQ Configuration
The register RF_CFG contains bits to configure the IRQ behavior.
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Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
(0x0006)
–
–
–
–
IRQMM
IRQP
Read/Write
R
R
R
R
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
DRV
RF_CFG
Bit 3 – RF_CFG.IRQMM: IRQ Mask Mode
The bit IRQMM configures the IRQ mask mode.
Table 5-6.
IRQMM
Sub-register
IRQMM
5.4
Value
Description
0x0
Masked IRQ reasons do not appear in IRQS register
0x1
Masked IRQ reasons do appear in IRQS register
Basic Operation of AT86RF215M
The AT86RF215M includes the sub-1GHz transceiver only. Generally the registers of the 2.4GHz radio and the
baseband core 1 must not be accessed. For operation of the AT86RF215M the following aspects must be considered:
The TRX24 (i.e. RF24, BBC1, RXD24) is not available for chip mode operation (see Table 5-1 on page 30)
The state DEEP_SLEEP is entered by writing the command SLEEP to the registers RF09_CMD and
RF24_CMD.
After reset and wakeup from DEEP_SLEEP the interrupt IRQS.WAKEUP is set in the registers RF09_IRQS
and RF24_IRQS. The IRQ is cleared by reading both registers RFn_IRQS.
The pins RFN24/RFP24; RXDN24/RXDP24; FEA24/FEB24 and AVDD1 are not supported (see section "Pin-out
Diagram and Description" on page 7).
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6.
Module Description
6.1
Transmitter Frontend
For configuration of the transmitter frontend the transceiver must be in the State TRXOFF.
6.1.1
Transmitter Digital Frontend
The Transmitter Digital Frontend (TX_DFE) performs discrete time sampling rate conversion of the complex baseband
signal. For this conversion, a zero-intermediate frequency (zero-IF) architecture is applied.
The TX I/Q input signals are the data words I_DATA[13:0] and Q_DATA[13:0]. The baseband signal data is contained in
sub-fields I_DATA[13:1] and Q_DATA[13:1] for the in-phase and quadrature signal, respectively. Each sub-field is
interpreted as a 13-bit two’s complement signed value with {I,Q}_DATA[13] being the sign bit and {I,Q}_DATA[1] being
the least significant bit. If embedded TX start is used, the control field entry I_DATA[0] can be utilized for a convenient
PA ramp up control, see section "Transmit Control" on page 46. The control signal embedded in I_DATA[0] is
automatically delayed according to the processing delay caused by the TX_DFE filter stages, see Figure 6-1. The field
entry Q_DATA[0] is be set to 0.
The I/Q data sampling frequency fs is to be configured according to
fs
4
MHz
SR
where SR is defined by the register TXDFE.SR. The signal processing flow is depicted in Figure 6-1.
The baseband signal at sampling frequency fs can be pre-filtered at block PRE_FLT. A selection of suitable normalized
cut-off frequencies fcut (TXDFE.RCUT) is configurable. This filter stage can be utilized to relax interpolation complexity of
the baseband processor (suppression of unwanted images). For fcut = 1, the block is bypassed, reducing group delay.
Up-sampling from fs to 4MHz is accomplished by UP_SRC(1:SR), employing a linear phase FIR interpolation filter, with
normalized cut-off frequency 1/SR.
Finally, up-sampling to the DAC sampling frequency of 32MHz is accomplished by UP_SRC(1:8), employing three
stages of linear phase FIR filters with normalized cut-off frequency ½.
Figure 6-1. TX Up-Sampling and Filtering
PA_CTRL
TX_EN
I_DATA[0]
Delay
I_DATA[13:1]
LPF
(low pass filter)
DAC
(digital-to-analog
converter)
@32MHz
UP_SRC
(1:8)
(up-sampling)
@4MHz
UP_SRC (1:SR)
PRE_FLT
(up-sampling)
(pre- filter)
@fs
Q_DATA[13:1]
TX_DFE
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The overall signal processing delay depends on the register settings TXDFE.RCUT and TXDFE.SR as summarized in
Table 6-1.
Table 6-1.
Transmit Processing Delay
TXDFE.RCUT
0,1,2,3
4
TXDFE.SR
ttx_proc_delay [µs]
1
4.0
2
8.5
3
11.0
4
15.0
5
18.5
6
20.5
8
28.5
10
34.0
1
2.0
2
4.0
3
5.25
4
6.25
5
8.3
6
8.5
8
10.25
10
13.75
The low-pass filter (LPF) following the DAC can be configured such that DAC images are sufficiently attenuated, see
section "Transmitter Analog Frontend" below.
6.1.2
Transmitter Analog Frontend
The transmitter is based on a direct up-conversion architecture as shown in Figure 1-1 on page 5. After the digital to
analog converter (DAC) the I-signals and Q-signals are passed through analog 2nd order low-pass filters (LPF). The lowpass cut-off frequency can be set by register TXCUTC.LPFCUT. A cut-off frequency range from 80kHz to 1000kHz is
covered with uniform logarithmic stepping see Figure 6-2. The cut-off frequency setting should be aligned with the
bandwidth of the transmit signal depending on the data rate and modulation scheme selected, see section "Transceiver
Usage in Baseband Mode" on page 169.
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Figure 6-2. Transmitter Anti-Aliasing Low-Pass Filter Frequency Response
0
-2
BW=0
-4
BW=1
BW=2
-6
BW=3
BW=4
Gain [dB]
-8
BW=5
BW=6
-10
BW=7
-12
BW=8
BW=9
-14
BW=10
BW=11
-16
-18
-20
10
100
1000
10000
Frequency [kHz]
6.1.3
Power Amplifier
At transmit start and transmit end, the transmit power is ramped up and down within a specific time period to mitigate
spurious signal emission in adjacent frequency bands. The power ramp time is adjustable to meet different applications
and regulatory requirements. Spurious emissions are especially critical at band edges where the adjacent band is a
restricted band with more stringent requirements. The power amplifier ramp time is adjustable by the sub-register
TXCUTC.PARAMP. The ramp curve of the power amplifier output magnitude resembles a non-linear curve (half sine
shaped). The ramp time is independent on the TX power setting.
The TX power is adjustable with the sub-register PAC.TXPWR in about 1dB steps. The maximum TX power depends
on the modulation scheme and the crest factor of the transmit signal. The nominal maximum TX power PTX relates to a
constant envelope modulation scheme like MR-FSK (see "Transmitter Characteristics " on page 190 and "Output Power
at Several Modulations " on page 208). The maximum (average) transmit power of OFDM signals is about 5.5dB lower
compared to a constant envelope signal since the OFDM peak power is mapped to the maximum output power that the
PA can deliver to the load. The average OFDM transmit power is lower due to the signal’s crest factor.
The bias current of the PA can be adjusted with the sub-register PAC.PACUR to reduce the transmitter supply current if
lower transmit power settings are used. This feature is useful if the transmitter supply current will be minimized, see "TX
Current Consumption and Output Power at PAC.PACUR settings" on page 211 for detailed information. The bias
current stepping includes a transmitter small signal gain step of 1dB. The maximum transmit power is delivered with
sub-register PAC.PACUR = 3.
A dedicated voltage regulator provides the power amplifier supply voltage. This supply voltage can be adjusted with the
sub-register AUXS.PAVC. It is recommended to set the supply voltage to 2.4V (AUXS.PAVC = 2, default) where the
power amplifier delivers the maximum TX power.
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6.1.4
Transmit Control
There are three different methods to control the transmitter:
Baseband mode
I/Q radio mode with SPI control
I/Q radio mode using embedded control
Baseband Mode
In the baseband mode (see "Operating Modes" on page 30), the alignment between transmitter signal ramp up/down
and baseband data is automatically done by the baseband core.
Figure 6-3 shows the transmit timing diagram. From the state TXPREP, the transmission is started by writing the
command TX to the register RFn_CMD. The state machine immediately changes to state TX.
Figure 6-3. Transmitter Control Timing Diagram for Baseband Mode
TX Power
[dBm]
ttx_bb_delay ttx_proc_delay ttx_start_delay
PA
Ramp
PA
Ramp
tpa_ramp
tpa_ramp
Time
State TX_PREP
Instruction
...
TX
TX_PREP
CMD=TX
I/Q Data Samples
TX frame
Padding
The actual frame start is delayed by internal processing delays:
Transmit baseband processing delay ttx_bb_delay, which is PHY mode dependent
Transmit processing delay ttx_proc_delay, which is dependent of the Transmitter Digital Frontend
Transmitter start up delay ttx_start_delay .
The start of the power amplifier ramp is automatically aligned to these delays. Table 6-2 shows the ttx_bb_delay for different
PHY mode settings.
Table 6-2.
Transmit Baseband Processing Delay
PC.PT
1 MR-FSK
Condition
ttx_bb_delay [µs]
FSKC1.SRATE = 0
42
FSKC1.SRATE = 1
21
FSKC1.SRATE = 2
19
FSKC1.SRATE = 3
11
FSKC1.SRATE = 4
9.5
FSKC1.SRATE = 5
5.5
2 MR-OFDM
17) or the “RX bypass mode” (for strong signal input strength, register value AGCS.GCW≤17) is switched
automatically, see Table 6-26 and Table 6-28. Note, the register value AGCS.GCW is only reset at state change to
state RX. At “RX bypass mode” an external gain of 0dB is assumed for the RFn_RSSI and RFn_EDV automatic
calculation.
6.5.4
Register Description
6.5.4.1 RFn_AUXS – Transceiver Auxiliary Settings
The register controls transceiver auxiliary settings.
Bit
7
6
EXTLNAB
YP
5
AGCMAP
4
3
2
AVEXT
AVEN
AVS
1
0
PAVC
RFn_AUXS
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
R
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Bit 7 – AUXS.EXTLNABYP: External LNA Bypass Availability
The bit activates an AGC scheme where the external LNA can be bypassed using pins FEAnn/FEBnn.
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Table 6-29. EXTLNABYP
Sub-register
Value
EXTLNABYP
0x0
Bypass of external LNA not available
0x1
Bypass of external LNA available
Description
Bit 6:5 – AUXS.AGCMAP: AGC Map
Depending on the external frontend setup (external LNA), a specific AGC gain mapping is applied considering the gain
of the external LNA (about 9dB or 12dB external LNA gain). If EXTLNABYP is set to 1 and AGCMAP is set to 0, the
pins FEAnn/FEBnn are set such that the external LNA is bypassed, see also register PADFE for further explanation.
Table 6-30. AGCMAP
Sub-register
AGCMAP
Value
Description
0x0
Internal AGC, no external LNA used
0x1
AGC back-off for external LNA of about 9dB gain
0x2
AGC back-off for external LNA of about 12dB gain
Bit 4 – AUXS.AVEXT: Analog Voltage External Driven
The bit disables the internal analog supply voltage. If this bit is set to 1, an external supply must be connected to the
corresponding AVDD (AVDD0: sub-1GHz radio; AVDD1 2.4GHz radio).
Bit 3 – AUXS.AVEN: Analog Voltage Enable
If this bit is set to 1, the analog voltage regulator turns on in state TRXOFF. This setting enables faster transition from
state TRXOFF to TXPREP or RX, but comes with a higher current consumption in state TRXOFF. The analog voltage
regulator is always turned off in state SLEEP.
Table 6-31. AVEN
Sub-register
AVEN
Value
Description
0x0
Disabled
0x1
Enabled
Bit 2 – AUXS.AVS: Analog Voltage Status
The bit indicates that the analog voltage has settled.
Bit 1:0 – AUXS.PAVC: Power Amplifier Voltage Control
The sub-register controls the supply voltage of the internal power amplifier.
Table 6-32. PAVC
Sub-register
PAVC
Value
Description
0x0
2.0V
0x1
2.2V
0x2
2.4V
6.5.4.2 RFn_PADFE – External Frontend Control Pad Configuration
This register sets the configurations for the external frontend control pins FEAnn and FEBnn. The external frontend
setup of the board is configured by sub-registers AUXS.EXTLNABYP and AUXS.AGCMAP.
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Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
–
–
–
–
–
–
Read/Write
RW
RW
R
R
R
R
R
R
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
PADFE
RFn_PADFE
Bit 7:6 – PADFE.PADFE: Frontend Pins Configuration
The sub-register sets the configurations for the frontend control pins. The pins FEAnn and FEBnn are switched based
on the radio state.
Configuration 0: no Frontend control; FEAnn and FEBnn output is always 0
Configuration 1: (1 pin is TX switch; 1 pin is RX switch; LNA can be bypassed)
FEA|FEB: L|L: TXPREP (Frontend off); H|L: TX (Transmit); L|H: RX (Receive); H|H: RX with LNA Bypass
Configuration 2: (1 pin is enable, 1 pin is TXRX switch; 1 | 0 additional option)
FEA|FEB: L|L: TXPREP (Frontend off); H|H: TX (Transmit); L|H: RX (Receive); H|L: RX with LNA Bypass
Configuration 3: (1 pin is TXRX switch, 1 pin is LNA Bypass, 1 pin (MCU) is enable)
FEA|FEB|MCUPin: L|L|L: TXPREP (Frontend off); H|H|H: TX (Transmit); L|H|H: RX (Receive); L|L|H: RX with LNA
Bypass
Table 6-33. PADFE
Sub-register
Name
Value
Description
PADFE
RF_FEMODE0
0x0
Configuration 0
RF_FEMODE1
0x1
Configuration 1
RF_FEMODE2
0x2
Configuration 2
RF_FEMODE3
0x3
Configuration 3
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6.6
Voltage Regulator
6.6.1
Main Power Supplies
The AT86RF215 has three independent bandgap stabilized internal voltage regulators:
DVREG:
Digital 1.8V domain, pin DVDD
AVREG0: Analog/RF 1.8V sub-1GHz transceiver domain. pin AVDD0
AVREG1: Analog/RF 1.8V 2.4GHz transceiver domain, pin AVDD1
A simplified schematic of the internal voltage regulators is shown in Figure 6-12.
Figure 6-12. Simplified Schematic of Voltage Regulator
AVREG1 (RF24)
AVREG0 (RF09)
DVREG
PCB
(D)EVDD
AVDD1
Bandgap
Voltage
Reference
(BG)
AVDD0
1.225V
DVDD
C dec
The voltage regulators require decouple capacitors for stable operation. The values of the decouple capacitors
determine the settling time. A recommended value is Cdec= 100nF (see Table 10-4 on page 188). The decouple
capacitors should be placed as close as possible to the pins and should be connected to ground with the shortest
possible traces. The pins DVDD, AVDD0 and AVDD1 must not be shorted.
The DVREG is enabled during start-up and is switched off in state DEEP_SLEEP. The AVREG is enabled only on
request by the radio. Table 6-34 reflects the status of the voltage regulators in various transceiver states.
Table 6-34. Voltage Regulator Status
Sub-1GHz
transceiver state
2.4GHz
transceiver state
DVREG
AVREG0
AVREG1
Comments
TRXOFF
TRXOFF
ON
OFF
OFF
SLEEP
TRXOFF
ON
OFF
OFF
TRXOFF
SLEEP
ON
OFF
OFF
SLEEP
SLEEP
OFF
OFF
OFF
DEEP_SLEEP
See Note 1
TRXOFF, SLEEP
TXPREP, TX, RX
ON
OFF
ON1
TXPREP, TX, RX
TRXOFF, SLEEP
ON
ON1
OFF
See Note 1
TXPREP, TX, RX
TXPREP, TX, RX
ON
ON1
ON1
See Note 1
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Note:
1.
If sub-register AUXS.AVEN is set to 1, the analog voltage regulator is on in all states except state SLEEP.
The current consumption in state TRXOFF is increased by the individual current consumption of the
voltage regulator of 80μA.
The status of the analog voltage regulators are indicated by sub-register AUXS.AVS.
It is recommended using the internal voltage regulators but it is also possible to supply the voltage domains by an
external voltage supply. The analog voltages can be supplied at pin AVDD0 and pin AVDD1. In order to supply external
voltages, the internal analog voltage regulators must be switched off by sub-register AUXS.AVEXT. Note, that the
voltages must not exceed the maximum voltage on analog pins (see section "Absolute Maximum Ratings*" on page
187). The internal digital voltage regulator cannot be switched off. An external voltage has to overdrive the internal
voltage.
Each voltage regulator features a current limitation which is active during voltage regulator start-up. The start-up current
is limited to IVREG_LIMIT =60
IVREG_
LIMIT
Current limitation of internal voltage
regulator at start-up
43
60
78
mA
(see Table 10-4 on page 188). After start-up, the current limitation is released, the voltage regulator load current is no
longer limited.
6.6.2
Register Description
6.6.2.1 RFn_AUXS – Transceiver Auxiliary Settings
The register controls transceiver auxiliary settings.
Bit
7
6
EXTLNAB
YP
5
AGCMAP
4
3
2
AVEXT
AVEN
AVS
1
0
PAVC
RFn_AUXS
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
R
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Bit 7 – AUXS.EXTLNABYP: External LNA Bypass Availability
The bit activates an AGC scheme where the external LNA can be bypassed using pins FEAnn/FEBnn.
Table 6-35. EXTLNABYP
Sub-register
Value
EXTLNABYP
0x0
Bypass of external LNA not available
0x1
Bypass of external LNA available
Description
Bit 6:5 – AUXS.AGCMAP: AGC Map
Depending on the external frontend setup (external LNA), a specific AGC gain mapping is applied considering the gain
of the external LNA (about 9dB or 12dB external LNA gain). If EXTLNABYP is set to 1 and AGCMAP is set to 0, the
pins FEAnn/FEBnn are set such that the external LNA is bypassed, see also register PADFE for further explanation.
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Table 6-36. AGCMAP
Sub-register
AGCMAP
Value
Description
0x0
Internal AGC, no external LNA used
0x1
AGC back-off for external LNA of about 9dB gain
0x2
AGC back-off for external LNA of about 12dB gain
Bit 4 – AUXS.AVEXT: Analog Voltage External Driven
The bit disables the internal analog supply voltage. If this bit is set to 1, an external supply must be connected to the
corresponding AVDD (AVDD0: sub-1GHz radio; AVDD1 2.4GHz radio).
Bit 3 – AUXS.AVEN: Analog Voltage Enable
If this bit is set to 1, the analog voltage regulator turns on in state TRXOFF. This setting enables faster transition from
state TRXOFF to TXPREP or RX, but comes with a higher current consumption in state TRXOFF. The analog voltage
regulator is always turned off in state SLEEP.
Table 6-37. AVEN
Sub-register
AVEN
Value
Description
0x0
Disabled
0x1
Enabled
Bit 2 – AUXS.AVS: Analog Voltage Status
The bit indicates that the analog voltage has settled.
Bit 1:0 – AUXS.PAVC: Power Amplifier Voltage Control
The sub-register controls the supply voltage of the internal power amplifier.
Table 6-38. PAVC
Sub-register
PAVC
Value
Description
0x0
2.0V
0x1
2.2V
0x2
2.4V
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6.7
Battery Monitor (BATMON)
6.7.1
Battery Monitor Description
The battery monitor (BATMON) detects and indicates a low supply voltage at pin EVDD. The main features of the
battery monitor are:
Configurable voltage thresholds ranging from 1.70V to 3.675V
Generation of an interrupt if supply voltage (EVDD) drops below the configured threshold level
A simplified schematic of the BATMON module with its input and output signals is shown in Figure 6-13.
Figure 6-13. Simplified Battery Monitor Schematic
EVDD
BATMON_HR
4
+
DAC
Threshold
Voltage
For input-to-output mapping
see BATMON register
BATMON_OK
-
„1“
clear
D
Q
BATMON_IRQ
The battery monitor can be configured using the register RF_BMDVC. The sub-register RF_BMDVC.BMVTH defines
the threshold voltage for battery level indication. The threshold voltage is configurable with a resolution of 75mV in the
upper voltage range (RF_BMDVC.BMHR=1) and with a resolution of 50mV in the lower voltage range
(RF_BMDVC.BMHR=0).
The sub-register RF_BMDVC.BMS indicates the status of the battery voltage:
RF_BMDVC.BMS=0: The battery voltage is lower than the threshold voltage.
RF_BMDVC.BMS=1: The battery voltage is higher than the threshold voltage.
The battery monitor is inactive during state DEEP_SLEEP.
A supply voltage drop below the configured threshold value is indicated by interrupt IRQS.BATLOW. The interrupt
IRQS.BATLOW is issued by both transceivers if not in state SLEEP.
No interrupt is generated if:
The EVDD voltage is below the default 1.8V threshold at power on, i.e. RF_BMDVC.BMS has never been 1.
A new threshold is set which is still below the supply voltage, i.e. RF_BMDVC.BMS remains 0.
Noise or temporary voltage drops may generate unwanted interrupts if the EVDD voltage is close to the programmed
threshold voltage. To avoid this, the interrupt IRQM.BATLOW could be disabled or a lower threshold value could be set.
The default threshold level is 1.8V. Operating the AT86RF215 at a supply voltage of 1.8V generates the interrupt
IRQS.BATLOW during power-on.
6.7.2
Register Description
6.7.2.1 RF_BMDVC – Transceiver Battery Monitor Control and Digital Voltage Regulator Control
The register configures the battery monitor. The status of the EVDD supply voltage is accessible by reading bit BMS
with respect to the current BMVTH and BMHR threshold settings.
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Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
(0x0008)
–
–
BMS
BMHR
Read/Write
R
R
R
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
BMVTH
RF_BMDVC
Bit 5 – RF_BMDVC.BMS: Battery Monitor Status
The bit indicates the level of the external supply voltage with respect to the configured battery monitor threshold. A
value of one indicates that the voltage at pin EVDD is above the configured threshold, zero otherwise.
Bit 4 – RF_BMDVC.BMHR: Battery Monitor High Range
The bit configures the threshold range for the battery monitor.
Table 6-39. BMHR
Sub-register
BMHR
Value
Description
0x0
Low range enabled, see BMVTH.
0x1
High range enabled, see BMVTH.
Bit 3:0 – RF_BMDVC.BMVTH: Battery Monitor Voltage Threshold
The sub-register configures the threshold voltage for the battery monitor.
Table 6-40. BMVTH
Sub-register
BMVTH
Value
Description
0x0
BMHR=1: 2.550V | BMHR=0: 1.70V
0x1
BMHR=1: 2.625V | BMHR=0: 1.75V
0x2
BMHR=1: 2.700V | BMHR=0: 1.80V
0x3
BMHR=1: 2.775V | BMHR=0: 1.85V
0x4
BMHR=1: 2.850V | BMHR=0: 1.90V
0x5
BMHR=1: 2.925V | BMHR=0: 1.95V
0x6
BMHR=1: 3.000V | BMHR=0: 2.00V
0x7
BMHR=1: 3.075V | BMHR=0: 2.05V
0x8
BMHR=1: 3.150V | BMHR=0: 2.10V
0x9
BMHR=1: 3.225V | BMHR=0: 2.15V
0xA
BMHR=1: 3.300V | BMHR=0: 2.20V
0xB
BMHR=1: 3.375V | BMHR=0: 2.25V
0xC
BMHR=1: 3.450V | BMHR=0: 2.30V
0xD
BMHR=1: 3.525V | BMHR=0: 2.35V
0xE
BMHR=1: 3.600V | BMHR=0: 2.40V
0xF
BMHR=1: 3.675V | BMHR=0: 2.45V
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6.8
Analog Calibrations
Several analog radio blocks include calibration loops to minimize performance degradation due to process and
temperature variation. All calibrations are initiated during the state transition from state TRXOFF to state TXPREP or to
state RX (see "State Machine" on page 33). To achieve best calibration values and maximum RF performance, TX
output power (register PAC.TXPWR) and the center frequency (see section "Frequency Synthesizer (PLL)" on page 62)
must be configured in state TRXOFF.
Following calibrations are performed:
RX band-pass and TX low-pass filter cut-off frequency
RX band-pass and TX low-pass filter DC offset
Transmitter LO leakage
PLL center frequency.
At default register settings, the analog supply voltage is disabled in state TRXOFF to minimize supply current. Since all
calibrations are based on the analog supply voltage AVDD0/AVDD1, the analog voltage regulator is turned on as a first
step in the calibration sequence. The time to set up the analog supply voltage depends on the decouple capacitance
(Cdec) at the pins AVDD0/AVDD1 and may be significant with respect to the duration of the calibrations. To minimize the
state transition time, it is possible to enable the analog supply voltage at the state TRXOFF by setting sub-register
AUXS.AVEN to 1.
Refer to Table 10-7 on page 189 for typical transition time from state TRXOFF to state TXPREP. The interrupt
IRQS.TRXRDY indicates that all calibrations are completed successfully.
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6.9
Baseband Core
6.9.1
Overview
The AT86RF215 features dedicated baseband core functionality of:
An MR-FSK PHY in support of [3] and [5]
An MR-OFDM PHY in support of [3] and [5]
An O-QPSK PHY in support of [3], [2] and [5]
Figure 6-14. Simplified Block Diagram of the Baseband Cores
CORE1 (BBC1)
2.4GHz
(RF24)
TX_{I,Q}_DATA[13:0]
MR-FSK
TX FRAME BUFFER
TX_FE
MR-OFDM
RX_{I,Q}_DATA[13:0]
RX FRAME BUFFER
RX_FE
AGCR/H
Sub-1GHz
(RF09)
O-QPSK
CORE0 (BBC0)
TX_{I,Q}_DATA[13:0]
MR-FSK
TX FRAME BUFFER
TX_FE
MR-OFDM
RX_{I,Q}_DATA[13:0]
RX FRAME BUFFER
RX_FE
AGCR/H
O-QPSK
As shown in Figure 6-14, the AT86RF215 includes baseband core CORE0 connected with the sub-1GHz radio and
baseband core CORE1 connected with the 2.4GHz radio. CORE0 and CORE1 are identical and can be independently
used.
Each baseband core contains PHY implementations for MR-FSK, MR-OFDM and O-QPSK, according to section "MRFSK PHY" on page 86, section "MR-OFDM PHY" on page 112 and section "O-QPSK PHY" on page 120, respectively.
For each core, only one of the PHYs can be selected at a time. The PHY of the baseband core is selected by subregister PC.PT. With sub-register PC.BBEN the baseband core is enabled separately. The baseband core can be
disabled in two ways: set PC.BBEN or PC.PT to 0. For configuration of the PHYs the transceiver must be in the State
TRXOFF.
The selected PHY accesses the transmit frame buffer and receive frame buffer containing the PHY payload for transmit
and receive, respectively. Details of the frame buffer are described in section "Frame Buffer" on page 132.
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The selected PHY accesses the radio using the TX and RX I/Q data interface, see section "Transmitter Digital
Frontend" on page 43 and section "Receiver Digital Frontend" on page 53, respectively.
6.9.2
Baseband Interrupts
If the baseband core is used (i.e. transceiver is operated in baseband mode, see section "Operating Modes" on page
30), baseband-specific interrupts are issued. These interrupts indicate receive and transmit status and frame processing
information of the baseband core. The corresponding interrupts can be enabled or disabled by the register
BBCn_IRQM. The baseband interrupt reasons can be read from the register BBCn_IRQS. Each baseband core (BBC0
and BBC1) uses its own interrupt status and mask registers.
In Table 6-41 an overview of all baseband interrupts is shown with references to more detailed descriptions. For further
information about radio interrupts see section "Interrupts" on page 38.
Table 6-41. Baseband Interrupts
Interrupt
Section for Further
Information
Comment
IRQS.RXFS
"MR-FSK PHY" on page
86, "MR-OFDM PHY" on
page 112 and "O-QPSK
PHY" on page 120
This interrupt is issued if a valid PHY header is detected during frame receive. With
the occurrence of IRQ RXFS, the valid PHR information is updated in PHY registers
(i.e. BBCn_RXFLH, BBCn_RXFLL).
IRQS.RXFE
"Frame Filter" on page
141
The IRQ RXFE is issued at the end of a successful frame reception. The complete
frame payload is stored in the receive frame buffer. With this interrupt, the transceiver
changes automatically from state RX to state TXPREP.
Additionally, the First Level of Filtering must pass. If the Address Filter is enabled, a
matching frame must be recognized.
The IRQ RXFE is issued tRXFE after frame end (see "Transition Timing" on page
189).
IRQS.RXEM
"Frame Filter" on page
141
This interrupt occurs during frame receive if the Address Filter is enabled and if the
received frame is recognized as extended. The exact IRQ timing depends on the MAC
header. The IRQ occurs if the MAC header parsing is completed.
IRQS.RXAM
"Frame Filter" on page
141
This interrupt occurs during frame receive if the Address Filter is enabled and if the
received frame is recognized as matching. The exact IRQ timing depends on the MAC
header. The IRQ occurs if the MAC header parsing is completed.
IRQS.TXFE
The IRQ_TXFE is issued when a frame is completely transmitted.
IRQS.AGCH
"Automatic Gain Control
(AGC)" on page 53
The interrupt AGCH is issued during frame receive if a preamble of the selected PHY
is detected. With this IRQ the AGC is notified from the baseband core to hold its
current amplification settings.
IRQs AGCH and AGCR are exclusive. With the occurrence of AGCH a pending IRQ
AGCR is cleared. The register BBCn_IRQS only indicates the last occurred of both
IRQs.
This interrupt is for information purposes only.
IRQS.AGCR
"Automatic Gain Control
(AGC)" on page 53
The interrupt AGCR is issued during frame receive if a receive process is finished.
With this IRQ the AGC is notified from the baseband core to release its amplification
settings and adapt its amplification to the receive signal strength automatically. IRQ
AGCR also indicates a finished or canceled receive process. If IRQ AGCR occurs
during the receive process, the reception is canceled and restarted.
IRQs AGCH and AGCR are exclusive. With the occurrence of AGCR a pending IRQ
AGCH is cleared. The register BBCn_IRQS only indicates the last occurred of both
IRQs.
This interrupt is for information purposes only.
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Interrupt
Section for Further
Information
Comment
IRQS.FBLI
"Frame Buffer Level
Interrupt" on page 134
The interrupt FBLI can be used to monitor the receive frame buffer level. If the preprogrammed number of octets have been received (i.e. stored to the frame buffer), the
IRQ FBLI is issued. The number of received octets can be configured by the registers
BBCn_FBLIL and BBCn_FBLIH.
Transmit
In Figure 6-15 a typical IRQ behavior during frame transmit is shown.
Figure 6-15. Baseband Interrupts during Frame Transmit
RF Signal
STATE
SHR
PHR
PSDU
TXPREP
TX
TXPREP
IRQ
TXFE
Receive
Figure 6-16 shows the interrupt behavior during a receive process (all possible baseband receive IRQs are shown).
Figure 6-16. Baseband Interrupts during Frame Receive
tRXFE
RF Signal
SHR
PHR
PSDU
STATE
RX
TXPREP
IRQ
AGCH
RXFS
RXEM
RXAM
RXFE,AGCR
In Figure 6-17 a receive procedure is shown that is canceled after the occurrence of the IRQ RXEM. Subsequent
interrupts are suppressed afterwards. The receive process is restarted after IRQ AGCR. A frame reception is canceled
if the received signal shows a discontinuity or if no valid PHR is found.
Figure 6-17. Baseband Interrupts during Canceled Frame Reception
corrupted frame
(i.e. incomplete PSDU)
RF Signal
SHR
PHR
PSDU
STATE
RX
IRQ
AGCH
RXFS
RXEM
AGCR
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6.9.3
Register Description
6.9.3.1 BBCn_PC – PHY Control
This register configures the baseband PHY.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
CTX
FCSFE
FCSOK
TXAFCS
FCST
BBEN
Read/Write
RW
RW
R
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
PT
BBCn_PC
Bit 7 – PC.CTX: Continuous Transmit
This sub-register enables the continuous transmit mode.
Table 6-42. CTX
Sub-register
CTX
Value
Description
0x0
Continuous transmission disabled
0x1
Continuous transmission enabled
Bit 6 – PC.FCSFE: Frame Check Sequence Filter Enable
This sub-register configures the filter function of the FCS check. If this sub-register is set to 1, an IRQ RXFE occurs only
if the frame has a valid FCS. If this sub-register is set to 0, an IRQ RXFE occurs regardless of the FCS validity.
Table 6-43. FCSFE
Sub-register
FCSFE
Value
Description
0x0
FCS filter disabled
0x1
FCS filter enabled
Bit 5 – PC.FCSOK: Frame Check Sequence OK
This sub-register indicates whether the FCS of a detected frame is valid or not. This sub-register is automatically set to
0 if a frame start is detected. FCSOK is updated once the frame is received completely.
Table 6-44. FCSOK
Sub-register
FCSOK
Value
Description
0x0
FCS not valid
0x1
FCS valid
Bit 4 – PC.TXAFCS: Transmitter Auto Frame Check Sequence
If the sub-register TXAFCS is set to 1 during transmission, the internal calculated FCS (type dependent of FCST) is
inserted into the last 2 or 4 PSDU octets, respectively. Note, this sub-register should be set to 1 only if the TX frame
length is greater than the length of the selected FCS type, otherwise sub-register TXAFCS should be set to 0.
Table 6-45. TXAFCS
Sub-register
TXAFCS
Value
Description
0x0
FCS not calculated
0x1
FCS autonomously calculated
Bit 3 – PC.FCST: Frame Check Sequence Type
The sub-register FCST configures the used Frame Check Sequence Type.
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Table 6-46. FCST
Sub-register
FCST
Value
Description
0x0
FCS type 32-bit
0x1
FCS type 16-bit
Bit 2 – PC.BBEN: Baseband Enable
This sub-register enables the baseband.
Table 6-47. BBEN
Sub-register
BBEN
Value
Description
0x0
Baseband is not enabled (switched off)
0x1
Baseband is enabled (switched on)
Bit 1:0 – PC.PT: PHY Type
This sub-register sets the PHY type.
Table 6-48. PT
Sub-register
Name
PT
BB_PHYOFF
Value
0x0
Description
OFF
BB_MRFSK
0x1
MR-FSK
BB_MROFDM
0x2
MR-OFDM
BB_MROQPSK
0x3
MR-O-QPSK or legacy O-QPSK
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6.10
MR-FSK PHY
6.10.1 Overview
The baseband sub-core MR-FSK of the AT86RF215 implements the MR-FSK mode specified in IEEE Std 802.15.4g™2012 [3] and the GFSK PHY specified in ETSI TS 102 887-1, see [5]. Additional RAW mode extensions support a more
flexible usage beyond the standard application.
Key features are:
Dual sense of synchronization word detection
Forward Error Correction
RAW mode
6.10.2 Coding and Modulation
6.10.2.1 Overview Coding and Modulation
Figure 6-18. Simplified Signal Flow
PA_CTRL
PACKET
ENGINE
I_DATA[0]
I_DATA[13:1]
FEC
ILV
DW
B2S
GFSK_MOD
Q_DATA[13:1]
optional
The basic signal flow is illustrated in Figure 6-18. The information bits of a packet can be optionally processed by
Forward Error Correction (FEC), interleaving (ILV), and data whitening (DW). Bit-To-Symbol-Mapping (B2S) produces
the discrete-time frequency symbol sequence. The corresponding I/Q baseband GFSK signal is passed to the I/Q data
interface including the control signal of the power amplifier. For details, refer to section "Transmitter Digital Frontend" on
page 43 and section "Modulation Index and Bandwidth Time Product" on page 88.
6.10.2.2 Forward Error Correction (FEC) and Interleaving (ILV)
The sub-core MR-FSK supports both of the FEC schemes of IEEE Std 802.15.4g™-2012, applying terminated rate ½
convolutional codes with constraint length K = 4, using a
non-recursive and non-systematic code (NRNSC) encoder (phyFSKFECScheme = 0) or
recursive and systematic code (RSC) encoder (phyFSKFECScheme = 1).
The FEC scheme can be configured with sub-register FSKC2.FECS.
Regardless of the FEC scheme, code-symbol interleaving specified in IEEE Std 802.15.4g™-2012 can be enabled by
setting sub-register FSKC2.FECIE to 1. Interleaving is automatically bypassed if FEC is not enabled.
With regard to the default register settings, FEC can be enabled with FSKPHRTX.SFD = 1. However, enabling of FEC
may depend on several other register settings, as shown in Table 6-55 and Table 6-56. The motivation of this concept is
described in section "PPDU Configuration" on page 90.
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6.10.2.3 Data Whitening (DW)
The AT86RF215 supports data whitening as specified in IEEE Std 802.15.4g™-2012 [3]. Data whitening is enabled with
sub-register FSKPHRTX.DW = 1. At receive, evaluation of the DW bit of the PHR field is automatically performed for
de-whitening the PSDU. Note, that data whitening is performed at the code-bit level only for cases where FEC is
enabled, see Figure 6-18 and IEEE Std 802.15.4g™-2012 [3]. Data whitening is not enabled in RAW mode, see section
"RAW Mode" on page 92.
6.10.2.4 Bit-To-Symbol Mapping (B2S)
Bit-To-Symbol Mapping depends on the modulation order (2-level or 4-level FSK), configured with sub-register
FSKC0.MORD.
The mapping of a (code)-bit
c(k ) to a frequency symbol xS (k ) for 2-level FSK is shown in Table 6-49.
Table 6-49. Bit-To-Symbol Mapping for 2-level FSK
c(k)
Frequency Symbol xS(k)
Frequency Deviation
0
-1
-fdev
1
+1
+fdev
The mapping of the (code)-bit tuple
Table 6-50. For each tuple
(c(2k ), c(2k 1)) to the frequency symbol xS (k ) for 4-level FSK is shown in
(c(2k ), c(2k 1)) , the entry c(2k ) is the predecessor with regard to the bit entry
c(2k 1) .
Table 6-50. Bit-To-Symbol Mapping for 4-level FSK
(c(2k),c(2k+1))
Frequency Symbol xS(k)
Frequency Deviation
(0,1)
-1
-fdev
(0,0)
-1/3
-fdev/3
(1,0)
+1/3
+fdev/3
(1,1)
+1
+fdev
4-level FSK is only active at the PHR or PSDU, see section "PPDU Types" on page 89.
The AT86RF215 supports further modifications:
If FSKC2.PRI is set to 1, frequency symbols
xS (k )
xS (k )
of the preamble part of the PPDU are replaced with
at transmit. This setting is not evaluated at receive.
If FSKC1.FI is set to 1, frequency symbols
xS (k )
of the whole PPDU are replaced with
xS (k )
at transmit.
At receive, the demodulator applies the corresponding inversion.
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6.10.2.5 Symbol Rate
The AT86RF215 supports a selection of symbol rates targeting PHY modes according to IEEE Std 802.15.4g™-2012
[3] and ETSI TS 102 887-1 [5], as shown in Table 6-51. The symbol rate 1/T, is configured with sub-register
FSKC1.SRATE. Since the sub-core MR-FSK accesses the I/Q data interface with a fixed sampling rate converter, the
digital front end (DFE) must be configured with specific settings as a function of the symbol rate, as shown in Table 651. For details of the DFE, refer to sections "Transmitter Digital Frontend" on page 43 and "Receiver Digital Frontend"
on page 53.
