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AT86RF230

5131A-ZIGB-06/14/06

Table of contents

1.

Abbreviations ...................................................................................................................................................4

2.

General Circuit Description..............................................................................................................................5

3.

Technical Parameters......................................................................................................................................6

3.1.

Absolute Maximum Ratings.........................................................................................................................6

3.2.

Recommended Operating Range................................................................................................................6

3.3.

Digital Pin Specifications .............................................................................................................................6

3.4.

General RF Specifications...........................................................................................................................7

3.5.

Transmitter Specifications ...........................................................................................................................7

3.6.

Receiver Specifications ...............................................................................................................................8

3.7.

Current Consumption Specifications ...........................................................................................................9

3.8.

SPI Timing Specifications............................................................................................................................9

3.9.

Crystal Parameter Specifications ..............................................................................................................10

4.

Basic Operating Modes .................................................................................................................................11

4.1.

Configuration .............................................................................................................................................11

4.2.

Basic Operating Mode Description............................................................................................................12

4.2.1.

P_ON ....................................................................................................................................................12

4.2.2.

SLEEP...................................................................................................................................................12

4.2.3.

TRX_OFF..............................................................................................................................................12

4.2.4.

PLL_ON ................................................................................................................................................12

4.2.5.

RX_ON and BUSY_RX .........................................................................................................................13

4.2.6.

RX_ON_NOCLK ...................................................................................................................................13

4.2.7.

BUSY_TX..............................................................................................................................................13

4.3.

Basic Mode Timing ....................................................................................................................................13

4.3.1.

Wake-up Procedure ..............................................................................................................................13

4.3.2.

Transition from PLL_ON via BUSY_TX to RX_ON...............................................................................14

4.3.3.

State Transition Timing .........................................................................................................................15

5.

Extended Operating Modes ...........................................................................................................................16

5.1.

Peer-to-peer Network Support ..................................................................................................................16

5.2.

Configuration .............................................................................................................................................18

5.3.

Extended Operation Mode Description .....................................................................................................18

5.3.1.

RX_AACK_ON ......................................................................................................................................18

5.3.2.

TX_ARET_ON.......................................................................................................................................18

5.3.3.

RX_AACK_NOCLK ...............................................................................................................................19

6.

Functional Description ...................................................................................................................................20

6.1.

RSSI/Energy Detection .............................................................................................................................20

6.2.

Link Quality Indication ...............................................................................................................................20

6.3.

Clear Channel Assessment.......................................................................................................................20

6.4.

Voltage Regulators ....................................................................................................................................20

6.5.

Battery Monitor ..........................................................................................................................................21

6.6.

Crystal Oscillator .......................................................................................................................................22

6.7.

PLL Frequency Synthesizer ......................................................................................................................23

6.8.

Automatic Filter Tuning .............................................................................................................................24

7.

PHY to Micro-Controller Interface..................................................................................................................25

7.1.

SPI Protocol...............................................................................................................................................25

7.2.

Register Access Mode (Short Mode) ........................................................................................................26

7.3.

Frame Buffer Access Modes (Long Modes)..............................................................................................27

7.4.

Frame Receive Procedure ........................................................................................................................28

7.5.

Frame Transmit Procedure .......................................................................................................................28

7.6.

Sleep/Wake-up and Transmit Signal.........................................................................................................29

7.7.

Interrupt Logic............................................................................................................................................30