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A p p l i c a t i o n N o t e , R e v . 2 . 0 , F e b . 2 00 7 A p p li c a t i o n N o t e N o . 0 9 9 A discrete based 315 MHz Oscillator Solution for R e m o t e K e y l es s E n tr y S y s t e m u s i n g B F R 1 8 2 R F B i p ol a r T r a ns i s t o r BDTIC R F & P r o t e c ti o n D e v i c e s www.BDTIC.com/infineon BDTIC Edition 2007-02-12 Published by Infineon Technologies AG 81726 München, Germany © Infineon Technologies AG 2009. All Rights Reserved. LEGAL DISCLAIMER THE INFORMATION GIVEN IN THIS APPLICATION NOTE IS GIVEN AS A HINT FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES COMPONENT ONLY AND SHALL NOT BE REGARDED AS ANY DESCRIPTION OR WARRANTY OF A CERTAIN FUNCTIONALITY, CONDITION OR QUALITY OF THE INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES COMPONENT. THE RECIPIENT OF THIS APPLICATION NOTE MUST VERIFY ANY FUNCTION DESCRIBED HEREIN IN THE REAL APPLICATION. INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES HEREBY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES AND LIABILITIES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF ANY THIRD PARTY) WITH RESPECT TO ANY AND ALL INFORMATION GIVEN IN THIS APPLICATION NOTE. Information For further information on technology, delivery terms and conditions and prices please contact your nearest Infineon Technologies Office (www.infineon.com). Warnings Due to technical requirements components may contain dangerous substances. For information on the types in question please contact your nearest Infineon Technologies Office. Infineon Technologies Components may only be used in life-support devices or systems with the express written approval of Infineon Technologies, if a failure of such components can reasonably be expected to cause the failure of that life-support device or system, or to affect the safety or effectiveness of that device or system. Life support devices or systems are intended to be implanted in the human body, or to support and/or maintain and sustain and/or protect human life. If they fail, it is reasonable to assume that the health of the user or other persons may be endangered. www.BDTIC.com/infineon Application Note No. 099 Application Note No. 099 Revision History: 2007-02-12, Rev. 2.0 Previous Version: 2006-09-20 Page Subjects (major changes since last revision) 9 – 14 Added typical characteristic vs. both supply voltage and temperature BDTIC Application Note 3 www.BDTIC.com/infineon Rev. 2.0, 2007-02-12 Application Note No. 099 Introduction 1 Introduction This application note gives an introduction on how one can make a simple oscillator for low-cost applications like remote keyless entry (RKE). For demonstration purposes, the oscillator is designed for a frequency of 315 MHz, a commonly used frequency for remote keyless entry (RKE) and tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS). The oscillator is designed as a Colpitts oscillator, which is stabilized with a SAW-resonator and allows for a simple design with only a few components besides the transistor and SAW-resonator. The modulation used for such a design is amplitude shift keying (ASK) or simple on-off keying (OOK). Since the frequency of oscillation is fixed, frequency shift keying (FSK) is not possible. The transition frequency fT of the transistor should be several Gigahertz in order to ensure oscillator start-up. However, using a transistor with too high of a fT will also increase the harmonic levels, and therefore it is not recommended to use state-of-the-art transistors with transition frequencies far beyond 10 GHz. Furthermore, it holds for silicon bipolar transistors that the phase noise gets smaller as the transition frequency decreases. Thus, it appears that using Infineon’s RF transistor BFR182 with a transition frequency of 8 GHz is a good compromise. It should be noted that phase noise depends not only on the flicker noise of the transistor itself but also on the flicker noise and loaded Q-factor of the SAW-resonator. In fact, phase noise decreases quadratically with the loaded Q-factor of the resonator. BDTIC Within every transistor family there exists several versions with different emitter areas that provide for different collector currents. Since the loop gain of the oscillator must be greater than 1 in order to sustain oscillation, a transistor that provides sufficient gain at the desired DC operating point and frequency of oscillation must be selected. Infineon’s RF transistor BFR182 is a perfect fit, with enough loop gain, to sustain oscillation. 