Si4463/61/60-C
H
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ERFORMANCE
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U R R E N T
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RANSCEIVER
Features
Frequency range = 142–1050 MHz
Receive sensitivity = –129 dBm
Modulation
(G)FSK, 4(G)FSK, (G)MSK
OOK
Max output power
+20 dBm (Si4463)
+16 dBm (Si4461)
+13 dBm (Si4460)
PA support for +27 or +30 dBm
Low active power consumption
10/13 mA RX
18 mA TX at +10 dBm (Si4460)
Ultra low current powerdown modes
30 nA shutdown, 40 nA standby
Preamble sense mode
6 mA average RX current at
1.2 kbps
10 µA average RX current at
50 kbps and 1 sec sleep interval
Fast preamble detection
1 byte preamble detection
Data rate = 100 bps to 1 Mbps
Fast wake and hop times
Power supply = 1.8 to 3.8 V
Excellent selectivity performance
69 dB adjacent channel
79 dB blocking at 1 MHz
Antenna diversity and T/R switch control
Highly configurable packet handler
TX and RX 64 byte FIFOs
129 bytes dedicated Tx or Rx
Auto frequency control (AFC)
Automatic gain control (AGC)
Low BOM
Low battery detector
Temperature sensor
20-Pin QFN package
IEEE 802.15.4g and WMBus compliant
Suitable for FCC Part 90 Mask D, FCC
part 15.247, 15,231, 15,249, ARIB T-108,
T-96, T-67, RCR STD-30, China
regulatory
ETSI Category I Operation EN300 220
Pin Assignments
GPIO3
GPIO2
XOUT
15 nSEL
14 SDI
13 SDO
12 SCLK
7
TXRamp
8
VDD
9
GPIO0
10 11 nIRQ
GPIO1
GND
XIN
SDN
1
20 19 18 17 16
RXp 2
RXn 3
TX 4
Applications
GND
PAD
Smart metering (802.15.4g and WMBus)
Remote control
Home security and alarm
Telemetry
Garage and gate openers
Remote keyless entry
Home automation
Industrial control
Sensor networks
Health monitors
Electronic shelf labels
NC 5
6
VDD
Patents pending
Description
Silicon Laboratories' Si446x devices are high-performance, low-current
transceivers covering the sub-GHz frequency bands from 142 to 1050 MHz. The
radios are part of the EZRadioPRO
®
family, which includes a complete line of
transmitters, receivers, and transceivers covering a wide range of applications. All
parts offer outstanding sensitivity of –129 dBm while achieving extremely low
active and standby current consumption. The Si4463/61/60 offers frequency
coverage in all major bands. The Si446x includes optimal phase noise, blocking,
and selectivity performance for narrow band and wireless MBus licensed band
applications, such as FCC Part90 and 169 MHz wireless Mbus. The 69 dB
adjacent channel selectivity with 12.5 kHz channel spacing ensures robust
receive operation in harsh RF conditions, which is particularly important for narrow
band operation. The Si4463 offers exceptional output power of up to +20 dBm
with outstanding TX efficiency. The high output power and sensitivity results in an
industry-leading link budget of 146 dB allowing extended ranges and highly robust
communication links. The Si4460 active mode TX current consumption of 18 mA
at +10 dBm and RX current of 10 mA coupled with extremely low standby current
and fast wake times ensure extended battery life in the most demanding
applications. The Si4463 can achieve up to +27 dBm output power with built-in
ramping control of a low-cost external FET. The devices can meet worldwide
regulatory standards: FCC, ETSI, wireless MBus, and ARIB. All devices are
designed to be compliant with 802.15.4g and WMbus smart metering standards.
The devices are highly flexible and can be configured via the Wireless
Development Suite (WDS) available on the
Silicon Labs website.
Rev 1.0 10/14
Copyright © 2014 by Silicon Laboratories
Si4463/61/60-C
Si4463/61/60-C
Functional Block Diagram
GPIO3 GPIO2
Loop
Filter
VCO
FBDIV
TX DIV
SDN
RF
PKDET
LNA
PGA
LO
Gen
IF
PKDET
MODEM
FIFO
Packet
Handler
nSEL
SDI
SDO
SCLK
nIRQ
SPI Interface
Controller
Frac-N Div
30 MHz XO
Bootup
OSC
PFD / CP
XIN XOUT
RXP
RXN
ADC
TX
PA
PowerRamp
Cntl
PA
LDO
LDOs
POR
LBD
32K LP
OSC
VDD
Digital
Logic
TXRAMP
GPIO0 GPIO1
Product
Freq. Range
Max Output
Power
+20 dBm
+16 dBm
+13 dBm
TX Current at
Max Power and
868 MHz
85 mA
43 mA
24 mA
Narrow Band
Support
IEEE 802.15.4g
PHY
Si4463
Si4461
Si4460
Major bands
142-1050 MHz
Major bands
142-1050 MHz
Major bands
142-1050 MHz
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T
ABLE O F
C
ONTENTS
Section
Page
1. Electrical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
2. Functional Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3. Controller Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.1. Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.2. Fast Response Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
3.3. Operating Modes and Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.4. Application Programming Interface (API) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3.5. Interrupts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3.6. GPIO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4. Modulation and Hardware Configuration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
4.1. Modulation Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
4.2. Hardware Configuration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
4.3. Preamble Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
5. Internal Functional Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
5.1. RX Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
5.2. RX Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
5.3. Synthesizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