Table 6-51. Symbol Rate Settings
Symbol Rate 1/T [kHz]
50
100
150
200
300
400
AT86RF215 Version
v.1
v.3
v.1
v.3
v.1
v.3
v.1
v.3
v.1
v.3
v.1
v.3
FSKC1.SRATE
0
0
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
TX Interface Rate [kHz]
400
500
800
1000
2000
2000
2000
2000
4000
4000
4000
4000
TXDFE.SR
10
8
5
4
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
RX Interface Rate [kHz]
400
400
800
800
1000
1000
1000
1000
2000
2000
2000
2000
RXDFE.SR
10
10
5
5
4
4
4
4
2
2
2
2
6.10.2.6 Modulation Index and Bandwidth Time Product
The complex continuous-phase baseband signal using GFSK depends on the parameters:
modulation index h
time bandwidth product BT
For details on GFSK, refer to section "Gaussian Frequency Shift Keying" on page 100.
The modulation index h can be configured with sub-register FSKC0.MIDX which is evaluated for both transmit and
receive. The sub-register FSKC0.MIDXS allows further scaling of the target modulation index. This sub-register is
applied at transmit only.
The bandwidth time product BT can be configured with sub-register FSKC0.BT. When using 4-level FSK, the following
restrictions apply:
h≥1
BT = 2
With regard to the definition of the modulation index h in conjunction with 4-level FSK, please refer to section "Gaussian
Frequency Shift Keying" on page 100.
6.10.2.7 PHR-PSDU Data Rate
The actual PHR-PSDU data rate fD depends on the symbol rate 1/T, the modulation order and whether FEC is enabled,
see Table 6-52.
Table 6-52. Data Rate at PHR-PSDU
Modulation Order
FEC enabled
PHR-PSDU Data Rate fD
2-level
no
1/T
4-level
no
2/T
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Modulation Order
FEC enabled
PHR-PSDU Data Rate fD
2-level
yes
1/(2T)
4-level
yes
1/T
6.10.3 PPDU Types
The structure of the Physical Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) is based on the specification of IEEE Std 802.15.4g™-2012.
The standard introduces concurrent sensing (dual sense) of “uncoded” versus “coded” packets, applying predefined
pairs of synchronization words (SFD0, SFD1). The term “coded” means that FEC is enabled, whereas “uncoded” means
that FEC is disabled.
The AT86RF215 provides extended usage of the dual sense mechanism in order to support simultaneous sensing of
proprietary PPDUs and/or IEEE PPDUs. The PPDU types are described below.
6.10.3.1 SFD-16 (SFD0/1 PPDU)
2-level
2-level or 4-level
Preamble (phyFSKPreambleLength x 8)
SFD-16
SFD0 or SFD1
PHR
PSDU
uncoded or coded
This PPDU is suitable for operation according to IEEE Std 802.15.4g™-2012 [3], containing Preamble, SFD (either
SFD0 or SFD1), PHR and PSDU.
The Preamble consists of phyFSKPreambleLength multiples of the sequence 01010101, configurable with sub-registers
FSKC1.FSKPLH and FSKPLL.FSKPLL.
The sequence of the SFD consists of 16bits (SFD-16). At transmit, selection of the SFD (either SFD0 or SFD1) is
configured with sub-register FSKPHRTX.SFD.
The actual bit sequence of SFD0 and SFD1 can be configured with registers BBCn_FSKSFD0H, BBCn_FSKSFD0L
and BBCn_FSKSFD1H, BBCn_FSKSFD1L, respectively.
6.10.3.2 RAW-SFD-16 (RAW-SFD0/1-PPDU)
2-level
2-level or 4-level
SFD-16
PSDU
SFD0 or SFD1
uncoded or coded
Preamble (phyFSKPreambleLength x 8)
This proprietary PPDU is similar to the SFD0/1-PPDU with the exception that the PHY header field (PHR) is omitted.
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6.10.3.3 SFD-32 (SFD0-SFD1-PPDU)
2-level or 4-level
2-level
SFD-32
Preamble (phyFSKPreambleLength x 8)
SFD0
PHR
SFD1
PSDU
uncoded or coded
This proprietary PPDU is similar to the SFD0/1-PPDU, except that the SFD part is the concatenation of the
synchronization words SFD0 and SFD1 (SFD-32). Dual sense is not supported.
6.10.3.4 RAW-SFD-32 (RAW-SFD0-SFD1-PPDU)
2-level or 4-level
2-level
SFD-32
Preamble (phyFSKPreambleLength x 8)
SFD0
PSDU
SFD1
uncoded or coded
This proprietary PPDU is similar to the SFD0-SFD1-PPDU, except that the PHY header field (PHR) is omitted.
6.10.3.5 PPDU Configuration
Instead of assuming a fixed assignment of SFD0 and SFD1 in the context of IEEE Std 802.15.4g™-2012 [3], (“uncoded”
vs. “coded”), the AT86RF215 employs extended interpretation of the SFD.
The interpretation of SFD0 and SFD1 can be configured using sub-registers FSKC4.CSFD0 and FSKC4.CSFD1,
respectively. The configuration is evaluated at both, transmit and receive. This supports dual sense or single sense of
various PPDU types. At transmit, the actual selection of the SFD (either SFD0 or SFD1) is configured with sub-register
FSKPHRTX.SFD. In case FSKC4.SFD32 is set to 1 (single sense), the configuration of FSKC4.CSFD1 is irrelevant.
6.10.4 Transmit Operation and Configuration
6.10.4.1 General Transmit Configuration
The basic settings of modulation and coding can be configured according to "Coding and Modulation" on page 86.
During this configuration, the AT86RF215 shall be in state TRXOFF.
As shown in Table 6-51, the value TXDFE.SR must be set according to the symbol rate. The other settings of the
transmitter frontend are more flexible depending on the spectral requirements. Recommended values for modulation
index ½ and 1 are shown in Table 6-53 and Table 6-54, respectively.
Table 6-53. Recommended Configuration of the Transmitter Frontend (modulation index 0.5) )
Register
Symbol Rate [kHz]
50
100
150
200
300
400
TXCUTC.PARAMP
3
2
2
2
1
1
TXCUTC.LPFCUT
0
1
3
4
6
7
TXDFE.RCUT
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Table 6-54. Recommended Configuration of the Transmitter Frontend (modulation index 1)
Register
Symbol Rate [kHz]
50
100
150
200
300
400
TXCUTC.PARAMP
3
2
2
2
1
1
TXCUTC.LPFCUT
0
3
5
6
8
9
TXDFE.RCUT
4
4
4
4
4
4
Table 6-55 and Table 6-56 provide the complete list of possible register settings in order to enable FEC. The notation
“[1]”, refers to the MSB of the corresponding register.
Table 6-55. Enabling FEC (FSKC4.SFD32 = 0)
Register
Value
0
FSKPHRTX.SFD
1
FSKC4.CSFD0[1]
0
1
-
-
FSKC4.CSFD1[1]
-
-
0
1
FEC enabled
no
yes
no
yes
Table 6-56. Enabling FEC (FSKC4.SFD32 = 1)
Register
Value
FSKC4.CSFD0[1]
0
1
FEC enabled
no
yes
Prior to transmission, the AT86RF215 must be in state TXPREP, see section "State Machine" on page 33. A
transmission is initiated with register CMD.CMD set to TX, see "State Machine" on page 33. Assembly of a complete
PPDU is performed autonomously, including all signal processing steps, such as FEC, interleaving, and modulation.
6.10.4.2 Direct Modulation RF215 v.3 (RF_VN = 0x03)
AT86RF215 v.3 provides the additional feature to set the transmitter to direct modulation. The direct modulation shall be
used for all FSK modes. It improves the modulation quality especially at high output power (>8dBm).
The direct modulation is enabled by:
Sub-register TXDFE.DM = 1
Sub-register FSKDM.EN = 1
The FSK modulation quality can be optimized by setting pre-emphasis filter. The pre-emphasis filter settings depend on
the symbol rate and have the same settings for 2-FSK and 4-FSK. It is recommended to enable the pre-emphasis
filtering by sub-register FSKDM.PE=1 and choose following pre-emphasis filter setting:
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Table 6-57. Pre-emphasis setting for FSK direct modulation
Symbol Rate
Sub-register FSKPE0
Sub-register FSKPE1
Sub-register FSKPE2
50kHz
0x02
0x03
0xFC
100kHz
0x0E
0x0F
0xF0
150kHz
0x3C
0x3F
0xC0
200kHz
0x74
0x7F
0x80
300kHz
0x05
0x3C
0xC3
400kHz
0x13
0x29
0xC7
When the direct modulation (TXDFE.DM = 1, FSKDM.EN = 1) is enabled together with pre-emphasis (FSKDM.PE=1),
adjusting the bandwidth time product BT by register FSKC0.BT is without effect.
It is therefore recommended to apply pre-emphasis only for symbol rates above 100kHz.
6.10.4.3 IEEE Mode
For a PPDU without mode switch (see, [3] sub-clause 18.1.1), the PHR sub-fields shall be configured as indicated in
Figure 6-19.
Figure 6-19. MR-FSK TX-PHR
MS
R1
R0
FCS
DW
L10-L0
0
FSKPHRTX.RB1
FSKPHRTX.RB2
PC.FCST
FSKPHRTX.DW
BBCn_TXFLH,BBCn_TXFLL
In order to configure and transmit a PPDU with mode switch (see, [3] sub-clause 18.1.1), the RAW mode shall be
applied, see section "RAW Mode" below. In this case, the 16 PHR bits shall be considered as a 2 octet PSDU to be
stored in the TX frame buffer. Since the RAW mode can be combined with FEC, the AT86RF215 supports transmit of a
coded mode switch PPDU.
6.10.4.4 RAW Mode
The RAW mode can be enabled, according to the settings shown in Table 6-58 and Table 6-59. The notation “[0]”,
refers to the LSB of the corresponding register.
Table 6-58. Enabling RAW Mode (FSKC4.SFD32 = 0)
Register
Value
0
FSKPHRTX.SFD
1
FSKC4.CSFD0[0]
0
1
-
-
FSKC4.CSFD1[0]
-
-
0
1
RAW mode enabled
no
yes
no
yes
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Table 6-59. Enabling RAW Mode (FSKC4.SFD32 = 1)
Register
Value
FSKC4.CSFD0[0]
0
1
RAW mode enabled
no
yes
In RAW mode, assembly of the PHR is bypassed. Information of the TX frame buffer is passed to the baseband
processor octet by octet. In contrast to the IEEE mode, the bit order of each octet can be configured with sub-register
FSKC4.RAWRBIT. The PSDU length can be configured with registers BBCn_TXFLH and BBCn_TXFLL.
In RAW mode, the following baseband functionality is always disabled:
Whitening,
Automatic FCS computation.
6.10.5 Receive Operation and Configuration
6.10.5.1 General Receive Configuration
The settings for coding and modulation can be configured according to "Coding and Modulation" on page 86. During
this configuration, the AT86RF215 shall be in state TRXOFF.
As shown in Table 6-51, the value RXDFE.SR must be set according to the symbol rate. The other settings of the
receiver frontend are more flexible. Due to higher allowed radio frequency tolerance according to [3], clause 18.1.5.3.,
and the requirements for receiver interference rejection, clause 18.1.5.8, it is advantageous to separate the receiver
frontend configurations into a sub-1GHz and a 2.4 GHz section.
Recommended values for modulation index ½ and 1 in sub-1GHz band are shown in Table 6-60 and Table 6-62,
respectively. Recommended values for modulation index ½ and 1 in 2.4GHz band are shown in Table 6-61 and Table
6-63, respectively.
Table 6-60. Recommended Configuration values of the sub-1GHz Receiver Frontend (modulation index 1/2)
Register
Symbol Rate [kHz]
50
100
150
200
300
400
RXBWC.BW
0
1
3
3
5
6
RXBWC.IFS
0
0
0
0
1
0
RXDFE.RCUT
0
0
0
1
0
0
AGCC.AVGS
0
0
0
0
0
0
AGCS.TGT
1
1
1
1
1
1
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Table 6-61. Recommended Configuration values of the 2.4GHz Receiver Frontend (modulation index 1/2)
Register
Symbol Rate [kHz]
50
100
150
200
300
400
RXBWC.BW
0
1
3
4
6
7
RXBWC.IFS
0
0
0
0
0
0
RXDFE.RCUT
0
0
0
1
0
1
AGCC.AVGS
0
0
0
0
0
0
AGCS.TGT
1
1
1
1
1
1
Table 6-62. Recommended Configuration values of the sub-1GHz Receiver Frontend (modulation index 1)
Register
Symbol Rate [kHz]
50
100
150
200
300
400
RXBWC.BW
0
3
4
5
6
8
RXBWC.IFS
0
0
0
1
0
1
RXDFE.RCUT
1
1
1
2
1
1
AGCC.AVGS
0
0
0
0
0
0
AGCS.TGT
1
1
1
1
1
1
Table 6-63. Recommended Configuration values of the 2.4 GHz Receiver Frontend (modulation index 1)
Register
Symbol Rate [kHz]
50
100
150
200
300
400
RXBWC.BW
1
4
6
6
7
8
RXBWC.IFS
0
0
0
0
0
1
RXDFE.RCUT
1
1
2
3
1
2
AGCC.AVGS
0
0
0
0
0
0
AGCS.TGT
1
1
1
1
1
1
6.10.5.2 Preamble Detection
During preamble search, the sub-core is in state LISTEN. This state can be observed with AGCC.FRZS = 0.
The receiver scans for a preamble pattern by doing advanced signal processing on the correlator output (value C) and
comparing the result to a threshold TPREAMBLE.
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Figure 6-20. Simplified State Diagram of Preamble Detector
LISTEN
(AGCC.FRZS = 0)
C ≤ TPREAMBLE && FSKC2.RXPTO = 0
Timeout
Override
PPDU received
C > TPREAMBLE
PREAMBLE_LOCK
(AGCC.FRZS = 1)
The threshold can be adjusted by sub-register FSKC3.PDT. If the value is above the threshold, the sub-core goes to
state PREAMBLE_LOCK. This state can be observed with AGCC.FRZS = 1.
If sub-register FSKC2.RXPTO is set to 1, the state PREAMBLE_LOCK is left if no synchronization word has been
detected within the time of the configured preamble length (timeout). In this configuration, the settings of the preamble
length (FSKC1.FSKPLH and FSKPLL.FSKPLL) shall be equivalent for both, transmit and receive.
If sub-register FSKC2.RXPTO is set to 0, the state PREAMBLE_LOCK is left if the correlation C value is no longer
above the threshold. In this configuration, the settings of the preamble length can be different for transmit and receive.
Assuming default settings for FSKC3.PDT and FSKC2.PDTM set to 1, the minimum preamble length for robust
performance is shown in Table 6-64.
Table 6-64.
Minimum Preamble Length
Symbol Rate [kHz]
Minimum Preamble Length [octets]
50
2
100
3
150
8
200
8
300
8
400
10
6.10.5.3 Synchronization Word Detection
Prior to synchronization word detection, the sub-core must be in state PREAMBLE_LOCK, see section "Preamble
Detection" on page 94.
Synchronization word detection is based on correlation of the expected synchronization words w0 (SFD0, configured
with BBCn_FSKSFD0H, BBCn_FSKSFD0L) and w1 (SFD1, configured with BBCn_FSKSFD1H, BBCn_FSKSFD1L)
with the sequence of binary frequency estimates obtained from the demodulator.
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For dual sense (FSKC4.SFD32 = 0), the receiver simultaneously checks for hypothesis H0 and H1. The hypothesis H0 is
considered true (H0 = 1) if the corresponding correlation with w0 is above a threshold. Similar, the hypothesis H1 is
considered true (H1 = 1) if the corresponding correlation with w1 is above a threshold. For further details on the SFD
correlation, please refer to section "SFD-Correlation" on page 100.
Based on H0 and H1, the receiver proceeds as shown in Table 6-65. The decision is indicated with FSKPHRRX.SFD.
Note that the receiver prefers configuration FSKC4.CSFD0, in case both hypothesis are true.
Table 6-65. Decision at Dual Sense Mode
H0
H1
Decision
0
0
None
1
0
Receiver applies configuration FSKC4.CSFD0 and indicates FSKPHRRX.SFD = 0.
0
1
Receiver applies configuration FSKC4.CSFD1 and indicates FSKPHRRX.SFD = 1.
1
1
Receiver applies configuration FSKC4.CSFD0 and indicates FSKPHRRX.SFD = 0.
For single sense (FSKC4.SFD32 = 1), the receiver checks for a single hypothesis H only. The hypothesis is considered
true (H = 1) if two consecutive correlations with w0 and w1 are above a threshold. For further details on the SFD
correlation refer to section "SFD-Correlation" on page 100.
Based on H, the receiver proceeds as shown in Table 6-66.
Table 6-66. Decision at Single Sense Mode
H
Decision
0
None
1
Receiver applies configuration FSKC4.CSFD0 and always indicates FSKPHRRX.SFD = 0.
The synchronization word detector makes two independent decisions according to the “winning” configuration of
FSKC4.CSFD0 and FSKC4.CSFD1, respectively:
1.
RAW mode is enabled or disabled
2.
FEC is enabled or disabled.
The decisions affect consecutive decoding steps.
The threshold configuration FSKC3.SFDT influences the tolerance with regard to correlation errors. A large threshold
reduces the probability of false synchronization events. However, if FEC is to be supported, it is recommended setting
FSKC3.SFDT = 8 in order to benefit from the coding plus processing gain (approx. 5-6dB) introduced by rate ½
convolutional coding.
The synchronization quality (probability of false synchronization, receiver sensitivity) is also influenced by the distance
properties of the synchronization words, especially for dual sense. The standard provides suitable pairs, see IEEE Std
802.15.4g™-2012 [3] sub-clause 18.1.1.2.
If pre-defined synchronization words with sub-optimal distance properties have to be used, it is recommended applying
a larger threshold at the expense of decreased sensitivity. In particular, it is recommended setting
FSKC3.SFDT = 15
FSKC4.SFDQ = 1
Based on these settings, the receiver scans for synchronization words matching all bit decisions and discards the PPDU
otherwise.
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Dual sense can be disabled with either of the following methods:
Set FSKC4.SFD32 = 0 and assign equal synchronization word entries to (BBCn_FSKSFD0H,
BBCn_FSKSFD0L) and (BBCn_FSKSFD1H, BBCn_FSKSFD1L).
Set FSKC4.SFD32 = 1 and assign preamble bits to (BBCn_FSKSFD0H, BBCn_FSKSFD0L).
6.10.5.4 IEEE Mode
If (after synchronization word detection) the receiver proceeds with non-RAW mode, the receiver autonomously
performs evaluation of the PHR bits. Two cases have to be distinguished:
PPDU without switch mode and
PPDU with switch mode.
PPDU without mode switch
If the first detected information bit (MS, see Figure 6-19) of the PHR is 0 or mode switch detection is disabled (subregister FSKC2.MSE is set to 0), the receiver autonomously scans for the remaining PHR bits according to IEEE Std
802.15.4g™-2012 [3] sub-clause 18.1.1.3. and performs:
Detection of the FCS type,
De-whitening (if DW = 1),
PSDU length evaluation.
Available PPDU based receiver status information are shown in Table 6-67.
Table 6-67. Receiver Status
Status
Register
Description
Frame length
BBCn_RXFLL, BBCn_RXFLH
The detected PSDU length in octets.
MS
FSKPHRRX.MS
If MS=1, a mode switch PPDU has
been detected.
Reserved bit R1
FSKPHRTX.RB1
The value of the first detected reserved
bit R1.
Reserved bit R0
FSKPHRTX.RB2
The value of the second detected
reserved bit R0.
FCST
FSKPHRRX.FCST
The value of the detected FCS type.
DW
FSKPHRTX.DW
The value of the detected DW bit. If
DW=1, de-whitening is automatically
applied at PSDU.
SFD
FSKPHRTX.SFD
Indicates the decision of the
synchronization word detector, see
section "Synchronization Word
Detection" on page 95.
Received signal power
EDV.EDV
An estimate of the received signal
power in dBm of the frame.
Frames with detected PSDU length field entries equal to 0 are automatically discarded (no frame start interrupt RXFS).
The interrupt behavior is shown in Figure 6-16 on page 83.
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PPDU with mode switch
If the first detected information bit (MS, see Figure 6-19) of the PHR is 1 and mode switch detection is enabled (subregister FSKC2.MSE is set to 1), the 16 PHR bits of a mode switch PPDU are written to the frame buffer without regard
to their content. In this case, the bit order can be configured with sub-register FSKC4.RAWRBIT. The status information
of bit MS is stored in sub-register FSKPHRRX.MS indicating that a mode switch packet has been received. Status
information contained in FSKPHRTX.RB1, FSKPHRTX.RB2, FSKPHRRX.FCST, and FSKPHRRX.DW are invalid and
shall be ignored. The interrupt behavior is shown in Figure 6-21. Upon detection of a mode switch PPDU, the following
baseband functionality is automatically disabled:
FCS evaluation and FCS filtering,
Address filtering.
Figure 6-21. Baseband Interrupts during Frame Receive (mode switch PPDU)
tRXFE
RF Signal
SHR
PHR
RX
STATE
TXPREP
IRQ
AGCH
RXFS
RXFE,AGCR
6.10.5.5 RAW Mode
If (after synchronization word detection) the receiver proceeds with RAW mode operation, the decoded PSDU bits are
directly written to the frame buffer octet by octet. In contrast to the IEEE mode, the bit order of each octet can be
configured with sub-register FSKC4.RAWRBIT. Due to the lack of a pre-defined PHY header (PHR), information about
the expected PSDU length shall be programmed to registers BBCn_FSKRRXFLH and BBCn_FSKRRXFLL. The
expected PSDU length must be programmed to the RX frame length fields before the interrupt RXFS occurs. The
interrupt behavior is shown in Figure 6-22. In RAW mode, the following baseband functionalities are always disabled:
De-whitening,
FCS evaluation and FCS filtering,
Address filtering.
Figure 6-22. Baseband Interrupts during Frame Receive (RAW mode)
tRXFE
RF Signal
SHR
PSDU
RX
STATE
TXPREP
IRQ
AGCH
RXFS
RXFE,AGCR
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In case the synchronization word detector decides for a coded RAW-PPDU, the content written to the frame buffer is
based on the information bits obtained from de-interleaving and de-coding. In this case, the bits are actually not truly
“raw”. It should be noted, that FEC applies terminated convolutional codes. Hence, care must be taken with respect to
the settings of the length information (BBCn_FSKRRXFLH and BBCn_FSKRRXFLL).
6.10.5.6 Receiver Override
The AT86RF215 supports receiver override (RXO) in order to mitigate the capture effect. The receiver goes back to
state LISTEN if both applies:
the preamble detector is in state PREAMBLE_LOCK,
the receiver strength rapidly increases above a threshold.
The threshold can be configured with sub-register FSKC2.RXO. If set to 3, RXO is disabled.
6.10.5.7 Reduced Power Consumption (RPC)
The MR-FSK core supports receive operation with reduced power consumption (RPC) during state LISTEN. RPC is
enabled with sub-register FSKRPC.EN set to 1.
The principle applied for power saving is illustrated in Figure 6-23. If RPC is enabled, the baseband core automatically
toggles between two internal receive modes ON and OFF. During receive mode OFF, the blocks of the receiver front
end are switched off. The corresponding blocks are enabled, once the baseband is in receive mode ON.
Apparently, preamble detection is only enabled at receive mode ON. As illustrated in Figure 6-23, the preamble of the
incoming frame could not be detected at the first time interval t1 during receive mode ON. At the consecutive time
interval with receive mode ON, the duration tMIN was sufficient for preamble detection leading to state
PREAMBLE_LOCK. From this time, the transition to OFF is automatically blocked, leading to normal receive operation
of the remaining PPDU signal. The AT86RF215 indicates state RX during receive regardless of the receive mode
ON/OFF.
Figure 6-23. RPC Mode
t1
RF Signal
tMIN
Preamble
SFD
PHR
PSDU
RX
STATE
LISTEN
PDT_STATE
RX_MODE
ON
OFF
ON
tOFF
tON
TXPREP
PREAMBLE_LOCK
OFF
ON
IRQ
AGCH
RXFS
RXFE,AGCR
The minimal ON time ton equates to the minimal preamble length of the receiver which depends on the FSK symbol rate,
see Table 6-64. When configuring the RX preamble length to 6dB stronger frame
0x1
Receiver restarted by >12dB stronger frame
0x2
Receiver restarted by >18dB stronger frame
0x3
Receiver override disabled
Bit 4 – FSKC2.RXPTO: Receiver Preamble Time Out
If this bit is set to 1, the FSK receiver restarts synchronization if no valid SFD field was found within a complete FSK
preamble length period {FSKPLH,FSKPLL}. If this bit is set to 0, the FSK receiver restarts synchronization upon lost
preamble autocorrelation if no valid SFD field was found.
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Table 6-75. RXPTO
Sub-register
Value
RXPTO
Description
0x0
Receiver preamble timeout disabled
0x1
Receiver preamble timeout enabled
Bit 3 – FSKC2.MSE: Mode Switch Enable
If this bit is set to 1, the mode switch PHR bit of an incoming frame is evaluated.
Table 6-76. MSE
Sub-register
Value
MSE
Description
0x0
Mode Switch disabled
0x1
Mode Switch enabled
Bit 2 – FSKC2.PRI: Preamble Inversion
If this bit is set to 1, the sign of the FSK deviation frequency belonging to the preamble part is inverted.
Bit 1 – FSKC2.FECS: FEC Scheme
If this bit is set to 0, a non-recursive and non-systematic convolutional code (NRNSC) is employed. Otherwise, a
recursive and systematic convolutional code (RSC) is employed.
Table 6-77. FECS
Sub-register
Value
FECS
Description
0x0
NRNSC
0x1
RSC
Bit 0 – FSKC2.FECIE: FEC Interleaving Enable
If MR-FSK forward error correction is enabled, this bit allows to enable or disable code-symbol interleaving.
Table 6-78. FECIE
Sub-register
Value
FECIE
Description
0x0
Interleaving disabled
0x1
Interleaving enabled
6.10.7.4 BBCn_FSKC3 – FSK Configuration Byte 3
This register configures the FSK PHY.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
Read/Write
RW
Initial Value
1
1
0
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
SFDT
PDT
BBCn_FSKC3
Bit 7:4 – FSKC3.SFDT: SFD Detection Threshold
Lower values increase the SFD detector sensitivity. Higher values increase the SFD selectivity. The default value 8 is
recommended for simultaneous sensing of the SFD pairs according to IEEE 802.15.4g. It is recommended to set
SFDT=15 and SFDQ=1 for SFD patterns with weak or unknown cross-correlation properties.
Bit 3:0 – FSKC3.PDT: Preamble Detection Threshold
Lower values increase the preamble detector sensitivity.
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6.10.7.5 BBCn_FSKC4 – FSK Configuration Byte 4
This register configures the FSK PHY.
Bit
7
6
5
4
–
SFDQ
SFD32
RAWRBIT
Read/Write
R
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
3
2
1
CSFD1
0
CSFD0
BBCn_FSKC4
Bit 6 – FSKC4.SFDQ: SFD Quantization
If this bit is set to 1, the FSK receiver applies a hard decisions rather than a soft decisions at the bit positions with
regard to SFD search.
Bit 5 – FSKC4.SFD32: SFD 32Bit
If this bit is zero, the FSK receiver simultaneously searches for two 16-bit SFD fields configured with
{FSKSFD0H;FSKSFD0L} and {FSKSFD1H;FSKSFD1L}, respectively. If this bit is set to 1, the FSK receiver searches
for a single 32-bit SFD {FSKSFD1H;FSKSFD1L;FSKSFD0H;FSKSFD0L}. (LSB 1st)
Table 6-79. SFD32
Sub-register
SFD32
Value
Description
0x0
Search for two 16-bit SFD
0x1
Search for a single 32-bit SFD
Bit 4 – FSKC4.RAWRBIT: RAW mode Reversal Bit
This bit configures the bit order of the payload octets in RAW mode. If set to 1, the order is MSB first.
Bit 3:2 – FSKC4.CSFD1: Configuration of PPDU with SFD1
This register configures the PPDU with SFD1.
Table 6-80. CSFD1
Sub-register
CSFD1
Value
Description
0x0
Uncoded IEEE mode
0x1
Uncoded RAW mode
0x2
Coded IEEE mode
0x3
Coded RAW mode
Bit 1:0 – FSKC4.CSFD0: Configuration of PPDU with SFD0
This register configures the PPDU with SFD0.
Table 6-81. CSFD0
Sub-register
CSFD0
Value
Description
0x0
Uncoded IEEE mode
0x1
Uncoded RAW mode
0x2
Coded IEEE mode
0x3
Coded RAW mode
6.10.7.6 BBCn_FSKPLL – FSK Preamble Length Low Byte
This register configures the FSK Preamble Length.
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Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
FSKPLL
BBCn_FSKPLL
Bit 7:0 – FSKPLL.FSKPLL: FSK Preamble Length Low Byte
This setting controls the FSK preamble length transmitted. The preamble length in octets is configured with the 10 bit
setting {FSKPLH,FSKPLL}.
6.10.7.7 BBCn_FSKSFD0L – FSK SFD0 Low Byte
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
FSKSFD0L
BBCn_FSKSFD0L
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
Bit 7:0 – FSKSFD0L.FSKSFD0L: FSK SFD0 Low Byte
The register is the low byte of FSK start-of-frame delimiter SFD0. (LSB 1st)
6.10.7.8 BBCn_FSKSFD0H – FSK SFD0 High Byte
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
FSKSFD0H
BBCn_FSKSFD0H
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
Bit 7:0 – FSKSFD0H.FSKSFD0H: FSK SFD0 High Byte
The register is the high byte of FSK start-of-frame delimiter SFD0. (LSB 1st)
6.10.7.9 BBCn_FSKSFD1L – FSK SFD1 Low Byte
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
FSKSFD1L
BBCn_FSKSFD1L
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
2
1
0
Bit 7:0 – FSKSFD1L.FSKSFD1L: FSK SFD1 Low Byte
The register is the low byte of FSK start-of-frame delimiter SFD1. (LSB 1st)
6.10.7.10 BBCn_FSKSFD1H – FSK SFD1 High Byte
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
FSKSFD1H
BBCn_FSKSFD1H
Bit 7:0 – FSKSFD1H.FSKSFD1H: FSK SFD1 High Byte
The register is the high byte of FSK start-of-frame delimiter SFD1. (LSB 1st)
6.10.7.11 BBCn_FSKPHRTX – FSK PHR TX Information
This register controls the FSK PHR and SHR for the next transmit frame.
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Bit
7
–
–
Read/Write
R
R
Initial Value
0
0
0
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
–
–
SFD
DW
RB2
RB1
R
R
RW
RW
RW
RW
0
0
1
0
0
BBCn_FSKPHRTX
Bit 3 – FSKPHRTX.SFD: SFD type
This bit configures the SFD type of the next transmitted MR-FSK frame.
Table 6-82. SFD
Sub-register
SFD
Value
Description
0x0
SFD0 is used
0x1
SFD1 is used
Bit 2 – FSKPHRTX.DW: Data Whitening
This bit corresponds to the IEEE Std 802.15.4g-2012 PIB attribute phyFSKScramblePSDU. If this bit is set to 1, the data
whitening of the PSDU is enabled, otherwise data whitening of the PSDU is disabled.
Table 6-83. DW
Sub-register
Value
DW
Description
0x0
PSDU data whitening disabled
0x1
PSDU data whitening enabled
Bit 1 – FSKPHRTX.RB2: Reserved PHR Bit 2
This bit configures the content of the reserved FSK PHR bit 2 for transmit.
Bit 0 – FSKPHRTX.RB1: Reserved PHR Bit 1
This bit configures the content of the reserved FSK PHR bit 1 for transmit.
6.10.7.12 BBCn_FSKPHRRX – FSK PHR RX Information
This register contains information of the PHR and SHR field of the last received FSK frame. This register is updated
with IRQ RXFS.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
FCST
MS
–
–
SFD
DW
RB2
RB1
Read/Write
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
BBCn_FSKPHRRX
Bit 7 – FSKPHRRX.FCST: Frame Check Sequence Type
This sub-register reflects the content of the PHR FCS bit of the last received FSK frame.
Table 6-84. FCST
Sub-register
FCST
Value
Description
0x0
FCS type 32-bit
0x1
FCS type 16-bit
Bit 6 – FSKPHRRX.MS: Mode Switch
This bit reflects the content of the Mode Switch PHR bit of the last received FSK frame.
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Bit 3 – FSKPHRRX.SFD: SFD type
This bit reflects the detected SFD type of the last received MR-FSK frame.
Table 6-85. SFD
Sub-register
Value
SFD
Description
0x0
SFD0 detected
0x1
SFD1 detected
Bit 2 – FSKPHRRX.DW: Data Whitening
This bit corresponds to the IEEE Std 802.15.4g-2012 PIB attribute phyFSKScramblePSDU. If this bit is set to 1, the data
whitening of the PSDU is enabled, otherwise data whitening of the PSDU is disabled. This bit reflects the content of the
PHR DW bit of the last received FSK frame. It is not valid in RAW mode operation.
Table 6-86. DW
Sub-register
Value
DW
Description
0x0
PSDU data whitening disabled
0x1
PSDU data whitening enabled
Bit 1 – FSKPHRRX.RB2: Reserved PHR Bit 2
This bit reflects the content of the reserved PHR bit 2 of the last received FSK frame.
Bit 0 – FSKPHRRX.RB1: Reserved PHR Bit 1
This bit reflects the content of the reserved PHR bit 1 of the last received FSK frame.
6.10.7.13 BBCn_FSKRRXFLL – FSK Raw Mode RX Frame Length Low Byte
Bit
7
6
5
4
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
1
1
1
1
3
2
1
0
RW
RW
RW
RW
1
1
1
1
FSKRRXFLL
BBCn_FSKRRXFLL
Bit 7:0 – FSKRRXFLL.FSKRRXFLL: FSK Raw Mode RX Frame Length Low Byte
This register configures the low byte for the receive frame length of the FSK RAW mode.
6.10.7.14 BBCn_FSKRRXFLH – FSK Raw Mode RX Frame Length High Byte
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
–
–
–
–
–
Read/Write
R
R
R
R
R
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
0
FSKRRXFLH
BBCn_FSKRRXFLH
Bit 2:0 – FSKRRXFLH.FSKRRXFLH: FSK Raw Mode RX Frame Length High Byte
This register configures the three MSBs for the receive frame length of the FSK RAW mode.
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6.10.7.15 BBCn_FSKDM – FSK Direct Modulation
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
–
–
–
–
–
–
PE
EN
Read/Write
R
R
R
R
R
R
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
BBCn_FSKDM
Bit 1 – FSKDM.PE: FSK Preemphasis
If this sub-register is set to 1, the FSK direct modulation preemphasized. This sub-register is ignored if subregister
FSKDM.EN is 0.
Bit 0 – FSKDM.EN: FSK Direct Modulation Enable
If this sub-register and sub-register RFxx_TXDFE.DM are set to 1, the FSK direct modulation is enabled.
6.10.7.16 BBCn_FSKPE0 – FSK Preemphasis 0
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
FSKPE0
BBCn_FSKPE0
Bit 7:0 – FSKPE0.FSKPE0: FSK Preemphasis 0
This register contains configuration information for the FSK direct modulation preemphasis.
6.10.7.17 BBCn_FSKPE1 – FSK Preemphasis 1
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
FSKPE1
BBCn_FSKPE1
Bit 7:0 – FSKPE1.FSKPE1: FSK Preemphasis 1
This register contains configuration information for the FSK direct modulation preemphasis.
6.10.7.18 BBCn_FSKPE2 – FSK Preemphasis 2
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
FSKPE2
BBCn_FSKPE2
Bit 7:0 – FSKPE2.FSKPE2: FSK Preemphasis 2
This register contains configuration information for the FSK direct modulation preemphasis.
6.10.7.19 RFn_TXDFE – Transmitter TX Digital Frontend
The register configures the transmitter digital frontend.
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Bit
7
6
5
4
RCUT
3
2
DM
1
0
SR
RFn_TXDFE
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Bit 4 – TXDFE.DM: Direct Modulation
If this sub-register is set to 1 the transmitter direct modulation is enabled. Direct modulation is available for FSK and
OQPSK (OQPSKC0.FCHIP=0;1). Direct modulation must also be enabled at the BBCx registers (FSKDM.EN and
OQPSKC0.DM).
6.10.7.20 BBCn_FSKRPC – FSK Reduced Power Consumption
This register contains configurations to control the reduced power consumption for the MR-FSK PHY.
Bit
7
–
–
–
–
EN
Read/Write
R
R
R
R
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
BASET
BBCn_FSKRPC
Bit 3 – FSKRPC.EN: Enable
This bit enables reduced power consumption during the listen phase of the MR-FSK PHY.
Bit 2:0 – FSKRPC.BASET: Base Time
This subfield configures the base time for reduced power consumption configuration during the listen phase of the MRFSK PHY (see register FSKRPCONT and FSKRPCOFFT).
Table 6-87. BASET
Sub-register
Value
BASET
Description
0x0
0.5 us
0x1
1.0 us
0x2
2.0 us
0x3
4.0 us
0x4
8.0 us
0x5
16.0 us
0x6
32.0 us
0x7
64.0 us
6.10.7.21 BBCn_FSKRPCONT – FSK Reduced Power Consumption On Time
This register configures the on time to control the reduced power consumption for the MR-FSK PHY.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
FSKRPCONT
BBCn_FSKRPCONT
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Bit 7:0 – FSKRPCONT.FSKRPCONT: FSK Reduced Power Consumption On Time
This register configures the active period in multiples of the base time (see register FSKRPC).
6.10.7.22 BBCn_FSKRPCOFFT – FSK Reduced Power Consumption Off Time
This register configures the off time to control the reduced power consumption for the MR-FSK PHY.
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Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
BBCn_
FSKRPCOFFT
FSKRPCOFFT
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Bit 7:0 – FSKRPCOFFT.FSKRPCOFFT: FSK Reduced Power Consumption Off Time
This register configures the power save period in multiples of the base time (see register FSKRPC).
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6.11
MR-OFDM PHY
6.11.1 Overview
The multi-rate and multi-regional orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MR-OFDM) PHY specified in IEEE Std
802.15.4g™-2012 [3] and ETSI TS 102 887-1 [5] is RF band agnostic and supports data rates ranging from 50kb/s to
800kb/s and extended data rates (*) from 1200kb/s to 2400kb/s as listed in Table 6-88.
