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RF2514
Rev A5 DS040115
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Pin
Function
Description
Interface Schematic
1GND1
Ground connection for the analog circuits, including TX buffer and output
amplifier. Internally connected to die flag. For best performance, keep
traces physically short and connect immediately to ground plane.
2PD
Power Down control for all circuitry. When this pin is a logic “low” all circuits
are turned off. When this pin is a logic “high”, all circuits are operating nor-
mally. See electrical parameters for “high” and “low” thresholds.
3TXOUT
Transmitter output. This output is an open collector and requires a pull-up
inductor for bias/matching and a tapped capacitor for matching.
4VCC1
This pin is used to supply bias to the TX buffer amplifier.
5MOD IN
AM analog or digital modulation can be imparted to the carrier by an input
to this pin. An external resistor is used to bias the output amplifiers through
this pin. The voltage at this pin must not exceed 1.1V. Higher voltages may
damage the device.
See pin 3.
6VCC2
This pin is used to supply DC bias to the VCO, crystal oscillator, pre-scaler,
phase detector, and charge pump. An IF bypass capacitor should be con-
nected directly to this pin and returned to ground.
7GND2
Digital PLL ground connection.
8VREF P
Bias voltage reference pin for bypassing the prescaler and phase detector.
The bypass capacitor should be of appropriate size to provide filtering of
the reference crystal frequency and be connected directly to this pin.
9GND3
See pin 1.
10
RESNTR-
The RESNTR pins are used to supply DC voltage to the VCO, as well as to
tune the center frequency of the VCO. Equal value inductors should be con-
nected to this pin and pin 11.
11
RESNTR+
See pin 10.
12
LOOP FLT
Output of the charge pump. An RC network from this pin to ground is used
to establish the PLL bandwidth.
V CC
PD
TX OUT
MOD IN
RF IN
VR EFP
VCC
RESNTR-
RESNTR+
LOOP FLT
4 k
Ω
LOOP FLT
VCC