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Keywords OL2300, User manual, UHF, RF, transmitter, fractional-N-PLL
Abstract This user manual describes the architecture and functionalities of the
OL2300 UHF transmitter evaluation board.
NXP Semiconductors UM10473
OL2300 Demo board user manual
Revision history
Rev Date Description
v.1 20110829 initial version
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1. Introduction
OL2300 is a UHF ASK/FSK fractional-N transmitter IC. The device provides a fully
integrated fractional-N PLL frequency synthesizer and a power amplifier to drive an
external antenna.
The purpose of this manual is to provide an introduction to the evaluation board named
"LID1204", which is intended to evaluate the internal functional blocks of the OL2300..
The evaluation board is equipped with a serial RS232 interface to connect the board to a
PC. A Windows GUI provides a means to access the different special function registers of
OL2300. The onboard controller PCF7941 acts as a logical interface between RS232 and
OL2300 and it is programmed accordingly.
The power amplifier output of OL2300 is matched to 50 and can be directly connected
to appropriate measurement devices.
The evaluation board is available in two versions; one for the 315 MHz and one for the
434 MHz ISM frequency bands. Each version has a different mounting for the crystal and
different matching network of the 50 SMA connector output.
An 868 MHz version can be created by using the 434 MHz board, and changing some of
the component values (see Figure 1).
Section 2 “Evaluation board schematic” gives details of component placement, usage and
typical measurement results.
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The 125 kHz transponder antenna of the PCF7941 and the three switches are not
mounted.
The transmitter section of the board is isolated by removing the following six jumpers:
TX_SUPPLY, EN, SCK, SDIO, CKOUT, SDO. The jumpers allow the following:
In the 315 MHz version, the crystal frequency is 18.37036 MHz. The reference clock
frequency is divided by two to keep the PLL frequency below the specified maximum of
920 MHz. To achieve this frequency limitation, the internal XTAL clock divider is set to
XOSL = 1.
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Fig 1. Schematic of OL2300 RF evaluation board
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3. Component placement
Figure 2 shows the component layout on the evaluation board as viewed from the top
side.
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4. Usage
Connect a supply voltage (2.1 V up to 3.6 V) to the supply connector, according to the
indications on the board layout. For safety reasons, the maximum current is limited to
50 mA.
When a serial connection between the evaluation board and a PC is established, the
Windows software 'Frantic.exe' can be run. On start-up, the program initializes the special
function register set of OL2300 using the first available COM port. The communication
port used by the progam is shown in the left lower corner of the GUI. Each interaction with
the Windows program is immediately transferred to reflect the changes in the register set
of OL2300. The Windows program provides context-sensitive help.
A 50 spectrum analyzer is directly connected to X2. Ensure that the analyzer input
attenuator setting matches the RF output power level of the evaluation board using a
starting reference value of +20 dBm.
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5. Measurement results
The evaluation board measurements are made under the following conditions, unless
otherwise stated:
Detailed measurements have been performed for the 434 MHz version of the evaluation
board only.
Measurement instruments:
