DATA SHEET
CX72302: Spur-Free, 6.1 GHz Dual Fractional-N Frequency
Synthesizer
Applications
•
General purpose RF systems
•
2.5G and 3G wireless infrastructures
•
Broadband wireless access
•
Low bit rate wireless telemetry
•
Wireless Local Loop (WLL)
•
Instrumentation
Description
Skyworks CX72302 direct digital modulation fractional-N
frequency synthesizer provides ultra-fine frequency resolution,
fast switching speed, and low phase-noise performance. This
synthesizer is a key building block for high-performance radio
system designs that require low power and fine step size.
The ultra-fine step size of less than 400 Hz allows this synthesizer
to be used in very narrowband wireless applications. With proper
temperature sensing or through control channels, the
synthesizer’s fine step size can compensate for crystal oscillator
or Intermediate Frequency (IF) filter drift. As a result, crystal
oscillators or crystals can replace temperature-compensated or
ovenized crystal oscillators, reducing parts count and associated
component cost. The device’s fine step size can also be used for
Doppler shift corrections.
The CX72302 has a phase noise floor of –80 dBc/Hz up to
6.1 GHz operation as measured inside the loop bandwidth. This is
permitted by the on-chip low noise dividers and low divide ratios
provided by the device’s high fractionality.
Reference crystals or oscillators up to 50 MHz can be used with
the CX72302. The crystal frequency is divided down by
independent programmable dividers (1 to 32) for the main and
auxiliary synthesizers. The phase detectors can operate at a
maximum speed of 25 MHz, which allows better phase noise due
to the lower division value. With a high reference frequency, the
loop bandwidths can also be increased. Larger loop bandwidths
improve the settling times and reduce in-band phase noise.
Therefore, typical switching times of less than 100
µs
can be
achieved. The lower in-band phase noise also permits the use of
lower cost Voltage Controlled Oscillators (VCOs) in customer
applications.
The CX72302 has a frequency power steering circuit that helps
the loop filter to steer the VCO when the frequency is too fast or
too slow, further enhancing acquisition time.
The unit operates with a three-wire, high-speed serial interface. A
combination of a large bandwidth, fine resolution, and the three-
wire, high-speed serial interface allows for a direct frequency
modulation of the VCO. This supports any continuous phase,
constant envelope modulation scheme such as Frequency
Modulation (FM), Frequency Shift Keying (FSK), Minimum Shift
Keying (MSK), or Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying (GMSK).
Features
•
Spur-free operation
•
6.1 GHz maximum operating frequency
•
1000 MHz maximum auxiliary synthesizer
•
Ultra-fine step size, 400 Hz or less
•
High internal reference frequency enables large loop bandwidth
implementations
•
Very fast switching speed (e.g., below 100
µs)
•
Phase noise to –80 dBc/Hz inside loop filter bandwidth
@ 6100 MHz
•
Software programmable power-down modes
•
High speed serial interface up to 100 Mbps
•
Three-wire programming
•
Programmable division ratios on reference frequency
•
Phase detectors with programmable gains to provide a
programmable loop bandwidth
•
Frequency power steering further enhances rapid acquisition
time
•
On-chip crystal oscillator
•
Frequency adjust for temperature compensation
•
Direct digital modulation
•
3 V operation
•
5 V output to loop filter
•
28-pin EP-TSSOP 6.4 x 9.7 mm package
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This capability can eliminate the need for In-Phase and
Quadrature (I/Q) Digital-to-Analog Converters (DACs), quadrature
upconverters, and IF filters from the transmitter portion of the
radio system.
Figure 1 shows a functional block diagram for the CX72302. The
device package and pinout for the 28-pin Exposed Pad Thin
Shrink Small Outline Package (EP-TSSOP) are shown in Figure 2.
Data
Clock
CS
Serial
Interface
Modulator
Data
Main
∆Σ
Main
Divider
Registers
Modulator
Control
Ref.
Divider
Synth
Control
Aux.
Divider
Aux.