2 Principles A principle schematic of a Colpitts oscillator in common-base configuration is shown in Figure 1. The frequency of oscillation is determined by the resonance frequency of the parallel resonant circuit consisting of L1 and the serial connection of C1 and C2, thus giving the resonance frequency as follows: 1 f0 = ---------------------, 2π L 1 C (1) where C is the combined capacitance of C1 and C2 and is expressed as follows: C1 C 2 -. C = -------------------C1 + C2 (2) The serial connection of C1 and C2 acts as a voltage divider, so that not the entire output power of the transistor is fed back to the input. By this means the harmonics will be kept low. The lower the ratio C1/C2, the higher the voltage drop across C1 and therefore the lower the power that is fed back to the input. Furthermore, the ratio L1/C is a figure of merit for the selectivity of the parallel resonance circuit. The higher the ratio L1/C, the lower the selectivity and therefore the higher the second harmonic. On the other hand, to get the maximum power out of the transistor, power matching must occur and therefore the output power of the oscillator changes with the inductance value of L1 for a fixed ratio of L1/C and C1/C2. T R1 L1 C1 C2 AN099_Colpitts_Oscillator.vsd Figure 1 Small Signal Equivalent Circuit of Colpitts Oscillator Application Note 4 www.BDTIC.com/infineon Rev. 2.0, 2007-02-12 Application Note No. 099 The Application Board 3 The Application Board For this application board ease of use and test has been the main consideration and therefore a SMA-connector was used for measuring the output power directly into a 50 Ω load instead of using a loop antenna to make fieldstrength measurements. However, in the actual application the inductance L1 will be realized partially or entirely with a loop antenna. Antenna design is a complex issue which goes beyond the scope of this application note. For details on antenna design, please refer to [1]. Figure 2 shows the schematic of the application board and in comparison with Figure 1 additional components are necessary for proper function. First of all, some resistors for biasing the transistor are required. The voltage divider consisting of R2 and R3 is designed for a control voltage VON of 3 V, but different voltage levels require different voltage dividers. Since the Q-factor of a LC-resonator is limited and the resonance frequency can change by several percent due to tolerances, a SAW-resonator (SAWR) for frequency stabilization is required. The matching network consisting of L1 and C3 transforms the 50 Ω load to an inductive impedance value and C4 is simply a DC block. However, the matching network is also part of the LC-resonator, and therefore a clear separation between matching network and LC-resonator is not possible. As already mentioned in the previous chapter, output power changes with the inductance value of L1. It has been shown that the maximum output power is achieved with an inductance value of 40 nH to 50 nH for L1. The RF chokes L2 and L3 as well as the RF bypass capacitors C5 and C6 are optional and will not be required in the final, battery-powered application. The complete bill of materials for the application board can be found in Table 1 on the next page. BDTIC The frequency of oscillation of the unstabilized oscillator, that is with the SAW-resonator replaced by a 560 pF capacitor having a series resonant frequency of approximately 300 MHz, shall be roughly the desired frequency of oscillation. Otherwise, one run the risk of causing a pseudo-oscillation at the unstabilized frequency of oscillation. This is because of the SAW-resonator’s high Q-factor, which will result in a long settling time that gives the oscillator enough time to start oscillation at the unstabilized frequency. Furthermore, the oscillator will not oscillate exactly at the resonant frequency of the unloaded SAW-resonator, but the frequency of oscillation will be shifted towards the unstabilized one. This is another reason why the unstabilized frequency of oscillation should be close to the desired one. For this application board the frequency of oscillation of the unstabilized oscillator is approximately 320 MHz, which results in a frequency shift of approximately 30 kHz compared to the resonant frequency of the unloaded SAW-resonator. V CC C5 V ON L3 C6 C2 C1 R1 T L2 C4 L1 R3 RFOUT C3 SAWR R2 AN099_Schematic.vsd Figure 2 Schematic of Application Board Application Note 5 www.BDTIC.com/infineon Rev. 2.0, 2007-02-12 Application Note No. 099 The Application Board BDTIC Figure 3 Photo of Application Board Table 1 Bill of Materials Designator Value Package C1 C2 C3 C4 C5, C6 L1 L2, L3 R1 R2 R3 5 pF 0402 LC resonator 33 pF 0402 LC resonator 15 pF 0402 Matching 560 pF 0402 DC block 100 nF 0402 RF bypass (optional) 47 nH 0402 LC resonator 1000 nH 0805 RF choke (optional) 100 Ω 0402 Biasing 1.8 kΩ 0402 Biasing 2.7 kΩ 0402 SAWR R961 DCC6E