1. General description
The TEF6721HL is a single chip car radio tuner for AM, FM standard, FM In-Band
On-Channel Digital Audio Broadcast (IBOC DAB) and weather band providing combined
AM and FM gain controlled differential Intermediate Frequency (IF) output for the
SAF7730H including the following functions:
• AM up-conversion tuner to an IF frequency of 10.7 MHz for Long Wave (LW)/Medium
Wave (MW)/Short Wave (SW) (31 m, 41 m and 49 m bands)
• FM single conversion tuner to an IF frequency of 10.7 MHz with integrated image
rejection for US FM, Europe FM, Japan FM, East Europe FM and weather band
reception; all bands can be selected using high side or low side Local Oscillator (LO)
injection
• Tuning system includes Voltage-Controlled Oscillator (VCO), crystal oscillator and
Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) synthesizer on one chip.
2. Features
■ FM mixer for conversion of FM Radio Frequency (RF) (64 MHz to 108 MHz and US
weather band) to an IF of 10.7 MHz; the mixer provides inherent image rejection and
can be switched from low injection to high injection Local Oscillator (LO) via the
I
2
C-bus; two different mixer conversion gains can be selected via the I
2
C-bus
■ Automatic Gain Control (AGC) PIN diode drive circuit for FM RF AGC; AGC detection
at FM mixer input and IF AGC amplifier input; AGC threshold for detection at FM mixer
input is a programmable and keyed function switchable via the I
2
C-bus; the AGC PIN
diode drive can be activated via the I
2
C-bus as a local function for search tuning; in
AM mode the AGC PIN diode drive can be activated via the I
2
C-bus if required
■ Digital alignment circuit for bus controlled matching of oscillator tuning voltage to FM
antenna tank circuit tuning voltage
■ Buffer output for weather band flag
■ Combined AM and FM IF AGC amplifier with high dynamic input range; one of the four
gain settings is selected automatically via two control signals from IF Digital Signal
Processor (DSP); combined differential AM and FM IF output signal to
analog-to-digital converter of IF DSP
■ AM mixer for conversion of AM RF to AM IF 10.7 MHz
■ AM RF PIN diode drive circuit and RF Junction Field Effect Transistor (JFET)
conductance control by AGC cascode drive circuit; AGC threshold detection at AM
mixer and IF AGC input; threshold for detection at AM mixer is programmable via the
I
2
C-bus
■ AM and FM RF AGC monitor output intended for gain control of active antennas
TEF6721HL
Car radio tuner front-end for digital IF
Rev. 04 — 20 December 2005 Product data sheet