Table 6-88. MR-OFDM PHY Options and Modulation Schemes
MCS
Option 1
Option 2
Option 3
Option 4
OFDMC.OPT
0
1
2
3
Nominal bandwidth
[kHz]
1094
552
281
156
DFT size
128
64
32
16
Active tones
104
52
26
14
Pilot tones
8
4
4
2
Data tones
96
48
24
12
PSDU data rates [kb/s]
BPSK, rate ½, 4 x
frequency repetition
0
100
50
-
-
BPSK, rate ½, 2 x
frequency repetition
1
200
100
50
-
QPSK, rate ½, 2 x
frequency repetition
2
400
200
100
50
QPSK, rate ½
3
800
400
200
100
QPSK, rate ¾
4
1200(*)
600
300
150
16-QAM, rate ½
5
1600(*)
800
400
200
16-QAM, rate ¾
6
2400(*)
1200(*)
600
300
The subcarrier spacing is constant and equal to 10416-2/3 Hz (or 31250/3 Hz). The symbol rate is 8-1/3 ksymbol/s
which corresponds to 120μs per symbol. This symbol includes a quarter-duration cyclic prefix (CP; 24μs) and a base
symbol (96μs).
This PHY includes four options, each one characterized by the number of active tones during the PHR or PSDU. The
modulation and coding scheme (MCS) allows selecting different PSDU data rates per option. The MCS of the PHY
header is defined as the lowest available MCS per option accordingly which is zero for Option 1 and 2, one for Option 3
and two for Option 4, respectively.
While the MR-OFDM bandwidth option (OFDMC.OPT) is a common prerequisite for transmitter and receiver, the
transmitter sends the MCS of the PSDU per frame as part of the PHY header (OFDMPHRTX.MCS) which is evaluated
by the receiver accordingly (OFDMPHRRX.MCS).
The extended data rates of 1200kb/s, 1600kb/s and 2400kb/s for Option 1 and 1200kb/s for Option 2 use the same
modulation and coding schemes as the appropriate modes for Option 3 and Option 4. Interleaving for these modes is
defined in accordance to section 18.2.3.5 of [3].
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The frame transmission and reception follows the procedures as described in section "Transceiver Usage in Baseband
Mode" on page 169 with an basic example provided by section "Example: Transceiver Usage in Baseband Mode" on
page 170.
The MR-OFDM PHY is part of each Baseband Core and utilizes the RF frontends as shown in Figure 6-14 via the I/Q
data interface. The PHY is connected to the appropriate Transmitter Digital Frontend and Receiver Digital Frontend,
respectively.
6.11.2 Transmitter Configuration
While MR-OFDM frame transmission generally follows the procedures described in section "Transceiver Usage in
Baseband Mode" on page 169 , specific configurations as listed in Table 6-89 must be set to prepare the MR-OFDM
PHY and the associated Digital- and RF-Frontend. A specific order of the shown configuration steps is not required. The
corresponding register values should only be changed in state TRXOFF.
Table 6-89. Transmitter Configuration Steps
No
Action
Register
0
Activate the MR-OFDM Physical Layer
PC.PT
1
Configure MR-OFDM bandwidth option
OFDMC.OPT
2
Configure modulation and coding scheme
OFDMPHRTX.MCS
3
Select scrambler seed
OFDMC.SSTX
4
Configure PIB attribute phyOFDMInterleaving
OFDMC.POI
5
Specify I/Q data interface rate of the Transmitter Digital Frontend
TXDFE.SR
(dependent on OFDMC.OPT)
6
Specify cut-off frequency of the Transmitter Digital Frontend filter
TXDFE.RCUT
(dependent on OFDMC.OPT)
7
Specify cut-off frequency of the Transmitter Analog Frontend filter
TXCUTC.LPFCUT
(dependent on OFDMC.OPT)
8
Configure transmit power
PAC.TXPWR
The MR-OFDM bandwidth option is the central parameter that determines the sampling rate of the I/Q data interface
and particular transmit filter settings. Recommended settings are listed in Table 6-90.
Table 6-90. Recommended Transmitter Frontend Configuration
Register
Option 1
Option 2
Option 3
Option 4
TXDFE.SR
3
3
6
6
TXDFE.RCUT
4
3
3
2
TXCUTC.LPFCUT
10
8
5
3
The modulation (OFDMC.OPT), coding scheme (OFDMPHRTX.MCS) and the scrambler seed (OFDMC.SSTX) are
direct entries to the MR-OFDM PHY header fields, as well as the PSDU length (configured by BBCn_TXFLL and
BBCn_TXFLH). Additionally, the reserved PHR bits can be configured by OFDMPHRTX.RB5, OFDMPHRTX.RB17,
OFDMPHRTX.RB18 and OFDMPHRTX.RB21. According to [5] these bits are not evaluated by the receiver.
The PIB attribute phyOFDMInterleaving as defined in section 9.3. of [3] is configured by OFDMC.POI. It has no
influence if the MCS has no frequency spreading defined (OFDMPHRTX.MCS = [3,4,5,6]).
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Especially for higher order (16-QAM) modulation with OFDMPHRTX.MCS=[5,6], it is recommended limiting the transmit
power setting to comply to EVM requirements according to [3] and optimize receiver performance. Recommended
settings are listed in Table 6-91.
Table 6-91. Recommended maximum Transmit Power setting and EVM
MCS0
MCS1
MCS2
MCS3
MCS4
MCS5
MCS6
EVM requirements [3]
-10
-10
-10
-10
-13
-16
-19
PAC.TXPWR, recommended
31
31
31
31
29
27
25
PAC.TXPWR, maximum
31
31
31
31
31
30
28
6.11.3 Receiver Configuration
6.11.3.1 Receiver Configuration Steps
While MR-OFDM frame reception generally follows the procedures described in section "Example Receive Procedure
Using Basic Mode" on page 173, specific configurations as listed in Table 6-92 must be set in order to prepare the MROFDM PHY and the associated Digital- and RF-Frontend. A specific order of the shown configuration steps is not
required. The corresponding register values should only be changed in state TRXOFF.
Table 6-92. Receiver Configuration Steps
No
Action
Register
0
Activate the MR-OFDM Physical Layer
PC.PT
1
Configure MR-OFDM bandwidth option
OFDMC.OPT
2
Configure PIB attribute phyOFDMInterleaving
OFDMC.POI
3
Select ‘low frequency offset’ option if applicable
OFDMC.LFO
4
Specify I/Q data interface rate of the Receiver Digital Frontend
RXDFE.SR
(dependent on OFDMC.OPT)
5
Specify cut-off frequency of the Receiver Digital Frontend filter
RXDFE.RCUT
(dependent on OFDMC.OPT and OFDMC.LFO)
6
7
Specify bandwidth and IF frequency of the Receiver Analog Frontend filter
(dependent on OFDMC.OPT and OFDMC.LFO)
RXBWC.BW and
RXBWC.IFS
Specify AGC measurement period
AGCC.AVGS
(dependent on OFDMC.OPT)
8
Specify AGC speed
AGCC.AGCI
(dependent on OFDMC.OPT)
9
Set AGC target level to 3 (default)
AGCS.TGT
10
Adjust preamble detector threshold
OFDMSW.PDT
The MR-OFDM bandwidth option is the central parameter that determines the sampling rate of the I/Q data interface
and particular receive filter and AGC settings. Recommended settings are listed in Table 6-93.
The 2.4GHz configuration has slightly opened frontend filters adapted to the higher expected absolute frequency offset.
In case that a TCXO or similar clock source is used, the expected frequency offset reduces. This allows narrowing the
filter settings equivalent to the sub-1GHz configuration for better ACI suppression. An exception is recommended for
option 1 where the higher phase noise of the 2.4GHz radio requires the SSBF bandwidth not to be reduced.
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Note, that a TXCO based system with expected low frequency offset should be indicated to the 2.4 GHz PHY MROFDM receiver by setting OFDMC.LFO to 1. Then the MR-OFDM preamble detector searches for the STF (short
training field) pattern in a reduced frequency span which makes it more robust against misdetection.
Table 6-93. Recommended PHY Receiver and Digital Frontend Configuration
Register
Option 1
Option 2
Option 3
Option 4
TXDFE.SR
3
3
6
6
sub-core 0 + sub-1GHz Radio Frontend
RXDFE.RCUT
4
2
2
1
RXBWC.BW
9
7
4
2
RXBWC.IFS
1
1
0
1
sub-core 1 + 2.4GHz Radio Frontend, OFDMC.LFO=0
RXDFE.RCUT
4
2
3
1
RXBWC.BW
10
7
5
3
RXBWC.IFS
1
1
1
0
sub-core 1 +2.4GHz Radio Frontend, OFDMC.LFO=1
RXDFE.RCUT
4
2
2
1
RXBWC.BW
9
7
4
2
RXBWC.IFS
1
1
0
1
AGCC.AVGS
0
0
0
0
AGCC.AGCI
0
0
0
0
OFDMSW.PDT
5
5
4
3
To achieve good results for receiver energy detection, the averaging duration composed of sub-registers EDD.DTBand
EDD.DF should be configured according to the MR-OFDM PHY symbol time.
IEEE Std 802.15.4™-2006 [1] defines 8 symbols periods averaging time for ED. For MR-OFDM this translates to
8*120us = 960us, configured by EDD.DTB=2 and EDD.DF=30.
6.11.3.2 Receiver Operation
When the MR-OFDM receiver is activated, it searches for STF preamble patterns. If a preamble is found the IRQ
IRQM.AGCH is issued and the AGC is put on hold (AGCC.FRZS = 1). Synchronization and channel acquisition are
executed. The PHY header is demodulated and decoded using the MCS as defined in [3] for the PHR field.
If the CRC-8 check indicates a valid PHY header and the frame length field is greater than zero, the frame start IRQ
IRQM.RXFS is issued. At this event the MR-OFDM PHR status registers OFDMPHRRX.MCS, OFDMC.SSRX including
the reserved bits OFDMPHRRX.RB5, OFDMPHRRX.RB17, OFDMPHRRX.RB18, and OFDMPHRRX.RB21 are
updated. The PHR frame length field is mapped to the registers BBCn_RXFLH and BBCn_RXFLL, respectively. Further
information on the receive procedure can be found in section "Example Receive Procedure Using Basic Mode" on page
173.
On frame start (IRQ IRQM.RXFS), the measured average signal power of the currently received frame is available in
sub-register EDV.EDV, see section 6.2.4 on page 56 for details.
Spurious Compensation
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In case of performance degradation due to clock harmonics on receive channels with center frequency being multiple of
26MHz or 32MHz, the MR-OFDM Spurious Compensation feature can be enabled by sub-register OFDMPHRRX.SPC.
In that case the AGC target level (AGCS.TGT) should be set to 0.
It is not recommended activating Spurious Compensation for MR-OFDM Option 4 because of its small bandwidth,
especially if the MCS is expected to be greater three.
Receiver Override
The Receiver Override feature, activated by sub-register OFDMSW.RXO set to 1, enables the MR-OFDM PHY to
restart a preamble detection at any time during reception if the received signal power has increased significantly. This
reduces the influence of frame misdetections and hidden node effects.
6.11.4 Register Description
6.11.4.1 BBCn_OFDMPHRTX – MR-OFDM Transmitter PHY Header Configuration
The register is used to compose the MR-OFDM PHY header (PHR) for transmission.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
RB21
RB18
RB17
RB5
–
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
R
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
MCS
BBCn_OFDMPHRTX
Bit 7 – OFDMPHRTX.RB21: Reserved PHR Bit 21
The sub-register defines the PHR bit. The content is transmitted but serves no function.
Bit 6 – OFDMPHRTX.RB18: Reserved PHR Bit 18
The sub-register defines the PHR bit. The content is transmitted but serves no function.
Bit 5 – OFDMPHRTX.RB17: Reserved PHR Bit 17
The sub-register defines the PHR bit. The content is transmitted but serves no function.
Bit 4 – OFDMPHRTX.RB5: Reserved PHR Bit 5
The sub-register defines the PHR bit. The content is transmitted, but serves no function.
Bit 2:0 – OFDMPHRTX.MCS: Modulation and Coding Scheme
The sub-register sets the PSDU modulation and coding scheme, and fills the lower 3 bits of the PHR Rate field. The
upper bits are filled with zero respectively.
Table 6-94. MCS
Sub-register
MCS
Value
Description
0x0
BPSK, coding rate 1/2, 4 x frequency repetition
0x1
BPSK, coding rate 1/2, 2 x frequency repetition
0x2
QPSK, coding rate 1/2, 2 x frequency repetition
0x3
QPSK, coding rate 1/2
0x4
QPSK, coding rate 3/4
0x5
16-QAM, coding rate 1/2
0x6
16-QAM, coding rate 3/4
6.11.4.2 BBCn_OFDMPHRRX – MR-OFDM Receiver PHY Header Status
PHY header (PHR) status information is updated at interrupt Receiver Frame Start (RXFS).
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Bit
7
6
5
4
3
RB21
RB18
RB17
RB5
SPC
Read/Write
R
R
R
R
RW
R
R
R
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
BBCn_
OFDMPHRRX
MCS
Bit 7 – OFDMPHRRX.RB21: Reserved PHR Bit 21
This sub-register reflects the content of the reserved PHR bit 21 of the last received MR-OFDM frame.
Bit 6 – OFDMPHRRX.RB18: Reserved PHR Bit 18
This sub-register reflects the content of the reserved PHR bit 18 of the last received MR-OFDM frame.
Bit 5 – OFDMPHRRX.RB17: Reserved PHR Bit 17
This sub-register reflects the content of the reserved PHR bit 17 of the last received MR-OFDM frame.
Bit 4 – OFDMPHRRX.RB5: Reserved PHR Bit 5
This sub-register reflects the content of the reserved PHR bit 5 of the last received MR-OFDM frame.
Bit 3 – OFDMPHRRX.SPC: RX Spurious Compensation
If this sub-register is set to 1, the spurious compensation (SPC) is activated. This is recommended if the receive
channel is a multiple of 26MHz or 32MHz. Otherwise, it is recommended to set this sub-register to 0.
Bit 2:0 – OFDMPHRRX.MCS: Modulation and Coding Scheme
The sub-register reflects the lower 3 bits of the PHR rate field and indicates the PSDU modulation and coding scheme
of the last received MR-OFDM frame. See OFDMPHRTX.MCS for value-to-coding mapping.
6.11.4.3 BBCn_OFDMC – MR-OFDM PHY Configuration
Bit
7
6
5
SSRX
4
SSTX
3
2
LFO
POI
1
0
OPT
BBCn_OFDMC
Read/Write
R
R
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Bit 7:6 – OFDMC.SSRX: Receiver Scrambler Seed Status
SSRX reflects the PHR scrambler field and sets the initial seed of the de-scrambler PN9 sequence. PHY header (PHR)
status information is updated at interrupt Receiver Frame Start (RXFS).
Table 6-95. SSRX
Sub-register
SSRX
Value
Description
0x0
0b000010111
0x1
0b101110111
0x2
0b000011100
0x3
0b101111100
Bit 5:4 – OFDMC.SSTX: Transmitter Scrambler Seed Configuration
SSTX sets the initial seed of the scrambler PN9 sequence and fills the PHR scrambler field (sec. 18.2.3.11, IEEE Std.
802.15.4g-2012).
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Table 6-96. SSTX
Sub-register
Value
SSTX
Description
0x0
0b000010111
0x1
0b101110111
0x2
0b000011100
0x3
0b101111100
Bit 3 – OFDMC.LFO: Reception with Low Frequency Offset
The sub-register is configured depending on the absolute frequency offset of the received OFDM signal.
Table 6-97. LFO
Sub-register
Value
LFO
Description
0x0
If the frequency offset has higher deviation than 57.3kHz, this sub-register should be set to
0.
0x1
If it is guaranteed that the absolute frequency offset of the received OFDM signal is less than
57.3kHz (i.e. usage of a TCXO), this sub-register should be set to 1. In conjunction with an
adapted RF frontend configuration, the MR-OFDM receiver benefits from an improved ACI
suppression.
Bit 2 – OFDMC.POI: PIB Attribute phyOFDMInterleaving
If this sub-register is 0, the MR-OFDM interleaver has a depth of one symbol. Otherwise, if this sub-register is 1, the
MR-OFDM interleaver has a depth equal to the frequency domain spreading factor symbols. This sub-register reflects
the PIB attribute phyOFDMInterleaving (see IEEE Std 802.15.4g-2012).
Bit 1:0 – OFDMC.OPT: MR-OFDM Bandwidth Option
MR-OFDM options 1 to 4 are configured by values 0 to 3 respectively.
Table 6-98. OPT
Sub-register
Value
OPT
Description
0x0
Option 1
0x1
Option 2
0x2
Option 3
0x3
Option 4
6.11.4.4 BBCn_OFDMSW – OFDM Switches
This register controls test functionality of the MR-OFDM PHY.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
RXO
–
–
–
–
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
PDT
BBCn_OFDMSW
Bit 7:5 – OFDMSW.PDT: Preamble Detection Threshold
Lower values increase the preamble detector sensitivity.
Bit 4 – OFDMSW.RXO: Receiver Override
If Receiver Override is enabled during frame reception, the MR-OFDM receiver restarts synchronization after a rapidly
increased signal power per OFDM symbol of more than 12dB.
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Table 6-99. RXO
Sub-register
RXO
Value
Description
0x0
Receiver override disabled
0x1
Receiver override enabled
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6.12
O-QPSK PHY
6.12.1 Overview
The baseband sub-core O-QPSK of the AT86RF215 provides functionality with regard to the MR-O-QPSK PHY
according to IEEE Std 802.15.4g™-2012 [3] and the O-QPSK PHY of ETSI TS 102 887-1, see [5]. In this document,
both PHY types are generalized to MR-O-QPSK, due to their similarity and relation.
The supported modes for MR-O-QPSK are shown in Table 6-100. Additional proprietary modes neither specified in [3]
nor in [5] are available, see Table 6-100.
Table 6-100. MR-O-QPSK Modes
Chip Rate
[kchip/s]
Rate Mode
PSDU Data Rate
[kb/s]
Description
100
0
6.25
O-QPSK-A-PHY-ID-0 [3],
O-QPSK-PHY-OPTION-1 [5]
1
12.5
O-QPSK-A-PHY-ID-1 [3]
2
25
O-QPSK-A-PHY-ID-2 [3]
3
50
O-QPSK-A-PHY-ID-3 [3]
0
12.5
O-QPSK-PHY-OPTION-2 [5]
1
25
Proprietary (as O-QPSK-A-PHY-ID-1; chip rate is 200kchip/s)
2
50
Proprietary (as O-QPSK-A-PHY-ID-2; chip rate is 200kchip/s)
3
100
Proprietary (as O-QPSK-A-PHY-ID-3; chip rate is 200kchip/s)
0
31.25
O-QPSK-B-PHY-ID-0 [3]
1
125
O-QPSK-B-PHY-ID-1 [3]
2
250
O-QPSK-B-PHY-ID-2 [3]
3
500
O-QPSK-B-PHY-ID-3 [3]
0
31.25
O-QPSK-C-PHY-ID-0 [3]
1
125
O-QPSK-C-PHY-ID-1 [3]
2
250
O-QPSK-C-PHY-ID-2 [3]
3
500
O-QPSK-C-PHY-ID-3 [3]
4
1000
Proprietary (as O-QPSK-C-PHY-ID-3; spreading bypassed)
200
1000
2000
In addition, support for the O-QPSK PHY of the 780MHz, 915MHz, and 2450MHz frequency band with regard to clause
10 of IEEE Std 802.15.4™-2011 [2] is provided, referred to as legacy O-QPSK. Some legacy O-QPSK high data rate
modes based on this PHY are supported as well, see Table 6-101.
With respect to the O-QPSK PHY specification of ETSI TS 102 887-1 [5], the AT86RF215 supports PPDU Type 2 (see
Figure 6-25) in addition to PPDU Type 1 (see Figure 6-24). PPDU Type 2 can be applied regardless of the chip rate.
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Figure 6-24. MR-O-QPSK PPDU Type 1
Octets
Preamble
SFD-1
As defined in [3] clause 18.3.1.2
SHR
3
Variable
As defined in in [3] 8.3.1.3
PSDU
PHR
PHY payload
Figure 6-25. MR-O-QPSK PPDU Type 2
Octets
7
Preamble
SFD-2
As defined in [5] clause 6.1.2
SHR
PSDU
PHY payload
Octets
18
Preamble
SFD-3
As defined in [5] clause 6.1.2
SHR
PSDU
PHY payload
For PPDU Type 2, rate modes other than 0 are not supported since there is no PHR contained signaling the rate mode.
Table 6-101 summarizes the supported modes for legacy O-QPSK according to [2]. There is additional support of some
of the legacy proprietary high data rate modes compatible with the AT86RF212B and the AT86RF23X family.
Table 6-101. Legacy O-QPSK Modes
Chip Rate
[kchip/s]
PSDU Data Rate
[kb/s]
Description
1000
250
O-QPSK PHY of the 780MHz and 915MHz frequency band [2]
1000
500
Proprietary high data rate mode compatible with AT86RF212B
2000
250
O-QPSK PHY of the 2450MHz frequency band [2]
2000
1000
Proprietary high data rate mode compatible with AT86RF23X
The AT86RF215 supports simultaneous operation of MR-O-QPSK and legacy O-QPSK according to sub-clause 18.3.3
of [3]. This is described in more detail in section "Receive Operation and Configuration" on page 123.
In order to configure the baseband sub-core of the AT86RF215 with O-QPSK operation mode (MR-O-QPSK or legacy
O-QPSK), sub-register PC.PT must be set to 3, see "Baseband Core" on page 81.
6.12.2 Transmit Operation and Configuration
6.12.2.1 General Transmit Configuration
The desired chip rate can be selected with sub-register OQPSKC0.FCHIP. The desired impulse response of the pulse
shaping filter can be selected with sub-register OQPSKC0.MOD.
For MR-O-QPSK, the parameters for spreading and coding are implicitly defined by the chip frequency
(OQPSKC0.FCHIP), see Table 164 and Table 165 of [3] and Table 9 of [5].
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Prior to transmission of an MR-O-QPSK PPDU (regardless of the PPDU Type), sub-register OQPSKPHRTX.LEG must
be set to 0.
Only partial user access to PHR sub-field entries exists, as indicated in Figure 6-26.
Figure 6-26. MR-O-QPSK TX-PHR
SM
RM1
0
OQPSKPHRTX.MOD
RM0
R1
R0
L10-L0
H7-H0
OQPSKPHRTX.RB0
BBCn_TXFLH,BBCn_TXFLL
HCS, automatically computed
The reserved bit R1 is used in order to signal proprietary rate modes, see [3]. Table 6-102 provides details of the
mapping to the sub-field (RM1, RM0, R1) as a function of the sub-register entries OQPSKC0.FCHIP and
OQPSKPHRTX.MOD. Undefined rate modes are set to rate mode 0, assuring that the AT86RF215 does not assemble
a void PPDU.
Table 6-102. MR-O-QPSK Rate Mode Mapping
OQPSKC0.FCHIP
OQPSKPHRTX.MOD
(RM1,RM0,R1)
0x0, 0x1, 0x2
0x0
(0,0,0)
0x1
(0,1,0)
0x2
(1,0,0)
0x3
(1,1,0)
Otherwise
(0,0,0)
0x0
(0,0,0)
0x1
(0,1,0)
0x2
(1,0,0)
0x3
(1,1,0)
0x4
(0,1,1)
Otherwise
(0,0,0)
0x3
Configuration of the PPDU Type is obtained by sub-register OQPSKPHRTX.PPDUT. If set to 1 (PPDU Type 2), the
frame length entry (obtained by registers BBCn_TXFLL and BBCn_TXFLH must be either 7 or 18) selects the
corresponding SFD and PSDU interleaver, see [5]. For frame lengths other than 7 or 18, the transceiver assembles
PPDU Type 1, even if OQPSKPHRTX.PPDUT is set to 1.
For legacy O-QPSK, the parameters for spreading are implicitly defined by the chip frequency (OQPSKC0.FCHIP), see
Table 73 and Table 74 of [2]. In contrast to the multi-rate MR-O-QPSK PHY, high data rate modes must be preconfigured with sub-register OQPSKC3.HRLEG for both transmit and receive.
Prior to transmission of a legacy PPDU, sub-register OQPSKPHRTX.LEG must be set to 1. The configuration of the
PHR is shown in Figure 6-27.
Figure 6-27. Legacy O-QPSK TX-PHR
L0-L7
R
BBCn_TXFLL[6:0]
OQPSKPHRTX.RB0
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Since the AT86RF215 O-QPSK baseband sub-core accesses the TX I/Q data interface, the transmitter frontend (see
section "Transmitter Frontend" on page 43) should be configured with specific settings as a function of the chip rate.
This is shown in Table 6-103.
Table 6-103. O-QPSK Transmitter Frontend Configuration
Chip Rate [kchip/s]
Register
100
200
1000
2000
TXCUTC.PARAMP
0x3
0x2
0x0
0x0
TXCUTC.LPFCUT
0x7
0x7
0xB
0xB
TXDFE.SR
0xA
0x5
0x1
0x1
TXDFE.RCUT
0x3
0x3
0x3
0x4
A transmission is initiated with register CMD.CMD set to TX, see "State Machine" on page 33. Assembly of a complete
PPDU is performed autonomously, including all signal processing steps, such as FEC, interleaving, spreading and
modulation according to [3], [5] and [2], respectively.
It is possible to initiate a transmission before any of the PHY payload data (PSDU) is loaded to the transmit frame buffer
since the baseband sub-core autonomously starts with transmission of the SHR, see for instance Figure 6-24. However,
the first payload octet is requested from the baseband sub-core just after the duration of the SHR relative to the transmit
request. The PSDU belonging to the next PPDU must be available by that time. The SHR time depending on the chip
rate is defined in [2] , [3] and [5]. For further information about frame buffer see section "Transmit Frame Buffer Underrun Detection" on page 132.
6.12.2.2 Direct Modulation RF215 v.3 (RF_VN = 0x03)
AT86RF215 v.3 provides the additional feature to set the transmitter to direct modulation. The direct modulation shall be
used for MR-O-QPSK chip rate 100kchip/s and 200kchip/s (OQPSKC0.FCHIP=0;1), it is not applicable for higher data
rates. It improves the modulation quality especially at high output power (>8dBm).
The direct modulation is enabled by:
Sub-register TXDFE.DM = 1
Sub-register OQPSKC0.DM = 1
6.12.3 Receive Operation and Configuration
For receive, the AT86RF215 must be in state RX, see section "State Machine" on page 33.
As shown in Figure 6-28, the O-QPSK baseband sub-core of the AT86RF215 contains two specific receiver units, RX_0
for the receiving of MR-O-QPSK frames and RX_1 for the receiving of legacy O-QPSK frames. Both units share the
same I/Q data interface and, consequently, the same receiver frontend. The transceiver can simultaneously listen for
both PHY types at the same channel. This feature is restricted to chip rates of 1000kchip/s and 2000kchip/s
(OQPSKC0.FCHIP = 2 or OQPSKC0.FCHIP = 3), respectively. If one receiver unit detects a frame start, the
complementary receiver unit is disabled. Single or dual receive is selected with sub-register OQPSKC2.RXM.
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Figure 6-28. RX for O-QPSK
RX_0
(MR-O-QPSK)
I_DATA[13:0]
@fs
RX_1
(legacy O-QPSK)
Q_DATA[13:0]
en_0
status_0
oct_0
rxfs_0
agc_0{h,r}
en_1
status_1
oct_1
rxfs_1
agc_1{h,r}
RX_CTRL
status
oct
rxfs
agc{h,r}
fcs_type
O-QPSK Receiver
During frame reception, each receiver performs preamble detection, SFD search and PHR evaluation. The sensitivity
level for preamble detection can be configured with sub-registers OQPSKC1.PDT0 and OQPSKC1.PDT1, respectively.
Lower values increase the receiver sensitivity for rate mode 0, whereas larger values improve robustness with regard to
the capture effect.
For MR-O-QPSK, the search space of SFD words can be configured with sub-register OQPSKC3.NSFD. If PPDU Type
2 is not used, it is recommended to set OQPSKC3.NSFD to 0, improving robustness of SHR detection.
For MR-O-QPSK, the HCS of the detected PHR information bits is automatically evaluated. Frames with invalid HCS as
well as frames with a detected length field entry equal to 0 are automatically discarded (no frame start event). For
legacy O-QPSK, frames with a detected length field entry equal to 0 are automatically discarded. In case of a valid
frame start event, the AT86RF215 captures several pieces of status information, as shown in Table 6-104. This
information remains unchanged until the next frame start event occurs.
Table 6-104. Receiver Status
Status
Register
Description
Frame length
BBCn_RXFLL,
The detected PSDU length in octets.
BBCn_RXFLH
PHY type
OQPSKPHRRX.LEG
Indicates, whether a legacy O-QPSK or MR-O-QPSK frame has
been received.
Rate mode
OQPSKPHRRX.MOD
Indicates the detected rate mode (valid for MR-O-QPSK only).
Reserved bit
OQPSKPHRTX.RB0
The value of the detected reserved bit R0 (MR-O-QPSK) or R
(legacy O-QPSK)
Received signal power
EDV.EDV
An estimate of the received signal power in dBm of the frame
PPDU type
OQPSKPHRRX.PPDUT
Indicates the PPDU type of the received frame (valid for MR-OQPSK only).
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Regardless of the PHY type (MR-O-QPSK or legacy O-QPSK), the detected PSDU content is passed to the receive
frame buffer octet by octet. The procedure of frame buffer handling and FCS evaluation is unified for all baseband subcores, see section "Frame Buffer" on page 132. However, with regard to FCS evaluation and dual receive mode
(OQPSKC2.RXM = 2), the FCS type must be a-priori known, indicated by the signal fcs_type, see Figure 6-28. In case
a legacy frame has been received, the FCS type is set to the content of register OQPSKC2.FCSTLEG. If an MR-OQPSK frame has been received, the FCS type is obtained from register PC.FCST.
If using proprietary rate modes (OQPSKPHRTX.MOD > 3), conflicts may occur with respect to interoperation since the
reserved bit R1 must not be interpreted while evaluating the rate mode. (The standard text according to [3] is not specific
about the content of the reserved bits). Those issues can be avoided if sub-register OQPSKC2.ENPROP is set to 0. In
this case, reception of proprietary modes (OQPSKPHRTX.MOD > 3) is not supported. Note, that this restriction is not
required if an MR-O-QPSK compliant device other than the AT86RF215 is only supporting the mandatory rate mode 0.
Since the AT86RF215 O-QPSK baseband sub-core accesses the RX I/Q data interface, the receiver frontend (see
section "Receiver Frontend" on page 52) must be configured with specific register settings, as a function of the chip
rate. This is shown in Table 6-105. Recommended settings of the AGC are shown in Table 6-106.
Table 6-105. O-QPSK Receiver Frontend Configuration (Filter Settings)
Chip Rate [kchip/s]
Register
100
200
1000
2000
RXBWC.BW
0x0
0x2
0x8
0xB
RXBWC.IFS
0x0
0x0
0x0
0x0
RXDFE.SR
0xA
0x5
0x1
0x1
RXDFE.RCUT
0x1
0x1
0x0
0x2
EDD.DTB
0x3
0x3
0x3
0x3
EDD.DF
0xA
0x5
0x4
0x4
Table 6-106. O-QPSK Receiver Frontend Configuration (AGC Settings)
Chip Rate [kchip/s]
Register
100
200
1000
2000
AGCC.AGCI
0x0
0x0
0x0
0x0
AGCC.AVGS
0x2
0x2
0x0
0x0
AGCC.EN
0x1
0x1
0x1
0x1
AGCS.TGT
0x3
0x3
0x3
0x3
The AT86RF215 supports receiver override (RXO) in order to mitigate the capture effect. The receiver goes back to
preamble detection if both applies:
a preamble has been detected and
the receiver strength rapidly increases above 12dB (RX_0: MR-O-QPSK) or 9dB (RX_1: legacy O-QPSK).
RXO for MR-O-QPSK is enabled with sub-register OQPSK.RXO set to 1.
RXO for legacy O-QPSK is enabled with sub-register OQPSK.RXOLEG set to 1.
Typical values of the AWGN receiver sensitivity are shown in Table 10-19 on page 196.
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In principle, it is possible to combine any of the O-QPSK modes with any of the center frequencies supported by the
AT86RF215. This is relevant if the O-QPSK PHY is intended to be used with frequency bands other than the bands
specified in Table 66 of [3]. However, some constraints must be taken into consideration with respect to the maximum
crystal tolerance. In particular, let fc be the carrier frequency of the desired channel. The value
pmax
f0
p0
fc
defines the value of the maximum crystal tolerance in ppm, where fc and p0 are given in Table 6-107.
Table 6-107. Parameter for Maximum Crystal Tolerance
PHY Type
Chip Rate
[kchip/s]
f0
[GHz]
p0
[ppm]
MR-O-QPSK
100
1.0
20
200
1.0
20
1000
1.0
20
2000
2.5
20
1000
1.0
50
2000
2.5
50
Legacy
O-Q-PSK
At center frequencies of multiples of 26MHz or 32MHz, the receive band might be subject to spurious emission. In case
of a noticeable degradation due to spurious emission, it is recommended enabling spurious compensation by setting
sub-register OQPSKC2.SPC to 1.
For MR-O-QPSK, the AT86RF215 supports receive operation with reduced power consumption (RPC) during RX listen.
This can be configured with sub-register OQPSKC2.RPC set to 1.
The principle of power saving is similar to the one of MR-FSK (see "Reduced Power Consumption (RPC)" on page 99),
with the exception that the OFF and ON time cannot be configured.
RPC is not supported for legacy O-QPSK.
The RPC mode should not be used during energy measurement, see section "Energy Measurement" on page 56.
Energy measurements during RPC may lead to incorrect energy detection values EDV.EDV.
6.12.4 Register Description
6.12.4.1 BBCn_OQPSKC0 – O-QPSK Configuration Byte 0
This register configures the O-QPSK PHY.
Bit
7
–
–
Read/Write
R
R
Initial Value
0
0
0
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
–
DM
MOD
–
R
RW
RW
R
RW
RW
0
0
0
0
0
FCHIP
BBCn_OQPSKC0
Bit 4 – OQPSKC0.DM: Direct Modulation
If this sub-register and sub-register RFxx_TXDFE.DM are set to 1, the direct modulation for OQPSK is enabled. This
sub-register is applicable if OQPSKC0.FCHIP is 0 or 1 and ignored otherwise.
Bit 3 – OQPSKC0.MOD: Modulation
This sub-register configures the impulse response of the shaping filter.
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Table 6-108. MOD
Sub-register
Name
MOD
BB_RC08
0x0
RC-0.8 shaping (raised cosine, roll-off = 0.8)
BB_RRC08
0x1
RRC-0.8 shaping (root raised cosine, roll-off = 0.8)
Value
Description
Bit 1:0 – OQPSKC0.FCHIP: Chip Frequency
This sub-register configures the O-QPSK chip frequency.
Table 6-109. FCHIP
Sub-register
Name
FCHIP
BB_FCHIP100
Value
0x0
Description
100kchip/s
BB_FCHIP200
0x1
200kchip/s
BB_FCHIP1000
0x2
1000kchip/s
BB_FCHIP2000
0x3
2000kchip/s
6.12.4.2 BBCn_OQPSKC1 – O-QPSK Configuration Byte 1
This register configures the O-QPSK PHY.
Bit
7
6
RXO
RXOLEG
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
5
4
3
2
1
PDT1
0
PDT0
BBCn_OQPSKC1
Bit 7 – OQPSKC1.RXO: Receiver Override for MR-O-QPSK PHY
This bit configures the receiver override mode for MR-O-QPSK. If this bit is set to 1, the receiver override function is
enabled.
Table 6-110. RXO
Sub-register
Value
RXO
Description
0x0
Receiver override disabled
0x1
Receiver override enabled
Bit 6 – OQPSKC1.RXOLEG: Receiver Override for legacy O-QPSK PHY
This sub-register configures the receiver override mode for legacy O-QPSK. If this bit is set to 1, the receiver override
function is enabled.
Table 6-111. RXOLEG
Sub-register
RXOLEG
Value
Description
0x0
receiver override disabled
0x1
receiver override enabled
Bit 5:3 – OQPSKC1.PDT1: Preamble Detection Threshold 1
Lower values increase the preamble detector sensitivity for legacy O-QPSK.
Bit 2:0 – OQPSKC1.PDT0: Preamble Detection Threshold 0
Lower values increase the preamble detector sensitivity for MR-O-QPSK.
6.12.4.3 BBCn_OQPSKC2 – OQPSK Configuration Byte 2
This register configures the O-QPSK PHY.
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Bit
7
Read/Write
Initial Value
0
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
–
–
SPC
RPC
ENPROP
FCSTLEG
R
R
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
RXM
BBCn_OQPSKC2
Bit 5 – OQPSKC2.SPC: RX Spurious Compensation
This bit should be set to 1 for receive channels being multiple of 26MHz or 32MHz. A Spurious compensation is
activated to improve O-QPSK sensitivity in this environment.
Table 6-112. SPC
Sub-register
Value
SPC
Description
0x0
RX Spurious Compensation disabled
0x1
RX Spurious Compensation enabled
Bit 4 – OQPSKC2.RPC: Reduce Power Consumption
If this sub-register is set to 1, the receiver operates in a reduced power consumption mode (RPC), provided the receiver
is listening for frames of the MR-O-QPSK PHY only (RXM is 0).
Table 6-113. RPC
Sub-register
Value
RPC
Description
0x0
power saving is disabled
0x1
power saving is enabled
Bit 3 – OQPSKC2.ENPROP: Enable Proprietary Modes
If this sub-register is set to 1, reception of proprietary rate modes > 3 is supported.
Table 6-114. ENPROP
Sub-register
ENPROP
Value
Description
0x0
Reception of proprietary rate modes is not supported
0x1
Reception of proprietary rate modes is supported
Bit 2 – OQPSKC2.FCSTLEG: FCS type for Legacy O-QPSK PHY
This sub-register configures the FCS type for legacy O-QPSK PHY reception.
Table 6-115. FCSTLEG
Sub-register
FCSTLEG
Value
Description
0x0
FCS type for legacy O-QPSK is 32-bit (this mode is a proprietary setting)
0x1
FCS type legacy O-QPSK is 16-bit
Bit 1:0 – OQPSKC2.RXM: Receive Mode
This sub-register configures the receive mode.
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Table 6-116. RXM
Sub-register
Value
RXM
Description
0x0
Listen for frames of MR-O-QPSK PHY only
0x1
Listen for frames of legacy O-QPSK PHY only (if applicable)
0x2
Listen for both, frames of MR-O-QPSK and legacy O-QPSK PHY (if applicable)
0x3
Disable detection for both PHYs
6.12.4.4 BBCn_OQPSKC3 – O-QPSK Configuration Byte 3
This register configures the O-QPSK PHY.