5.4. Transmitter (TX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
5.5. Crystal Oscillator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
6. Data Handling and Packet Handler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
6.1. RX and TX FIFOs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
6.2. Packet Handler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
7. RX Modem Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
8. Auxiliary Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
8.1. Wake-up Timer and 32 kHz Clock Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
8.2. Low Duty Cycle Mode (Auto RX Wake-Up) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
8.3. Temperature, Battery Voltage, and Auxiliary ADC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
8.4. Low Battery Detector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
8.5. Antenna Diversity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
8.6. Preamble Sense Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
9. Wireless MBUS support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
10. ETSI EN300 220 Category 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
11. Pin Descriptions: Si4463/61/60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
12. Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
13. Package Outline: Si4463/61/60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
14. PCB Land Pattern: Si4463/61/60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
15. Top Marking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
15.1. Si4463/61/60 Top Marking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
15.2. Top Marking Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Document Change List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Contact Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
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1. Electrical Specifications
Table 1. DC Characteristics
1
Parameter
Symbol
Supply Voltage
V
DD
Range
Power Saving Modes I
Shutdown
I
Standby
I
SleepRC
I
SleepXO
I
Sensor
-LBD
Test Condition
Min
1.8
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Typ
3.3
30
40
Max
3.8
1300
2900
Unit
V
nA
nA
nA
µA
µA
mA
mA
µA
mA
mA
mA
mA
mA
mA
mA
mA
mA
mA
mA
mA
I
Ready
Preamble Sense
Mode Current
TUNE Mode Current
RX Mode Current
I
psm
I
psm
I
Tune_RX
I
Tune_TX
I
RXH
I
RXL
TX Mode Current
(Si4463)
I
TX_+20
TX Mode Current
(Si4460)
I
TX_+10
I
TX_+10
I
TX_+13
TX Mode Current
(Si4461)
I
TX_+16
I
TX_+13
RC Oscillator, Main Digital Regulator,
and Low Power Digital Regulator OFF
Register values maintained and RC
oscillator/WUT OFF
RC Oscillator/WUT ON and all register values main-
tained, and all other blocks OFF
Sleep current using an external 32 kHz crystal
Low battery detector ON, register values maintained,
and all other blocks OFF
Crystal Oscillator and Main Digital Regulator ON,
all other blocks OFF
Duty cycling during preamble search,
1.2 kbps, 4 byte preamble
Fixed 1 s wakeup interval, 50 kbps, 5 byte preamble
RX Tune, High Performance Mode
TX Tune, High Performance Mode
High Performance Mode
(measured at 915 MHz and 40 kbps data rate)
Low Power Mode
(measured at 315 MHz and 40 kbps data rate)
+20 dBm output power, Class-E match,
915 MHz, 3.3 V
+20 dBm output power, square-wave match,
169 MHz, 3.3 V
+13 dBm output power, Class-E match,
915 MHz, 3.3 V
+10 dBm output power, Class-E match,
915/868 MHz, 3.3 V
2
+10 dBm output power, Class-E match,
169 MHz, 3.3 V
2
+13 dBm output power, Class-E match,
915/868 MHz, 3.3 V
+16 dBm output power, class-E match,
868 MHz, 3.3 V
+13 dBm output power, switched-current match,
868 MHz, 3.3 V
740 3800
1.7
1
1.8
6
10
7.6
7.8
13.7
10.9
88
68.5
44.5
19.7
18
24
43
33.5
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
22
—
108
80
60
—
—
—
55
40
Notes:
1.
All minimum and maximum values are guaranteed across the recommended operating conditions of supply voltage and
from –40 to +85 °C unless otherwise stated. All typical values apply at V
DD
= 3.3 V and 25 °C unless otherwise stated.
2.
Measured on direct-tie RF evaluation board.
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Table 2. Synthesizer AC Electrical Characteristics
Parameter
Synthesizer Frequency
Range
Symbol
F
SYN
Test Condition
Min
850
350
284
142
Synthesizer Frequency
Resolution
F
RES-960
F
RES-525
F
RES-420
F
RES-350
F
RES-175
Synthesizer Settling Time
t
LOCK
850–1050 MHz
420–525 MHz
350–420 MHz
283–350 MHz
142–175 MHz
Measured from exiting Ready mode with
XOSC running to any frequency.
Including VCO Calibration.
F
= 10 kHz, 169 MHz, High Perf Mode
F
= 100 kHz, 169 MHz, High Perf Mode
F
= 1 MHz, 169 MHz, High Perf Mode
F
= 10 MHz, 169 MHz, High Perf Mode
F
= 10 kHz, 915 MHz, High Perf Mode
F
= 100 kHz, 915 MHz, High Perf Mode
F
= 1 MHz, 915 MHz, High Perf Mode
F
= 10 MHz, 915 MHz, High Perf Mode
—
—
—
—
—
—
Typ
—
—
—
—
28.6
14.3
11.4
9.5
4.7
50
Max
1050
525
350
175
—
—
—
—
—
—
Unit
MHz
MHz
MHz
MHz
Hz
Hz
Hz
Hz
Hz
µs
Phase Noise
L(f
M
)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
–117
–120
–138
–148
–102
–105
–125
–138
–108 dBc/Hz
–115 dBc/Hz
–135 dBc/Hz
–143 dBc/Hz
–94
–97
dBc/Hz
dBc/Hz
–122 dBc/Hz
–135 dBc/Hz
Note:
All minimum and maximum values are guaranteed across the recommended operating conditions of supply voltage and
from –40 to +85 °C unless otherwise stated. All typical values apply at VDD = 3.3 V and 25 °C unless otherwise stated.
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