5.1 General
Table 1. Typical performance
Symbol Parameter Conditions Version (MHz) Unit
315 434 868
Ipd power-down current - <10 <10 <10 nA
ICC supply current XTAL on 250 250 250 A
PLL locked 2.1 2.7 2.7 mA
PA enabled 12.1 13.5 13 mA
Po output power - 9.8 9.3 8.5 dBm
Psp spurious output power reference 47 47 42 dBc
harmonic 54 52 46 dBc
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-80
Phase Noise
(dBc/Hz)
-90
-100
-110
-120
103 104 105 106 107
Frequency Offset (Hz)
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10 32
Output Power η
(dBm) (%)
5 27
0 22
(1)
-5 17
(2)
(5)
-10 (3) 12
-15 (6) 7
(4)
(7)
-20 2
(8)
-25
0 3 6 9 12 15
AMH
Plot (1) represents output power PAM = 3 Plot (5) represents efficiency PAM = 3
Plot (2) represents output power PAM = 2 Plot (6) represents efficiency PAM = 2
Plot (3) represents output power PAM = 1 Plot (7) represents efficiency PAM = 1
Plot (4) represents output power PAM = 0 Plot (8) represents efficiency PAM = 0
Fig 4. Output power as a function of AMH and PAM
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12 28
Output Power η
(dBm) (%)
10 24
(1)
(2)
8 20
(3)
(4)
6 16
2.0 2.4 2.8 3.2 3.6
Supply Voltage (V)
Plot (1) is efficiency CASC = 0, ENRAD = 0 Plot (3) is output power CASC = 0, ENRAD = 0
Plot (2) is efficiency CASC = 1, ENRAD = 1 Plot (4) is output power CASC = 1, ENRAD = 1
Fig 5. Output as a function of supply voltage and flags CASC and ENRAD
* RB W 3 0 0 k H z De l t a 4 [ T1 ]
VB W 1 MH z - 71. 99 dB
Re f 1 1 0 d Bm * At t 20 dB SW T 1 1 5 ms 945. 000000000 M Hz
10 Ma r k e r 1 [ T 1 ]
10. 25 d Bm
0 315. 000000000 MHz B
De l t a 2 [ T 1 ] SG L
1 PK * - 58. 91 dB
AVG - 10 315. 000000000 MHz
De l t a 3 [ T 1 ]
- 20 - 54. 19 dB
630. 000000000 MHz
- 30
- 40 3
SW P 2 100 of 100 3 DB
- 50
- 60 4
- 70
- 80
- 90
Ce n t e r 2 . 1 GHz 4 0 0 MHz / Sp a n 4 GHz
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* RB W 3 k H z De l t a 3 [ T 1 ]
VB W 1 0 k H z - 53. 22 dB
Re f 1 0 d Bm * At t 20 dB 1 SW T 2 2 . 5 s 1 8 . 3 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 MH z
10 Ma r k e r 1 [ T1 ]
10. 26 d Bm
0 315. 000000000 MHz A
De l t a 2 [ T 1 ] SG L
1 PK *
AVG - 46. 88 dB
- 10 9. 175000000 MHz
- 20
- 30
2
- 40 3
SWP 10 of 10 3 DB
- 50
- 60
- 70
- 80
- 90
Ce n t e r 3 1 5 MHz 2 0 MH z / Sp a n 2 0 0 MHz
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* RB W 3 0 0 k Hz Mar k er 1 [ T1 ]
VB W 1 M Hz 9 . 9 0 d Bm
Re f 110 d B m * At t 20 dB SWT 1 1 5 m s 4 3 4 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M Hz
10 De l t a 2 [ T 1 ]
- 51. 88 dB
0 434. 000000000 MHz B
De l t a 3 [ T 1 ] SG L
1 PK *
AVG - 58. 47 dB
- 10 868. 000000000 MHz
De l t a 4 [ T 1 ]
- 20 - 62. 15 dB
1. 735500000 GHz
- 30
- 40 2
SWP 100 of 1 030 3 DB
- 50 4
- 60
- 70
- 80
- 90
Ce n t e r 2 . 1 GH z 4 0 0 M Hz / Sp a n 4 GHz
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* RB W 3 k H z De l t a 4 [ T1 ]
VB W 1 0 k H z - 53. 97 dB
Re f 1 0 d Bm * At t 20 dB 1 SW T 2 2 . 5 s - 2 6 . 5 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 MH z
10 Ma r k e r 1 [ T1 ]
9. 90 d Bm
0 433. 920000000 MHz A
D e lt a 2 [ T1 ] SG L
1 PK *
AVG - 46. 67 dB
- 10 - 13. 300000000 MHz
D e lt a 3 [ T1 ]
- 20 - 47. 56 dB
13. 300000000 MHz
- 30
2 3
- 40 4
SWP 10 of 10 3 DB
- 50
- 60
- 70
- 80
- 90
Ce n t e r 4 3 3 . 9 2 M Hz 2 0 M Hz / Sp a n 2 0 0 M H z
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* R BW 1 kH z
V BW 3 kH z
Re f 1 0 d Bm * At t 20 dB S WT 600 ms
10
0 B
1 PK *
AVG - 10
- 20
- 30
- 40
3 DB
- 50
- 60
- 70
- 80
- 90
Ce n t e r 4 3 3 . 9 2 MHz 6 0 kH z / Sp a n 6 0 0 k Hz
R B W 3 0 0 k Hz De l t a 2 [ T 1 ]
* V B W 1 M Hz 890. 581 %
Re f 9 d Bm * At t 20 dB SW T 1 0 0 μ s 2 . 32 0000 μs
1 00 M ark er 1 [ T1 ]
2 - 1 0 . 9 6 d Bm
90 48 . 91 0000 μs A
SG L
1 AP