Bit
7
Read/Write
Initial Value
0
6
5
4
–
–
HRLEG
–
R
R
RW
R
0
0
0
3
2
1
–
–
RW
RW
R
R
0
0
0
0
NSFD
0
BBCn_OQPSKC3
Bit 5 – OQPSKC3.HRLEG: High Rate Legacy OQPSK
If this bit is set to 1, the TRX enables a proprietary high data rate mode for legacy O-QPSK. This applies for both,
transmit and receive.
Table 6-117. HRLEG
Sub-register
Value
HRLEG
Description
0x0
Legacy O-QPSK according to IEEE Std 802.15.4-2006
0x1
Proprietary legacy O-QPSK high data rate mode
Bit 3:2 – OQPSKC3.NSFD: SFD Search Space for MR-O-QPSK
This sub-register configures the search space of SFD words for MR-O-QPSK.
Table 6-118. NSFD
Sub-register
Value
NSFD
Description
0x0
Search for SFD_1 only
0x1
Search for SFD_1 and SFD_2
0x2
Search for SFD_1 and SFD_3
0x3
Search for SFD_1 and SFD_2 and SFD_3
6.12.4.5 BBCn_OQPSKPHRTX – O-QPSK PHR TX
This register configures the O-QPSK PHR field for the next transmit frame.
Bit
7
6
5
4
–
–
PPDUT
RB0
Read/Write
R
R
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
1
MOD
0
LEG
BBCn_
OQPSKPHRTX
Bit 5 – OQPSKPHRTX.PPDUT: PPDU Type Selection for MR-O-QPSK
PPDUT configures the PPDU Type for MR-O-QPSK.
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Table 6-119. PPDUT
Sub-register
Value
PPDUT
Description
0x0
PPDU Type 1 - PPDU with SFD_1, PHR and PSDU of variable length.
0x1
PPDU Type 2 - PPDU with SFD_2 or SFD_3 and PSDU of fixed length. (SFD_2: PSDU
length is 7 octets) (SFD_3: PSDU length is 18 octets)
Bit 4 – OQPSKPHRTX.RB0: Reserved Bit 0
This bit configures the content of the reserved bit RB0 of MR-O-QPSK or reserved bit for legacy O-QPSK.
Bit 3:1 – OQPSKPHRTX.MOD: Rate Mode
This sub-register configures the rate mode for MR-O-QPSK.
Table 6-120. MOD
Sub-register
Value
MOD
Description
0x0
Rate mode 0 (IEEE Std 802.15.4g-2012)
0x1
Rate mode 1 (IEEE Std 802.15.4g-2012)
0x2
Rate mode 2 (IEEE Std 802.15.4g-2012)
0x3
Rate mode 3 (IEEE Std 802.15.4g-2012)
0x4
Rate mode 4 (proprietary, setting reserved bit RB1 to 1), only supported for 2000kchip/s
Bit 0 – OQPSKPHRTX.LEG: PHY Type
This bit configures the PHY type.
Table 6-121. LEG
Sub-register
LEG
Value
Description
0x0
MR-O-QPSK
0x1
Legacy O-QPSK
6.12.4.6 BBCn_OQPSKPHRRX – O-QPSK PHR RX
This register contains information of the PHR field of the last received O-QPSK frame.
Bit
7
6
5
4
–
–
PPDUT
RB0
Read/Write
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
1
MOD
0
LEG
BBCn_
OQPSKPHRRX
Bit 5 – OQPSKPHRRX.PPDUT: PPDU Type Indication for MR-O-QPSK
This bit reflects the PPDU type for the last received MR-O-QPSK frame.
Table 6-122. PPDUT
Sub-register
PPDUT
Value
Description
0x0
Frame with PPDU type 1 received
0x1
Frame with PPDU type 2 received
Bit 4 – OQPSKPHRRX.RB0: Reserved Bit 0
This bit reflects the content of the reserved PHR bit RB0 of the last received MR-O-QPSK frame or reserved bit of the
last received legacy O-QPSK frame.
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Bit 3:1 – OQPSKPHRRX.MOD: Rate Mode
This sub-register reflects the rate mode of the last received MR-O-QPSK frame.
Table 6-123. MOD
Sub-register
Value
MOD
Description
0x0
Rate mode 0 (IEEE Std 802.15.4g-2012)
0x1
Rate mode 1 (IEEE Std 802.15.4g-2012)
0x2
Rate mode 2 (IEEE Std 802.15.4g-2012)
0x3
Rate mode 3 (IEEE Std 802.15.4g-2012)
0x4
Rate mode 4 (proprietary, reserved bit RB1 = 1), only supported for 2000kchip/s
Bit 0 – OQPSKPHRRX.LEG: PHY Type
This bit reflects the PHY type of the last received O-QPSK frame.
Table 6-124. LEG
Sub-register
Value
LEG
Description
0x0
MR-O-QPSK frame received
0x1
Legacy O-QPSK frame received
6.12.4.7 RFn_TXDFE – Transmitter TX Digital Frontend
The register configures the transmitter digital frontend.
Bit
7
6
5
RCUT
4
3
2
DM
1
0
SR
RFn_TXDFE
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Bit 4 – TXDFE.DM: Direct Modulation
If this sub-register is set to 1 the transmitter direct modulation is enabled. Direct modulation is available for FSK and
OQPSK (OQPSKC0.FCHIP=0;1). Direct modulation must also be enabled at the BBCx registers (FSKDM.EN and
OQPSKC0.DM).
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6.13
Frame Buffer
6.13.1 Overview
Each baseband core has access to two frame buffers: one buffer for TX and one for RX. Both frame buffers are
accessible by SPI (see section "SPI Transceiver Control Interface") for read and write. The buffers are shared between
the different baseband cores.
During TX the baseband core reads payload data (PSDU) for transmission from the transmit frame buffer. The transmit
frame buffer holds up to 2047 PSDU octets. The register BBCn_FBTXS addresses the first octet, while the register
BBCn_FBTXE addresses the last octet of the transmit frame buffer. The content of the lowest frame buffer address (i.e.
BBCn_FBTXS) is transmitted first.
On receive, the baseband core stores up to 2047 PSDU octets in the receive frame buffer. Register BBCn_FBRXS
addresses the first octet, while register BBCn_FBRXE addresses the last octet of the receive frame buffer. The first
received PSDU octet is stored to the lowest frame buffer address (i.e. BBCn_FBRXS).
6.13.2 Receive
During receive, the baseband core stores the received PSDU octets to the receive frame buffer. The first PSDU octet is
stored after IRQ RXFS (receiver frame start) is issued. The number of received octets is updated with IRQ RXFS and
can be read from the registers BBCn_RXFLH and BBCn_RXFLL. If IRQ RXFE (receiver frame end) occurs, the
complete PSDU (incl. FCS) has been stored to the receive frame buffer.
6.13.3 Transmit
Since the PHYs automatically generate the SHR and PHR from predefined settings, the frame buffer holds PHY
payload (PSDU) only. The baseband cores start with the transmission of the PPDU after the frame preamble has been
transmitted. During transmit, the first frame buffer read access occurs after the end of the preamble (part of the SHR)
transmission. The length of the preamble depends of the selected PHY. Further frame buffer accesses, for consecutive
PSDU octets, have an arbitrary timing. Once the IRQ TXFE is issued, all PSDU octets are completely read and
transmitted. The PSDU data must be provided to the frame buffer latest right before it is required otherwise a TX underrun occurs (see "Transmit Frame Buffer Under-run Detection" below).
The PSDU length of the transmitted frame is configured by the concatenation of the registers BBCn_TXFLL and
BBCn_TXFLH. The length includes the FCS field.
The AT86RF215 implements an automatic frame check sequence (FCS) generation (see "Frame Check Sequence" on
page 138). It is enabled by the sub-register PC.TXAFCS and the sub-register PC.FCST configures the length of the
FCS (16-bit / 32-bit). If the automatic FCS generation is enabled, the PSDU octets containing the FCS are generated by
the AT86RF215 and it is not required to provide the FCS to the transmit frame buffer.
6.13.4 Transmit Frame Buffer Under-run Detection
It is not required to provide the complete PSDU before transmit frame start. The baseband core reads the PHY payload,
after the preamble transmission from the transmit frame buffer. Thus, the transmit frame buffer can be written after the
transmit frame start while the preamble is transmitted.
If the external MCU fails to provide the PSDU before it is required by the baseband core, a transmit frame buffer underrun event occurs. The AT86RF215 transmits (unwanted) previous octets. The sub-register PS.TXUR indicates missing
TX data in the frame buffer. It is set and reset respectively to the equation:
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1
PS .TXUR 0
PS .TXUR
if ADDRSPI ADDRCORE
if SPI write access to BBCn _ TXFLL
else
,
where ADDRSPI is the last frame buffer write address (via SPI) and ADDRCORE is the last frame buffer read access
address (from baseband core).
Note, the PSDU, written to the transmit frame buffer, must contain the FCS field regardless of the sub-register
PC.TXAFCS. If the sub-register PC.TXAFCS is set to 1, the FCS data in the transmit frame buffer can have any value.
Once the sub-register PS.TXUR is set to 1, it remains 1. With an SPI write access to the register BBCn_TXFLL, the
sub-register PS.TXUR is reset to 0 and the value of ADDRSPI is set to “-1”.
If the sub-register PC.TXAFCS is set to 1 and a buffer under-run event has occurred, the FCS is calculated based on
the data currently stored in the frame buffer (corrupted PSDU). That means, that the frame is coherent, but the
containing data are wrong.
Figure 6-29 shows the flow chart of a frame transmit with transmit frame buffer under-run detection. This scenario is
applicable if the transmit frame start is not be delayed by the writing of the PSDU data. This comes with the risk of
transmit frame buffer under-run event.
Figure 6-29. Frame Transmit Flow using Transmit Under-run Indication
write
BBCn_TXFLH and BBCn_TXFLL
initiation
transmit frame start
write
PSDU data to transmit frame buffer
IRQ TXFE
occurred?
TXUR?
transmit successfully
transmit frame buffer
under-run
Figure 6-30 shows a reliable frame transmit flow with no frame buffer under-run event since the frame payload is stored
to the transmit frame buffer before the transmit start is triggered.
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Figure 6-30. Safe Frame Transmit Flow
write
BBCn_TXFLH and BBCn_TXFLL
write
PSDU data to transmit frame buffer
initiation
transmit frame start
IRQ TXFE
occurred?
N
Y
transmit successfully
If the frame needs to be re-transmitted without any change of the payload data, neither the transmit frame buffer nor the
transmit frame length (BBCn_TXFLH, BBCn_TXFLL) needs to be updated. In this scenario, the sub-register PS.TXUR
remains unchanged.
6.13.5 Frame Buffer Level Monitor
The frame buffer level (FBL) monitor is a level gauge that provides the actual number of octets read/stored from/to the
frame buffer by the baseband core. The processing of the payload octets can be monitored with the FBL. It is used in
transmit and receive procedures differently.
During frame receive the FBL indicates the number of bytes stored from the baseband core to the receive frame buffer.
The FBL value is reset with the starting the receive procedure (i.e. by writing the command RX to the register
RFn_CMD).
During frame transmit the FBL indicates the number of octets already read by the baseband core from the transmit
frame buffer. The FBL is reset while the preamble transmit is in progress.
The value of the frame buffer level is stored to the registers BBCn_FBLL and BBCn_FBLH. Both registers are
concatenated to the 11-bit frame buffer level (FBL) value.
6.13.6 Frame Buffer Level Interrupt
The frame buffer level interrupt (FBLI) is a baseband interrupt. For further information about baseband interrupts see
section "Baseband Interrupts" on page 82.
The IRQ FBLI is issued if the current number of received bytes is greater than the number stored to the FBLI value
while writing to the register BBCn_FBLIH.
During frame reception the interrupt FBLI is issued if a certain number of octets have been actually received (i.e. stored
to the frame buffer). The number of received octets can be configured by the FBLI value. The registers BBCn_FBLIL
and BBCn_FBLIH are concatenated to the 11-bit FBLI value.
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6.13.7 Register Description
6.13.7.1 BBCn_PS – PHY Status and Settings
This register contains PHY status information.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
TXUR
Read/Write
RW
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
BBCn_PS
Bit 0 – PS.TXUR: TX Underrun
Bit TXUR indicates a TX frame buffer underrun. If the last frame buffer write address is lower than the current internal
frame buffer read address during frame transmit, the sub-regitser is set to 1. It is reset with CMD=TX (Transmit Start).
6.13.7.2 BBCn_FBLL – Frame Buffer Level Low Byte
This register contains the eight least significant bits of the frame buffer level (FBL) value. To get a consistent value, the
register values FBLL and FBLH must read by a SPI block access.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Read/Write
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
FBLL
BBCn_FBLL
6.13.7.3 BBCn_FBLH – Frame Buffer Level High Byte
This register contains the three most significant bits of the frame buffer level (FBL).
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
–
–
–
–
–
Read/Write
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
FBLH
BBCn_FBLH
6.13.7.4 BBCn_RXFLH – RX Frame Length High Byte
This register contains the three most significant bits of the RX frame length. It is updated if a valid PHR is detected.
Note, that an RX frame length of 0 prevents IRQ RXFS.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
–
–
–
–
–
Read/Write
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
RXFLH
BBCn_RXFLH
6.13.7.5 BBCn_RXFLL – RX Frame Length Low Byte
This register contains the eight least significant bits of the RX frame length. It is updated if a valid PHR is detected.
Note, that an RX frame length of 0 prevents IRQ RXFS.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
RXFLL
BBCn_RXFLL
Read/Write
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6.13.7.6 BBCn_TXFLH – TX Frame Length High Byte
This register contains the three most significant bits of the TX frame length.
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Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
–
–
–
–
–
Read/Write
R
R
R
R
R
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
TXFLH
BBCn_TXFLH
6.13.7.7 BBCn_TXFLL – TX Frame Length Low Byte
This register contains the eight least significant bits of the TX frame length.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
TXFLL
BBCn_TXFLL
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
6.13.7.8 BBCn_FBRXS – Frame Buffer RX Start
This register contains the first octet of the receive frame buffer.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
FBRXS
BBCn_FBRXS
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
1
0
6.13.7.9 BBCn_FBRXE – Frame Buffer RX End
This register contains the last octet of the receive frame buffer.
Bit
7
6
5
4
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
FBRXE
BBCn_FBRXE
6.13.7.10 BBCn_FBTXS – Frame Buffer TX Start
This register contains the first octet of the transmit frame buffer.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
FBTXS
BBCn_FBTXS
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
6.13.7.11 BBCn_FBTXE – Frame Buffer TX End
This register contains the last octet of the transmit frame buffer.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
FBTXE
BBCn_FBTXE
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6.13.7.12 BBCn_FBLIL – Frame Buffer Level Interrupt Value Low Byte
This register contains the eight least significant bits of the frame buffer level interrupt (FBLI) value. A new FBLI value is
valid if the register FBLIH is written.
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Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
FBLIL
BBCn_FBLIL
6.13.7.13 BBCn_FBLIH – Frame Buffer Level Interrupt Value High Byte
This register contains the three most significant bits of the frame buffer level interrupt value. If this sub-register is
written, the value in register FBLIL will be valid.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
–
–
–
–
–
2
1
0
Read/Write
R
R
R
R
R
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
FBLIH
BBCn_FBLIH
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6.14
Frame Check Sequence
6.14.1 Overview
The AT86RF215 supports an automatic handling of the frame check sequence (FCS) for TX and RX. Two different FCS
types are defined in [3]: a 16-bit CRC and a 32-bit CRC. The FCS type used, is selected by sub-register PC.FCST.
The embedded frame check sequence unit (FCS) is characterized by:
Indication of bit errors, based on a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) of length 16 bit or 32 bit
Use of International Telecommunication Union (ITU) CRC polynomial
Automatic evaluation during reception
Automatic generation during transmission.
6.14.2 Transmit
If the AT86RF215 operates in state TX, the FCS can be automatically calculated and appended to the PHY payload
(PSDU). If the sub-register PC.TXAFCS is set to 1, the last two octets (16-bit FCS) or four octets (32-bit FCS) of the
transmitted PSDU are replaced by the internally calculated FCS. The Table 6-125 below shows the supported PSDU
size depending on the different FCS length settings. If a PSDU length is shorter or equal than the FCS length
transmitted, the automatic FCS generation is not supported.
Table 6-125. Supported Transmit PSDU Length depending on FCS Type
TX FCS Type
Automatic FCS insertion
Supported PSDU length
32-bit; PC.FCST = 0
PC.TXAFCS = 1
5..2047
16-bit; PC.FCST = 1
PC.TXAFCS = 1
3..2047
32-bit or 16-bit
PC.TXAFCS = 0
1..2047
If the sub-register PC.TXAFCS is set to 0, the FCS is read/transmitted from the transmit frame buffer (see section
"Frame Buffer" on page 132).
6.14.3 Receive
If the device operates in state RX, the FCS is automatically checked. The sub-register PC.FCSOK provides the result of
this check. It is updated with IRQ RXFE. Table 6-126 below shows the FCS handling for specific PSDU length.
Table 6-126. Supported Receive PSDU Length depending on FCS Type
RX FCS Type
Receive PSDU length
Receiver FCS check
32-bit
0
Frame not handled (no IRQ RXFE)
1..3
FCS not valid
4..2047
FCS checked
0
Frame not handled (no IRQ RXFE)
1
FCS not valid
2..2047
FCS checked
16-bit
Note:
If the baseband core receives a legacy O-QPSK (see section "O-QPSK PHY" on page 120) frame, the subregister PC.FCST is not used and the value set in the sub-register OQPSKC2.FCSTLEG is applied instead.
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6.14.4 Interrupt Receiver Frame End
The interrupt receiver frame end (RXFE) occurs at frame end to indicate that the controller can further process the
received frame.
The FCS is intended for use at the MAC layer to detect corrupted frames at the first level of filtering (see section "First
Level of Filtering" on page 141). The first level of filtering discards all received frames that do not have a valid FCS field.
If the sub-register PC.FCSFE is set to 0, a frame passes the first level of filtering regardless of the validity of the FCS
field.
If a frame passes this filtering, an IRQ RXFE is issued otherwise an IRQ RXFE is omitted.
Note:
This rule is only sufficient if the address filter is not enabled (see section "Frame Filter" on page 141). Table 6136 shows the dependencies if the address filter is enabled.
6.14.5 Register Description
6.14.5.1 BBCn_PC – PHY Control
This register configures the baseband PHY.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
CTX
FCSFE
FCSOK
TXAFCS
FCST
BBEN
Read/Write
RW
RW
R
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
PT
BBCn_PC
Bit 7 – PC.CTX: Continuous Transmit
This sub-register enables the continuous transmit mode.
Table 6-127. CTX
Sub-register
CTX
Value
Description
0x0
Continuous transmission disabled
0x1
Continuous transmission enabled
Bit 6 – PC.FCSFE: Frame Check Sequence Filter Enable
This sub-register configures the filter function of the FCS check. If this sub-register is set to 1, an IRQ RXFE occurs only
if the frame has a valid FCS. If this sub-register is set to 0, an IRQ RXFE occurs regardless of the FCS validity.
Table 6-128. FCSFE
Sub-register
FCSFE
Value
Description
0x0
FCS filter disabled
0x1
FCS filter enabled
Bit 5 – PC.FCSOK: Frame Check Sequence OK
This sub-register indicates whether the FCS of a detected frame is valid or not. This sub-register is automatically set to
0 if a frame start is detected. FCSOK is updated once the frame is received completely.
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Table 6-129. FCSOK
Sub-register
FCSOK
Value
Description
0x0
FCS not valid
0x1
FCS valid
Bit 4 – PC.TXAFCS: Transmitter Auto Frame Check Sequence
If the sub-register TXAFCS is set to 1 during transmission, the internal calculated FCS (type dependent of FCST) is
inserted into the last 2 or 4 PSDU octets, respectively. Note, this sub-register should be set to 1 only if the TX frame
length is greater than the length of the selected FCS type, otherwise sub-register TXAFCS should be set to 0.
Table 6-130. TXAFCS
Sub-register
TXAFCS
Value
Description
0x0
FCS not calculated
0x1
FCS autonomously calculated
Bit 3 – PC.FCST: Frame Check Sequence Type
The sub-register FCST configures the used Frame Check Sequence Type.
Table 6-131. FCST
Sub-register
FCST
Value
Description
0x0
FCS type 32-bit
0x1
FCS type 16-bit
Bit 2 – PC.BBEN: Baseband Enable
This sub-register enables the baseband.
Table 6-132. BBEN
Sub-register
BBEN
Value
Description
0x0
Baseband is not enabled (switched off)
0x1
Baseband is enabled (switched on)
Bit 1:0 – PC.PT: PHY Type
This sub-register sets the PHY type.
Table 6-133. PT
Sub-register
Name
PT
BB_PHYOFF
Value
0x0
Description
OFF
BB_MRFSK
0x1
MR-FSK
BB_MROFDM
0x2
MR-OFDM
BB_MROQPSK
0x3
MR-O-QPSK or legacy O-QPSK
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6.15
IEEE MAC Support
6.15.1 Overview
The AT86RF215 provides embedded IEEE MAC support reducing the MCU to transceiver interaction. The functionality
is dedicated to support IEEE Std 802.15.4TM-2006 [1].
The most common feature is the frame filter (see section "Frame Filter" below) which discards frames that are not
directed to the device and thus prevents the controller to analyze the complete over-the-air traffic.
With the described procedure "Clear Channel Assessment with Automatic Transmit (CCATX)" on page 148 a CCA
measurement is performed and a frame is automatically transmitted if the CCA result is appropriate. The procedure
"Transmit and Switch to Receive (TX2RX)" on page 148 switches to state RX once the frame transmission is completed
automatically. The section "Automatic Acknowledgement (AACK)" on page 146 describes a procedure to automatically
transmit an acknowledgement frame in response to a received frame.
It is not allowed to modify the registers mentioned in Table 6-134 below while an IEEE MAC Support procedure is
active.
Table 6-134. Registers, modified by IEEE MAC Support procedures
Register
Used by MAC procedure
BBCn_OQPSKPHRTX
AACK
BBCn_OFDMPHRTX
AACK
BBCn_FSKPHRTX
AACK
RFn_CMD
AACK, CCATX, TX2RX
RFn_EDC
CCATX
RFn_AGCC
CCATX
BBCn_PC
CCATX
6.15.2 Frame Filter
6.15.2.1 Overview
Frame filtering is a procedure that evaluates whether or not a received frame matches predefined criteria, like address
information or frame types. The filtering procedure as described in [1] clause 7.5.6.2. (“Reception and rejection”) is
applied to the frame. If a frame passes all selected filter criteria, the interrupt receiver frame end (IRQS.RXFE) is
generated. If the IRQ RXFE is not issued, the received frame did not pass at least one of the enabled filters.
6.15.2.2 First Level of Filtering
The first level of filtering rejects all received frames that do not have a valid FCS field (see sub-register PC.FCSFE). In
case PC.FCSFE is set to 0, a frame passes the first level of filtering regardless of the validity of the FCS field.
6.15.2.3 Second Level of Filtering
If the AT86RF215 operates in promiscuous mode, each received frame passes this filter stage. The promiscuous mode
is enabled by sub-register AFC0.PM. If the device does not operate in promiscuous mode, the address filtering is
applied (if enabled).
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6.15.2.4 Address Filter
The address filter consists of three filter blocks: global filter, 3rd level filter and extended filter. The 3rd level filter consists
of four equal filter units to support multiple address filtering (see section "Multi Address Filtering (MAF)" on page 144). If
at least one unit is enabled by AFC0.AFEN0, AFC0.AFEN1, AFC0.AFEN2 or AFC0.AFEN3, the address filter is
enabled. The address filter rules are derived from the mentioned filter procedure (see section "Overview" on page 141)
and extended to support two additional rules.
Global Filter Rules
Frame type matches settings in sub-register BBCn_AFFTM
(register BBCn_AFFTM operates as a global frame type filter)
Frame version matches settings in sub-register BBCn_AFFVM
(register BBCn_AFFVM operates as a global frame version filter)
Third Level Filter Rules
If a destination PAN identifier is included in the frame, it should match macPANId [1] or shall be the broadcast
PAN identifier.
If a short destination address is included in the frame, it should match either macShortAddress [1] or the
broadcast address. Otherwise, if an extended destination address is included in the frame, it shall match
macExtendedAddress [1].
If the frame type indicates that the frame is a beacon frame, the source PAN identifier shall match macPanId
unless macPANId is equal to the broadcast PAN identifier in which case the beacon frame shall be accepted
regardless of the source PAN identifier.
If only source addressing fields are included in a data or MAC command frame, the frame shall be accepted
only if the device is the PAN coordinator (MACPANC set) and the source PAN identifier matches MACPID.
1st additional filter rule:
The frame type does not indicate an ACK frame.
2nd additional filter rule
The frame contains any address.
If an incoming frame passes all global rules and all third level filter rules, an address match interrupt (IRQS.RXAM)
occurs.
A frame which passes the global rules and one of the following extended rules, is considered as an extended frame and
the extended match interrupt (IRQS.RXEM) is issued:
Extended Filter Rules
The frame type has a value of 4 to 7
The frame version indicates a value of 2 or 3
The source address type is set to 1
The frame type is not 0 and the destination address type is set to 1.
The different filter stages and its dependencies during frame parsing are shown in the flow chart in Figure 6-31.
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Figure 6-31. Flow Chart of Different Frame Filter Stages
start frame parsing
valid PHR
detected ?
N
Y
generation IRQ RXFS
AFEN0..3=1 ?
N
Y
check global rules
address filter
N
rules passed ?
Y
check 3rd level filter rules
N
check extended filter rules
rules passed ?
rules passed ?
Y
Y
generation IRQ RXAM
2nd level of
filtering
N
generation IRQ RXEM
IRQ RXAM
or RXEM
occurred?
N
N
PM=1?
Y
Y
1st level of filtering
N
FCSFE=1
Y
check FCS
FCS correct ?
N
Y
generation IRQ RXFE
frame parsing finished
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6.15.2.5 Multi Address Filtering (MAF)
A device may be connected to different networks and may need to handle different addresses and network IDs. To
support such scenarios, the address filter consists of four equal 3rd level filter units which work independently from each
other. Each unit can be enabled and configured separately. If one unit detects an address match, the address match
interrupt (IRQS.RXAM) is issued. The register BBCn_AFS indicates which unit has actually an address match detected.
Figure 6-32. Address Filter with Multi Address Filtering (MAF)
MAF
Address Filter
BBCn_AFS.AM0..3
3rd Level Filter
frame data
IRQ RXAM
Global Filter
IRQ RXEM
Extended Filter
The 3rd level filter units are separately configurable by the following parameters (see Table 6-135 below):
Enable bit
macShortAddress
macPanId
PAN coordinator enable
Map reserved frame types.
The same macExtendedAddress is valid for all 3rd level filter units.
6.15.2.6 Configuration and Status
The address filter rules require MAC relevant information. These MAC information are configured by several registers
as shown in Table 6-135.
Table 6-135. Address Filter Registers
Sub-register
Name
IEEE 802.15.4-2006
Attribute or Name
AFEN*
Size
[bits]
Reset
Value
Comment
1
0
If this sub-register is set to 1, the corresponding address
filter unit is enabled.
MACEA0..7
macExtendedAddress
64
0
These registers define the macExtendedAddress.
MACSHA0F*,
MACSHA1F*
macShortAddress
16
0xFFFF
These registers define the macSortAddress.
MACPID0F*,
MACPID1F*
macPANId
16
0xFFFF
These registers define the macPANId.
PM
macPromiscuousMode
1
0
If this sub-register is set to 1, the frame filter operates in
promiscuous mode.
PANC*
PANCoordinator
1
0
If this sub-register is set to 1, the frame filter operates as a
PAN coordinator.
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Sub-register
Name
IEEE 802.15.4-2006
Attribute or Name
Size
[bits]
Reset
Value
Comment
AFFTM
frame type bitmask
8
0x0B
Address filter frame type bitmask.
MRFT*
map reserved frame
types
1
0
If this sub-register is set to 1, incoming frames with
reserved frame types [4..7] are filtered like data frames. If
the frame header matches the address filter, RXAM IRQ
occurs. A RXEM IRQ is issued anyway.
AFFVM
frame version bitmask
4
3
Address filter frame version mask
AM*
address filter status
1
0
If this bit is set to 1, the address filter has detected an
address match. This bit is updated once the MAC header
of an incoming frame is completely parsed.
EM
extended match status
1
0
If this bit is set to 1, the frame filter has detected an
extended match. The bit is updated once the MAC header
of an incoming frame is completely parsed.
Note:
Register names marked with a star “*” are indexed with the last digit to be valid for each of the four 3 rd level
filter units (i.e. AFEN* is implemented as AFEN0, AFEN1, AFEN2, AFEN3).
6.15.2.7 Interrupts
Four baseband IRQs are related to frame reception, see section "Baseband Interrupts" on page 82 for further
information about the other baseband interrupts. The interrupt receiver frame start (IRQS.RXFS) indicates a valid frame
header detection. The interrupt receiver address match (IRQS.RXAM) occurs if the address filter is enabled and the
frame matches the address filter rules. The interrupt receiver extended match (IRQS.RXEM) occurs if the address filter
is enabled and the frame matches the extended rules, see above. The interrupt receiver frame end (IRQS.RXFE)
occurs at frame end to indicate that the entire frame has been stored to the RX frame buffer and is available for further
processing by an external microcontroller. IRQS.RXFE is only issued if all filters are passed. The dependencies of the
four RX IRQs are shown in Table 6-136.
Table 6-136. Receiver IRQ Occurrences during Frame Receive Processing
Address filter settings and scan results
IRQ occurrence
AFEN
AM
EM
PM
First Level of
Filtering passed
IRQ
RXFS
IRQ
RXAM
IRQ
RXEM
IRQ
RXFE
address
filter
enabled
address
filter
match
detected
extended
match
detected
receiver
promiscuous
mode
0
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
0
1
0
0
0
0
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
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Address filter settings and scan results
IRQ occurrence
AFEN
AM
EM
PM
address
filter
enabled
address
filter
match
detected
extended
match
detected
receiver
promiscuous
mode
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Note:
First Level of
Filtering passed
IRQ
RXFS
IRQ
RXAM
IRQ
RXEM
IRQ
RXFE
If an ACK frame is received, an IRQ RXFE occurs without the interrups RXAM and RXEM.
6.15.3 Automatic Acknowledgement (AACK)
6.15.3.1 Overview
Automatic Acknowledgement is a procedure that transmits automatically an acknowledgement (ACK) frame if the
following conditions of an incoming frame are met:
Frame passes all third level filtering rules (see section "Address Filter" on page 142)
The frame type is one (i.e. data frame) or three (i.e. MAC command frame)
The ACK request bit of the frame control field is set to 1.
AACK Features:
Automatic sequence number handling
FCS type of the ACK can be derived from incoming frame or from predefined settings
Automatic FCS generation
Configurable timing between RX frame end and ACK frame start
Data rate of ACK frame can be determined by incoming frame or by predefined TX settings
Configuration of the ACK frame content source: Either the ACK frame content is generated internally or the
ACK frame is sent from the TX frame buffer (requires controller interaction).
The embedded AACK procedure supports IEEE Std 802.15.4TM-2006 [1]. Do not use AACK in conjunction with
procedure "Transmit and Switch to Receive (TX2RX)".
6.15.3.2 Configuration
The AACK procedure is enabled if sub-register AMCS.AACK is set to 1. Additionally, the frame filter (see section
"Frame Filter" on page 141) has to be enabled (and configured).
The ACK time tack between IRQ RXFE and ACK transmit start is configured by registers BBCn_AMAACKTL and
BBCn_AMAACKTH (see section "Timing" on page 148).
The ACK frame data rate is selected by sub-register AMCS.AACKDR. This setting enables the feature ACK data rate
adaptation. If sub-register AMCS.AACKDR is set to 1, some configured PHY settings are overwritten during the
transmission of the ACK frame (see Table 6-137) and restored once the ACK frame transmit is completed. The reprogrammed settings are PHY dependent as described in Table 6-137.
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Table 6-137. Reprogrammed Data Rate Settings during AACK if sub-register AMCS.AACKDR is set to 1
PHY type
Reprogrammed data rate settings with
feature ACK data rate adaptation
Comment
MR-OFDM
OFDMPHRTX.MCS = OFDMPHRRX.MCS
MCS level of the ACK frame is adapted to the MCS level
of the received frame.
MR-FSK
FSKPHRTX.SFD = FSKPHRRX.SFD
SFD selection is adapted to the recognized SFD of the
received frame.
MR-OQPSK / OQPSK
OQPSKPHRTX.LEG = OQPSKPHRRX.LEG
Transmission of legacy OQPSK upon receive of legacy
OQPSK. Adaption of rate mode and PPDU type setting
of the ACK frame to the received frame.
OQPSKPHRTX.MOD = OQPSKPHRRX.MOD
OQPSKPHRTX.PPDUT = OQPSKPHRRX.PPDUT
The ACK FCS type is selected by the sub-register AMCS.AACKFA. If this sub-register is set to 1, the automatic FCS
adaptation of the ACK frame is enabled. This feature applies to MR-FSK and legacy O-QPSK PHY only. For MR-OFDM
and MR-OQPSK this feature has no effect since the FCS type of the received frame must match the setting in PC.FCST
anyway.
The source of the ACK frame content is set by the sub-register AMCS.AACKS. If this sub-register is set to 0, the ACK
frame content is generated autonomously by the AT86RF215. The sequence number of the received frame is copied to
the ACK frame. Depending on the selected FCS type, the ACK frame has a length of 5 octets (16-bit FCS) or a length of
7 octets (32-bit FCS). The FCS is appended (as specified in [1] and [3]). The transmit frame buffer is not used.
If the sub-register AMCS.AACKS is set to 1, the ACK frame content is transmitted using the TX frame buffer content.
The ACK frame length must be configured by registers BBCn_TXFLL and BBCn_TXFLH. The MCU must provide the
frame content to the transmit frame buffer and FCS settings before the time tack expires.
During ACK transmit, the frame pending field of the ACK’s frame control field (see [1]) is derived from register
BBCn_AMAACKPD. Depending on the address filter unit that has detected an address filter match (see section "Multi
Address Filtering (MAF)" on page 144), the content of sub-register AMAACKPD.PD0, AMAACKPD.PD1,
AMAACKPD.PD2 or AMAACKPD.PD3 is copied to the frame pending field.
If the ACK frame transmission is sent completely, the IRQ TXFE occurs to indicate that the procedure is completed.
Figure 6-33 shows the AT86RF215 state, interrupts and RF-signals for the AACK procedure. If the received frame does
not require an acknowledgement (e.g. for a beacon frame), the AACK procedure finishes with the interrupt RXFE in
state TXPREP.
Figure 6-33. AACK Procedure
trxfe
tack
RF Signal
Receive frame
STATE
RX
ACK frame
TXPREP
TX
TXPREP
IRQ
RXFS
RXAM/
RXEM
RXFE
TXFE
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6.15.3.3 Timing
While the AT86RF215 is in the state RX, enabled receiver interrupts occur as described in section "Baseband
Interrupts" on page 82. The interrupt RXFE has a delay of trxfe relative to the last bit at the antenna signal. The time trxfe
depends on PHY settings.
The ACK frame is transmitted tack after the interrupt RXFE. The time tack is configurable by registers BBCn_AMAACKTL
and BBCn_AMAACKTH.
6.15.4 Transmit and Switch to Receive (TX2RX)
Transmit and switch to receive is a procedure that switches to the state RX automatically if the frame transmission is
completed. The procedure is useful if an ACK reception is expected after a transmission.
The TX2RX feature can be combined with certain frame filter settings (i.e. blocking all frames except ACK frames)
getting only the interrupt RXFE if an ACK frame is expected. Timeouts must be supervised by an external controller.
The procedure TX2RX is enabled by sub-register AMCS.TX2RX. Figure 6-34 shows a TX2RX scenario.
Figure 6-34. Behaviour of procedure TX2RX
RF Signal
STATE
Transmit Frame
TXPREP
TX
RX
IRQ
TXFE
Do not use procedure TX2RX together with procedure "Automatic Acknowledgement (AACK)" and not together with
procedure "Clear Channel Assessment with Automatic Transmit (CCATX)".
6.15.5 Clear Channel Assessment with Automatic Transmit (CCATX)
The procedure CCATX provides a clear channel assessment (CCA) meachnism with an automatic frame transmission if
the channel is assessed as idle. The CCA measurement based on the energy detection mode (CCA-ED) is supported
only [1].
The procedure CCATX is enabled if the sub-register AMCS.CCATX is set to 1. It is started with a single energy
detection (ED) measurement (by writing the value 0x1 to sub-register EDC.EDM; see section "Energy Measurement" on
page 56). The ED measurement time tED is configured by the register RFn_EDD and the AT86RF215 must be in state
RX to start the procedure. The interrupt EDC is issued if the ED measurement is finished. The ED result is compared to
the threshold value set by register BBCn_AMEDT.
If the measured ED value is above the value in register BBCn_AMEDT, the channel is assessed as busy and the
interrupt TXFE is issued. The sub-register AMCS.CCAED is set with the occurrence of the interrupt EDC containing the
result of the comparison.
If the ED value is equal or below the value in register BBCn_AMEDT, the channel is assessed as clear. The subregister AMCS.CCAED is set to 0 with the occurrence of the interrupt EDC. The AT86RF215 switches to state TXPREP
and state TX automatically afterwards and transmits the frame from the TX frame buffer. Once the state TXPREP is
reached the interrupt TRXRDY is issued. Once the frame transmission is completed, the interrupt TXFE is issued.
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It is recommended disabling the baseband (set PC.BBEN to 0) to avoid that the baseband decodes/receives any frame
during the ED measurement. The baseband is enabled automatically again (and the sub-register PC.BBEN is
automatically set to 1) if the procedure CCATX detects a clear channel since the baseband must be enabled for
transmit. If the baseband has been disabled for the measurement period and the channel has assessed as busy, the
baseband needs to be enabled again by setting PC.BBEN to 1. Do not use procedure CCATX together with procedure
"Transmit and Switch to Receive (TX2RX)".
The following Figure 6-35 and Figure 6-36 show the respective behaviour.
Figure 6-35. Behaviour of procedure CCATX detecting a busy channel
RF Signal
Signal on Desired Channel
STATE
RX
Energy
Detection
off
active
off
IRQ
TXFE,
EDC
ted
Note:
The procedure CCATX is started by a single ED measurement only (EDC.EDM = 0x1).
Figure 6-36. Behaviour of procedure CCATX detecting a clear channel
RF Signal
Transmit Frame
STATE
Energy
Detection
RX
off
TXPREP
TX
active
TXPREP
off
IRQ
EDC,
TRXRDY
ted
TXFE
6.15.6 Register Description
6.15.6.1 BBCn_AFC0 – Address Filter Configuration 0
This register configures the address filter.