∆Σ
Mod_in
Modulation
Unit
Mux
Mux_out
∆Σ
18-Bit
∆Σ
10-Bit
Fractional
Unit
Fvco_main
Fvco_main
Main
Divider
Main
Divider
Fpd_main
Reference
Frequency
Oscillator
Fractional
Unit
Fvco_aux
Auxiliary
Divider
Auxiliary
Prescaler
Fvco_aux
Fref_main
Fref_aux
Fpd_aux
Main
Phase/Freq.
Detector
and
Charge Pump
Fref
Reference
Frequency
Oscillator
Auxiliary
Phase/Freq.
Detector
and
Charge Pump
CPout_main
Lock Detection or
Power Steering
LD/PSmain
CPout_aux
LD/PSaux
Lock Detection or
Power Steering
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Figure 1. CX72302 Functional Block Diagram
Clock
Mod_in
Mux_out
VSUBdigital
GNDcml
VCCcml_main
Fvco_main
Fvco_main
LD/PSmain
VCCcp_main
CPout_main
GNDcp_main
Xtalacgnd/OSC
Xtalin/OSC
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
28
27
26
25
24
23
22
21
20
19
18
17
16
15
CS
Data
VCCdigital
GNDdigital
VCCcml_aux
Fvco_aux
Fvco_aux
GNDcp_aux
CPout_aux
VCCcp_aux
LD/PSaux
GNDxtal
VCCxtal
Xtalout/NC
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Figure 2. CX72302 Pinout, 28-Pin EP-TSSOP
(Top View)
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Technical Description
The CX72302 is a fractional-N frequency synthesizer using a
∆Σ
modulation technique. The fractional-N implementation provides
low in-band noise by having a low division ratio and fast
frequency settling time. In addition, the CX72302 provides
arbitrarily fine frequency resolution with a digital word, so that the
frequency synthesizer can be used to compensate for crystal
frequency drift in the RF transceiver.
Serial Interface
The serial interface is a versatile three-wire interface consisting of
three pins: Clock (serial clock), Data (serial input), and CS (chip
select). It enables the CX72302 to operate in a system where one
or multiple masters and slaves are present. To perform a
loopback test at start-up and to check the integrity of the board
and processor, the serial data is fed back to the master device
(e.g., a microcontroller or microprocessor unit) through a
programmable multiplexer. This facilitates hardware and software
debugging.
Registers
There are ten 16-bit registers in the CX72302. For more
information, see the Register Descriptions section of this
document.
Main and Auxiliary
∆Σ
Modulators
The fractionality of the CX72302 is accomplished by the use of a
proprietary, configurable 10-bit or 18-bit
∆Σ
modulator for the
main synthesizer and 10-bit
∆Σ
modulator for the auxiliary
synthesizer.
Main and Auxiliary Fractional Units
The CX72302 provides fractionality through the use of main and
auxiliary
∆Σ
modulators. The output from the modulators is
combined with the main and auxiliary divider ratios through their
respective fractional units.
VCO Prescalers
The VCO prescalers provide low-noise signal conditioning of the
VCO signals. They translate from an off-chip, single-ended or
differential signal to an on-chip differential Current Mode Logic
(CML) signal. The CX72302 has independent main and auxiliary
VCO prescalers.
Main and Auxiliary VCO Dividers
The CX72302 provides programmable dividers that control the
CML prescalers and supply the required signals to the charge
pump phase detectors. Programmable divide ratios ranging from
152 to 2148 are possible in fractional-N mode, and from 128 to
2172 in integer-N mode. Note that due to the fixed divide-by-four
divider on the main synthesizer, the divide ratios are multiples of
four.
Programmable divide ratios ranging from 38 to 537 are possible
in fractional-N mode, and from 32 to 543 in integer-N mode for
the auxiliary synthesizer.
Reference Frequency Oscillator
The CX72302 has a self-contained, low-noise crystal oscillator.
This crystal oscillator is followed by the clock generation circuitry
that generates the required clock for the programmable reference
frequency dividers.