CLRWR TRG
80
70
60
50 T RG 5 0 %
3D B
40
30
20
1
10
0
Ce n t e r 4 3 3 . 9 2 MH z 10 μs /
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Fig 10. ASK signal in frequency and time domain, RMP = 0 > tSA = 0 s
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* R BW 1 kH z
V BW 3 kH z
Re f 10 dBm * At t 20 dB S WT 6 0 0 m s
10
0 B
1 PK *
AVG - 10
- 20
- 30
- 40
3 DB
- 50
- 60
- 70
- 80
- 90
C en t er 4 3 3 . 9 2 MH z 6 0 k Hz / Sp a n 6 0 0 k H z
RB W 3 0 0 k Hz D e lt a 2 [ T 1 ]
* V B W 1 MH z 885. 336 %
Re f 9 d Bm * At t 20 dB SWT 100 μs 8 . 10 0000 μs
1 00 Ma r k e r 1 [ T1 ]
2 - 1 0 . 8 9 d Bm
90 47 . 04 0000 μs A
SGL
1 AP
CLRWR TRG
80
70
60
50 T RG 5 0 %
3 DB
40
30
20
1
10
0
Ce n t e r 4 3 3 . 9 2 MH z 10 μs / aaa-000060
Fig 11. Soft-ASK signal in frequency and time domain, RMP = 10 > tSA = 11.3 s
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OL2300 was set to a modulation frequency of 20 kHz using an FSK deviation of 20.3 kHz.
* RBW 1 k H z
V BW 3 k H z
Re f 1 0 d Bm * Att 20 dB SW T 6 0 0 m s
10
0 B
1 PK *
AVG
- 10
- 20
- 30
- 40
3DB
- 50
- 60
- 70
- 80
- 90
Ce n t e r 4 3 3 . 9 2 MHz 6 0 k Hz / Sp a n 6 0 0 k Hz
I FB 300 kH z D e l t a 2 [ T1 ]
32. 60625878 9 k H z
R ef 0 Hz * At t 20 d B AQT 100 μs 3. 80000 0 μs
M a rk er 1 [ T1 ]
2 6k - 16. 52217382 8 k H z
1 9. 5k 2 48. 00000 0 μs A
1 3k
1 AP
AVG 6 . 5k TRG
0
- 6. 5k
- 13k 1
- 19. 5k
- 26k
Cent er 433. 92 MH z 10 μs /
F r e q u e n c y M o d u l a t i o n Summary
Co u p l i n g DC Ca r r i e r Of fs e t 355. 96 Hz
De v i a t i o n +peak 27. 81 k Hz Ca r r i e r Po w e r 8. 79 d Bm
- peak - 27. 07 k Hz Mo d u la t i o n F re q u e n c y 19. 9687 kHz
±peak / 2 27. 44 k Hz Sa mp l i n g R a te 250 kHz
RMS 20. 35 k Hz Re c o r d L e n g th 26
D e m o d Ba n d w i d th 200 kHz
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Fig 12. FSK signal in frequency and time domain, RMP = 0 > tSF = 0 s
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* RB W 1 kHz
VB W 3 kHz
Re f 1 0 d Bm * At t 2 0 dB SW
WT 6 0 0 ms
10
0 B
1 PK *
AVG
- 10
- 20
- 30
- 40
3DB
- 50
- 60
- 70
- 80
- 90
Cent e r 4 3 3 . 9 2 MHz 6 0 k Hz / Sp a n 6 0 0 k Hz
I FB 300 k Hz Delt a 2 [ T1 ]
32. 61422363 3 kH z
Ref 0 Hz * At t 20 d B AQT 100 μs 11. 20000 0 μs
Mar k er 1 [ T1 ]
2 6k - 16. 03788183 6 kH z
1 9. 5k 2 44. 60000 0 μs A
1 3k
1 AP
AVG 6 . 5k TRG
0
- 6. 5k
- 13k 1
- 19. 5k
- 26k
Fig 13. Soft-FSK signal in frequency and time domain, RMP = 2 > tSF = 15 s
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7. Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2 Evaluation board schematic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Component placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4 Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5 Measurement results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5.2 Output power (Po). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5.2.1 Po = f(AMH, PAM). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5.2.2 Po = f (VCC, CASC, ENRAD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5.3 Output Spectrum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5.3.1 315 MHz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5.3.2 434 MHz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5.4 ASK modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
5.5 FSK modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
6 Legal information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
6.1 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
6.2 Disclaimers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
6.3 Trademarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
7 Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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