Bit
7
–
–
Read/Write
R
R
Initial Value
0
0
0
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
–
PM
AFEN3
AFEN2
AFEN1
AFEN0
R
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
0
0
0
0
0
BBCn_AFC0
Bit 4 – AFC0.PM: Promiscuous Mode
This sub-register controls the promiscuous mode.
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Table 6-138. PM
Sub-register
Value
PM
Description
0x0
Promiscuous mode is disabled
0x1
Promiscuous mode is enabled
Bit 3 – AFC0.AFEN3: Address Filter Enable 3
If this sub-register is set to 1, the global filter, the extended filter and the 3rd level filter unit #3 are enabled.
Bit 2 – AFC0.AFEN2: Address Filter Enable 2
If this sub-register is set to 1, the global filter, the extended filter and the 3rd level filter unit #2 are enabled.
Bit 1 – AFC0.AFEN1: Address Filter Enable 1
If this sub-register is set to 1, the global filter, the extended filter and the 3rd level filter unit #1 are enabled.
Bit 0 – AFC0.AFEN0: Address Filter Enable 0
If this sub-register is set to 1, the global filter, the extended filter and the 3rd level filter unit #0 are enabled.
6.15.6.2 BBCn_AFC1 – Address Filter Configuration 1
This register configures the address filter.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
MRFT3
MRFT2
MRFT1
MRFT0
PANC3
PANC2
PANC1
PANC0
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
BBCn_AFC1
Bit 7 – AFC1.MRFT3: Map Reserved Frame Types 3
This sub-register controls the 3rd level filter unit 3. If this sub-register is set to 1, frames with reserved frame types (4, 5,
6 or 7) are handeled like data frames. Otherwise, reserved frame types are discarded.
Bit 6 – AFC1.MRFT2: Map Reserved Frame Types 2
This sub-register controls the 3rd level filter unit 2. If this sub-register is set to 1, frames with reserved frame types (4, 5,
6 or 7) are handeled like data frames. Otherwise, reserved frame types are discarded
Bit 5 – AFC1.MRFT1: Map Reserved Frame Types 1
This sub-register controls the 3rd level filter unit 1. If this sub-register is set to 1, frames with reserved frame types (4, 5,
6 or 7) are handeled like data frames. Otherwise, reserved frame types are discarded.
Bit 4 – AFC1.MRFT0: Map Reserved Frame Types 0
This sub-register controls the 3rd level filter unit 0. If this sub-register is set to 1, frames with reserved frame types (4, 5,
6 or 7) are handeled like data frames. Otherwise, reserved frame types are discarded.
Bit 3 – AFC1.PANC3: PAN Coordinator 3
If this sub-register is set to 1, the 3rd level filter unit 3 is configured as a PAN coordinator.
Bit 2 – AFC1.PANC2: PAN Coordinator 2
If this sub-register is set to 1, the 3rd level filter unit 2 is configured as a PAN coordinator.
Bit 1 – AFC1.PANC1: PAN Coordinator 1
If this sub-register is set to 1, the 3rd level filter unit 1 is configured as a PAN coordinator.
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Bit 0 – AFC1.PANC0: PAN Coordinator 0
If this sub-register is set to 1, the 3rd level filter unit 0 is configured as a PAN coordinator.
6.15.6.3 BBCn_AFFTM – Address Filter Frame Type Mask
This register controls the global frame type filter. A bit which is 0 in AFFTM refuses frames with respective frame types
(i.e. if bit 2 is clear, all frames with frame type 2 are refused). Otherwise a bit is set, frames with respective frame types
are processed by further filter stages. The reset value is set to 0x0B. Thus, the address filter does not refuse frames
with frame types 0, 1 and 3 (beacon, data, command frames) by default.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
AFFTM
BBCn_AFFTM
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
2
1
0
Bit 7:0 – AFFTM.AFFTM: Address Filter Frame Type Mask
6.15.6.4 BBCn_AFFVM – Address Filter Frame Version Mask
Bit
7
6
5
4
–
–
–
–
Read/Write
R
R
R
R
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
AFFVM
BBCn_AFFVM
Bit 3:0 – AFFVM.AFFVM: Address Filter Frame Version Mask
This register controls the global frame version filter. A bit which is 0 in AFFVM refuses frames with respective frame
versions (i.e. if bit 1 is 0, all frames with frame version 1 are refused). Otherwise a bit is set to 1, frames with respective
frame versions are processed by further filter stages. The reset value 3 does not refuse frames with frame version 0 and
1.
6.15.6.5 BBCn_AFS – Address Filter Status
This register provides the status of the address filter.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
–
–
–
EM
AM3
AM2
AM1
AM0
Read/Write
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
BBCn_AFS
Bit 4 – AFS.EM: Extended Match
This sub-register is set to 1 if the extended filter detects an extended match. This bit is automatically cleared with a
frame start event (IRQ RXFS).
Bit 3 – AFS.AM3: Address Match Filter 3
This sub-register is set to 1 if the 3rd level filter unit #3 detects an address match. This bit is automatically cleared with a
frame start event (IRQ RXFS).
Bit 2 – AFS.AM2: Address Match Filter 2
This sub-register is set to 1 if the 3rd level filter unit #2 detects an address match. This bit is automatically cleared with a
frame start event (IRQ RXFS).
Bit 1 – AFS.AM1: Address Match Filter 1
This sub-regsiter is set to 1 if the 3rd level filter unit #1 detects an address match. This bit is automatically cleared with a
frame start event (IRQ RXFS).
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Bit 0 – AFS.AM0: Address Match Filter 0
This sub-register is set to 1 if the 3rd level filter unit #0 detects an address match. This bit is automatically cleared with a
frame start event (IRQ RXFS).
6.15.6.6 BBCn_MACEA0 – MAC Extended Address Byte 0
This register contains the MAC extended address bits 7 to 0.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
MACEA0
BBCn_MACEA0
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
Bit 7:0 – MACEA0.MACEA0: MAC Extended Address Byte 0
6.15.6.7 BBCn_MACEA1 – MAC Extended Address Byte 1
This register contains the MAC extended address bits 15 to 8.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
MACEA1
BBCn_MACEA1
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
1
0
Bit 7:0 – MACEA1.MACEA1: MAC Extended Address Byte 1
6.15.6.8 BBCn_MACEA2 – MAC Extended Address Byte 2
This register contains the MAC extended address bits 23 to 16.
Bit
7
6
5
4
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
MACEA2
BBCn_MACEA2
Bit 7:0 – MACEA2.MACEA2: MAC Extended Address Byte 2
6.15.6.9 BBCn_MACEA3 – MAC Extended Address Byte 3
This register contains the MAC extended address bits 31 to 17.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
MACEA3
BBCn_MACEA3
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Bit 7:0 – MACEA3.MACEA3: MAC Extended Address Byte 3
6.15.6.10 BBCn_MACEA4 – MAC Extended Address Byte 4
This register contains the MAC extended address bits 39 to 32.
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Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
MACEA4
BBCn_MACEA4
Bit 7:0 – MACEA4.MACEA4: MAC Extended Address Byte 4
6.15.6.11 BBCn_MACEA5 – MAC Extended Address Byte 5
This register contains the MAC extended address bits 47 to 40.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
MACEA5
BBCn_MACEA5
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
Bit 7:0 – MACEA5.MACEA5: MAC Extended Address Byte 5
6.15.6.12 BBCn_MACEA6 – MAC Extended Address Byte 6
This register contains the MAC extended address bits 55 to 48.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
MACEA6
BBCn_MACEA6
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
Bit 7:0 – MACEA6.MACEA6: MAC Extended Address Byte 6
6.15.6.13 BBCn_MACEA7 – MAC Extended Address Byte 7
This register contains the MAC extended address bits 63 to 56.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
MACEA7
BBCn_MACEA7
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Bit 7:0 – MACEA7.MACEA7: MAC Extended Address Byte 7
6.15.6.14 BBCn_MACPID0F0 – MAC Pan ID Byte 0 Filter 0
This register contains the MAC Pan ID bits 7 to 0 for 3rd level filter unit 0.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
MACPID0F0
BBCn_MACPID0F0
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Bit 7:0 – MACPID0F0.MACPID0F0: MAC Pan ID Byte 0 Filter 0
6.15.6.15 BBCn_MACPID1F0 – MAC Pan ID Byte 1 Filter 0
This register contains the MAC Pan ID bits 15 to 8 for 3rd level filter unit 0.
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Bit
7
6
5
4
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
1
1
1
1
3
2
1
0
RW
RW
RW
RW
1
1
1
1
1
0
MACPID1F0
BBCn_MACPID1F0
Bit 7:0 – MACPID1F0.MACPID1F0: MAC Pan ID Byte 1 Filter 0
6.15.6.16 BBCn_MACSHA0F0 – MAC Short Address Byte 0 Filter 0
This register contains the MAC short address bits 7 to 0 for 3rd level filter unit 0.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
MACSHA0F0
BBCn_MACSHA0F0
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
Bit 7:0 – MACSHA0F0.MACSHA0F0: MAC Short Address Byte 0 Filter 0
6.15.6.17 BBCn_MACSHA1F0 – MAC Short Address Byte 1 Filter 0
This register contains the MAC short address bits 15 to 8 for 3rd level filter unit 0.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
MACSHA1F0
BBCn_MACSHA1F0
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
Bit 7:0 – MACSHA1F0.MACSHA1F0: MAC Short Address Byte 1 Filter 0
6.15.6.18 BBCn_MACPID0F1 – MAC Pan ID Byte 0 Filter 1
This register contains the MAC Pan ID bits 7 to 0 for 3rd level filter unit 1.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
MACPID0F1
BBCn_MACPID0F1
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
Bit 7:0 – MACPID0F1.MACPID0F1: MAC Pan ID Byte 0 Filter 1
6.15.6.19 BBCn_MACPID1F1 – MAC Pan ID Byte 1 Filter 1
This register contains the MAC Pan ID bits 15 to 8 for 3rd level filter unit 1.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
MACPID1F1
BBCn_MACPID1F1
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Bit 7:0 – MACPID1F1.MACPID1F1: MAC Pan ID Byte 1 Filter 1
6.15.6.20 BBCn_MACSHA0F1 – MAC Short Address Byte 0 Filter 1
This register contains the MAC short address bits 7 to 0 for 3rd level filter unit 1.
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Bit
7
6
5
4
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
1
1
1
1
3
2
1
0
RW
RW
RW
RW
1
1
1
1
1
0
MACSHA0F1
BBCn_MACSHA0F1
Bit 7:0 – MACSHA0F1.MACSHA0F1: MAC Short Address Byte 0 Filter 1
6.15.6.21 BBCn_MACSHA1F1 – MAC Short Address Byte 1 Filter 1
This register contains the MAC short address bits 15 to 8 for 3rd level filter unit 1.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
MACSHA1F1
BBCn_MACSHA1F1
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
Bit 7:0 – MACSHA1F1.MACSHA1F1: MAC Short Address Byte 1 Filter 1
6.15.6.22 BBCn_MACPID0F2 – MAC Pan ID Byte 0 Filter 2
This register contains the MAC Pan ID bits 7 to 0 for 3rd level filter unit 2.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
MACPID0F2
BBCn_MACPID0F2
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
Bit 7:0 – MACPID0F2.MACPID0F2: MAC Pan ID Byte 0 Filter 2
6.15.6.23 BBCn_MACPID1F2 – MAC Pan ID Byte 1 Filter 2
This register contains the MAC Pan ID bits 15 to 8 for 3rd level filter unit 2.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
MACPID1F2
BBCn_MACPID1F2
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
Bit 7:0 – MACPID1F2.MACPID1F2: MAC Pan ID Byte 1 Filter 2
6.15.6.24 BBCn_MACSHA0F2 – MAC Short Address byte 0 Filter 2
This register contains the MAC short address bits 7 to 0 for 3rd level filter unit 2.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
MACSHA0F2
BBCn_MACSHA0F2
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Bit 7:0 – MACSHA0F2.MACSHA0F2: MAC Short Address byte 0 Filter 2
6.15.6.25 BBCn_MACSHA1F2 – MAC Short Address byte 1 Filter 2
This register contains the MAC short address bits 15 to 8 for 3rd level filter unit 2.
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Bit
7
6
5
4
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
1
1
1
1
3
2
1
0
RW
RW
RW
RW
1
1
1
1
1
0
MACSHA1F2
BBCn_MACSHA1F2
Bit 7:0 – MACSHA1F2.MACSHA1F2: MAC Short Address byte 1 Filter 2
6.15.6.26 BBCn_MACPID0F3 – MAC Pan ID Byte 0 Filter 3
This register contains the MAC Pan ID bits 7 to 0 for 3rd level filter unit 3.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
MACPID0F3
BBCn_MACPID0F3
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
Bit 7:0 – MACPID0F3.MACPID0F3: MAC Pan ID Byte 0 Filter 3
6.15.6.27 BBCn_MACPID1F3 – MAC Pan ID Byte 1 Filter 3
This register contains the MAC Pan ID bits 15 to 8 for 3rd level filter unit 3.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
MACPID1F3
BBCn_MACPID1F3
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
Bit 7:0 – MACPID1F3.MACPID1F3: MAC Pan ID Byte 1 Filter 3
6.15.6.28 BBCn_MACSHA0F3 – MAC Short Address byte 0 Filter 3
This register contains the MAC short address bits 7 to 0 for 3rd level filter unit 3.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
MACSHA0F3
BBCn_MACSHA0F3
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
Bit 7:0 – MACSHA0F3.MACSHA0F3: MAC Short Address byte 0 Filter 3
6.15.6.29 BBCn_MACSHA1F3 – MAC Short Address byte 1 Filter 3
This register contains the MAC short address bits 15 to 8 for 3rd level filter unit 3.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
MACSHA1F3
BBCn_MACSHA1F3
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Bit 7:0 – MACSHA1F3.MACSHA1F3: MAC Short Address byte 1 Filter 3
6.15.6.30 BBCn_AMCS – Auto Mode Configuration and Status
This register contains configuration and status information for the auto modes.
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Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
AACKFT
AACKFA
AACKDR
AACKS
AACK
CCAED
CCATX
TX2RX
Read/Write
R
RW
RW
RW
RW
R
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
BBCn_AMCS
Bit 7 – AMCS.AACKFT: Auto Acknowledgement Frame Transmit
If this bit has been set to 1, the AACK procedure has automatically transmitted an ACK frame. Otherwise no automatic
ACK frame has been transmitted. This bit is updated with the IRQ RXFE if the AACK procedure is active.
Table 6-139. AACKFT
Sub-register
Value
AACKFT
Description
0x0
No ACK frame has been automatically transmitted,
0x1
An ACK frame has been automatically transmitted.
Bit 6 – AMCS.AACKFA: Auto Acknowledgement FCS Adaption
If this sub-register is set to 1, the FCS type of the automatically generated ACK frame is derived from the FCS type of
the received frame. Otherwise, if this sub-register is 0, the FCS type of the ACK frame is derived from the setting in subregister PC.FCST.
Table 6-140. AACKFA
Sub-register
Value
AACKFA
Description
0x0
FCS type of AACK derived from setting FCST
0x1
FCS type of AACK derived from previous received frame
Bit 5 – AMCS.AACKDR: Auto Acknowledgement Data Rate
If this bit is set to 1, the automatic acknowledgement is sent using the modulation settings of the received frame. If this
bit is set to 0, the automatic acknowledgement is transmitted using the current PHY settings.
Table 6-141. AACKDR
Sub-register
AACKDR
Value
Description
0x0
Automatic ACK data rate derived from current PHY settings
0x1
Automatic ACK data rate equals received frame
Bit 4 – AMCS.AACKS: Auto Acknowledgement Source
If this bit is set to 0, the automatic acknowledgement is sent by the transceiver respective to IEEE Std 802.15.4-2006.
The transmit frame buffer is not changed. If this bit is set to 1, the automatic acknowledgement is transmitted from the
transmit frame buffer.
Table 6-142. AACKS
Sub-register
AACKS
Value
Description
0x0
Automatic ACK generated by transceiver
0x1
Automatic ACK transmit from transmit frame buffer
Bit 3 – AMCS.AACK: Auto Acknowledgement
If this bit is set to 1, the automatic acknowledgement feature is enabled. This bit is only applicable if the address filter is
enabled.
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Table 6-143. AACK
Sub-register
Value
AACK
Description
0x0
Automatic Acknowledge disabled
0x1
Automatic Acknowledge enabled
Bit 2 – AMCS.CCAED: CCA Energy Detection Result
This bit indicates the status of the result of the last CCA measurement. It is updated with the finished ED measurement,
while the procedure CCATX is active.
Table 6-144. CCAED
Sub-register
Name
CCAED
BB_CH_CLEAR
0x0
Channel is clear
BB_CH_BUSY
0x1
Channel is busy
Value
Description
Bit 1 – AMCS.CCATX: CCA Measurement and automatic Transmit
If this bit is set to 1, the auto mode feature CCA with automatic transmit is enabled.
Table 6-145. CCATX
Sub-register
Value
CCATX
Description
0x0
CCATX procedure is disabled
0x1
CCATX procedure is enabled
Bit 0 – AMCS.TX2RX: Transmit and Switch to Receive
If this bit is set to 1, the transceiver switches automatically to state RX if a transmit is completed.
Table 6-146. TX2RX
Sub-register
Value
TX2RX
Description
0x0
TX2RX procedure disabled
0x1
TX2RX procedure enabled
6.15.6.31 BBCn_AMEDT – Auto Mode Energy Detection Threshold
This register contains the energy detection threshold for a CCA measurement. It is stored as a signed number in a
range of [-127..128]. An ED value above the threshold indicates a busy channel, otherwise the channel is assessed as
clear.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
AMEDT
BBCn_AMEDT
Bit 7:0 – AMEDT.AMEDT: Auto Mode Energy Detection Threshold
6.15.6.32 BBCn_AMAACKPD – Auto Mode Automatic ACK Pending Data
This register configures the behaviour of the pending data bit of an automatic acknowledgement frame.
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Bit
7
–
–
Read/Write
R
R
Initial Value
0
0
0
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
–
–
PD3
PD2
PD1
PD0
R
R
RW
RW
RW
RW
0
0
0
0
0
BBCn_AMAACKPD
Bit 3 – AMAACKPD.PD3: Pending Data 3
An automatic acknowledgement frame (transmitted by hardware) contains a set pending data subfield if the following
conditions are met:
- Bit PD3 is set to 1 and
- The 3rd level filter unit #3 has detected a MAC command data request frame prior.
Bit 2 – AMAACKPD.PD2: Pending Data 2
An automatic acknowledgement frame (transmitted by hardware) contains a set pending data subfield if the following
conditions are met:
- Bit PD2 is set to 1 and
- The 3rd level filter unit #2 has detected a MAC command data request frame prior.
Bit 1 – AMAACKPD.PD1: Pending Data 1
An automatic acknowledgement frame (transmitted by hardware) contains a set pending data subfield if the following
conditions are met:
- Bit PD1 is set to 1 and
- The 3rd level filter unit #1 has detected a MAC command data request frame prior.
Bit 0 – AMAACKPD.PD0: Pending Data 0
An automatic acknowledgement frame (transmitted by hardware) contains a set of pending data subfield if the following
conditions are met:
- Bit PD0 is set to 1 and
- The 3rd level filter unit #0 has detected a MAC command data request frame prior.
6.15.6.33 BBCn_AMAACKTL – Auto Mode Automatic ACK Time
This register configures the time between IRQ RXFE and an automatic acknowledgement frame start in us. It contains
the low byte.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
AMAACKTL
BBCn_AMAACKTL
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Bit 7:0 – AMAACKTL.AMAACKTL: Auto Mode Automatic ACK Time
6.15.6.34 BBCn_AMAACKTH – Auto Mode Automatic ACK Time
This register configures the time between IRQ RXFE and an automatic acknowledgement frame start in us. It contains
the three most significant bits.
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Bit
7
–
–
–
–
–
Read/Write
R
R
R
R
R
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
AMAACKTH
BBCn_AMAACKTH
Bit 2:0 – AMAACKTH.AMAACKTH: Auto Mode Automatic ACK Time
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6.16
Random Number Generator
The AT86RF215 has a true random number generator implemented. The unit generates random values by observation
of noise. A random value contains eight bits and is available in register RFn_RNDV. It is updated with a period of tRND.
The random values in RFn_RNDV are valid only if the following conditions are met:
The AT86RF215 operates in state RX and the PLL has locked.
The bit RXBWC.IFS must be set to 1
The analog frontend (see "Receiver Analog Frontend" on page 52) of the radio must be configured to the
widest filter bandwidth (RXBWC.BW = 0x0B).
After entering state RX, the first two random values are invalid and are read from register RFn_RNDV.
To prevent the baseband core from unwanted synchronization and frame reception during random number value
reading, it is recommended switching off the baseband core by bit PC.BBEN.
6.16.1 Register Description
6.16.1.1 RFn_RNDV – Random Value
The register contains an eight bit random value.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
RNDV
RFn_RNDV
Read/Write
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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6.17
Phase Measurement Unit
6.17.1 Description
The Phase Measurement Unit (PMU) allows register based monitoring of the phase and several other signal
parameters of the output of the Receiver Digital Frontend (RX_DFE) with a constant PMU period of 8 us.
Given the complex RX_DFE output signal with components I_DATA and Q_DATA (see Figure 6-6 on page 53) ,
denoted as x = xi + i*xq, Table 6-147 describes the PMU result options. Column BBCn_PMUC reflects the required bitcombination for control register BBCn_PMUC (MSB left; ‘x’ mark don’t care bits). A single configuration provides
synchronous result values in all output registers BBCn_PMUVAL, BBCn_PMUQF, BBCn_PMUI and BBCn_PMUQ.
Table 6-147. PMU Signal Monitoring Options
Description
Expression
Output Register
BBCn_PMUC
Sampled Phase
round( arg(x) / pi * 128 )
BBCn_PMUVAL
8’b0xxxxx01
Average Phase
round( arg(mean(x)) / pi * 128 )
BBCn_PMUVAL
8’b0xxxxx11
Sampled Real Part
Re{x}, rounded to 8 bit
BBCn_PMUI
8’b01xxxx01
Sampled Imaginary Part
Im{x}, rounded to 8 bit
BBCn_PMUQ
8’b01xxxx01
Average Real Part
mean( Re{x} ), rounded to 8 bit
BBCn_PMUI
8’b01xxxx11
Average Imaginary Part
mean( Im{x} ), rounded to 8 bit
BBCn_PMUQ
8’b01xxxx11
Sampled Normalized Real Part
round( Re{ exp(i*arg(x)) } * 63 )
BBCn_PMUI
8’b00xxxx01
Sampled Normalized Imaginary
Part
round( Re{ exp(i*arg(x)) } * 63 )
BBCn_PMUQ
8’b00xxxx01
Average Normalized Real Part
round( Re{ exp(i*arg(mean(x))) } * 63 )
BBCn_PMUI
8’b00xxxx11
Average Normalized Imaginary Part
round( Re{ exp(i*arg(mean(x))) } * 63 )
BBCn_PMUQ
8’b00xxxx11
Phase Stability (Quality Factor)
inverse mean deviation of arg(x) over
PMU period
BBCn_PMUQF
8’b0x0xxxx1
Frequency Offset (Phase Drift)
FO[Hz] = 500 kHz * BBCn_PMUQF / 256
BBCn_PMUQF
8’b0x1xxxx1,
fs = 1MHz
While ‘Sampled’ parameters are single captures of x at the end of the PMU period, averaging combines all samples
within.
Note that for frequency offset measurement the RX_DFE sample rate shall be configured to 1 MHz.
Depending on the application it might be necessary to evaluate these signal parameters strictly synchronous to the
PMU period. Sub register PMUC.SYNC helps to verify this synchronization. It reflects a 1MHz counter running from 0 to
7 during the 8 us PMU period. All output registers are updated at the transition from 7 to 0.
6.17.2 Register
6.17.2.1 BBCn_PMUC – PMU Control
This is the main control register for PMU functionality.
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Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
CCFTS
IQSEL
FED
AVG
EN
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
R
R
R
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
SYNC
0
BBCn_PMUC
Bit 7 – PMUC.CCFTS: Channel Center Frequency Time Synchronization
Channel Center Frequency Time Synchronization allows to restrict channel center frequency changes to a raster equal
to the PMU period.
Table 6-148. CCFTS
Sub-register
CCFTS
Value
Description
0x0
Changes on the channel center frequency are directly applied according to register CNM.
0x1
Changes on the channel center frequency, initiated by register CNM, are time-aligned to the
PMU period of 8 us.
Bit 6 – PMUC.IQSEL: IQ Output Selector
IQSEL selects, if (PMUI+i*PMUQ) returns the normalized or not normalized I/Q representation corresponding to
PMUVAL.
Table 6-149. IQSEL
Sub-register
IQSEL
Value
Description
0x0
Normalized I/Q: (PMUI + i*PMUQ) ~= 63 * exp( i * pi * PMUVAL / 128 )
0x1
I/Q without normalization: arg(PMUI + i*PMUQ) = pi * PMUVAL / 128.
Bit 5 – PMUC.FED: Frequency Error Detection
If enabled, the PMUQF returns a frequency error estimate instead of the PMU quality factor.
Table 6-150. FED
Sub-register
FED
Value
Description
0x0
Frequency error detection is disabled. PMUQF acts as an unsigned quality factor value
[0..255].
0x1
Frequency error detection is enabled. For a sample rate of 1 MHz (RXDFE_SR==4) the
measured frequency offset calculates to FO[Hz] = 1MHz/2 * PMUQF/256, where PMUQF is
interpreted as a signed 2th-complement value [-128..127].
Bit 4:2 – PMUC.SYNC: PMU Synchronisation
This subfield reflects a 1MHz counter running from 0 to 7 during the 8us PMU period and is dedicated for software
synchronisation.
Bit 1 – PMUC.AVG: I/Q Averaging Enable
If averaging is enabled, the PMU computes a phase value, from the averaged receiver digital frontend I/Q output. The
averaging period is equal to the PMU period (8us). If averaging is disabled, the SNR of a PMU phase value depends on
the frontend filter configuration.
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Table 6-151. AVG
Sub-register
Value
AVG
Description
0x0
I/Q sampling at end of PMU period
0x1
I/Q averaging over PMU period
Bit 0 – PMUC.EN: PMU Enable
If enabled, the phase measurement unit (PMU) periodically measures phase and other signal parameters based on the
receiver digital frontend I/Q output.
Table 6-152. EN
Sub-register
Value
EN
Description
0x0
PMU disabled
0x1
PMU enabled
6.17.2.2 BBCn_PMUVAL – PMU Phase Value
The PMU phase value is an 8-bit value, covering angles 0 to 2*pi, in 256 steps. A value of zero equals 0 degrees, a
value of 255 equals 360/256*255 degrees.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
PMUVAL
BBCn_PMUVAL
Read/Write
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Bit 7:0 – PMUVAL.PMUVAL: PMU Phase Value
6.17.2.3 BBCn_PMUQF – PMU Quality Factor
If PMUC_FED=0, PMUQF represents the PMU quality factor as an 8-bit value related to the average change of phase
drift during the PMU measurement interval. A value of 255 indicates best quality. If PMUC_FED=1, PMUQF represents
a 2th-complement frequency offset measure.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
PMUQF
BBCn_PMUQF
Read/Write
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
Bit 7:0 – PMUQF.PMUQF: PMU Quality Factor
6.17.2.4 BBCn_PMUI – PMU I/Q value, real part.
Real part of the PMU measurement value, 2th-complement (signed)
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
PMUI
BBCn_PMUI
Read/Write
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Bit 7:0 – PMUI.PMUI: PMU I/Q value, real part, 2th-complement (signed)
6.17.2.5 BBCn_PMUQ – PMU I/Q value, imaginary part
Imaginary part of the PMU measurement value, 2th-complement (signed)
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Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Read/Write
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
PMUQ
BBCn_PMUQ
Bit 7:0 – PMUQ.PMUQ: PMU I/Q value, imaginary part, 2th-complement (signed)
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6.18
Timestamp Counter
6.18.1 Overview
Each baseband core contains a Timestamp Counter module with a 32-bit counter. The module can capture different
timestamp information of received or transmitted frames or it operates as a free running counter.
The registers BBCn_CNT0, BBCn_CNT1, BBCn_CNT2, BBCn_CNT3 are concatenated to the 32-bit counter word
CNT. The register BBCn_CNT0 contains the least significant bits; BBCn_CNT3 contains the most significant bits. To
retrieve a consistent 32-bit CNT value, all four registers must be read by a SPI block read access (see section "Block
Access Mode" on page 17) starting with the register BBCn_CNT0. Otherwise, it leads to an inconsistent value.
The counter offers several modes, see Table 6-153. The counter is enabled by setting the sub-register CNTC.EN to 1. If
the sub-register is set to 0, the counter is stopped and reset to zero. The counter is reset to 0 automatically if either subregister CNTC.RSTRXS or CNTC.RSTTXS is set to 1 and the respective event occurs.
If enabled, the counter is running in all transceiver states, except states RESET, SLEEP and DEEP_SLEEP. It is
clocked with a clock rate of 32MHz. If the counter reaches its maximum value of 0xFFFFFFFF, the counter overflows to
zero with the next clock cycle.
Table 6-153. Counter Modes
Counter Mode
Configuration
Comment
Off
CNTC.EN = 0
The counter is reset to zero.
Free running
CNTC.CAPRXS = 0 and
CNTC.CAPTXS = 0
The timestamp counter module operates in free
running counter mode. The CNT value reflects the
current counter value.
Capture
CNTC.CAPRXS = 1 or
CNTC.CAPTXS = 1
The timestamp counter module operates in
capture mode. The CNT value reflects the last
captured value.
A typical application for the timestamp counter is visualized in Figure 6-37. It shows the reset of the counter value CNT
with a TX start event and capture of the counter value with an RX frame start event.
Note, the TX start event occurs ttx_bb_delay after the command TX is written to the register RFn_CMD (see 6.1.4).
Figure 6-37. Application Example Timestamp Counter
CNT
counter
y
x-1 x
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
z
z-1 z z+1 z+2 z+3
TX start
RX start
Note:
BBCn_CNTC.RSTTXS = 1
BBCn_CNTC.CAPRXS = 1
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6.18.2 Register Description
6.18.2.1 BBCn_CNTC – Counter Configuration
This register configures the timestamp counter.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
–
–
–
CAPTXS
CAPRXS
RSTTXS
RSTRXS
EN
Read/Write
R
R
R
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
BBCn_CNTC
Bit 4 – CNTC.CAPTXS: Capture of Counter Values at TX Start Event
If this bit is set to 1, the counter value is captured to the registers BBCn_CNTn triggered by a TX start event. The TX
start event complies to the rising edge of the enable of the power amplifier. If neither sub-register CAPRXS nor
CAPTXS is set to 1, the registers BBCn_CNTn contain the current counter value.
Table 6-154. CAPTXS
Sub-register
Value
CAPTXS
Description
0x0
The counter value is not captured to registers BBCn_CNTn at TX start event.
0x1
The counter value is captured to registers BBCn_CNTn at TX start event.
Bit 3 – CNTC.CAPRXS: Capture of Counter Values at RX Start Event
If this bit is set to 1, the counter value is captured to the registers BBCn_CNTn triggered by an RX frame start event.
The RX frame start event complies to the interrupt RXFS. If neither sub-register CAPRXS nor CAPTXS is set to 1, the
registers BBCn_CNTn contain the current counter value.
Table 6-155. CAPRXS
Sub-register
CAPRXS
Value
Description
0x0
The counter value is not captured to registers BBCn_CNTn at RX frame start event.
0x1
The counter value is captured to registers BBCn_CNTn at RX frame start event.
Bit 2 – CNTC.RSTTXS: Reset at TX Start Event
If this bit is set to 1, the counter is reset at TX start event.
Table 6-156. RSTTXS
Sub-register
RSTTXS
Value
Description
0x0
The counter is not reset at TX start event
0x1
The counter is reset at TX start event
Bit 1 – CNTC.RSTRXS: Reset at RX Start Event
If this bit is set to 1, the counter is reset at RX frame start event. The RX frame start event complies to the interrupt
RXFS.
Table 6-157. RSTRXS
Sub-register
RSTRXS
Value
Description
0x0
The counter is not reset at RX frame start event.
0x1
The counter is reset at RX frame start event.
Bit 0 – CNTC.EN: Enable
If this bit is set to 1, the counter is enabled.
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Table 6-158. EN
Sub-register
Value
EN
Description
0x0
The counter is disabled and reset to zero.
0x1
The counter is enabled and running.
6.18.2.2 BBCn_CNT0 – Counter Byte 0
This register contains bits 7 to 0 of the 32-bit timestamp counter. The counter has a resolution of 1/32MHz. For a
consistent counter value the registers BBCn_CNT0...3 have to be read by a SPI block access.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
CNT0
BBCn_CNT0
Read/Write
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Bit 7:0 – CNT0.CNT0: Counter Byte 0
6.18.2.3 BBCn_CNT1 – Counter Byte 1
This register contains bits 15 to 8 of the 32-bit timestamp counter. The counter has a resolution of 1/32MHz. For a
consistent counter value the registers BBCn_CNT0...3 have to be read by a SPI block access.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
CNT1
BBCn_CNT1
Read/Write
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Bit 7:0 – CNT1.CNT1: Counter Byte 1
6.18.2.4 BBCn_CNT2 – Counter Byte 2
This register contains bits 23 to 16 of the 32-bit timestamp counter. The counter has a resolution of 1/32MHz. For a
consistent counter value the registers BBCn_CNT0...3 have to be read by a SPI block access.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
CNT2
BBCn_CNT2
Read/Write
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Bit 7:0 – CNT2.CNT2: Counter Byte 2
6.18.2.5 BBCn_CNT3 – Counter Byte 3
This register contains bits 31 to 24 of the 32-bit timestamp counter. The counter has a resolution of 1/32MHz. For a
consistent counter value the registers BBCn_CNT0...3 have to be read by a SPI block access.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
CNT3
BBCn_CNT3
Read/Write
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Bit 7:0 – CNT3.CNT3: Counter Byte 3
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7.
Transceiver Usage
The following sections provide a reference about how to configure and control the AT86RF215 for transmit and receive
procedures.
7.1
Transceiver Usage in Baseband Mode
In order to transmit or receive a frame using the AT86RF215 in baseband mode (see section "Operating Modes" on
page 30), the radio and the baseband needs to be configured according to the following items:
Channel configuration
PLL and channel configuration are described in section "Frequency Synthesizer (PLL)" on page 62.
Frontend configuration
The transmitter frontend is described in section "Transmitter Frontend" on page 43 and the receiver frontend is
described in section "Receiver Frontend" on page 52.
Energy measurement and AGC configuration
The energy measurement and AGC configuration are described in section "Energy Measurement" on page 56
and "Automatic Gain Control (AGC)" on page 53 respectively.
Baseband configuration
The general baseband configuration is described in section "Baseband Core" on page 81.
State control
The state machine and the state control are described in section "State Machine" on page 33.
Interrupt handling
The interrupt handling is described in section "Interrupts" on page 38.
MAC support (only required if auto mode is used)
Automatic procedures support IEEE MAC-based operations and can reduced the MCU load. The embedded
functionality of the MAC support is described in section "IEEE MAC Support" on page 141.
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7.2
Example: Transceiver Usage in Baseband Mode
This section describes the required steps for transmit and receive in the baseband mode exemplarily.
The transceiver can be operated with or without the support of the embedded MAC functionality. The operation without
the embedded MAC functionality is called basic mode and using the support of the embedded MAC functionality is
called auto mode.
The basic mode allows and requires controlling of every operation step of the transceiver and its timing.
The auto mode aims at MAC protocol operations with respect to [1]. It uses certain MAC protocol functionality from the
baseband modules. By doing so, it can reduce time-critical frame handling such as acknowledgement transmission from
the MCU. The features of the auto mode and their control are described in section "IEEE MAC Support" on page 141.
In section 7.2.1 the common configuration required for transmit and receive is described. Using the basic mode, the
section "Example Transmit Procedure Using Basic Mode" on page 172 focuses on the transmit procedure while section
"Example Receive Procedure Using Basic Mode" on page 173 focuses on the receive procedure. In a similar manner
the transmit and receive procedures with the support of the auto mode are described in section "Example Transmit
Procedure Using Auto Mode" on page 174 and respectively in section "Example Receive Procedure Using Auto Mode"
on page 176.
The sub-1GHz transceiver is used in the following description. Therefore the generic prefixes have to be replaced by
the actual ones. That means, ”RFn” needs to replaced by “RF09” and “BBCn” needs to be replaced by “BBC0”.
The example configuration uses the 915MHz band (channel 3) and MR-OFDM Option 1 with MCS level 3 at 800kb/s.
For further information see section "MR-OFDM PHY" on page 112. If a different modulation scheme such as O-QPSK is
desired, the section "O-QPSK PHY" on page 120 provides corresponding information.
For the following steps it is assumed that the entire device has gone through a reset procedure, such as Power-on
Reset or Chip Reset, and has entered in the State TRXOFF. During the power-on or reset procedure all registers are
set to their default values.
In this walkthrough, the 2.4GHz transceiver is not used and therefore stays in state TRXOFF.
7.2.1
Common Configuration
Control and Data Interfaces
In this configuration walkthrough, the control and data interfaces ("Control and Data Interfaces" on page 13) are used
with their default values.
Interrupt Configuration
For the example configuration the used interrupts (for baseband mode) are enabled by writing the value 0x1F to the
registers RFn_IRQM and BBCn_IRQM. For more information about interrupt configuration and handling see sections
"Interrupt Signalling" on page 19 and "Interrupts" on page 38.
Channel Configuration
The channel center frequency f0 for OFDM Option 1 operated in the 915MHz frequency band is 903.2MHz, see [3]
Table 68d. The channel center frequency f0 needs to be set in the registers RFn_CCF0L and RFn_CCF0H. Due to the
resolution (i.e. 25kHz) of both registers, the register setting CCF0 is calculated as following:
CCF0 = f0 / 25kHz; here: CCF0 = 903.2MHz / 25kHz = 0x8D20.
The low byte of CCF0 needs to be written to RFn_CCF0L while the high byte is written to RFn_CCF0H.
The channel spacing for OFDM Option 1 operated in the 915MHz frequency band is 1.2MHz, see [3] Table 68d. The
value 1.2MHz is encoded for the register RFn_CS to the value 0x30.
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The presented procedure uses channel 3 in the IEEE-compliant channel scheme. Therefore the value 0x03 is written
first to register RFn_CNL and then the value 0x00 is written to register RFn_CNM to trigger the channel setting update.
The described configuration leads to the channel frequency of 906.8MHz.
Frontend Configuration
The transmitter and receiver frontends need to be configured to support OFDM Option 1. According to table
"Recommended Transmitter Frontend Configuration" on page 113 and table "Recommended PHY Receiver and Digital
Frontend Configuration" on page 115 , the following sub-registers are set as follows:
TXDFE.SR and RXDFE.SR are set to 3,
TXDFE.RCUT and RXDFE.RCUT are set to 4,
TXCUTC.LPFCUT is set to 0xB and
RXBWC.BW is set to 9.
