AD607

REV. 0

–15–

The IF’s small-signal bandwidth is approximately 45 MHz from

IFHI and IFLO through IFOP. The peak output at IFOP is

±560 mV at V

2.7 V. This allows some headroom at the demodulator inputs

(pin DMIP), which accept a maximum input of

±150 mV for

IFs > 3 MHz and

±75 mV for IFs ≤ 3 MHz (at IFs ≤ 3 MHz,

the drive to the demodulators must be reduced to avoid saturat-

ing the output amplifiers with higher order mixing products that

are no longer removed by the onboard low-pass filters).

If the internal AGC detector is used, the IF output will be at an

±300 mV for V

±300

mV level requires the insertion of 6 dB of post-IF filter loss be-

tween IFOP and DMIP to avoid overloading the demodulators;

often, a simple RC low-pass filter with its corner frequency at

the IF will suffice.

Since there is no band-limiting in the IF strip, the output-

referred noise can be quite high; in a typical application and at a

gain of 75 dB it is about 100 mV rms, making post-IF filtering

desirable. IFOP may be also used as an IF output for driving an

A/D converter, external demodulator, or external AGC detector.

Figure 37 shows methods of matching the optional second IF

filter.

AD607

BPF

IFOP

DMIP

VPOS

a. Biasing DMIP from Power Supply (Assumes BPF AC

Coupled Internally)

AD607

BPF

IFOP

DMIP

VMID

b. Biasing DMIP from VMID (Assumes BPF AC Coupled

Internally)

Figure 37. Input and Output Matching of the Optional

Second IF Filter

Gain Scaling and RSSI

The AD607’s overall gain, expressed in decibels, is linear-in-dB

AD607 features temperature-compensation of the gain scaling.

Note that GAIN/RSSI pin is either an MGC input, when the

gain is controlled by some external means, or an RSSI output,

when the internal AGC detector is used.

The gain control scaling is proportional to the reference voltage

applied to the pin GREF. When this pin is tied to the midpoint

of the supply (VMID), the scale is nominally 20 mV/dB (50 dB/

gain range (mixer plus IF) corresponds to a control voltage of

0.4 V

≤ V

pends on the insertion losses of the IF filters used. More gener-

per dB), so becomes 33.3 mV/dB (30 dB/V) using a 5 V supply,

with a proportional change in the AGC range, to 0.33 V

≤

≤ 3 V, Table II lists gain control voltages and scale factors

for power supply voltages from 2.7 V to 5.5 V.

Alternatively, pin GREF can be tied to an external voltage

or AD1580 (1.21 V) voltage reference, to provide supply-

the Analog Devices’ AD7013 and AD7015 baseband converters,

the external reference may also be provided by the reference

output of the baseband converter (Figure 38). For example, the

connected to GREF the gain scaling is 16.4 mV/dB (60 dB/V).

An auxiliary DAC in the AD7015 can be used to generate the

MGC voltage. Since it uses the same reference voltage, the nu-

merical input to this DAC provides an accurate RSSI value in

digital form, no longer requiring the reference voltage to have

high absolute accuracy.

AD607

IOUT

R

QOUT

R

C

C

VMID

GREF

10nF

GAIN/RSSI

1nF

AD7013 OR

AD7015

IADC

QADC

IADC

QADC

REFOUT

BYPASS

(AD7015)

(AD7013)

AUX DAC

Figure 38. Interfacing the AD607 to the AD7013 or AD7015

Baseband Converters

I/Q Demodulators

Both demodulators (I and Q) receive their inputs at pin DMIP.

Internally, this single-sided input is actually differential; the

noninverting input is referenced to pin VMID. Each demodula-

tor comprises a full-wave synchronous detector followed by a

2 MHz, two-pole low-pass filter, producing single-sided outputs

at pins IOUT and QOT. Using the I and Q demodulators for

IFs above 12 MHz is precluded by the 400 kHz to 12 MHz

response of the PLL used in the demodulator section. Pin DMIP

gested methods.

up to

±1.23 V even at the low supply voltage of 2.7 V. They

can therefore directly drive the RX ADCs in the AD7015

baseband converter, which require an amplitude of 1.23 V to

fully load them when driven by a single-sided signal. The con-

version gain of the I and Q demodulators is 18 dB (X8), requir-

ing a maximum input amplitude at DMIP of

±150 mV for IFs >

3 MHz.