MAX7031
Low-Cost, 308MHz, 315MHz, and 433.92MHz
FSK Transceiver with Fractional-N PLL
4 _______________________________________________________________________________________
AC ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (continued)
(
Typical Application Circuit
, 50 system impedance, V
PAV
DD
= V
AV
DD
= V
DV
DD
= V
HV
IN
= +2.1V to +3.6V, f
RF
= 308MHz, 315MHz. or
433.92MHz, T
A
= -40°C to +125°C, unless otherwise noted. Typical values are at V
PAV
DD
= V
AV
DD
= V
DV
DD
= V
HV
IN
= +2.7V,
T
A
= +25°C, unless otherwise noted.) (Note 1)
PARAMETER SYMBOL CONDITIONS MIN TYP MAX UNITS
Reference Frequency Input Level 0.5 V
P-P
LOW-NOISE AMPLIFIER/MIXER (Note 7)
f
RF
= 315MHz 1 - j4.7
LNA Input Impedance Z
INLNA
Normalized to 50
f
RF
= 434MHz 1 - j3.3
f
RF
= 315MHz 50
High-gain state
f
RF
= 434MHz 45
f
RF
= 315MHz 13
Voltage-Conversion Gain
Low-gain state
f
RF
= 434MHz 9
dB
High-gain state -42
Input-Referred 3rd-Order
Intercept Point
IIP3
Low-gain state -6
dBm
Mixer Output Impedance 330
LO Signal Feedthrough to
Antenna
-100 dBm
RSSI
Input Impedance 330
Operating Frequency f
IF
10.7 MHz
3dB Bandwidth 10 MHz
Gain 15 mV/dB
FSK DEMODULATOR
Conversion Gain 2.0 mV/kHz
ANALOG BASEBAND
Maximum Data Filter Bandwidth 50 kHz
Maximum Data Slicer Bandwidth 100 kHz
Maximum Peak Detector
Bandwidth
50 kHz
Manchester coded 33
Maximum Data Rate
Nonreturn to zero (NRZ) 66
kbps
CRYSTAL OSCILLATOR
Crystal Frequency f
XTAL
(f
RF
- 10.7)
/ 24
MHz
Frequency Pulling by V
DD
2 ppm/V
Crystal Load Capacitance (Note 6) 4.5 pF
MAX7031
Low-Cost, 308MHz, 315MHz, and 433.92MHz
FSK Transceiver with Fractional-N PLL
_______________________________________________________________________________________ 5
AC ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (continued)
(
Typical Application Circuit
, 50 system impedance, V
PAV
DD
= V
AV
DD
= V
DV
DD
= V
HV
IN
= +2.1V to +3.6V, f
RF
= 308MHz, 315MHz. or
433.92MHz, T
A
= -40°C to +125°C, unless otherwise noted. Typical values are at V
PAV
DD
= V
AV
DD
= V
DV
DD
= V
HV
IN
= +2.7V,
T
A
= +25°C, unless otherwise noted.) (Note 1)
Note 1: Supply current, output power, and efficiency are greatly dependent on board layout and PAOUT match.
Note 2: 100% tested at T
A
= +125°C. Guaranteed by design and characterization over temperature.
Note 3: Guaranteed by design and characterization. Not production tested.
Note 4: Time for final signal detection; does not include baseband filter settling.
Note 5: Efficiency = P
OUT
/(V
DD
x I
DD
).
Note 6: Dependent on PCB trace capacitance.
Note 7: Input impedance is measured at the LNAIN pin. Note that the impedance at 315MHz includes the 12nH inductive degenera-
tion from the LNA source to ground. The impedance at 434MHz includes a 10nH inductive degeneration connected from the
LNA source to ground. The equivalent input circuit is 50 in series with ~2.2pF. The voltage conversion is measured with
the LNA input-matching inductor, the degeneration inductor, and the LNA/mixer tank in place, and does not include the IF
filter insertion loss.
Typical Operating Characteristics
(
Typical Operating Circuit
, V
PAVDD
= V
AVDD
= V
DVDD
= V
HVIN
= +3.0V, f
RF
= 433.92MHz, IF BW = 280kHz. 4kbps Manchester
encoded, 0.2% BER deviation = ±50kHz, T
A
= +25°C, unless otherwise noted.)