The sub-registers TXCUTC.PARAMP and RXBWC.IFS are kept to their default values of 0.
The maximum transmit power is limited for OFDM due to its signal characteristics, see section "MR-OFDM PHY" on
page 112 and sub-register PAC.TXPWR. The sub-register PAC.TXPWR is set to 0x1C.
Energy Measurement and AGC Configuration
The reset values for the AGC configuration are already suitable for ODFM Option 1; the sub-register AGCC.AVGS and
AGCC.AGCI are kept to 0 and the sub-register AGCS.TGT is kept to 3.
For CCA measurement the energy detection average duration is set to 960µs. This is equal to 8 symbols with a symbol
duration of 120µs, see [3] Table 70 and section 18.2. This measurement duration is set by writing the value 0x7A to the
register RFn_EDD.
Modulation Configuration
To make use of the MR-OFDM modulation, the PHY type needs to be configured; set the sub-register PC.PT to 2 (MROFDM). For this example all other sub-registers of register BBCn_PC are not changed. The OFDM modulation is
configured to use option 1 and the data rate of 800kb/s. After reset, the OFDM option 1 is set as the default value in the
sub-register OFDMC.OPT. The data rate is configured by the sub-register OFDMPHRRX.MCS. The desired data rate is
achieved by setting sub-register OFDMPHRTX.MCS to 3.
Configuration Summary
The Table 7-1 shows all registers and their values that are changed (in comparison to their reset value) for this example
configuration:
Table 7-1.
Example Register Configuration
Register
Value
Register
Value
RF09_IRQM, 0x100
0x1F
BBC0_IRQM, 0x300
0x1F
RF09_CS, 0x104
0x30
BBC0_PC, 0x301
0x56
RF09_CCF0L, 0x105
0x20
BBC0_OFDMPHRTX, 0x30C
0x03
RF09_CCF0H, 0x106
0x8D
RF09_CNL, 0x107, Note 1
0x03
RF09_RXBWC, 0x109
0x09
RF09_RXDFE, 0x10A
0x83
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Register
Value
RF09_EDD, 0x10F
0x7A
RF09_RNDV, 0x111
Note 2
RF09_TXCUTC, 0x112
0x0B
RF09_TXDFE, 0x113
0x83
RF09_PAC, 0x114
0x7C
Note:
7.2.2
Register
Value
1.
To trigger the channel setting update, the value 0x00 is written to register RFn_CNM even if this value is
not changed.
2.
This register content varies. For further information see section "Random Number Generator" on page 161.
Example Transmit Procedure Using Basic Mode
Before a frame is transmitted, the channel is usually checked for any other ongoing transmission. This is done in the
context of a CSMA procedure. This section omits the CSMA backoff procedure and directly measures the channel’s
energy to determine if the channel is idle or not. If a frame should be transmitted without any CSMA procedure, the
following step can be skipped.
Clear Channel Assessment (CCA)
The CCA sequence uses the energy measurement feature, see section "Energy Measurement" on page 56. Figure 7-1
shows the procedure of the CCA sequence. Note, the figure does not represent the absolute time scale.
Figure 7-1. CCA Sequence
State
Instruction
TRXOFF
TRANSITION
CMD=TXPREP
TXPREP
BBEN=0 CMD=RX
RX
TXPREP
EDM=1
TRXOFF
CMD=TXPREP CMD=TRXOFF
BBEN=1
Read EDV
IRQ
TRXRDY
Time
EDC
TRXRDY
960µs
To avoid any frame decoding or detection during the energy measurement, the baseband is disabled by setting
PC.BBEN to 0. From state TRXOFF that is reached after completion of the reset or power-on procedure, the command
TXPREP is written to the register RFn_CMD. The command TXPREP causes the radio to set the desired frequency and
to power-on AVDD. Once this is completed, the state TXPREP is reached and the interrupt IRQS.TRXRDY is issued.
From the state TXPREP the command RX is written to the register RFn_CMD to reach state RX. The energy
measurement is triggered by setting EDC.EDM to 1.
The measurement completion is indicated by interrupt IRQS.EDC. To reduce the power consumption and to prepare the
next steps, the transceiver is set to the state TXPREP by writing the command TXPREP to the register RFn_CMD. The
baseband is enabled again by setting PC.BBEN to 1. Once the transceiver reaches the state TXPREP, the interrupt
IRQS.TRXRDY is issued. To reach state TRXOFF, the command TRXOFF is written to the register RFn_CMD.
The result of the energy measurement is read from the register RFn_EDV.
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Frame Transmission
Before the frame can be transmitted, the frame length needs to be written to the registers BBCn_TXFLL and
BBCn_TXFLH. The length value includes the FCS octets that are automatically appended to the frame contents as part
of the PSDU. In this example the FCS type is kept to its default value, see PC.FCST.
There are two options to handle the frame download and transmit start sequence. Either the transmission is triggered
first and afterwards the frame content is provided to the TX frame buffer or the frame content is provided first and frame
transmission is triggered afterwards. The first approach leads to an earlier transmission over-the-air, but may cause a
buffer under-run issue. For further information see section "Frame Buffer" on page 132. In Figure 7-2 the frame
transmission sequence using the second approach is shown.
Figure 7-2. Frame Transmit Sequence
RF signal
State
Instruction
TRXOFF
Set TX
length
Frame download via SPI,
begin writing at
BBC0_FBTXS
TRANSITION
TXPREP
CMD=TXPREP
TX
TXPREP
CMD=TX
IRQ
TRXRDY
TXFE
After the frame length has been set, the frame content is written to the TX frame buffer. It is not required to write the
FCS octets to the frame buffer. The FCS octets are appended during transmission automatically if enabled by the subregister PC.TXAFCS.
Frame transmission can only be triggered from the state TXPREP. The state TXPREP is reached from the state
TRXOFF by writing the command TXPREP to the register RFn_CMD. Once the state TXPREP is reached, the interrupt
TRXRDY is issued. From state TXPREP the transmission is triggered by writing the command TX to the register
RFn_CMD.
The baseband starts the transmission with PA up-ramping, sending the corresponding frame preamble and PHY
header. After the transmission of the preamble and the PHY header, the TX frame buffer content is transmitted.
If the transmission of the frame content including FCS and PA down-ramping is completed, the interrupt IRQS.TXFE is
issued and the state is automatically changed to TXPREP.
7.2.3
Example Receive Procedure Using Basic Mode
After the example configuration (see section 7.2 on page 170) is completed, the transceiver is switched to state RX by
writing the command RX to the register RFn_CMD. Now the receiver is able to receive a frame. The frame reception
sequence is shown by Figure 7-3.
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Figure 7-3. Frame Receive Sequence
RF signal
State
Instruction
TRXOFF
TRANSITION
RX
TXPREP
Read frame length
Upload frame content
Read EDV
CMD=RX
IRQ
AGCH
RXFS
RXAM
RXFE,
AGCR
If the baseband core detects a preamble, it holds the AGC automatically. If a valid frame header is decoded by the
OFDM unit, the interrupt IRQS.RXFS is issued.
(The interrupt IRQS.RXAM is triggered, if the frame filter is configured and enabled and the received frame matches the
corresponding settings. For further information see section "Frame Filter" on page 141. The presented example
configuration does not use the frame filter.)
The end of the frame reception is indicated by the interrupt IRQS.RXFE. It is issued, if the FCS validation is correct.
With the interrupt IRQS.RXFE, the state is automatically changed from RX to TXPREP. If the frame is not received
completely or the FCS validation is not correct, the transceiver stays in state RX to receive the next frame and the AGC
is released.
The length of the received frame can be read from the registers BBCn_RXFLL and BBCn_RXFLH. With the length
information the frame can be read from the frame buffer starting at register BBCn_FBRXS. If the energy of the received
frame is of interest, it can be read from the register RFn_EDV. The energy measurement has been automatically
triggered by the baseband core with the interrupt IRQS.RXFS.
7.2.4
Example Transmit Procedure Using Auto Mode
The following paragraphs explain how to use the auto mode for implementing the transmit procedure described in
section 7.2.2 on page 172. Using the automatic CCATX feature combines CCA and frame transmission, thus reducing
microcontroller to transceiver interaction. The CCATX feature performs the energy measurement for the CCA procedure
automatically, compares the measured value to the configured threshold and triggers transmission if the channel is idle.
The details of the CCATX procedure are available in section "Clear Channel Assessment with Automatic Transmit
(CCATX)" on page 148.
Figure 7-4 shows the CCA sequence followed by the frame transmission. Note, the figure does not represent the
absolute time scale.
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Figure 7-4. CCA and Frame Transmit Sequence using Auto Mode
RF signal
State
Instruction
TRXOFF
AMEDT=0xAC
CCATX=1
BBEN=0
TRANSITION
TXPREP
CMD=TXPREP
CMD=RX
RX
TXPREP
Set TX length,
EDM=1 download
frame via SPI,
begin writing at
BBC0_FBTXS
TX
TXPREP
Read
CCAED
IRQ
EDC,
TRXRDY
TRXRDY
TXFE
Time
960µs
In state TRXOFF that is reached after completion of the reset or power-on procedure, the transceiver gets configured as
described in section "Common Configuration" on page 170. The power-on procedure and the common configuration is
not shown in Figure 7-4.
In the same way as in the basic mode, the CCA duration and measurement mode are configured as described in
section "Energy Measurement" on page 56. Besides that, the CCATX procedure requires to setup the energy threshold
determining which energy level is assessed as idle or busy. The energy threshold value for the example (OFDM option
1, MCS 3) is -84dBm (see [1]). This value is configured by writing the value 0xAC to register BBCn_AMEDT.
The automatic CCATX procedure is enabled by setting the bit AMCS.CCATX to 1. To avoid unwanted conflicts with
other automatic procedures, it is recommend disabling procedures such as automatic acknowledgment transmission
and transmit and switch to receive by setting AMCS.AACK to 0 and AMCS.TX2RX to 0, respectively while CCATX is in
use. To avoid any frame decoding or detection during the energy measurement, the baseband cores are disabled by
setting PC.BBEN to 0.
From state TRXOFF the command TXPREP is written to the register RFn_CMD. The command TXPREP causes the
radio to set the desired frequency and to power-on AVDD. Once this is completed, the state TXPREP is reached and
the interrupt IRQS.TRXRDY is issued.
From the state TXPREP the command RX is written to the register RFn_CMD to reach state RX. The energy
measurement is triggered by setting EDC.EDM to 1.
Before the frame can be transmitted, the frame length needs to be written to the registers BBCn_TXFLL and
BBCn_TXFLH. The length value includes the FCS octets that are appended to the frame contents automatically as part
of the PSDU. In this example the FCS type is kept to its default value, see PC.FCST.
There are several options when to download the frame to the frame buffer. It can be downloaded either before the entire
CCATX procedure, during the CCA measurement period or during the preamble transmission. It needs be ensured that
the frame content is available to the baseband for actual transmission to avoid a buffer under-run issue. For further
information about the buffer under-run issue see section "Frame Buffer" on page 132. In this example, the frame
content is downloaded to the frame buffer during the energy measurement period.
The energy measurement completion is indicated by the interrupt IRQS.EDC. If the measured energy value is below the
threshold value set in the register BBCn_AMEDT, the CCATX procedure continues and switches to the state TX. Since
switching from state RX to state TX transits the state TXPREP, the interrupt TRXRDY is issued. With the interrupt
IRQS.EDC the status bit AMCS.CCAED is updated. It provides the status of the comparison between measured and
configured energy threshold. The value of the energy measurement can be read from register RFn_EDV.
If the measured energy is above the configured threshold, the state is not switched automatically to TX. It stays in state
RX instead. Figure 6-35 on page 149 shows a busy channel scenario. If further frame reception is requested, the
baseband needs to be enabled again by setting PC.BBEN to 1.
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In state TX the frame is transmitted from the frame buffer. For the frame transmission the baseband is enabled again
automatically. The baseband starts the transmission with PA up-ramping, sending the corresponding frame preamble
and PHY header. After the transmission of the preamble and the PHY header, the TX frame buffer content is
transmitted.
If the transmission of the frame content including FCS and PA down-ramping is completed, the interrupt IRQS.TXFE is
issued and the state is changed to TXPREP automatically. Since the interrupt TXFE is always issued at the end of the
CCATX procedure, the status bit AMCS.CCAED provides information about the actual transmission. If the bit indicates
that the channel has been assessed as idle, the frame transmission has been executed automatically during the
CCATX procedure. If the bit indicates a busy channel, the CCATX procedure has not started the frame transmission
after the energy measurement period. Further steps of the CSMA algorithm such as backoff and CCA retry need to be
controlled by the MCU.
7.2.5
Example Receive Procedure Using Auto Mode
The following section describes the receive procedure including acknowledgment frame transmission with the support of
the auto mode. The automatic acknowledgement transmission features (AACK) uses the frame filter module to
determine if an acknowledgement frame needs to be transmitted. The duration between the end of the frame reception
and the ACK frame transmission is configured by registers BBCn_AMAACKTL and BBCn_AMAACKTH. The frame filter
configuration is described in section "Frame Filter" on page 141. The details of the AACK procedure are available in
section "Automatic Acknowledgement (AACK)" on page 146 .
After the example configuration (see section 7.2 on page 170), the above mentioned configuration for the AACK feature
and the frame filter setup are completed, the transceiver is switched to state RX by writing the command RX to the
register RFn_CMD. Now the receiver is able to receive a frame. The frame reception sequence including ACK
transmission is shown in Figure 7-5. Note, the figure does not represent the absolute time scale.
Figure 7-5. Frame Receive Sequence with Automatic Acknowledgment Transmission
RF signal
State
Instruction
RX
TRXOFF
AMAACKTL/H=1080µs
AACK=1
Frame filter config
TRANSITION
TX
RX
TXPREP
TX
TXPREP
Read frame length
Upload frame content
Read EDV
CMD=RX
IRQ
AGCH
RXFS
RXAM
RXFE,
AGCR
TXFE
Time
1080µs
If the baseband core detects a preamble, it holds the AGC automatically. If a valid frame header is decoded by the
OFDM module, the interrupt IRQS.RXFS is issued. The interrupt IRQS.RXAM is triggered if the frame filter detects a
matching address in the received frame.
The end of the frame reception is indicated by the interrupt IRQS.RXFE. It is issued if the FCS validation is correct. With
the interrupt IRQS.RXFE, the state changes from RX to TXPREP automatically. If the frame is not received completely
or the FCS validation is not correct, the transceiver stays in state RX to receive the next frame and the AGC is released.
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The frame filter and the AACK module determine that an ACK transmission is required and start a timer to trigger the
ACK transmission. The timer duration between the end of frame reception and the start of ACK transmission is read
from the registers BBCn_AMAACKTL and BBCn_AMAACKTH. The AACK module creates the ACK frame automatically
and transmits it at the configured time after the interrupt RXFE. At the end of the ACK transmission the interrupt TXFE
is issued and the state TXPREP is entered.
After the interrupt RXFE the length of the received frame can be read from the registers BBCn_RXFLL and
BBCn_RXFLH. With the length information the frame can be read from the frame buffer starting at register
BBCn_FBRXS. If the energy of the received frame is of interest, it can be read from the register RFn_EDV. The energy
measurement has been triggered automatically by the baseband core by the interrupt IRQS.RXFS.
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7.3
Transmitter Usage in I/Q Radio Mode
This section explains how to configure the AT86RF215 for transmission in I/Q radio mode. It is assumed, that the radio
has been reset before and is in State TRXOFF. All interrupts in register RFn_IRQS should be enabled. Following steps
shall be performed:
Enable I/Q radio mode by setting sub-register IQIFC1.CHPM=1 at AT86RF215. For further description of chip
modes, see section "Operating Modes" on page 30. The I/Q radio mode is set by default at AT86RF215IQ.
Configure the Transmitter Frontend:
Set the transmitter analog frontend sub-registers TXCUTC.LPFCUT and TXCUTC.PARAMP, see section
"Transmitter Analog Frontend" on page 44.
Set the transmitter digital frontend sub-registers TXDFE.SR and TXDFE.RCUT, see section "Transmitter
Digital Frontend" on page 43
Configure the channel parameters, see section "Channel Configuration" on page 62 and transmit power, see
section "Power Amplifier" on page 45.
Optional: Perform ED measurement, see section "Energy Measurement" on page 56. The following steps are
recommended:
Configure the measurement period, see register RFn_EDD.
Switch to State RX.
Start and finish a measurement:
For single and continuous ED modes a measurement starts if the mode is written to sub-register
EDC.EDM. The completion of the measurement is indicated by the interrupt IRQS.EDC. The
resulting ED value can be read from register RFn_EDV.
For the automatic mode, a measurement starts by setting bit AGCC.FRZC=1. After the completion of
the measurement period, the ED value can be read from register RFn_EDV.
Switch to State TXPREP; interrupt IRQS.TRXRDY is issued.
To start the actual transmission, there are two possibilities, depending on the setting of sub-register
IQIFC0.EEC:
IQIFC0.EEC=0: Provide I/Q samples on the "Serial I/Q Data Interface". Enable the radio transmitter by
writing command TX to the register RFn_CMD via SPI. Be aware of the critical time alignment between
providing I/Q samples and enabling the radio transmitter, see section "Transmit Control" on page 46.
Make sure to pre-pend zero samples to the I/Q samples for proper PA ramp-up.
IQIFC0.EEC=1: Provide I/Q samples on the "Serial I/Q Data Interface". The transmitter is activated
automatically with the TX start signal embedded in I_DATA[0], see Figure 6-4 on page 47. Provided SPI
commands such as TX and TXPREP are ignored.
To finish a transmission depends on the setting of bit IQIFC0.EEC:
IQIFC0.EEC=0: To leave the State TX, write command TXPREP to the register RFn_CMD. Reaching
State TXPREP is indicated by the interrupt IRQS.TRXRDY. Make sure to append enough padding
samples to the I/Q samples to provide data until the PA is ramped-down, see section "Transmit Control"
on page 46.
IQIFC0.EEC=1: If the bit I_DATA[0] is set to 0 (see Figure 6-4 on page 47) the ramp down process of
the PA is started automatically. After ramp down the transmitter switches back to State TXPREP.
Padding samples are required to avoid spurious emission during PA ramp-down.
An example transmission for IQIFC0.EEC=1 is shown in Figure 7-6. As shown, no external SPI command is needed to
control the transmission; provided SPI commands such as TXPREP are ignored if IQIFC0.EEC=1. The zero samples
have to be pre-pended at least ttx_start_delay before the actual I/Q samples start. The duration of the padding shall
correspond to the PA down-ramp time.
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Figure 7-6. Transmit sequence in I/Q Radio Mode for IQIFC0.EEC=1
ttx_proc_delay
ttx_start_delay
tpa_ramp
ttx_proc_delay
tpa_ramp
RF signal
I_DATA[0]
ttx_start_delay
I/Q Interface
State
Zero Samples
TXPREP
tpa_ramp
I/Q Samples
TX
Padding
TXPREP
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7.4
Receiver Usage in I/Q Radio Mode
This section explains how to configure the AT86RF215 for reception of data in I/Q radio mode. It is assumed, that the
radio has been reset before and is in State TRXOFF. All interrupts in register RFn_IRQS should be enabled
(RFn_IRQM=0x3f). In order to use the receiver in I/Q radio mode the following steps shall be performed:
Enable I/Q radio mode by setting sub-register IQIFC1.CHPM=1. For further description of chip modes, see
section "Operating Modes" on page 30. For AT86RF215IQ the I/Q radio mode is set by default.
Configure the Receiver Frontend:
Set the receiver analog frontend sub-registers RXBWC.BW and RXBWC.IFS, see section "Receiver
Analog Frontend" on page 52.
Set the receiver digital frontend sub-registers RXDFE.SR and RXDFE.RCUT, see section "Receiver
Digital Frontend" on page 53.
Set the AGC registers RFn_AGCC and RFn_AGCS, see section "Automatic Gain Control (AGC)" on
page 53.
Configure the channel, see section "Channel Configuration" on page 62.
Prepare the external baseband for reception of I/Q samples, see section "Serial I/Q Data Interface" on page 22
then enable the radio receiver by writing command RX to the register RFn_CMD. To prevent the AGC from
switching its gain during reception, it is recommended to set AGCC.FRZC=1 after reception of the preamble,
see section 0 on page 54. Accordingly, the AGC has to be released after finishing reception by setting
AGCC.FRZC=0.
Switch to State TXPREP; interrupt IRQS.TRXRDY is issued. TXD and TXCLK are activated as shown in
Figure 4-12 on page 26.
Now, continuous I/Q samples are provided at the I/Q data interface.
The receive state can be stopped at any time by writing command TXPREP to the register RFn_CMD. A successful
state transition to TXPREP is indicated by the interrupt IRQS.TRXRDY.
The receive procedure is exemplary shown in Figure 7-7.
Figure 7-7. Receive Sequence in I/Q Radio Mode
RF signal
I/Q Interface
State
Instruction
I/Q Samples
TRXOFF
TRANSITION
CMD=RX
RX
AGCC.FRZC=1
TXPREP
CMD=TXPREP
AGCC.FRZC=0
IRQ
TRXRDY
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8.
Register Summary
All registers not mentioned within the following table are reserved for internal use and must not be overwritten. When
writing to a register, any reserved bits shall be overwritten only with their reset value.
Addr
Name
Bit 7
Bit 6
Bit 5
Bit 4
Bit 3
Bit 2
Bit 1
Bit 0
Page
0x0000
RF09_IRQS
–
–
IQIFSF
TRXERR
BATLOW
EDC
TRXRDY
WAKEUP
40
0x0001
RF24_IRQS
–
–
IQIFSF
TRXERR
BATLOW
EDC
TRXRDY
WAKEUP
40
0x0002
BBC0_IRQS
FBLI
AGCR
AGCH
TXFE
RXEM
RXAM
RXFE
RXFS
41
0x0003
BBC1_IRQS
FBLI
AGCR
AGCH
TXFE
RXEM
RXAM
RXFE
RXFS
41
0x0005
RF_RST
–
–
–
–
–
0x0006
RF_CFG
–
–
–
–
IRQMM
0x0007
RF_CLKO
–
–
–
0x0008
RF_BMDVC
–
–
BMS
BMHR
BMVTH
0x0009
RF_XOC
–
–
–
FS
TRIM
0x000A
RF_IQIFC0
EXTLB
SF
0x000B
RF_IQIFC1
FAILSF
0x000C
RF_IQIFC2
SYNC
0x000D
RF_PN
DRV
19, 41
OS
20
78
69
CMV
CMV1V2
–
–
–
–
–
TRXERR
BATLOW
EDC
TRXRDY
AVEXT
AVEN
AVS
CHPM
–
14
IRQP
DRV
DRV
–
CMD
–
EEC
SKEWDRV
27, 50
28, 32
–
29
PN
0x000E
RF_VN
0x0100
RF09_IRQM
–
0x0101
RF09_AUXS
EXTLNABYP
0x0102
RF09_STATE
–
–
–
–
–
STATE
36
0x0103
RF09_CMD
–
–
–
–
–
CMD
37
0x0104
RF09_CS
CS
64
0x0105
RF09_CCF0L
CCF0L
64
0x0106
RF09_CCF0H
CCF0H
65
0x0107
RF09_CNL
CNL
0x0108
RF09_CNM
0x0109
RF09_RXBWC
0x010A
RF09_RXDFE
0x010B
RF09_AGCC
0x010C
RF09_AGCS
0x010D
RF09_RSSI
0x010E
RF09_EDC
0x010F
RF09_EDD
0x0110
RF09_EDV
EDV
61
0x0111
RF09_RNDV
RNDV
161
0x0112
RF09_TXCUTC
0x0113
VN
–
IQIFSF
AGCMAP
CM
–
–
–
–
IFI
IFS
BW
–
SR
AGCI
–
AVGS
–
RST
–
CNH
58
FRZC
EN
GCW
–
60
–
–
–
DF
–
PARAMP
RF09_TXDFE
–
RCUT
–
59
60
RSSI
–
65
57
FRZS
TGT
–
39
50, 72, 76
65
–
RCUT
WAKEUP
PAVC
DM
PACUR
EDM
60
DTB
61
LPFCUT
48
SR
48, 109,
131
0x0114
RF09_PAC
0x0116
RF09_PADFE
TXPWR
0x0121
RF09_PLL
–
–
0x0122
RF09_PLLCF
–
–
CF
66
0x0125
RF09_TXCI
–
–
DCOI
225
–
DCOQ
226
–
PADFE
–
LBW
49
–
–
–
–
73
–
–
LS
–
65
0x0126
RF09_TXCQ
–
0x0127
RF09_TXDACI
ENTXDACID
TXDACID
0x0128
RF09_TXDACQ
ENTXDACQD
TXDACQD
0x0200
RF24_IRQM
–
0x0201
RF24_AUXS
EXTLNABYP
0x0202
RF24_STATE
–
–
0x0203
RF24_CMD
–
–
0x0204
RF24_CS
CS
64
0x0205
RF24_CCF0L
CCF0L
64
–
IQIFSF
223
223
TRXERR
BATLOW
EDC
AVEXT
AVEN
AVS
–
–
–
STATE
36
–
–
–
CMD
37
AGCMAP
TRXRDY
WAKEUP
PAVC
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Addr
Name
0x0206
RF24_CCF0H
CCF0H
0x0207
RF24_CNL
CNL
0x0208
RF24_CNM
0x0209
RF24_RXBWC
0x020A
RF24_RXDFE
0x020B
RF24_AGCC
0x020C
RF24_AGCS
0x020D
RF24_RSSI
0x020E
RF24_EDC
0x020F
RF24_EDD
0x0210
RF24_EDV
EDV
61
0x0211
RF24_RNDV
RNDV
161
0x0212
RF24_TXCUTC
0x0213
Bit 7
Bit 6
Bit 5
CM
–
–
Bit 4
Bit 2
Bit 1
–
IFI
IFS
BW
–
SR
AVGS
–
RST
–
FRZS
TGT
CNH
58
FRZC
EN
GCW
–
–
60
–
–
RF24_TXDFE
–
–
–
RCUT
–
59
60
DF
PARAMP
65
57
RSSI
–
Page
65
–
AGCI
Bit 0
65
–
RCUT
–
Bit 3
60
DTB
61
LPFCUT
48
SR
48, 109,
131
DM
PACUR
EDM
0x0214
RF24_PAC
0x0216
RF24_PADFE
TXPWR
0x0221
RF24_PLL
–
–
0x0222
RF24_PLLCF
–
–
CF
66
0x0225
RF24_TXCI
–
–
DCOI
225
–
DCOQ
226
–
PADFE
–
LBW
–
–
–
73
–
–
LS
–
65
0x0226
RF24_TXCQ
–
0x0227
RF24_TXDACI
ENTXDACID
TXDACID
0x0228
RF24_TXDACQ
ENTXDACQD
TXDACQD
0x0300
BBC0_IRQM
FBLI
0x0301
AGCR
AGCH
TXFE
223
223
RXEM
BBC0_PC
CTX
FCSFE
FCSOK
TXAFCS
0x0302
BBC0_PS
–
–
–
–
0x0304
BBC0_RXFLL
0x0305
BBC0_RXFLH
0x0306
BBC0_TXFLL
0x0307
BBC0_TXFLH
0x0308
BBC0_FBLL
0x0309
BBC0_FBLH
0x030A
BBC0_FBLIL
0x030B
BBC0_FBLIH
49
–
RXAM
FCST
BBEN
–
–
RXFE
RXFS
PT
–
TXUR
RXFLL
–
–
–
–
–
–
RXFLH
–
TXFLH
–
FBLH
135
136
–
135
FBLL
–
–
–
135
135
–
TXFLL
–
39
84, 139,
222
135
–
135
FBLIL
136
–
–
–
–
–
FBLIH
137
0x030C BBC0_OFDMPHRTX
RB21
RB18
RB17
RB5
–
MCS
116
0x030D BBC0_OFDMPHRRX
RB21
RB18
RB17
RB5
SPC
MCS
SSRX
SSTX
BBC0_OFDMC
0x030F
BBC0_OFDMSW
0x0310
BBC0_OQPSKC0
–
–
0x0311
BBC0_OQPSKC1
RXO
RXOLEG
0x0312
BBC0_OQPSKC2
–
–
SPC
RPC
0x0313
BBC0_OQPSKC3
–
–
HRLEG
–
0x0314 BBC0_OQPSKPHRTX
–
–
PPDUT
RB0
0x0315 BBC0_OQPSKPHRRX
–
–
PPDUT
RB0
0x0320
BBC0_AFC0
–
–
–
PM
AFEN3
AFEN2
0x0321
BBC0_AFC1
MRFT3
MRFT2
MRFT1
MRFT0
PANC3
PANC2
0x0322
BBC0_AFFTM
0x0323
BBC0_AFFVM
–
–
–
–
0x0324
BBC0_AFS
–
–
–
EM
0x0325
BBC0_MACEA0
MACEA0
152
0x0326
BBC0_MACEA1
MACEA1
152
0x0327
BBC0_MACEA2
MACEA2
152
0x0328
BBC0_MACEA3
MACEA3
152
0x0329
BBC0_MACEA4
MACEA4
152
0x032A
BBC0_MACEA5
MACEA5
153
0x032B
BBC0_MACEA6
MACEA6
153
PDT
–
LFO
POI
RXO
–
–
DM
MOD
–
116
0x030E
OPT
–
117
–
FCHIP
PDT1
126
PDT0
ENPROP
FCSTLEG
127
RXM
–
118
127
–
129
MOD
LEG
129
MOD
LEG
130
AFEN1
AFEN0
149
PANC1
PANC0
150
NSFD
AFFTM
151
AFFVM
AM3
AM2
151
AM1
AM0
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Addr
Name
0x032C
BBC0_MACEA7
Bit 7
Bit 6
MACEA7
153
0x032D
BBC0_MACPID0F0
MACPID0F0
153
0x032E
BBC0_MACPID1F0
MACPID1F0
153
0x032F BBC0_MACSHA0F0
MACSHA0F0
154
0x0330 BBC0_MACSHA1F0
MACSHA1F0
154
0x0331
BBC0_MACPID0F1
MACPID0F1
154
0x0332
BBC0_MACPID1F1
MACPID1F1
154
0x0333 BBC0_MACSHA0F1
MACSHA0F1
154
0x0334 BBC0_MACSHA1F1
MACSHA1F1
155
0x0335
BBC0_MACPID0F2
MACPID0F2
155
0x0336
BBC0_MACPID1F2
MACPID1F2
155
0x0337 BBC0_MACSHA0F2
MACSHA0F2
155
0x0338 BBC0_MACSHA1F2
MACSHA1F2
155
0x0339
BBC0_MACPID0F3
MACPID0F3
156
0x033A
BBC0_MACPID1F3
MACPID1F3
156
0x033B BBC0_MACSHA0F3
MACSHA0F3
156
0x033C BBC0_MACSHA1F3
MACSHA1F3
AACKFT
Bit 5
AACKFA
Bit 4
AACKDR
Bit 3
AACKS
Bit 2
Bit 1
Bit 0
Page
156
0x0340
BBC0_AMCS
AACK
CCAED
CCATX
TX2RX
0x0341
BBC0_AMEDT
0x0342
BBC0_AMAACKPD
PD3
PD2
PD1
PD0
0x0343
BBC0_AMAACKTL
0x0344
BBC0_AMAACKTH
0x0360
BBC0_FSKC0
BT
0x0361
BBC0_FSKC1
FSKPLH
0x0362
BBC0_FSKC2
0x0363
BBC0_FSKC3
0x0364
BBC0_FSKC4
0x0365
BBC0_FSKPLL
FSKPLL
105
0x0366
BBC0_FSKSFD0L
FSKSFD0L
106
0x0367
BBC0_FSKSFD0H
FSKSFD0H
106
0x0368
BBC0_FSKSFD1L
FSKSFD1L
106
0x0369
BBC0_FSKSFD1H
FSKSFD1H
0x036A
BBC0_FSKPHRTX
–
–
–
–
SFD
DW
RB2
RB1
106
0x036B
BBC0_FSKPHRRX
FCST
MS
–
–
SFD
DW
RB2
RB1
107
0x036C
BBC0_FSKRPC
–
–
–
–
EN
AMEDT
–
–
–
158
–
AMAACKTL
–
–
–
PDTM
RXO
–
AMAACKTH
–
SFDQ
MORD
SRATE
MSE
PRI
SFDT
–
159
MIDX
RXPTO
RAWRBIT
101
102
FECS
FECIE
PDT
SFD32
158
159
–
MIDXS
FI
156
103
104
CSFD1
CSFD0
105
106
BASET
110
0x036D BBC0_FSKRPCONT
FSKRPCONT
110
0x036E BBC0_FSKRPCOFFT
FSKRPCOFFT
110
0x0370
BBC0_FSKRRXFLL
FSKRRXFLL
108
0x0371 BBC0_FSKRRXFLH
–
–
–
–
–
0x0372
BBC0_FSKDM
–
–
–
–
–
0x0373
BBC0_FSKPE0
FSKPE0
109
0x0374
BBC0_FSKPE1
FSKPE1
109
0x0375
BBC0_FSKPE2
FSKPE2
0x0380
BBC0_PMUC
0x0381
BBC0_PMUVAL
PMUVAL
164
0x0382
BBC0_PMUQF
PMUQF
164
0x0383
BBC0_PMUI
PMUI
164
0x0384
BBC0_PMUQ
PMUQ
0x0390
BBC0_CNTC
0x0391
BBC0_CNT0
CNT0
168
0x0392
BBC0_CNT1
CNT1
168
0x0393
BBC0_CNT2
CNT2
168
0x0394
BBC0_CNT3
CNT3
0x0400
BBC1_IRQM
0x0401
BBC1_PC
CCFTS
–
FBLI
CTX
IQSEL
–
AGCR
FCSFE
FED
–
AGCH
FCSOK
FSKRRXFLH
–
TXFE
TXAFCS
EN
109
109
SYNC
CAPTXS
108
PE
AVG
EN
162
164
CAPRXS
RSTTXS
RSTRXS
EN
167
168
RXEM
FCST
RXAM
BBEN
RXFE
RXFS
PT
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Addr
Name
Bit 7
Bit 6
Bit 5
Bit 4
Bit 3
Bit 2
Bit 1
Bit 0
Page
0x0402
BBC1_PS
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
TXUR
135
0x0404
BBC1_RXFLL
0x0405
BBC1_RXFLH
0x0406
BBC1_TXFLL
0x0407
BBC1_TXFLH
0x0408
BBC1_FBLL
0x0409
BBC1_FBLH
0x040A
BBC1_FBLIL
0x040B
BBC1_FBLIH
RXFLL
–
–
–
135
–
–
RXFLH
–
TXFLH
–
FBLH
135
TXFLL
–
–
–
136
–
135
FBLL
–
–
–
135
–
135
FBLIL
136
–
–
–
–
–
FBLIH
137
0x040C BBC1_OFDMPHRTX
RB21
RB18
RB17
RB5
–
MCS
116
0x040D BBC1_OFDMPHRRX
RB21
RB18
RB17
RB5
SPC
MCS
SSRX
SSTX
BBC1_OFDMC
0x040F
BBC1_OFDMSW
0x0410
BBC1_OQPSKC0
–
–
0x0411
BBC1_OQPSKC1
RXO
RXOLEG
0x0412
BBC1_OQPSKC2
–
–
SPC
RPC
0x0413
BBC1_OQPSKC3
–
–
HRLEG
–
0x0414 BBC1_OQPSKPHRTX
–
–
PPDUT
RB0
0x0415 BBC1_OQPSKPHRRX
–
–
PPDUT
RB0
0x0420
BBC1_AFC0
–
–
–
PM
AFEN3
AFEN2
0x0421
BBC1_AFC1
MRFT3
MRFT2
MRFT1
MRFT0
PANC3
PANC2
0x0422
BBC1_AFFTM
0x0423
BBC1_AFFVM
–
–
–
–
0x0424
BBC1_AFS
–
–
–
EM
0x0425
BBC1_MACEA0
MACEA0
152
0x0426
BBC1_MACEA1
MACEA1
152
0x0427
BBC1_MACEA2
MACEA2
152
0x0428
BBC1_MACEA3
MACEA3
152
0x0429
BBC1_MACEA4
MACEA4
152
0x042A
BBC1_MACEA5
MACEA5
153
0x042B
BBC1_MACEA6
MACEA6
153
0x042C
BBC1_MACEA7
MACEA7
153
0x042D
BBC1_MACPID0F0
MACPID0F0
153
0x042E
BBC1_MACPID1F0
MACPID1F0
153
0x042F BBC1_MACSHA0F0
MACSHA0F0
154
0x0430 BBC1_MACSHA1F0
MACSHA1F0
154
0x0431
BBC1_MACPID0F1
MACPID0F1
154
0x0432
BBC1_MACPID1F1
MACPID1F1
154
0x0433 BBC1_MACSHA0F1
MACSHA0F1
154
0x0434 BBC1_MACSHA1F1
MACSHA1F1
155
0x0435
BBC1_MACPID0F2
MACPID0F2
155
0x0436
BBC1_MACPID1F2
MACPID1F2
155
0x0437 BBC1_MACSHA0F2
MACSHA0F2
155
0x0438 BBC1_MACSHA1F2
MACSHA1F2
155
0x0439
BBC1_MACPID0F3
MACPID0F3
156
0x043A
BBC1_MACPID1F3
MACPID1F3
156
0x043B BBC1_MACSHA0F3
MACSHA0F3
156
0x043C BBC1_MACSHA1F3
MACSHA1F3
PDT
–
LFO
POI
RXO
–
–
DM
MOD
–
116
0x040E
OPT
–
117
–
FCHIP
PDT1
126
PDT0
ENPROP
FCSTLEG
127
RXM
–
127
–
129
MOD
LEG
129
MOD
LEG
130
AFEN1
AFEN0
149
PANC1
PANC0
150
NSFD
AFFTM
0x0440
BBC1_AMCS
AACKFT
AACKFA
0x0441
BBC1_AMEDT
0x0442
BBC1_AMAACKPD
0x0443
BBC1_AMAACKTL
0x0444
BBC1_AMAACKTH
0x0460
BBC1_FSKC0
BT
0x0461
BBC1_FSKC1
FSKPLH
0x0462
BBC1_FSKC2
AACKDR
151
AFFVM
AM3
AACKS
AM2
151
AM1
AM0
–
–
CCAED
CCATX
TX2RX
PD3
PD2
PD1
PD0
–
PDTM
–
–
–
RXO
AMAACKTH
MIDX
–
RXPTO
158
159
–
MIDXS
FI
156
158
AMAACKTL
–
151
156
AACK
AMEDT
–
118
159
MORD
SRATE
MSE
PRI
101
102
FECS
FECIE
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Addr
Name
0x0463
BBC1_FSKC3
Bit 7
Bit 6
Bit 5
Bit 4
Bit 3
Bit 2
0x0464
BBC1_FSKC4
0x0465
BBC1_FSKPLL
FSKPLL
105
0x0466
BBC1_FSKSFD0L
FSKSFD0L
106
0x0467
BBC1_FSKSFD0H
FSKSFD0H
106
0x0468
BBC1_FSKSFD1L
FSKSFD1L
106
0x0469
BBC1_FSKSFD1H
FSKSFD1H
0x046A
BBC1_FSKPHRTX
–
–
–
–
SFD
DW
RB2
RB1
106
0x046B
BBC1_FSKPHRRX
FCST
MS
–
–
SFD
DW
RB2
RB1
107
0x046C
BBC1_FSKRPC
–
–
–
–
EN
SFDT
–
SFDQ
Bit 1
Bit 0
PDT
SFD32
RAWRBIT
Page
104
CSFD1
CSFD0
105
106
BASET
110
0x046D BBC1_FSKRPCONT
FSKRPCONT
110
0x046E BBC1_FSKRPCOFFT
FSKRPCOFFT
110
0x0470
BBC1_FSKRRXFLL
FSKRRXFLL
108
0x0471 BBC1_FSKRRXFLH
–
–
–
–
–
0x0472
BBC1_FSKDM
–
–
–
–
–
0x0473
BBC1_FSKPE0
FSKPE0
109
0x0474
BBC1_FSKPE1
FSKPE1
109
0x0475
BBC1_FSKPE2
FSKPE2
0x0480
BBC1_PMUC
0x0481
BBC1_PMUVAL
PMUVAL
164
0x0482
BBC1_PMUQF
PMUQF
164
0x0483
BBC1_PMUI
PMUI
164
0x0484
BBC1_PMUQ
PMUQ
0x0490
BBC1_CNTC
0x0491
BBC1_CNT0
CNT0
168
0x0492
BBC1_CNT1
CNT1
168
0x0493
BBC1_CNT2
CNT2
168
0x0494
BBC1_CNT3
CNT3
168
0x2000
BBC0_FBRXS
FBRXS
136
0x27FE
BBC0_FBRXE
FBRXE
136
0x2800
BBC0_FBTXS
FBTXS
136
0x2FFE
BBC0_FBTXE
FBTXE
136
0x3000
BBC1_FBRXS
FBRXS
136
0x37FE
BBC1_FBRXE
FBRXE
136
0x3800
BBC1_FBTXS
FBTXS
136
0x3FFE
BBC1_FBTXE
FBTXE
136
CCFTS
–
IQSEL
–
FED
–
FSKRRXFLH
–
108
EN
109
109
SYNC
CAPTXS
PE
AVG
EN
162
164
CAPRXS
RSTTXS
RSTRXS
EN
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9.
