Rainbow Electronics AT86RF230 - Manual

ZigBee™/IEEE
802.15.4-
Transceiver
AT86RF230
5131A-ZIGB-06/14/06
Features
• Fully Integrated 2.4 GHz-band Transceiver
• -101 dBm Receiver Sensitivity
• Low Current Consumption (Typical Values)
− SLEEP = 0.1 µA
− TRX_OFF = 1.7 mA
− RX_ON = 16 mA
− BUSY_TX = 17 mA (max. P
TX
)
• Power Supply Range 1.8V – 3.6V
− Internal LDO Voltage Regulators
− Battery Monitor
• SPI Slave Interface
• Baseband Signal Processing Compliant with IEEE 802.15.4
− SFD Detection, Spreading/De-spreading, Framing
− 128-byte FIFO for TRX
• Integrated Crystal Oscillator, 16 MHz
• Digital RSSI Register, 5-bit Value
• Fast Power-up Time < 1 msec
• Programmable TX Output Power from -17 dBm up to 3 dBm
• Integrated LNA
• Low External Component Count
− Antenna
− Reference Crystal
− De-coupling Capacitors
• Integrated TX/RX Switch
• Integrated PLL Loop Filter
• Automatic VCO and Filter Calibration
• 32-pin Low-profile Lead-free Plastic QFN Package 5 mm x 5 mm x 0.9 mm
• Compliant to EN 300 440/328, FCC-CFR-47 Part 15
• Compliant to IEEE 802.15.4
Applications
• 802.15.4 Transceiver
• Transceiver for ZigBee System Solutions
Description
The AT86RF230 is a low-power 2.4 GHz transceiver specially designed for low
cost ZigBee/IEEE802.15.4 applications. The AT86RF230 is a true SPI-to-
antenna solution. All RF-critical components except the antenna, crystal and de-
coupling capacitors are integrated on-chip.