History ..................................................................................................................................................... 5
Pin and Signal List .................................................................................................................................... 7
Signal Definitions ............................................................................................................................................8
Connection of Unused Pins .............................................................................................................................8
Mixers and Baseband Section .........................................................................................................................13
Local Oscillator ................................................................................................................................................15
Local Oscillator Input ......................................................................................................................................15
General Description ................................................................................................................................. 17
General Operation ..........................................................................................................................................18
DC Offset Correction .......................................................................................................................................18
Receiver Filters and Bandwidth Options.........................................................................................................19
Baseband Filter Design and Required Correction ...........................................................................................20
Operation at Wider Bandwidths .....................................................................................................................21
Local Oscillator Operation ..............................................................................................................................21
C-BUS Interface and Register Descriptions .............................................................................................. 24
General Reset - $10 (no data) .........................................................................................................................25
General Control Register ................................................................................................................................26
General Control - $11 - 8-bit write only ..........................................................................................................26
General Control - $E1 - 8-bit read only ...........................................................................................................26
Rx Control Register .........................................................................................................................................27
Rx Control - $12 – 8-bit write only ..................................................................................................................27
Rx Control - $E2 – 8-bit read only ...................................................................................................................27
Rx Offset - $13 – 8-bit write only ....................................................................................................................28
Rx Offset - $E3 - 8-bit Read only .....................................................................................................................28
Intermodulation Control Register ...................................................................................................................29
IM Control - $14 – 8-bit write only .................................................................................................................29
IM Control - $E4 – 8-bit read only...................................................................................................................29
Rx Gain Register ..............................................................................................................................................31
Rx Gain - $16 – 8-bit write only ......................................................................................................................31
Rx Gain - $E6 – 8-bit read only ........................................................................................................................31
PLL M Divider Register ....................................................................................................................................33
PLL M Divider - $D2-$D0 - 8-bit read only ......................................................................................................33
PLL R Divider Register .....................................................................................................................................34
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7.8.2
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7.9.2
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8.1
8.1.1
8.1.2
8.1.3
8.1.4
8.1.5
8.1.6
8.1.7
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8.1.9
8.1.10
8.2
8.3
8.4
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9.1
9.1.1
9.1.2
9.2.1
PLL R Divider - $24 - $23 – 8-bit write only .....................................................................................................34
PLL R Divider - $D4-$D3 – 8-bit read only .......................................................................................................34
VCO Control Register ......................................................................................................................................35
VCO Control - $25 - 8-bit write only................................................................................................................35
VCO Control - $D5 - 8-bit read only ................................................................................................................35
System Performance .......................................................................................................................................36
DC Offsets .......................................................................................................................................................37
Gain Control ....................................................................................................................................................38
Low Power Mode ............................................................................................................................................42
LO Pulling ........................................................................................................................................................43
Transmitter LO Output....................................................................................................................................46
Absolute Maximum Ratings ............................................................................................................................50