Package Drawing
Figure 9-1 shows the package drawing of the AT86RF215.
Figure 9-1. Package Drawing QFN48
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10.
Electrical Characteristics
10.1
Absolute Maximum Ratings*
Storage temperature ............................ -50 to 150°C
Lead temperature .......................................... 260°C
ESD voltage (Human Body Model) .................... 4kV
Input RF level .............................................. 10dBm
Voltage on all digital pins ...................... -0.3 to 4.0V
Voltage on all analog pins..................... -0.3 to 2.0V
10.2
*Notice:
Stresses beyond those listed under “Absolute
Maximum Ratings” may cause permanent
damage to the device. This is a stress rating only
and functional operation of the device at these or
any other conditions beyond those indicated in
the operational sections of this specification are
not implied. Exposure to absolute maximum
rating conditions for extended periods may affect
device reliability.
Operating Range
Table 10-1. Operating Range
10.3
Symbol
Parameter
TOP
Operating temperature range
Condition
Min.
-40
VDD
DEVDD/EVDD digital and analog
external supply voltage
1.8
Min.
Typ.
Max.
Unit
85
°C
3.0
3.6
V
Typ.
Max.
Unit
Digital Pin Specifications
Test Condition: TOP = 25°C
Table 10-2. Digital pin specifications
Symbol
Parameter
VIH
High level input voltage
VIL
Low level input voltage
VOH
High level output voltage
VOL
Low level output voltage
Condition
VDD–0.4
V
0.4
VDD–0.4
V
V
0.4
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10.4
Power-on Reset Characteristics
Table 10-3. Power-on Reset Voltage Characteristics
10.5
Symbol
Parameter
tRST
Pulse width at pin RSTN
VPOT
Power-on Reset threshold voltage
Condition
Min.
Typ.
Max.
rising slope (power supply
priviously discharged)(1)
1.55
1.6
1.65
V
falling slope(2)
1.45
1.5
1.55
V
625
Time of EVDD/DEVDD (VDD) <
VPOT
Unit
ns
tPOT
Power-on Reset recovery time
1
ms
VPSR
Power-on slope
Notes: 1.
2.
Threshold when device is released from reset when voltage is rising.
The Power-on Reset will not work unless the supply voltage has been dropped below V POT.
0.01
3300
V/ms
Max.
Unit
General Transceiver Specifications
Table 10-4. General Transceiver Specifications
10.6
Symbol
Parameter
Condition
Min.
Typ.
f0
Reference clock frequency
TCXO or XTAL
Cdec
Decoupling capacitor at pins
AVDD0, DVDD and AVDD1
100
100
10000
nF
IVREG_LIMIT
Current limitation of internal voltage
regulator at start-up
43
60
78
mA
Min.
Typ.
Max.
Unit
26
MHz
Crystal Oscillator Specification
Table 10-5. XOSC Specification
Symbol
Parameter
Condition
fCRYSTAL
Crystal frequency requirement
26
MHz
CLOAD_
Load capacitances of the crystal
8
pF
CRYSTAL
ESR
Maximum ESR of crystal
specification
CLEAD_
Lead capacitance of the AT86RF215
70
5
Ω
pF
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10.7
Clock Output – pin CLKO
Table 10-6. Clock Output Specification
10.8
Symbol
Parameter
Condition
fCLKO
Clock output (pin CLKO) frequency
RF_CLKO.OS=1
RF_CLKO.OS=2
RF_CLKO.OS=3
RF_CLKO.OS=4
RF_CLKO.OS=5
RF_CLKO.OS=6
RF_CLKO.OS=7
DCLKO
Duty cycle
Min.
Typ.
Max.
26
32
16
8
4
2
1
42
Unit
MHz
58
%
Max.
Unit
500
μs
Transition Time
The time reference of an SPI command is the last rising clock of SCLK of the SPI VALUE.
Table 10-7. Transition Timing
Symbol
Parameter
Condition
tPOWERON
Transition time from power-on
(VDD>1.6V) until interrupt WAKEUP
(state TRXOFF)
XTAL supplier: ACT BN serie
(Cload=8pF); Cdec_DVDD=100nF
tSLEEP_
Transition time from state SLEEP
(SPI command CMD=TRXOFF) until
interrupt WAKEUP (state TRXOFF)
TRXOFF
tDEEP_SLEEP_ Transition time from state
DEEP_SLEEP (SPI command
TRXOFF
CMD=TRXOFF) until interrupt
WAKEUP (state TRXOFF) and
stable clock output at pin CLKO
tRESET_
Min.
Typ.
μs
1
XTAL supplier: ACT BN serie
(Cload=8pF); Cdec_DVDD=100nF
500
μs
μs
Transition time from release
RESETN until state TRXOFF
1
Transition time from state TRXOFF Cdec_AVDD=100nF
(SPI command CMD=TXPREP) until
interrupt TRXRDY (state TXPREP)
90
200
μs
tTRXOFF_RX
Transition time from TRXOFF (SPI
command CMD=RX) to state RX
Cdec_AVDD=100nF
90
200
μs
tTXPREP_TX
Transition time from TXPREP (SPI
command CMD=TX) to state TX
state machine reaction time; for
more details about the TX
procedure see chapter
"Transmitter Frontend"
200
ns
ttx_start_delay
Delay from state TX until the PA
ramp start
tTXPREP_RX
Transition time from TXPREP (SPI
command CMD=RX) to state RX
200
ns
tTXPREP_
Transition time from TXPREP (SPI
command CMD=TRXOFF) to state
TRXOFF
200
ns
Transition time from RX (SPI
command CMD=TRXOFF) to state
TRXOFF
200
ns
TRXOFF
tTRXOFF_
TXPREP
TRXOFF
tRX_TRXOFF
μs
4
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Symbol
Parameter
tRX_TXPREP
tTX_TXPREP_
TXFE
tTX_TXPREP_
CMD
10.9
Condition
Max.
Unit
Transition time from RX (IRQ RXFE
or SPI command CMD=TXPREP) to
state TXPREP
200
ns
Transition time from TX (IRQ TXFE)
to state TXPREP
200
ns
33
μs
200
ns
Transition time from TX (SPI
command CMD=TXPREP) to state
TXPREP
Min.
Typ.
PA ramp time
RFn_TXCUTC_PARAMP = 3
tTX_TRXOFF
Transition time from TX (SPI
command CMD=TRXOFF) to state
TRXOFF
tVREG_SETTL
Settling time of AVDD or DVDD
voltage regulator
Cdec=100nF
35
μs
tXOSC_SETTL
Settling time of the crystal oscillator
XTAL supplier: ACT BN serie
(Cload=8pF) / fast start up option
150
μs
tPLL_CH_SW
Frequency channel switch time
(PLL) in state TXPREP
∆fchannel1 ... 12.75GHz
At maximum gain
Offset freq. interf. 1 = 5MHz
Offset freq. interf. 2 = 10MHz
Tolerance within gain steps
dB
-57.0
dBm
-47.0
dBm
-13.0
-5.0
RSSI dynamic range
Unit
dBm
dBm
+5.0
dB
117.0
dB
1
dB
-117.0
dBm
_05
RSSIRES_05 RSSI resolution
RSSISENS_
RSSI sensitivity
100kHz signal bandwidth
05
Table 10-15. Receiver Characteristics for the 900MHz Band
Symbol
Parameter
Condition
PRXmax_09
Maximum RX input level
fulfills PER limit
NF09
Noise figure
PSPUR_RX_09 Spurious emissions for 900MHz
band at maximum RX gain
IIP309
3rd
– order intercept point
RSSITOL_09 RSSI tolerance
RSSIRANGE
Min.
Typ.
Max.
Unit
-5.0
dBm
4.5
dB
30 ... ≤ 1000MHz
-57.0
dBm
>1 ... 12.75GHz
-47.0
dBm
At maximum gain
Offset freq. interf. 1 = 5MHz
Offset freq. interf. 2 = 10MHz
Tolerance within gain step
-11.0
-5.0
RSSI dynamic range
dBm
+5.0
117.0
dB
dB
_09
RSSIRES_09 RSSI resolution
RSSISENS_
RSSI sensitivity
100kHz signal bandwidth
1
dB
-117.0
dBm
09
Table 10-16. Receiver Characteristics for the 2.4GHz Band
Symbol
Parameter
Condition
PRXmax_24
Maximum RX input level
fulfills PER limits
NF24
Noise figure
Min.
Typ.
IIP324
– order intercept point
RSSITOL_24 RSSI tolerance
At maximum gain
Offset freq. interf. 1 = 5MHz
Offset freq. interf. 2 = 10MHz
Tolerance within gain step
dBm
4.3
dB
-57.0
dBm
-47.0
dBm
-15.0
-5.0
Unit
-5.0
PSPUR_RX_24 Spurious emissions at maximum RX 30 ... ≤ 1000MHz
gain
>1 ... 12.75GHz
3rd
Max.
dBm
+5.0
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Symbol
Parameter
Condition
RSSIRANGE
RSSI dynamic range
Min.
Typ.
Max.
117.0
Unit
dB
_24
RSSIRES_24 RSSI resolution
RSSISENS_
RSSI sensitivity
100kHz signal bandwidth
1
dB
-117.0
dBm
24
10.10.2 Receiver Sensitivity
Table 10-17 shows the typical receiver sensitivity for MR-FSK PHY modes.
Test Conditions: TOP= 25°C, VDD= 3.0V, fchannel (sub-1GHz)=868MHz/ fchannel (2.4GHz)=2440MHz, ideal receiver input,
clock source=TCXO, BT=2.0.
Table 10-17. Receiver Sensitivity for MR-FSK
Symbol
Rate
[ksymbol/s]
Modulation
Modulation
Index
FEC
(NRNSC)
and ILV
Receiver
Sensitivity
sub-1GHz
[dBm]
Receiver
Sensitivity
2.4GHz
[dBm]
50
2FSK
1
yes
-114
-115
50
2FSK
1
no
-109
-110
100
2FSK
0.5
yes
-109
-110
100
2FSK
0.5
no
-103
-104
100
2FSK
1
yes
-111
-112
100
2FSK
1
no
-106
-107
150
2FSK
0.5
yes
-108
-109
150
2FSK
0.5
no
-102
-103
200
2FSK
0.5
yes
-107
-107
200
2FSK
0.5
no
-102
-102
300
2FSK
0.5
yes
-106
-106
300
2FSK
0.5
no
-100
-101
100
4FSK
1.0
yes
-107
-107
100
4FSK
1.0
no
-99
-99
200
4FSK
1.0
yes
-104
-104
200
4FSK
1.0
no
-96
-95
Condition/Note
Preamble length 8 octets; PSDU
length 250 octets; PER < 10%
Preamble length 8 octets; PSDU
length 250 octets; PER < 10%
Preamble length 8 octets; PSDU
length 250 octets; PER < 10%
Preamble length 12 octets; PSDU
length 250 octets; PER < 10%
Preamble length 16 octets; PSDU
length 250 octets; PER < 10%
Preamble length 24 octets; PSDU
length 250 octets; PER < 10%
Preamble length16 octets; PSDU
length 250 octets; PER < 10%
Preamble length 32 octets; PSDU
length 250 octets; PER < 10%
Table 10-18 shows the typical receiver sensitivity for MR-OFDM PHY modes.
Test Conditions: TOP= 25°C, VDD= 3.0V, fchannel (sub-1GHz)=868MHz / fchannel (2.4GHz)=2440MHz , ideal receiver input
signal, clock source=TCXO.
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Table 10-18. Receiver Sensitivity for MR-OFDM
Option
MCS
PSDU Data Rate
[kb/s]
1
0
100
-109
-112
1
1
200
-109
-110
1
2
400
-107
-107
1
3
800
-104
-105
1
4(1)
1200
-101
-102
1
5(1)
1600
-97
-98
1
(1)
2400
-92
-93
6
Receiver
Sensitivity
sub-1GHz [dBm]
Receiver
Sensitivity
2.4GHz [dBm]
2
0
50
-111
-113
2
1
100
-111
-112
2
2
200
-108
-109
2
3
400
-106
-107
2
4
600
-104
-104
2
5
800
-101
-102
2
6(1)
1200
-96
-96
3
1
50
-113
-113
3
2
100
-109
-110
3
3
200
-107
-108
3
4
300
-106
-107
3
5
400
-102
-103
3
6
600
-97
-98
4
2
50
-111
-112
4
3
100
-109
-110
4
4
150
-108
-109
4
5
200
-105
-106
4
6
300
-101
-102
Notes:
1.
Condition/Note
PSDU length 250 octets; PER < 10%
extended mode (proprietary)
Table 10-19 shows the typical receiver sensitivity for MR-O-QPSK and legacy O-QPSK PHY modes.
Test Conditions: TOP= 25°C, VDD= 3.0V, fchannel (sub-1GHz)=868MHz / fchannel (2.4GHz)=2440MHz , ideal receiver input
signal, clock source=TCXO
Table 10-19. Receiver Sensitivity for MR-O-QPSK
Chip Rate
[kchip/s]
Rate
Mode
PSDU Data
Rate [kb/s]
Receiver
Sensitivity
sub-1GHz [dBm]
Receiver
Sensitivity
2.4GHz [dBm]
100
0
6.25
-123
-123
100
1
12.5
-121
-121
100
2
25
-119
-119
100
3
50
-117
-117
Condition/Note
PSDU length 20 octets; PER < 10%
PSDU length 250 octets; PER < 10%
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Chip Rate
[kchip/s]
Rate
Mode
PSDU Data
Rate [kb/s]
Receiver
Sensitivity
sub-1GHz [dBm]
Receiver
Sensitivity
2.4GHz [dBm]
Condition/Note
200
0
12.5
-121
-121
200
1
25
-119
-119
200
2
50
-116
-116
200
3
100
-115
-115
1000
0
31.25
-117
-117
1000
1
125
-112
-112
1000
2
250
-110
-110
1000
3
500
-108
-108
1000
Leg
250
-103
-103
PSDU length 20 octets; PER < 1%,
1000
Leg
500
-101
-102
PSDU length 20 octets; PER < 1%;
Proprietary
2000
0
31.25
-116
-116
PSDU length 20 octets; PER < 10%
2000
1
125
-110
-110
2000
2
250
-108
-109
2000
3
500
-107
-107
2000
4
1000
-106
-105
PSDU length 250 octets; PER < 10%;
Proprietary
2000
Leg
250
-103
-104
PSDU length 20 octets; PER < 1%
2000
Leg
1000
-96
-96
PSDU length 20 octets; PER < 1%;
Proprietary
PSDU length 20 octets; PER < 10%
PSDU length 250 octets; PER < 10%
PSDU length 20 octets; PER < 10%
PSDU length 250 octets; PER < 10%
PSDU length 250 octets; PER < 10%
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10.10.3 Adjacent Channel Rejection
Table 10-20 through Table 10-22 show the typical (alternate) adjacent channel rejection values for MR-FSK PHY
modes.
Test Conditions: AT86RF215 v.3, TOP= 25°C, VDD= 3.0V, desired signal power 3dB above specified receiver sensitivity
[3], desired input signal is a transmitted signal from AT86RF215, interferer is an un-modulated carrier, fchannel =868MHz,
measurements according to [3].
Table 10-20. Adjacent Channel Rejection Values for MR-FSK at sub-1GHz according to [3]
Symbol Rate
[ksymbol/s]
Modulation
Modulation
Index
ACI/AACI
Rejection [dB]
50
2FSK
1
45/52
100
2FSK
0.5
41/48
100
2FSK
1
43/51
150
2FSK
0.5
42/49
200
2FSK
0.5
42/ 47
200
2FSK
1.0
44/ 50
300
2FSK
0.5
42/49
100
4FSK
1
41/50
Condition/Note
Channel spacing 200kHz; PER < 10%
Channel spacing 400kHz; PER < 10%
Channel spacing 600kHz; PER < 10%
Channel spacing 400kHz; PER < 10%
Test Conditions: AT86RF215 v.3, TOP= 25°C, VDD= 3.0V, desired signal power 3dB above specified receiver sensitivity
[3], desired input signal is a transmitted signal from AT86RF215, interferer is an un-modulated carrier, fchannel
=2440MHz, measurements according to [3].
Table 10-21. Adjacent Channel Rejection Values for MR-FSK at 2.4GHz according to [3]
Symbol Rate
[ksymbol/s]
Modulation
Modulation
Index
ACI/AACI
Rejection [dB]
Condition/Note
50
2FSK
1
38/44
Channel spacing 200kHz; PER < 10%
100
2FSK
1
40/45
Channel spacing 400kHz; PER < 10%
150
2FSK
0.5
38/42
200
2FSK
0.5
35/42
300
2FSK
0.5
31/41
Channel spacing 600kHz; PER < 10%
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Test Conditions: AT86RF215 v.3, TOP= 25°C, VDD= 3.0V, desired signal power 3dB above specified receiver sensitivity
[3], desired input signal is a transmitted signal from AT86RF215, interferer is an un-modulated carrier, fchannel =868MHz,
FEC disabled, measurements according to [5].
Table 10-22. Adjacent Channel Rejection Values for MR-FSK at sub-1GHz according to [5]
Symbol Rate
[ksymbol/s]
Modulation
Modulation
Index
Interference
rejection [dB]
df=200/400/600kHz
50
2FSK
1
45/52/57
100
2FSK
0.5
42/48/52
150
2FSK
0.5
26/41/46
100
4FSK
1.0
19/42/47
Condition/Note
PER < 10%
Table 10-23 shows the typical adjacent channel rejection values for MR-OFDM.
Test Conditions: AT86RF215 v.3, TOP= 25°C, VDD= 3.0V, desired signal power 3dB above specified receiver sensitivity
[3], desired input signal is a transmitted signal from AT86RF215, interferer is a modulated signal, fchannel (sub1GHz)=868MHz, fchannel (2.4GHz)=2440MHz, measurements according to [3].
Table 10-23. Adjacent Channel Rejection Values for MR-OFDM according to [3]
Option
MCS
PSDU
Data Rate
[kb/s]
ACI / AACI
Rejection
sub-1GHz [dB]
ACI / AACI
Rejection
2.4GHz [dB]
1
0
100
24/58
23/51
1
1
200
24/55
23/49
1
2
400
24/52
22/45
1
3
800
21/48
20/44
1
4
1200
12/45
12/41
1
5
1600
13/43
13/41
1
6
2400
5/42
3/38
2
0
50
51/62
47/57
2
1
100
50/60
46/55
2
2
200
47/57
43/52
2
3
400
44/54
40/49
2
4
600
40/51
37/46
2
5
800
37/48
39/45
2
6
1200
33/45
32/40
3
1
50
46/61
29/53
3
2
100
46/58
29/50
3
3
200
44/56
29/48
3
4
300
38/53
29/46
3
5
400
38/50
28/43
3
6
600
32/46
25/39
Condition/Note
Channel spacing 1.2MHz; PER < 10%
Channel spacing 1.2MHz; PER < 10%; Proprietary
Channel spacing 800kHz; PER < 10%
Channel spacing 800kHz; PER < 10%; Proprietary
Channel spacing 400kHz; PER < 10%
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Option
MCS
PSDU
Data Rate
[kb/s]
ACI / AACI
Rejection
sub-1GHz [dB]
ACI / AACI
Rejection
2.4GHz [dB]
4
2
50
19/52
18/47
4
3
100
19/53
18/45
4
4
150
18/51
16/41
4
5
200
18/48
18/40
4
6
300
14/43
9/35
Condition/Note
Channel spacing 200kHz; PER < 10%
The following table shows the typical adjacent channel rejection values for MR-O-QPSK.
Test Conditions: AT86RF215 v.3, TOP= 25°C, VDD= 3.0V, desired signal power 3dB above specified receiver sensitivity
[3], interferer is a modulated signal, fchannel (sub-1GHz)=868MHz, fchannel (2.4GHz)=2440MHz, measurements according
to [3].
Table 10-24. Adjacent Channel Rejection Values for MR-O-QPSK
Chip Rate
[kchip/s]
Rate
Mode
PSDU Data Rate
[kb/s]
ACI / AACI
Rejection
sub-1GHz [dB]
ACI / AACI
Rejection
2.4GHz [dB]
Condition/Note
100
0
6.25
59/60
52/55
Channel spacing 200kHz; PER < 10%
100
1
12.5
57/59
50/54
100
2
25
53/57
47/51
100
3
50
49/55
43/49
200
0
12.5
60/68
52/60
200
1
25
56/65
51/59
200
2
50
51/60
45/53
200
3
100
48/55
47/49
1000
0
31.25
61/>70
52/63
1000
1
125
60/63
51/58
1000
2
250
56/64
50/57
1000
3
500
52/61
43/55
2000
0
31.25
67/>70
60/>70
2000
1
61/68
54/63
2000
2
58/67
55/61
2000
3
500
56/64
53/59
2000
4
1000
58/62
49/58
Channel spacing 5MHz; PER < 10%;
Proprietary
1000
Leg
250
46/53
40/46
Channel spacing 2MHz; PER < 1%
2000
Leg
250
53/60
47/52
Channel spacing 5MHz; PER < 1%
Channel spacing 400kHz; PER < 10%
Channel spacing 2MHz; PER < 10%
Channel spacing 5MHz; PER < 10%
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10.10.4 Blocking
Table 10-25 shows the blocking parameter for MR-FSK PHY modes.
Test Conditions: TOP= 25°C, VDD= 3.0V, desired signal power 3dB above specified receiver sensitivity [3], desired input
signal is a transmitted signal from AT86RF215, interferer is generated by a signal generator, fchannel (sub1GHz)=868MHz, measurements according to [6].
Table 10-25. Blocking parameter for MR-FSK according to [6]
Symbol Rate
[ksymbol/s]
Modulation
Modulation
Index
Blocking at
±2MHz/±10MHz
[dB]
Condition/Note
50
2FSK
1
61/69
RX bandwidth 160kHz
100
2FSK
0.5
57/65
RX bandwidth 200kHz
100
2FSK
1
58/66
RX bandwidth 320kHz
150
2FSK
0.5
55/63
RX bandwidth 320kHz
200
2FSK
0.5
54/61
RX bandwidth 320kHz
200
2FSK
1.0
56/63
RX bandwidth 500kHz
300
2FSK
0.5
52/59
RX bandwidth 500kHz
100
4FSK
1
48/55
RX bandwidth 320kHz
Table 10-26 shows the blocking parameter for MR-OFDM.
Test Conditions: TOP= 25°C, VDD= 3.0V, desired signal power 3dB above specified receiver sensitivity [3], desired input
signal is a transmitted signal from AT86RF215, interferer is generated by a signal generator, fchannel (sub1GHz)=868MHz, measurements according to [6].
Table 10-26. Blocking parameter for MR-OFDM according to [6]
Option
MCS
PSDU Data Rate
[kb/s]
Blocking at
±2MHz/±10MHz
[dB]
1
0
100
47/65
1
1
200
47/65
1
2
400
47/64
1
3
800
45/63
1
4
1200
43/60
1
5
1600
43/57
1
6
2400
43/51
2
0
50
54/70
2
1
100
54/70
2
2
200
54/68
2
3
400
54/66
2
4
600
53/63
2
5
800
52/60
2
6
1200
47/54
3
1
50
65/72
Condition/Note
RX bandwidth 1250kHz
RX bandwidth 800kHz
RX bandwidth 400kHz
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Option
MCS
PSDU Data Rate
[kb/s]
Blocking at
±2MHz/±10MHz
[dB]
3
2
100
62/69
3
3
200
60/67
3
4
300
58/65
3
5
400
55/62
3
6
600
50/57
4
2
50
64/71
4
3
100
62/69
4
4
150
61/68
4
5
200
57/64
4
6
300
53/60
Condition/Note
RX bandwidth 250kHz
Table 10-27 shows the blocking parameter for MR-O-QPSK.
Test Conditions: TOP= 25°C, VDD= 3.0V, desired signal power 3dB above specified receiver sensitivity [3], desired input
signal is a transmitted signal from AT86RF215, interferer is generated by a signal generator, fchannel (sub1GHz)=868MHz, measurements according to [6].
Table 10-27. Blocking parameter for MR-O-QPSK according to [6]
Chip Rate
[kchip/s]
Rate
Mode
PSDU Data Rate
[kb/s]
Blocking at
±2MHz/±10MHz
[dB]
Condition/Note
100
0
6.25
73/80
RX bandwidth 160kHz
100
3
50
70/76
200
0
12.5
70/77
200
3
100
67/73
1000
0
31.25
53/72
1000
3
500
49/66
2000
0
31.25
37/71
2000
3
500
37/64
2000
4
1000
37/63
1000
Leg
250
46/63
RX bandwidth 1000kHz
2000
Leg
250
34/63
RX bandwidth 2000kHz
RX bandwidth 250kHz
RX bandwidth 1000kHz
RX bandwidth 2000kHz
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10.11 Current Consumption Specifications
Test Conditions: TOP = 25°C, VDD = 3.0V, CLKO = OFF
Table 10-28. Current Consumption Specifications
Symbol
Parameter
IDEEP_SLEEP
Supply current in DEEP_SLEEP
state
30
nA
ITRXOFF
Supply current TRXOFF state
3
mA
IRX09
Supply current RX state for Sub1GHz transceiver
Sub-1GHz transceiver @ RX
state and 2.4GHz transceiver @
sleep state
MR-2FSK-50ksymbols/s
28
mA
IRX09_FSK_
Supply current RX state for Sub1GHz transceiver using MR-FSK
reduced power consumption mode
(RPC) with on:off time = 1:1
Sub-1GHz transceiver @ RX
state and 2.4GHz transceiver @
sleep state
MR-2FSK 50ksymbols/s
MR-FSK RPC with on:off time
1:1 may cause a sensitivity loss
of up to 0.5dB
15
mA
Supply current RX state for Sub1GHz transceiver using MR-FSK
reduced power consumption mode
(RPC) with on:off time = 1:16
Sub-1GHz transceiver @ RX
state and 2.4GHz transceiver @
sleep state
MR-2FSK 50ksymbols/s
MR-FSK RPC with on:off time
1:16 may cause a sensitivity
loss of up to 1.0dB
5
mA
Supply current RX state for Sub1GHz transceiver using MR-OQPSK
reduced power consumption mode
(RPC)
Sub-1GHz transceiver @ RX
state and 2.4GHz transceiver @
sleep state
MR-OQPSK: Chiprate
100kbit/s, Rate mode 0
MR-OQPSK RPC may cause a
sensitivity loss of up to 0.5dB
17
mA
IRX24
Supply current RX state for 2.4GHz
transceiver
2.4GHz transceiver @ RX state
and Sub-1GHz transceiver @
sleep state
MR-2FSK-50ksymbols/s
33
mA
IRX24_FSK_
Supply current RX state for 2.4GHz
transceiver using MR-FSK reduced
power consumption mode (RPC)
with on:off time = 1:1
2.4GHz transceiver @ RX state
Sub-1GHz transceiver @ sleep
state
MR-2FSK 50ksymbols/s
MR-FSK RPC with on:off time
1:16 may cause a sensitivity
loss of up to 0.5dB
16
mA
Supply current RX state for 2.4GHz
transceiver using MR-FSK reduced
power consumption mode (RPC)
with on:off time = 1:16
2.4GHz transceiver @ RX state
Sub-1GHz transceiver @ sleep
state
MR-2FSK 50ksymbols/s
MR-FSK RPC with on:off time
1:16 may cause a sensitivity
loss of up to 1.0dB
5
mA
RPC1:1
IRX09_FSK_
RPC1:16
IRX09_
OQPSK_RPC
RPC1:1
IRX24_FSK_
RPC1:16
Condition
Min.
Typ.
Max.
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Parameter
Condition
IRX24_
Supply current RX state for 2.4GHz
transceiver using MR-OQPSK
reduced power consumption mode
(RPC)
2.4GHz transceiver @ RX state
and Sub-1GHz transceiver @
sleep state
18
mA
ITX09
Supply current TX state for Sub1GHz transceiver
see Figure 11-9
Sub-1GHz transceiver @ TX
state and 2.4GHz transceiver @
sleep state
MR-2FSK 50ksymbols/s
fchannel=900MHz
PAC.TXPWR= 31
PAC.PACUR=2
64
mA
ITX24
Supply current TX state for 2.4GHz
transceiver
see Figure 11-11
2.4GHz transceiver @ TX state
and Sub-1GHz transceiver @
sleep state
MR-2FSK 50ksymbols/s
fchannel=2445MHz
PAC.TXPWR= 31
PAC.PACUR=2;
62
mA
IIQIF_RX1
Supply current for RX I/Q interface
One differential RX data stream
driver: The current must be added to RXD and one differential clock
the RX state current in case one I/Q RXCLK is running
driver interface is used.
6
mA
IIQIF_RX2
Supply current for 2 RX I/Q interface Two differential RX data stream
drivers: The current must be added RXD and one differential clock
to the RX state current in case both RXCLK is running
I/Q driver interfaces are used.
9
mA
IIQIF_TX
Supply current for TX I/Q interface
One differential TX data stream
receiver: The current must be added TXD and one differential clock
to the TX state current in case the
TXCLK is running
I/Q receive interface is used.
3
mA
IVREG
Current consumption of AVDD or
DVDD voltage regulator
OQPSK_RPC
Min.
60
Typ.
80
Max.
120
Unit
μA
10.12 SPI Timing Characteristics
Test Conditions: TOP= 85°C, VDD= 1.8V, CLOAD=35pF, pad driver strength set to default (unless otherwise stated).
Table 10-29. SPI Timing Characteristics
Symbol
Parameter
fSCLK
SCLK frequency
Condition
Min.
Typ.
Max.
tSPI_0
SELN falling edge to SCLK rising
edge
tSPI_1
SELN falling edge to MISO active
tSPI_2
SCLK falling edge to MISO out
tSPI_3
MOSI setup time
5
ns
tSPI_4
MOSI hold time
5
ns
tSPI_5
LSB last byte to MSB next byte
tSPI_6
SELN rising edge to MISO tri state
25
50
data delay time
C_LOAD=35pF and default pad
driver strength
SPI read/write
5
Unit
MHz
ns
25
ns
19
ns
125
ns
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Symbol
Parameter
Condition
tSPI_8
SPI idle time SELN rising to falling
edge
SPI read/write, idle time
between consecutive SPI
access
tSPI_9
Last SCLK rising edge to SELN
rising edge
Min.
Typ.
Max.
Unit
50
ns
45
ns
10.13 I/Q Data Interface Driver DC and Startup Specification
The DC specification for the LVDS driver of the I/Q data interface is given in the following tables. The general
measurement conditions are described in [4] on page 231. However, some adaptations are required due to the specific
signal levels of the proprietary interface. The parameters are valid for an output current of 2mA (see register RF_IQIFC0
on page 27).
Table 10-30. I/Q Data Interface Driver DC and Startup Specification (proprietary mode)
Symbol
Parameter
Condition
Voh
Output voltage, Voa or Vob
Rload = 100Ω, +/-1%
Min.
Typ.
Max.
Unit
385
mV
Vol
Output voltage, Voa or Vob
Rload = 100Ω, +/-1%
0
|Vod|
Output differential voltage
Rload = 100Ω, +/-1%
100
200
270
mV
Vos
Output common mode voltage
Rload = 100Ω, +/-1%
80
200
270
mV
RO
Output impedance single ended
Vcm = 300mV, 100mV
40
50
63
Ω
∆RO
RO mismatch between A and B
Rload = 100Ω, +/-1%
10
%
|∆Vod|
Change of |Vod| between “0” and “1”
Rload = 100Ω, +/-1%
35
mV
∆Vos
Change in Vos between “0” and “1”
Rload = 100Ω, +/-1%
35
mV
Isa
Output current
Driver shorted to ground
10
mA
Isb
Output current
Driver shorted to ground
10
mA
Isab
Output current
Driver outputs shorted together.
3
mA
tstartupD
Startup time from enable until LVDS
is ready to drive
10
μs
Max.
Unit
1375
mV
mV
Table 10-31. I/Q Data Interface Driver DC and Startup Specification (IEEE mode, reduced range link)
Symbol
Parameter
Condition
Min.
Typ.
Voh
Output voltage, Voa or Vob
Rload = 100Ω, +/-1%
Vol
Output voltage, Voa or Vob
Rload = 100Ω, +/-1%
|Vod|
Output differential voltage
Rload = 100Ω, +/-1%
200
mV
Vos
Output common mode voltage
Rload = 100Ω, +/-1%
1200
mV
RO
Output impedance single ended
Vcm = 300mV, 100mV
140
Ω
∆RO
RO mismatch between A and B
Rload = 100Ω, +/-1%
10
%
|∆Vod|
Change of |Vod| between “0” and “1”
Rload = 100Ω, +/-1%
35
mV
∆Vos
Change in Vos between “0” and “1”
Rload = 100Ω, +/-1%
35
mV
Isa
Output current
Driver shorted to ground
10
mA
Isb
Output current
Driver shorted to ground
10
mA
Isab
Output current
Driver outputs shorted together.
3
mA
tstartupD
Startup time from enable until LVDS
is ready to drive
10
μs
1025
40
mV
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10.14 I/Q Data Interface Receiver DC and Startup Specification
The DC specification for the LVDS receiver of the I/Q data interface is given in the following tables. The general
measurement conditions are described in [4] on page 231. However, some adaptations are required due to the specific
signal levels of the proprietary interface. See Figure 4-9 on page 23 for the definition of Vgdp (voltage difference of
ground potentials).
Table 10-32. I/Q Data Interface Receiver DC and Startup Specification (proprietary mode)
Symbol
Parameter
Condition
Vi
Input voltage, Via or Vib
|Vgdp| < 50mV (driver receiver
ground potential difference)
Min.
Max.
Unit
0
Vidth
Input differential threshold
|Vgdp| < 50mV
Vhyst
Input differential voltage
25
Rin
Receiver differential input
impedance
80
tstartupR
Startup time from enable until LVDS
is ready to receive
Typ.
435
mV
-70
70
mV
mV
100
125
Ω
1
μs
Table 10-33. I/Q Data Interface Receiver DC and Startup Specification (IEEE mode, reduced range link)
Symbol
Parameter
Condition
Min.
Max.
Unit
Vi
Input voltage, Via or Vib
|Vgdp| < 50mV (driver receiver
ground potential difference)
825
Typ.
1575
mV
Vidth
Input differential threshold
|Vgdp| < 50mV
-100
100
mV
Vhyst
Input differential voltage
25
Rin
Receiver differential input
impedance
80
tstartupR
Startup time from enable until LVDS
is ready to receive
mV
100
125
Ω
1
μs
10.15 I/Q Data Interface Driver AC Specification
The following tables summarize the dynamic parameters of the LVDS driver of the I/Q data interface. The reference of
skew value is the RXCLK channel (see also section "Characteristics and Timing" on page 23). AC parameter for
proprietary and IEEE mode are identical.
Table 10-34. I/Q Data Interface Driver AC Specification
Symbol
Parameter
Condition
Min.
Typ.
Clock
RXCLK duty cycle
f = 64MHz
45
50
tfall
Vod fall time 20..80%
Zload = 100Ω, +/-1 %
trise
Vod rise time 20..80%
tskewD1
Differential skew
tskewD2
tD CLK-DATA_
RX
Max.
Unit
55
%
2.3
ns
Zload = 100Ω, +/-1 %
2.3
ns
any differential pair
200
ps
LVDS data channel to LVDS data
channel skew
Data to data
500
ps
Delay clock to data for
RXD09/RXD24 outputs
SKEWDRV=0x0, 1.906ns
0.5
1.9
3.1
ns
SKEWDRV=0x1, 2.906ns
1.9
2.9
3.9
ns
SKEWDRV=0x2, 3.906ns
(default)
2.9
3.9
4.9
ns
SKEWDRV=0x3, 4.906ns
3.9
4.9
5.9
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Symbol
Parameter
tjitter
RXCLK jitter
Condition
Min.
Typ.
Max.
Unit
100
ps
Max.
Unit
2
ns
Max.
Unit
1
μs
Figure 10-1. Definition of tskewD1
Differential Signal
VOS
tskewD1
10.16 I/Q Data Interface Receiver AC Specification
The following table shows the AC parameter of the LVDS receiver of the I/Q data interface.
