Sierra Wireless AIRPRIME WISMO218 - Manual (Page 24)

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Product Technical Specification &
Customer Design Guidelines Interfaces
3.2. Power Supply
3.2.1. Power Supply Description
The power supply is one of the key elements in the design of a GSM terminal.
Due to the burst emission in GSM/GPRS, the power supply must be able to deliver high current peaks
in a short time. During the peaks, the ripple (U
ripple
) on the supply voltage must not exceed a certain
limit (see Table 1: Input Power Supply Voltage below).
Listed below are the corresponding radio burst rates for the different GPRS classes in communication
mode.
 A GSM/GPRS class 2 terminal emits 577µs radio bursts every 4.615ms. (See Figure 2 Power
Supply During Burst Emission below.)
Uripp
VBATT
Uripp
T = 4,615 ms
t = 577 µs
Figure 2. Power Supply During Burst Emission
 A GPRS class 10 terminal emits 1154µs radio bursts every 4.615ms.
VBATT provides for the following functions:
 Directly supplies the RF components with 3.6V. It is essential to keep a minimum voltage
ripple at this connection in order to avoid any phase error.
The peak current (1.4A peak in GSM /GPRS mode) flows with a ratio of:
 1/8 of the time (around 577µs every 4.615ms for GSM /GPRS cl. 2)
and
 1/4 of the time (around 1154µs every 4.615ms for GSM /GPRS cl. 10)
with the rising time at around 10µs.
 Internally used to provide, via several regulators, the supply required for the baseband
signals.