SUPPLY CURRENT vs. SUPPLY VOLTAGE
MAX7031 toc01
SUPPLY VOLTAGE (V)
SUPPLY CURRENT (mA)
3.33.02.72.4
6.2
6.4
6.6
6.8
7.0
7.2
7.4
6.0
2.1 3.6
+85
°
C
+125
°
C
+25
°
C
-40
°
C
SUPPLY CURRENT vs. RF FREQUENCY
FSK MODE
MAX7030 toc02
RF FREQUENCY (MHz)
SUPPLY CURRENT (mA)
425400325 350 375
6.5
6.6
6.7
6.8
6.9
7.0
6.4
300 450
+85
°
C
+125
°
C
+25
°
C
-40
°
C
DEEP-SLEEP CURRENT vs. TEMPERATURE
MAX7031 toc03
TEMPERATURE (
°
C)
DEEP-SLEEP CURRENT (µA)
1108535 60-10-15
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
0
-40
V
CC
= +3.6V
V
CC
= +3.0V
V
CC
= +2.1V
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Low-Cost, 308MHz, 315MHz, and 433.92MHz
FSK Transceiver with Fractional-N PLL
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BIT-ERROR RATE
vs. AVERAGE INPUT POWER
MAX7031 toc04
AVERAGE INPUT POWER (dBm)
BIT-ERROR RATE (%)
-108 -106-110-112-114
0.1
1
10
100
0.01
-116 -104
280kHz IF BW
f
RF
= 434MHz
f
RF
= 315MHz
0.2% BER
SENSITIVITY vs. TEMPERATURE
TEMPERATURE (
°
C)
SENSITIVITY (dBm)
11085603510-15
-110
-108
-106
-104
-102
-100
-112
-40
MAX7031 toc05
280kHz IF BW
0.2% BER
f
RF
= 434MHz
f
RF
= 315MHz
FREQUENCY DEVIATION (kHz)
10
-106
-104
-102
-100
-98
-96
-94
-108
1 100
SENSITIVITY vs. FREQUENCY DEVIATION
SENSITIVITY (dBm)
MAX7031 toc06
280kHz IF BW
0.2% BER
RSSI vs. RF INPUT POWER
MAX7031 toc07
RF INPUT POWER (dBm)
RSSI (V)
-10-30-70 -50-90-110
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
0
-130 10
LOW-GAIN MODE
HIGH-GAIN MODE
AGC SWITCH
POINT
AGC HYSTERESIS: 3dB
RSSI AND DELTA vs. IF INPUT POWER
MAX7031 toc08
IF INPUT POWER (dBm)
RSSI (V)
-10-30-50-70
0.3
0.6
0.9
1.2
1.5
1.8
2.1
0
-90 10
-2.5
-1.5
-0.5
0.5
1.5
2.5
3.5
-3.5
DELTA (%)
RSSI
DELTA
FSK DEMODULATOR OUTPUT
vs. IF FREQUENCY
MAX7031 toc09
IF FREQUENCY (MHz)
FSK DEMODULATOR OUTPUT (V)
10.910.810.710.610.5
0.4
0.8
1.2
1.6
0
10.4 11.0
SYSTEM GAIN vs. IF FREQUENCY
MAX7031 toc10
IF FREQUENCY (MHz)
SYSTEM GAIN (dBm)
252015105
-10
0
10
20
30
40
50
-20
030
LOWER SIDEBAND
UPPER SIDEBAND
FROM RFIN
TO MIXOUT
f
RF
= 434MHz
45dB IMAGE
REJECTION
IMAGE REJECTION vs. TEMPERATURE
MAX7031 toc11
TEMPERATURE (°C)
IMAGE REJECTION (dB)
11085603510-15
44
46
48
42
-40
f
RF
= 434MHz
f
RF
= 315MHz
NORMALIZED IF GAIN vs. IF FREQUENCY
MAX7031 toc12
IF FREQUENCY (MHz)
NORMALIZED IF GAIN (dB)
10
-16
-12
-8
-4
0
-20
1 100
Typical Operating Characteristics (continued)
(
Typical Operating Circuit
, V
PAVDD
= V
AVDD
= V
DVDD
= V
HVIN
= +3.0V, f
RF
= 433.92MHz, IF BW = 280kHz. 4kbps Manchester
encoded, 0.2% BER deviation = ±50kHz, T
A
= +25°C, unless otherwise noted.)
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