Table 10-35. I/Q Data Interface Receiver AC Specification
Symbol
Parameter
Condition
tskewR1
Skew tolerable at receiver input to
meet setup and hold time
requirements
Data channel to clock channel
Min.
Typ.
-1
10.17 Digital Block Timing Specification
The following table shows the timing of digital units.
Table 10-36. Digital Blocks Timing
Symbol
Parameter
Condition
tRND
Update time of random number
value
Transceiver must operate in
state RX.
Min.
Typ.
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Typical Characteristics
11.1
Output Power at Several Modulations
RMS output power is measured at device pins. Measurements are performed under typical conditions
(DEVDD/EVDD=3.0V, Temp=25degC), RFn_PAC.PACUR=0x3.
Figure 11-1. Output power vs. RF09_PAX.TXPWR register for several modulations at f channel=500MHz
Output power vs. RF09_PAC.TXPWR register value at 500MHz
20
15
Output Power P_RFr [dBm]
10
5
CW
FSK
0
OQPSK
-5
OFDM O1
-10
OFDM O2
OFDM O3
-15
OFDM O4
-20
-25
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
RF09_PAC.TXPWR register value
Figure 11-2. Output power vs. RF09_PAX.TXPWR register for several modulations at f channel=900MHz
Output power vs. RF09_PAC.TXPWR register value at 900MHz
20
15
Output Power P_RF [dBm]
10
5
CW
FSK
0
OQPSK
-5
OFDM O1
-10
OFDM O2
OFDM O3
-15
OFDM O4
-20
-25
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
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Figure 11-3. Output power vs. RF24_PAX.TXPWR register for several modulations at f channel=2445MHz
Output power vs. RF24_PAC.TXPWR register value at 2445MHz
20
Output Power P_RF [dBm]
15
10
CW
5
OQPSK
0
FSK
OFDM O1
-5
OFDM O2
OFDM O3
-10
OFDM O4
-15
-20
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
RF24_PAC.TXPWR register value
Output Power versus Supply Voltage
Figure 11-4. Maximum output power vs. supply voltage at fchannel=500MHz for 2FSK-50ksymbols/s
Output power (2FSK-50ksymbols/s) vs. supply voltage EVDD
(fChannel=500MHz, TXPWR=31)
20.0
15.0
Output power P_RF [dBm]
11.2
PAVC=0
10.0
PAVC=1
5.0
PAVC=2
0.0
1.8
2
2.2
2.4
2.6
2.8
3
EVDD [V]
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Figure 11-5. Maximum output power vs. supply voltage at fchannel=900MHz for 2FSK-50ksymbols/s
Output power (2FSK-50ksymbols/s) vs. supply voltage
(fChannel=900MHz, TXPWR=31)
20.0
Output Power P_RF [dBm]
15.0
PAVC=0
10.0
PAVC=1
5.0
PAVC=2
0.0
1.8
2.0
2.2
2.4
2.6
2.8
3.0
EVDD [V]
Figure 11-6. Maximum output power vs. supply voltage at fchannel=2445MHz for 2FSK-50ksymbols/s
Output power (2FSK-50ksymbols/s) vs. supply voltage
(fChannel=900MHz, TXPWR=31)
20.0
Output Power_RF [dBm]
15.0
PAVC=0
10.0
PAVC=1
5.0
PAVC=2
0.0
1.8
2.0
2.2
2.4
2.6
2.8
3.0
EVDD [V]
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TX Current Consumption and Output Power at PAC.PACUR settings
Figure 11-7. Current consumption vs. PAC.TXPWR at PA current settings (PAC.PACUR) for 2FSK-50ksymbols/s at
500MHz band
TX Supply Current (2FSK-50ksymbols/s) at PAC.PACUR Setting
(fChannel=500MHz)
90
80
Supply Current [mA]
70
60
PAC.PACUR:
50
0
1
2
40
3
30
20
10
0
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
RF09_PAC.TXPWR register value
Figure 11-8. Output power vs. PAC.TXPWR at PA current settings (PAC.PACUR) for 2FSK-50ksymbols/s at 500MHz
band
TX Output Power (2FSK-50ksymbols/s) at PAC.PACUR Setting
(fChannel=500MHz)
20
15
Output Power P_RF [dBm]
11.3
10
PAC.PACUR:
5
0
1
2
0
3
-5
-10
-15
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
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Figure 11-9. Current consumption vs. PAC.TXPWR at PA current settings (PAC.PACUR) for 2FSK-50ksymbols/s at
900MHz band
TX Supply Current (2FSK-50ksymbols/s) at PAC.PACUR Setting
(fChannel=900MHz)
80
70
Supply Current P_RF [mA]
60
50
PAC.PACUR:
0
1
40
2
3
30
20
10
0
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
RF09_PAC.TXPWR register value
Figure 11-10. Output power vs. PAC.TXPWR at PA current settings (PAC.PACUR) for 2FSK-50ksymbols/s at 900MHz
band
TX Output Power (2FSK-50ksymbols/s) at PAC.PACUR Setting
(fChannel=900MHz)
20
Output Power P_RF [dBm]
15
10
PAC.PACUR:
5
0
1
2
0
3
-5
-10
-15
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
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Figure 11-11. Current consumption vs. PAC.TXPWR at PA current settings (PAC.PACUR) for 2FSK-50ksymbols/s at
2.4GHz band
TX Supply Current (2FSK-50ksymbols/s) at PAC.PACUR Setting
(fChannel=2445MHz)
80
70
Supply Current [mA]
60
50
PAC.PACUR:
0
40
1
2
3
30
20
10
0
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
RF24_PAC.TXPWR register value
Figure 11-12. Output power vs. PAC.TXPWR at PA current settings (PAC.PACUR) for 2FSK-50ksymbols/s at 2.4GHz
band
TX Output Power (2FSK-50ksymbols/s) at PAC.PACUR Setting
(fChannel=2445MHz)
20
Output Power P_RF [dBm]
15
10
PAC.PACUR:
5
0
1
0
2
3
-5
-10
-15
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
RF24_PAC.TXPWR register value
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11.4
TX Output Power at Temperature Sweep
Figure 11-13. Maximum TX output power vs. temperature for 2FSK-50ksymbols/s
Maximum TX Output Power (2FSK-50ksymbols/s) vs. Temperature
(PAC.PACUR=3)
18
16
Output Power P_RF [dBm]
14
12
490000000
500MHz
10
902000000
900MHz
8
2445MHz
244500000
0
6
4
2
0
-40
0
25
85
Temperature [degC]
TX Output Power at Frequency Sweep
Figure 11-14. Maximum TX output power vs. frequency for 2FSK-50ksymbols/s at 500MHz band
Maximum TX Output Power (2FSK-50ksymbols/s) vs Frequency at PAC.PACUR
Setting 500MHz Band (PAC.TXPWR=31)
18
16
14
Output Power P_RF [dBm]
11.5
12
PAC.PACUR:
0
10
1
8
2
3
6
4
2
0
390
400
410
420
430
440
450
460
470
480
490
500
510
Frequency [MHz]
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Figure 11-15. Maximum TX output power vs. frequency for 2FSK-50ksymbols/s at 900MHz band
Maximum TX Output Power (2FSK-50ksymbols/s) vs Frequency at PAC.PACUR
Setting 900MHz Band (PAC.TXPWR=31)
18
16
Output Power P_RF [dBm]
14
12
PAC.PACUR:
0
10
1
8
2
3
6
4
2
0
790
800
810
820
830
840
850
860
870
880
890
900
910
920
930
Frequency [MHz]
Figure 11-16. Maximum TX output power vs. frequency for 2FSK-50ksymbols/s at 2400MHz band
Maximum TX Output Power (2FSK-50ksymbols/s) vs Frequency at PAC.PACUR
Setting 2400MHz Band, (PAC.TXPWR=31)
16
14
Output Power P_RF [dBm]
12
PAC.PACUR:
10
0
8
1
2
6
3
4
2
0
2400
2410
2420
2430
2440
2450
2460
2470
2480
Frequency [MHz]
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Receiver Sensitivity
Figure 11-17. Receiver sensitivity vs. frequency for selected modulations (900MHz band)
Receiver Sensitivity vs Frequency 900MHz Band for selected modulations
-90
-95
Sensitivity [dBm]
-100
-105
2FSK2FSK50MI10
50ksymbols/s
-110
OFDM
OFDMO2M4
Opt.2, MCS4:
600kb/s
-115
-120
OQPSK
OQPSKFC0RM0
Chip Rate
100kchip/s,
Rate Mode 0
6.25kb/s
-125
-130
795
815
835
855
875
895
915
935
Frequency [MHz]
Figure 11-18. Receiver sensitivity vs. frequency for selected modulations (2400MHz band)
Receiver Sensitivity vs Frequency 2400MHz Band for selected modulations
-90
-95
-100
Sensitivity [dBm]
11.6
-105
2FSK2FSK50MI10
50ksymbols/s
-110
OFDM
OFDMO2M4
Opt.2, MCS4:
600kb/s
-115
-120
OQPSK
OQPSKFC0RM0
Chip Rate
100kchip/s,
Rate Mode 0
6.25kb/s
-125
-130
2405
2415
2425
2435
2445
2455
2465
2475
Frequency [MHz]
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Frequency Synthesizer (PLL)
Figure 11-19. PLL phase noise
Phase Noise
0
-20
-40
Phase noise [dBc/Hz]
11.7
-60
Channel=490MHz
Channel=902MHz
Channel=2445MHz
-80
-100
-120
-140
-160
1.00E+03
1.00E+04
1.00E+05
1.00E+06
1.00E+07
Offset Frequency [Hz]
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Acronyms and Abbreviations
Table 12-1 contains acronyms and abbreviations used in this document.
Table 12-1. Acronyms and Abbreviations
Abbreviations
Description
AACI
Alternate Adjacent Channel Interference Tolerance
ACI
Adjacent Channel Interference Tolerance
ACK
Acknowledgement
ADC
Analog-to-Digital Converter
AGC
Automatic Gain Control
AVREG
Analog Voltage Regulator
AWGN
Additive White Gaussian Noise
BATMON
Battery Monitor
BPF
Band-Pass Filter
BPSK
Binary Phase Shift Keying
CCA
Clear Channel Assessment
CRC
Cyclic Redundancy Check
CW
Continuous Wave
DAC
Digital-to-Analog Converter
DDR
Double Data Rate
DVREG
Digital Voltage Regulator
ED
Energy Detect
ESD
Electrostatic Discharge
EVM
Error Vector Magnitude
FCF
Frame Control Field
FCS
Frame Check Sequence
FEC
Forward Error Correction
FSK
Frequency Shift Keying
FTN
Filter Tuning Network
HCS
Header Check Sequence
I/O
Input/Output
I/Q
In/Quadrature-Phase
I/Q IF
I/Q Interface
IC
Integrated Circuit
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
IF
Intermediate Frequency
IRQ
Interrupt Request
ISM
Industrial Scientific Medical
LNA
Low-Noise Amplifier
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Abbreviations
Description
LPF
Low-Pass Filter
LSB
Least Significant Bit
LVDS
Low-Voltage Differential-Signalling
MAC
Medium Access Control
MFR
MAC Footer
MHR
MAC Header
MISO
Master Input, Slave Output
MOSI
Master Output, Slave Input
MR-OFDM
Multi-Rate and multi-regional Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
MR-O-QPSK
Multi-Rate and multi-regional Offset Quadrature Phase-Shift Keying
MSB
Most Significant Bit
MSDU
MAC Service Data Unit
O-QPSK
Offset Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
PA
Power Amplifier
PAN
Personal Area Network
PCB
Printed Circuit Board
PER
Packet Error Rate
PHR
PHY Header
PHY
Physical Layer
PLL
Phase-Looked Loop
PPDU
PHY Protocol Data Unit
PRBS
Pseudo Random Binary Sequence
PSD
Power Spectrum Density
PSDU
PHY Service Data Unit
QAM
Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
QFN
Quad Flat No-Lead Package
RBW
Resolution Bandwidth
RC
Raised Cosine
RF
Radio Frequency
RPC
Reduced Power Consumption
RSSI
Received Signal Strength Indicator
RX
Receiver
RXFE
Receiver Front End
SFD
Start-Of-Frame Delimiter
SHR
Synchronization Header
SLVDS
Scaleable LVDS
SPI
Serial Peripheral Interface
SUN
Smart metering utility network
TRX
Transceiver
TX
Transmitter
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Abbreviations
Description
TXFE
Transmitter Frontend
XOSC
Crystal Oscillator
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13.
Appendix
13.1
Continuous Transmission
13.1.1 Frame Based Continuous Transmission
The AT86RF215 comprises a frame based continuous transmit mode. This is useful for application / production tests as
well as certification tests. Using this mode, the transceiver acts as a continuous transmitter.
The continuous transmission is enabled if the sub-register PC.CTX is set to 1. Prior to transmission, the AT86RF215
must be in state TXPREP, see section "State Machine" on page 33. A frame transmission, started by CMD.CMD=TX
with enabled continuous transmit mode (PC.CTX), transmits synchronization header (SHR), PHY header (PHR) and
repeatedly PHY payload (PSDU). The current PHY settings are used; the length of the PHY payload is configured by
the concatenation of the registers BBCn_TXFLH and BBCn_TXFLL. If the sub-register PC.TXAFCS is set to 1, the last
PHY payload octets are replaced by the calculated FCS (see "Frame Check Sequence" on page 138).
The transmission proceeds as long as the sub-register PC.CTX remains 1. If the sub-register PC.CTX is set to 0, the
transmission stops once the current PSDU transmission is completed (Figure 13-1). The AT86RF215 enters state
TXPREP afterwards (see "State TXPREP" on page 35).
Figure 13-1. Continuous Transmission Sequence
RF Signal
STATE
Instruction
SHR
TXPREP
PHR
PSDU
PSDU
PSDU
TX
TX
TXPREP
CMD=TX
PC.CTX
While in continuous TX mode, the transmit frame buffer is read out cyclically by the baseband core. Pad bits (as
described in [3] for MR-OFDM and MR-O-QPSK) are only inserted in the last PSDU transmit cycle.
Alternatively, this transmit mode can be stopped immediately if the command TRXOFF is written to the sub-register
CMD.CMD=TRXOFF.
Table 13-2 shows the required register modifications for continuous transmit.
13.1.2 DAC Value Overwrite
The AT86RF215 comprises a DAC (digital to analog converter) value overwrite functionality. Each transceiver contains
two transmitter DACs (for the in-phase and quadrature-phase signal) in order to transmit IQ signals. Both DAC values
can be overwritten separately by register settings. This feature is useful to transmit an LO carrier which is necessary for
certain certifications.
If the sub-register TXDACI.ENTXDACID is set to 1, the digital input value of the in-phase signal DAC is overwritten with
the value of the sub-register TXDACI.TXDACID. Respective, if the sub-register TXDACQ.ENTXDACQD is set to 1, the
digital input value of the quadrature-phase signal DAC is overwritten with the value of the sub-register
TXDACQ.TXDACQD.
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Both sub-registers TXDACI.TXDACID and TXDACQ.TXDACQD contain seven bit binary values in the range from 0x00
to 0x7E. A value of 0x3F results in a zero signal output magnitude of the respective DAC. A value of 0x00 results in the
minimum signal output of the respective DAC, a value of 0x7E results in the maximum output signal of the respective
DAC.
If the transceiver is in state TX and both DAC values are overwritten, the transceiver transmits an LO carrier of the
frequency selected by the "Frequency Synthesizer (PLL)" on page 62.
To start a continuous transmission of a LO carrier, the transmitter is started as described in Frame Based Continuous
Transmission. Alternatively, the transmitter can be started using chip mode 1 if sub-register IQIFC1.CHPM is set to
0x01. In this case the transmitter is started by command TX.
Table 13-1 describes the recommended scenario for DAC value overwrite, Table 13-2 shows the required register
modifications for continuous transmit for RF215 and RF215IQ.
Table 13-1. Recommended DAC Value Overwrite Scenario
TXDACI.TXDACID
TXDACQ.TXDACQD
Comment
0x7E
0x3F
The in-phase DAC has the maximum signal
magnitude, the quadrature-phase DAC has the
minimum signal magnitude. During transmit a carrier
with output power, respective to sub-register
PAC.TXPWR is transmitted.
Table 13-2. Required Register Settings for Continuous Transmit
RF215 (frame based)
RF215 (DAC overwrite)
RF215IQ (DAC overwrite)
IQIFC1.CHPM = 0
IQIFC1.CHPM = 0
IQIFC1.CHPM = 1
PC.CTX = 1
PC.CTX = 1
Configure PHY mode
Configure PHY mode
{BBCn_TXFLH,BBCn_TXFLL} = 1..2047
{BBCn_TXFLH,BBCn_TXFLL} = 1..2047
CMD.CMD = TX
TXDACI.TXDACID = 0x7E
TXDACI.TXDACID = 0x7E
TXDACQ.TXDACQD = 0x3F
TXDACQ.TXDACQD = 0x3F
TXDACI.ENTXDACID = 1
TXDACI.ENTXDACID = 1
TXDACQ.ENTXDACQD = 1
TXDACQ.ENTXDACQD = 1
CMD.CMD = TX
CMD.CMD = TX
13.1.3 Register Description
13.1.3.1 BBCn_PC – PHY Control
This register configures the baseband PHY.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
CTX
FCSFE
FCSOK
TXAFCS
FCST
BBEN
Read/Write
RW
RW
R
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
PT
BBCn_PC
Bit 7 – PC.CTX: Continuous Transmit
This sub-register enables the continuous transmit mode.
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Table 13-3. CTX
Sub-register
Value
CTX
Description
0x0
Continuous transmission disabled
0x1
Continuous transmission enabled
13.1.3.2 RFn_TXDACI – In-phase input value for TXDAC
Input I value can be applied at TXDAC (DC measurement)
Bit
7
6
5
4
ENTXDAC
ID
3
2
1
0
TXDACID
RFn_TXDACI
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
Bit 7 – TXDACI.ENTXDACID: Enable input to TXDAC
Bit 6:0 – TXDACI.TXDACID: Input to TXDAC data
13.1.3.3 RFn_TXDACQ – Quadrature-phase input value for TXDAC
Input Q value can be applied at TXDAC (DC measurement)
Bit
7
6
5
4
ENTXDAC
QD
3
TXDACQD
RFn_TXDACQ
Read/Write
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Bit 7 – TXDACQ.ENTXDACQD: Enable input to TXDAC
Bit 6:0 – TXDACQ.TXDACQD: Input to TXDAC data
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Ordering Information
Ordering Code
Carrier Type
Package
AT86RF215-ZU
Tray
AT86RF215-ZUR
Tape & Reel
AT86RF215IQ-ZU
Tray
AT86RF215IQ-ZUR
Tape & Reel
AT86RF215M-ZU
Tray
AT86RF215M-ZUR
Tape & Reel
PQ
(Lead-free/Halogen-free)
PQ
(Lead-free/Halogen-free)
PQ
(Lead-free/Halogen-free)
PQ
(Lead-free/Halogen-free)
PQ
(Lead-free/Halogen-free)
PQ
(Lead-free/Halogen-free)
Voltage
Range
(1.8 - 3.6)V
Temperature Range
(1.8 - 3.6)V
Industrial (-40C to +85C)
(1.8 - 3.6)V
Industrial (-40C to +85C)
(1.8 - 3.6)V
Industrial (-40C to +85C)
(1.8 - 3.6)V
Industrial (-40C to +85C)
(1.8 - 3.6)V
Industrial (-40C to +85C)
Industrial (-40C to +85C)
Note:
Pb-free packaging, complies to European Directive for Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS directive).
Also Halide free and fully Green
Note:
Minimum Tape&Reel quantity: 4000
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15.
Errata
15.1
Errata Overview
Table 15-1. Errata Overview
Device
Version
Applicable Errata Numbers
AT86RF215
v.1
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10
v.3
no known errata
v.1
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
v.3
9
v.1
1, 2, 6, 8
v.3
no known errata
AT86RF215M
AT86RF215IQ
15.2
Errata AT86RF215 Description
15.2.1 Errata #1: Low transmitter LO leakage calibration
Description: During state transition from TRXOFF to TXPREP the LO leakage calibration is automatically executed
and the derived calibration values are stored to the corresponding registers; i.e. TXCI.DCOI and TXCQ.DCOQ. The
automatic LO leakage calibration loop has a failure rate of about 3%.
Software workaround:
Step 1: Generate/Calculate correct calibration values
During device initialization or significant environment changes, identify the correct calibration values for each used
frequency band. Generate calibration values:
Initiate automatic calibration loop from state TRXOFF by writing command TXPREP to register RFn_CMD.
Wait until state TRXRDY is reached
Read the calibration values from registers RFn_TXCI_DCOI and RFn_TXCQ_DCOQ
Repeat above procedure five times and calculate the median value for TXCI and TXCQ
Step 2: Apply correct calibration values
After a state transition from TRXOFF to TXPREP write the derived median calibration values from step 1 to the
corresponding sub-registers TXCI.DCOI and TXCQ.DCOQ.
Note that a state transition from the state TRXOFF to RX passed internally the state TXPREP. Therefore after the state
transition (from the state TRXOFF to RX) step 2 is applicable after reaching state RX as well.
15.2.1.1 RFn_TXCI – Transmit calibration I path
The register contains information about the TX LO leakage calibration value of the transmit I path. At the transition
process from state TRXOFF to TX the calibration is started automatically.
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Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
–
–
Read/Write
RW
R
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
DCOI
RFn_TXCI
Bit 5:0 – TXCI.DCOI: DC offset calibration value I path
The value of the LO leakage calibration of the transmit I path is captured.
15.2.1.2 RFn_TXCQ – Transmit calibration Q path
The register contains information about the TX LO leakage calibration value of the transmit Q path. At the transition
process from state TRXOFF to TX the calibration is started automatically.
Bit
7
6
–
–
Read/Write
R
R
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
RW
Initial Value
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
5
4
3
2
1
0
DCOQ
RFn_TXCQ
Bit 5:0 – TXCQ.DCOQ: DC offset calibration value Q path
The value of the LO leakage calibration of the transmit Q path is captured.
[Errata reference 4807]
15.2.2 Errata #2: State transition not successful
Description:
Scenario 1 – State transition is triggered by writing a command to the register RFn_CMD
The following state transitions may not be completed:
State TRXOFF to state TXPREP
State TRXOFF to state RX
After transitioning to the above mentioned states, the target state is provided by the register RFn_STATE and in case of
transition to state TXPREP the interrupt TRXRDY is issued if interrupt is enabled,. If state transition is not completed,
the state register RFn_STATE provides the state TRANSITION and in case of transition to state TXPREP no interrupt is
issued. When the transition period exceeds tTRXOFF_TXPREP(max)=200µs and the target state is not reached, the following
workaround is required.
Scenario 2 – State transition is triggered by changing the channel frequency
Changing the channel frequency (see section "Frequency Synthesizer (PLL)" on page 62) in the state TXPREP, an
internal state transition may not be completed. If the internal state transition is completed, the interrupt TRXRDY is
issued, if interrupt is enabled, and the sub-register PLL.LS is set to 1. When no interrupt is issued or the value of the
sub-register PLL.LS is not 1 within a period of tTRXOFF_TXPREP(max)=200µs, the following workaround is required.
Software workaround for scenario 1 and 2:
Step
Step
Step
Step
1:
2:
3:
4:
Write to the register RFn_PLL the value 9
Wait for 20us
Write to the register RFn_PLL the value 8
Scenario 1: Wait until the target state is reached or in case of transition to state TXPREP the interrupt
TRXRDY is issued as well if interrupt is enabled.
Scenario 2: Wait until the interrupt TRXRDY is issued or the sub-register PLL.LS is set to 1.
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Step 5: If the target state is not reached or the interrupt TRXRDY is not issued within 20μs, repeat the procedure
starting with step 1.
[Errata reference 4810]
15.2.3 Errata #3: TX Signal Quality for FSK
Description:
One modulation quality parameter of FSK is the zero crossing tolerance. The excursions for the zero crossings for all
trajectories of the eye diagram shall be within 12.5% of Ts (see IEEE Std 802.15.4g™-2012). The spectrum analyzer
receiver bandwidth is 4x(Symbol rate) regardless of the modulation index of the FSK mode and no receiver input
measurement filter is applied. Due to transmitter limitations the FSK modes require power backoff to fullfil the zero
crossing requirements in the 900MHz and 2.4GHz band, the 500MHz band is not affected, see Table 15-2.
Table 15-2. MR-FSK power backoff
Modulation
Note:
Frequency
band
Mod.
index
Symbol rate
[ksymbol/s]
Max(P_R
F) [dBm]
Register
PAC.TXPWR
Comments
Operation RF215 to RF215 at
maximum output power possible
2-FSK
900MHz
1
50
13.0
28
2-FSK
900MHz
1
100
11.0
24
2-FSK
900MHz
1
200
11.0
24
2-FSK
900MHz
0.5
100
10.0
22
2-FSK
900MHz
0.5
150
10.0
22
2-FSK
900MHz
0.5
200
10.0
22
2-FSK
900MHz
0.5
300
10.0
22
2-FSK
2400MHz
1
50
8.0
19
2-FSK
2400MHz
1
100
6.0
16
2-FSK
2400MHz
0.5
150
exceeds
limits
-
2-FSK
2400MHz
0.5
200
exceeds
limits
-
Operation RF215 to RF215 at
11.0dBm output power possible
Operation RF215 to RF215 at
12.0dBm output power possible
Operation RF215 to RF215 at
9.0dBm output power possible
Refer to MR-FSK power charts in section "Output Power at Several Modulations " on page 208 for correct
register PAC.TXPWR setting.
[Errata reference 4820]
15.2.4 Errata #4: TX Signal Quality for MR-OFDM
Description:
The RMS error [dB] of the error vector magnitude determines the signal quality of MR-OFDM. The limits are specified in
IEEE Std 802.15.4g™-2012, Table 161; depending on MCS level. The Max(P_RF) is the maximum RMS output power
of the MR-OFDM signals which fulfills the standards, see Table 15-3. MR-OFDM modes that are not mentioned
(MCS=0,1,2,3) in Table 15-3 on page 228 are not affected.
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Table 15-3. MR-OFDM power backoff
Modulation
Frequency
band
[MHz]
Option
MCS
Max(P_RF)
[dBm]
Register
PAC.TXPWR
Comments
MR-OFDM
500MHz
4
6
10.0
29
Operation RF215 to RF215 at full output
power possible
MR-OFDM
900MHz
2
4
9.0
28
MR-OFDM
900MHz
2
5
5.0
23
Operation RF215 to RF215 at full output
power possible
MR-OFDM
900MHz
3
5
7.0
26
MR-OFDM
900MHz
3
6
5.0
23
Operation RF215 to RF215 at 5.0dBm
output power possible
MR-OFDM
900MHz
4
5
8.0
26
Operation RF215 to RF215 at full output
power possible
MR-OFDM
900MHz
4
6
6.0
23
Operation RF215 to RF215 at 8.0dBm
output power possible
MR-OFDM
2400MHz
2
4
7.0
26
Operation RF215 to RF215 at full output
power possible
MR-OFDM
2400MHz
2
5
6.0
25
Operation RF215 to RF215 at 8.0dBm
output power possible
MR-OFDM
2400MHz
3
4
7.0
26
Operation RF215 to RF215 at full output
power possible
MR-OFDM
2400MHz
3
5
6.0
25
Operation RF215 to RF215 at 8.0dBm
output power possible
MR-OFDM
2400MHz
3
6
5.0
24
Operation RF215 to RF215 at 5.0dBm
output power possible
MR-OFDM
2400MHz
4
4
8.0
26
Operation RF215 to RF215 at full output
power possible
MR-OFDM
2400MHz
4
5
7.0
25
MR-OFDM
2400MHz
4
6
5.0
23
Note:
Operation RF215 to RF215 at 5.0dBm
output power possible
Refer to MR-OFDM power charts in section "Output Power at Several Modulations " on page 208 for correct
register PAC.TXPWR setting.
[Errata reference 4664]
15.2.5 Errata #5: Reduced power consumption mode (RPC) causes higher PER
Description:
The usage of reduced power consumption mode (RPC) for MR-FSK and MR-OQPSK may cause a higher packet error
rate.
Software workaround:
The RPC is configured with sub-register OQPSKC2.RPC set to 1 for MR-OQPSK modulation and sub-register
FSKRPC.EN set to 1 for MR-FSK modulation. In addition, the following settings must be made:
Write to the register RFn_PLL the value 9 if the AT86RF215 is in state RX and the desired channel frequency
has been reached.
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Write to the register RFn_PLL the value 8 prior to a change of the channel frequency or if the state RX has
been left (including automatic state change from RX to TXPREP).
[Errata reference 4841]
15.2.6 Errata #6: State Machine Command RFn_CMD=TRXOFF may not be succeeded
Description:
If the current state is different from SLEEP, the execution of the command TRXOFF may fail.
Software workaround:
Check state by reading register RFn_STATE
Repeat the command RFn_CMD=TRXOFF if the target state was not reached.
[Errata reference 4840]
15.2.7 Errata #7: Acknowledgement Frame is transmitted without ACK request
Description:
The Automatic Acknowledgement unit transmits an acknowledgement frame without an ACK request under the
following condition:
A frame is received that does not match the 3rd level filter rules but its ACK request bit is set and the next
incoming frame matches all 3rd level filter rules but the ACK request bit is zero (this second frame is
acknowledged).
Software workaround:
If the interrupt RXFE is issued and the AR bit in the header of the incoming frame is set to 0, then apply the
following sequence before the ACK frame is automatically transmitted:
Set sub-register AMCS.AACK to 0
Set sub-register AMCS.AACK back to 1
[Errata reference 4830]
15.2.8 Errata #8: Scalable LVDS I/Q data interface link does not support fail safe mode
Description:
The pins RXCLKP/RXCLKN, RXDN09/RXDP09 and RXDN24/RXDP24 must not be pulled high in SLVDS mode when
the I/Q interface is disabled (powered-down). Thus the SLVDS interface link does not support the fail safe feature. In
modes compliant to the IEEE standard 1596.1-1996 fail-safe detection with pull-up resistors is supported.
Solution:
Do not pull high pins RXCLK and RXDx using the SLVDS link option (common mode voltage of 200mV with a
voltage swing of 200mV).
Do not use a fail safe circuit with pull-up resistor when using the SLVDS link option.
Use 100kΩ pull-down resistors if the I/Q interface is disabled (power-down) and the pins RXCLK and RXDxxx
would be floating when using the SLVDS link option.
[Errata reference 4860]
15.2.9 Errata #9: RF215M device has a wrong part number
Description:
The RF215M device part number is 0x34 instead of 0x36 (register RF_PN.PN).
15.2.10 Errata #10: Missing AGC release upon receive of an invalid legacy O-QPSK frame
Description:
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Upon receive of a legacy O-QPSK frame with an invalid PHR field, the receiver may not correctly release the AGC and
may not listen the next incoming O-QPSK frames. The errata is only relevant if receive of legacy O-QPSK is enabled
(BBCn_PC.PT = 3, BBCn_OQPSKC0.FCHIP > 1 and receive mode BBCn_OQPSKC2.RXM = 1 or
BBCn_OQPSKC2.RXM = 2).
Software workaround:
Start a timer with the interrupt AGCH.
Stop the timer if one of the interrupts AGCR or RXFS occurs within the expected period T.
At timer trigger set BBEN=0 and back to BBEN=1 again.
The expected timer period T depends on the O-QPSK receive mode (OQPSKC2.RXM).
BBCn_OQPSKC2.RXM = 1 : T = 200 us
BBCn_QQPSKC2.RXM = 2 : T = 6000 us
[Errata reference 4908]
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16.
References
[1] IEEE Std 802.15.4™-2006: IEEE Standard for Information technology-- Local and metropolitan area networks-Specific requirements-- Part 15.4: Wireless Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications
for Low Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)
[2] IEEE Std 802.15.4™-2011: IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks--Part 15.4: Low-Rate Wireless
Personal Area Networks (LR-WPANs)
[3] IEEE Std 802.15.4g™-2012: IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks--Part 15.4: Low-Rate Wireless
Personal Area Networks (LR-WPANs) Amendment 3: Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications for Low-Data-Rate,
Wireless, Smart Metering Utility Networks
[4] IEEE Standard for Low-Voltage Differential Signals (LVDS) for Scalable Coherent Interface (SCI) 1596.3-1996.
[5] ETSI TS 102 887-1 V (2013-07): Electromagnetic compatibility and radio spectrum Matters (ERM); Short
Range Devices; Smart Metering Wireless Access Protocol (SMEP). Part 1; PHY Layer.
[6] ETSI EN 300 220-1 V2.4.1 (2012-05) Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio spectrum Matters (ERM); Short Range
Device (SRD)
[7]
IEEE Std 802.15.4™-2015: IEEE Standard for Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)
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Table of Contents
1. Description ......................................................................................... 3
1.1
1.2
1.3
Device Family.................................................................................................... 3
Block Diagram ................................................................................................... 4
Control Logic and Naming Conventions ............................................................ 6
2. Pin-out Diagram and Description........................................................ 7
2.1
2.2
Pin-out Diagram ................................................................................................ 7
Pin Description .................................................................................................. 9
3. Application Schematic ...................................................................... 11
4. Control and Data Interfaces ............................................................. 13
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
Reset Modes ................................................................................................... 13
SPI Transceiver Control Interface ................................................................... 16
Interrupt Signalling .......................................................................................... 19
Clock Output ................................................................................................... 20
Serial I/Q Data Interface.................................................................................. 22
5. Basic Operation ............................................................................... 30
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
Operating Modes............................................................................................. 30
State Machine ................................................................................................. 33
Interrupts ......................................................................................................... 38
Basic Operation of AT86RF215M ................................................................... 42
6. Module Description .......................................................................... 43
6.1
6.2
6.3
6.4
6.5
6.6
6.7
6.8
6.9
6.10
6.11
6.12
6.13
6.14
6.15
6.16
6.17
6.18
Transmitter Frontend .................................................................................... 43
Receiver Frontend ......................................................................................... 52
Frequency Synthesizer (PLL) .......................................................................... 62
Crystal Oscillator and TCXO ........................................................................... 67
External Frontend Control ............................................................................... 70
Voltage Regulator ........................................................................................... 75
Battery Monitor (BATMON) ............................................................................. 78
Analog Calibrations ......................................................................................... 80
Baseband Core ............................................................................................... 81
MR-FSK PHY .................................................................................................. 86
MR-OFDM PHY ............................................................................................ 112
O-QPSK PHY ................................................................................................ 120
Frame Buffer ................................................................................................. 132
Frame Check Sequence ............................................................................... 138
IEEE MAC Support ....................................................................................... 141
Random Number Generator .......................................................................... 161
Phase Measurement Unit .............................................................................. 162
Timestamp Counter....................................................................................... 166
7. Transceiver Usage ......................................................................... 169
7.1
7.2
7.3
7.4
Transceiver Usage in Baseband Mode ......................................................... 169
Example: Transceiver Usage in Baseband Mode ......................................... 170
Transmitter Usage in I/Q Radio Mode ........................................................... 178
Receiver Usage in I/Q Radio Mode ............................................................... 180
8. Register Summary ......................................................................... 181
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9. Package Drawing ........................................................................... 186
10. Electrical Characteristics ................................................................ 187
10.1
10.2
10.3
10.4
10.5
10.6
10.7
10.8
10.9
10.10
10.11
10.12
10.13
10.14
10.15
10.16
10.17
Absolute Maximum Ratings* ......................................................................... 187
Operating Range ........................................................................................... 187
Digital Pin Specifications ............................................................................... 187
Power-on Reset Characteristics .................................................................... 188
General Transceiver Specifications............................................................... 188
Crystal Oscillator Specification ...................................................................... 188
Clock Output – pin CLKO .............................................................................. 189
Transition Time ............................................................................................. 189
Transmitter Characteristics ........................................................................... 190
Receiver Characteristics ............................................................................... 194
Current Consumption Specifications ............................................................. 203
SPI Timing Characteristics ............................................................................ 204
I/Q Data Interface Driver DC and Startup Specification ................................ 205
I/Q Data Interface Receiver DC and Startup Specification ............................ 206
I/Q Data Interface Driver AC Specification .................................................... 206
I/Q Data Interface Receiver AC Specification ............................................... 207
Digital Block Timing Specification ................................................................. 207
11. Typical Characteristics .................................................................. 208
11.1
11.2
11.3
11.4
11.5
11.6
11.7
Output Power at Several Modulations ........................................................... 208
Output Power versus Supply Voltage ............................................................ 209
TX Current Consumption and Output Power at PAC.PACUR settings .......... 211
TX Output Power at Temperature Sweep ..................................................... 214
TX Output Power at Frequency Sweep ......................................................... 214
Receiver Sensitivity ....................................................................................... 216
Frequency Synthesizer (PLL) ........................................................................ 217
12. Acronyms and Abbreviations .......................................................... 218
13. Appendix ........................................................................................ 221
13.1
Continuous Transmission .............................................................................. 221
14. Ordering Information ...................................................................... 224
15. Errata
15.1
15.2
........................................................ 225
Errata Overview ............................................................................................ 225
Errata AT86RF215 Description ..................................................................... 225
16. References .................................................................................... 231
17. Table of Contents ........................................................................... 232
18. Revision History ............................................................................. 234
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18.
Revision History
Doc Rev.
Date
Comments
42415E
05/2016
42415D
11/2015
42415C
07/2015
42415B
42415A
04/2015
03/2015
Section "MR-FSK PHY":
- Information in section "Direct Modulation RF215 v.3 (RF_VN = 0x03)" added
(Pre-emphasis setting for FSK direct modulation)
Section "SPI Transceiver Control Interface":
- Correction of tSPI_5 in "SPI Timing"
Reference to IEEE Std 802.15.4TM-2015 [7]
Information of "Frequency Synthesizer (PLL)" in section "Typical Characteristics"
added
Section Errata:
- RF215M information added "Errata Overview"
- Errata 7: improved SW workaround "Errata AT86RF215 Description"
Section MR-FSK PHY "MR-FSK PHY"
- Default AGC receiver setting added (Table 6-60/Table 6-62/Table 6-61/Table
6-63)
Section Frequency Synthesizer (PLL) "Frequency Synthesizer (PLL)"
- Description for sub-register PLL.LBW improved (PLL.LBW)
Section IEEE MAC Support ("IEEE MAC Support")
- Description of section "Clear Channel Assessment with Automatic Transmit
(CCATX)" and "Transmit and Switch to Receive (TX2RX)" extended
RF215-v.3 information:
- FSK sample rate TXDFE.SR ( Table 6-51)
- FSK direct modulation ("Direct Modulation RF215 v.3 (RF_VN = 0x03)")
- QPSK direct modulation ("Direct Modulation RF215 v.3 (RF_VN = 0x03)")
- Additional information in section "Typical Characteristics"
Additional information in section
Update and additional information in section "Electrical Characteristics"
Editorial updates
Added Ordering Information
Initial document release
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