Reference Frequency Dividers
The crystal oscillator signal can be divided by a ratio of 1 to 32 to
create the reference frequencies for the phase detectors. The
CX72302 has both a main and auxiliary frequency synthesizer,
and provides independently configurable dividers of the crystal
oscillator frequency for both the main and auxiliary phase
detectors. The divide ratios are programmed through the
Reference Frequency Dividers Register.
NOTE:
The divided crystal oscillator frequencies (which are the
internal reference frequencies), Fref_main and Fref_aux,
are referred to as reference frequencies throughout this
document.
Phase Detectors and Charge Pumps
The CX72302 uses a separate charge pump phase detector for
each synthesizer which provides a programmable gain,
Kd,
from
31.25 to 1000
µA/2π
radians in 32 steps programmed using the
Control Register.
Frequency Steering
When programmed for frequency power steering, the CX72302
has a circuit that helps the loop filter steer the VCO, through the
LD/PSmain signal (pin 9). In this configuration, the LD/PSmain
signal can provide for more rapid acquisition.
When programmed for lock detection, internal frequency steering
is implemented and provides frequency acquisition times
comparable to conventional phase/frequency detectors.
Lock Detection
When programmed for lock detection, the CX72302 provides an
active low, pulsing open collector output using the LD/PSmain
signal (pin 9) to indicate the out-of-lock condition. When locked,
the LD/PSmain signal is three-stated (high impedance).
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Power Down
The CX72302 supports a number of power-down modes through
the serial interface. For more information, see the Register
Descriptions section of this document.
present and that all the bits in the stream should be loaded into
the Modulation Data Register.
Synthesizer Register Programming
Synthesizer register programming equations, described in this
section, use the following variables and constants:
N
fractional
Desired VCO division ratio in fractional-N applications.
This is a real number and can be interpreted as the
reference frequency (F
ref
) multiplying factor such that
the resulting frequency is equal to the desired VCO
frequency.
Desired VCO division ratio in integer-N applications.
This number is an integer and can be interpreted as
the reference frequency (F
ref
) multiplying factor so that
the resulting frequency is equal to the desired VCO
frequency.
9-bit unsigned input value to the divider ranging from
0 to 511 (integer-N mode) and from 6 to 505
(fractional-N mode).
This constant equals 262144 when the
∆Σ
modulator
is in 18-bit mode, and 1024 when the
∆Σ
modulator is
in 10-bit mode.
Operation
This section describes the operation of the CX72302. The serial
interface is described first, followed by information on how to
obtain values for the Divide Ratio Registers.
Serial Interface
The serial interface consists of three pins: Clock (pin 1), Data
(pin 27), and CS (pin 28). The Clock signal controls data on the
two serial data lines (Data and CS). The Data pin bits shift into a
temporary register on the rising edge of Clock. The CS line allows
individual selection transfers that synchronize and sample the
information of slave devices on the same bus.
Figure 3 functionally depicts how a serial transfer takes place.
A serial transfer is initiated when a microcontroller or
microprocessor forces the CS line to a low state. This is followed
immediately by an address/data stream sent to the Data pin that
coincides with the rising edges of the clock presented on the
Clock line.
Each rising edge of the Clock signal shifts in one bit of data on the
Data line into a shift register. At the same time, one bit of data is
shifted out of the Mux_out pin (if the serial bit stream is selected)
at each falling edge of Clock. To load any of the synthesizer
registers, 16 bits of address or data must be presented to the
Data line with the data LSB last while CS is low. If CS is low for
more than 16 clock cycles, only the last address or data bits are
used to load the synthesizer registers.
If the CS line is brought to a high state before the 13
th
clock edge
on Clock, the bit stream is assumed to be modulation data
samples. In this case, it is assumed that no address bits are
N
integer
N
reg
divider
dividend
When in 18-bit mode, this is the 18-bit signed input
value to the
∆Σ
modulator, ranging from
–131072 to +131071 and providing 262144 steps,
each of
F
div_ref
/2
18
Hz.
When in 10-bit mode, this is the 10-bit signed input
value to the
∆Σ
modulator, ranging from
–512 to +511 and providing 1024 steps, each of
Fdiv_ref/2
10
Hz.
F
VCO
F
div_ref
Desired VCO frequency (either F
vco_main
or F
vco_aux
).
Divided reference frequency presented to the phase
detector (either F
ref_main
or F
ref_aux
).
Clock
Data
X
A3
A2
A1
A0 D11 D10 D9
D8
D7
D6
D5
D4
D3
D2
D1
D0
XXX
CS
Last
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Figure 3. Serial Transfer Timing Diagram
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Fractional-N Applications.
The desired division ratio for the
main synthesizer is given by:
F
VCO_main
N
frac tion al
= ---------------------------------
4 F
div_r ef
NOTE:
As with all integer-N synthesizers, the minimum step size
is related to the crystal frequency and reference
frequency division ratio.
A sample calculation for an integer-N application is provided in
Figure 5.
Register Loading Order.
In applications where the main
synthesizer is in 18-bit mode, the Main Dividend MSB Register
holds the 10 MSBs of the dividend and the Main Dividend LSB
Register holds the 8 LSBs of the dividend. The registers that
control the main synthesizer’s divide ratio are to be loaded in the
following order:
•
Main Divider Register
•
Main Dividend LSB Register
•
Main Dividend MSB Register (at which point the new divide ratio
takes effect)
In applications where the main synthesizer is in 10-bit mode, the
Main Dividend MSB Register holds the 10 bits of the dividend. The
registers that control the main synthesizer’s divide ratio are to be
loaded in the following order:
•
Main Divider Register
•
Main Dividend MSB Register (at which point the new divide ratio
takes effect)
For the auxiliary synthesizer, the Auxiliary Dividend Register holds
the 10 bits of the dividend. The registers that control the auxiliary
synthesizer’s divide ratio are to be loaded in the following order:
•
Auxiliary Divider Register
•
Auxiliary Dividend Register (at which point the new divide ratio
takes effect)
NOTE:
When in integer mode, the new divide ratios take effect
as soon as the Main or Auxiliary Divider Register is
loaded.
Direct Digital Modulation
The high fractionality and small step size of the CX72302 allow
the user to tune to practically any frequency in the VCO’s
operating range. This frequency tuning allows direct digital
modulation by programming the different desired frequencies at
precise instants. Typically, the channel frequency is selected
through the Main Divider and Dividend Register and the
instantaneous frequency offset from the carrier is entered through
the Modulation Data Register.
The Modulation Data Register can be accessed in three ways,
which are defined in the following subsections.
The desired division ratio for the auxiliary synthesizer is given by:
F
VCO_aux
N
frac tion al
= ------------------------
-
F
div_r ef
where
N
fractional
must be between 150 and 2150 for the main
synthesizer or between 37.5 and 537.5 for the auxiliary
synthesizer.
The value to be programmed in the Main or Auxiliary Divider
Register is given by:
N
reg
=
Round ( N
fractional
)
−
32
NOTE:
The Round function rounds the number to the nearest
integer.
When in fractional mode, allowed values for
N
reg
are from 6 to 505
inclusive.
The value to be programmed in the Main or Auxiliary Dividend
Register is given by:
dividend
=
Round [ divider
×
( N
fractional
−
N
reg
−
32 )]
where the divider is either 1024 in 10-bit mode or 262144 in
18-bit mode. Therefore, the dividend is a signed binary value
either 10 or 18 bits long.
NOTE:
Because of the high fractionality of the CX72302, there is
no practical need for any integer relationship between
the reference frequency and the channel spacing or
desired VCO frequencies.
Sample calculations for two fractional-N applications are provided
in Figure 4.
Integer-N Applications.
The desired division ratio for the main or
auxiliary synthesizer is given by:
N
int eger
=
F
vco _ main
F
div _ ref
where
N
integer
is an integer number from 32 to 543 for both the
main and auxiliary synthesizers.
The value to be programmed in the Main or Auxiliary Divider
Register is given by:
N
reg
=
N
int eger
−
32
When in integer mode, allowed values for
N
reg
are from 0 to 511
for both the main and auxiliary synthesizers.
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