EPCOS SAW resonator, 315 MHz T BFR182 SOT23 Infineon NPN Silicon RF transistor Application Note Vendor Function Biasing 6 www.BDTIC.com/infineon Rev. 2.0, 2007-02-12 Application Note No. 099 Measurement Results 4 Measurement Results The (constant) collector voltage is provided through the VCC pin, while the (amplitude-modulated) control voltage is provided through the VON pin. This makes it easy to measure collector current and control current independently. All measurements for this application note were done with an unmodulated control voltage, that is in continuous wave mode. Please note that for start-up time measurements of the oscillator, capacitor C6 has to be removed first, if the function generator used to supply the control voltage has a source impedance of 50 Ω, rather than Milliohms. Otherwise, one measures the low-pass filter consisting of capacitor C6 and the generator’s source impedance. Table 2 summarizes important electrical parameters of the discrete oscillator. The given values are an average of six measurements on nominally identical boards. The oscillator is optimized for maximum output power at a low collector current of only 6 mA. Along with the control current of 0.7 mA, the total DC current consumption of only 6.7 mA results in a high DC-RF conversion efficiency of 35 %. BDTIC Table 2 Electrical Characteristics at TA = 25 °C Parameter Symbol Values Min. Typ. Unit Note / Test Condition Max. DC Characteristics (verified by 6 samples) Supply Voltage Control Voltage Collector Current Control Current Collector Cutoff Current VCC VON IC ION IC,OFF 3 V 3 V 6 mA 0.7 mA 2 nA Unmodulated VCC = 3.2 V, VON = 0 AC Characteristics (verified by 6 samples) Oscillation Frequency fOSC 315 MHz Output Power POUT POUT,2 POUT,3 L(∆f) tON,3 dB tON,1 dB tON,½ dB 8.3 dBm 315 MHz -34 dBc 630 MHz -56 dBc 945 MHz -110 dBc/Hz ∆f = 1 kHz 15 µs 3 dB down (50% output power) 22 µs 1 dB down (80% output power) µs ½ dB down (90% output power) Second Harmonic Third Harmonic SSB Phase Noise 1) Start-up Time 28 1) For start-up time measurements, the capacitor C6 was removed. Figure 4 shows the harmonic suppression of three out of six boards, one with the lowest collector current (5.76 mA), one with a typical collector current (6.01 mA) and one with the highest collector current (6.36 mA). The second harmonic suppression of 34 dBc and even the third and subsequent harmonic suppressions of more than 50 dBc are much greater than the mandatory 20 dBc. A plot of the oscillator’s single sideband (SSB) phase noise is shown in Figure 5. For comparison reasons, the noise floor of the source signal analyzer (SSA) is also shown. For phase noise measurements with the SSA a 10 times correlation was used, which improves the SSA’s SSB phase noise sensitivity by 5 dB. As shown in Figure 5, this simple SAW-resonator based oscillator achieves exceptional low phase noise levels, much lower than PLL-based oscillators would ever achieve. On Page 9 to Page 14 average-value curves of important electrical parameters are shown versus supply voltage as well as versus temperature. The supply voltage for these measurements was varied between 2.5 V and 3.2 V, the typical battery voltage of a nominal 3 V battery during its lifetime, and the temperature was varied between -40 °C and 85 °C. The shift in frequency of oscillation shown on Page 9 and Page 12 relates to the typical frequency of Application Note 7 www.BDTIC.com/infineon Rev. 2.0, 2007-02-12 Application Note No. 099 Measurement Results oscillation at a temperature of 25 °C and a supply voltage of 3 V. Please note that the shift in frequency of oscillation is only a few kilohertz and this shift depends strongly on the performance of the SAW-resonator used in the application. Harmonic Suppression V =3V, V =3V, T =25°C CC ON A 20 Sample 1 (5.76 mA) Sample 2 (6.01 mA) Sample 3 (6.36 mA) Harmonic Suppression (dBc) 30 H2 BDTIC 40 50 H3 H 4 H 5 H6 H7 H 8 H9 H 10 60 H H 11 12 H 13 70 80 315 Figure 4 630 945 1260 1575 1890 2205 2520 Frequency (MHz) 2835 3150 3465 3780 4095 4410 Harmonic Suppression from Second to Thirteenth Harmonic SSB Phase noise V =3V, V =3V, T =25°C CC ON A -100 RKE Oscillator Noise floor -110 Phase Noise (dBc/Hz) -120 -130 -140 -150 -160 -170 -180 3 10 Figure 5 10 4 5 10 Offset Frequency (Hz) 10 6 10 7 SSB Phase Noise of RKE Oscillator and Noise Floor of Signal Source Analyzer Application Note 8 www.BDTIC.com/infineon Rev. 2.0, 2007-02-12 Application Note No. 099 Measurement Results Typical Characteristic vs. Supply Voltage (verified by 6 samples) Collector Current IC = f(VCC) V = 3.0V, T = Parameter ON Output Power POUT = f(VCC) V = 3.0V, T = Parameter A ON A 7.5 9.5 7 max 9 max 85°C 8.5 85°C 25°C Power (dBm) Current (mA) 6.5 BDTIC 25°C 6 8 7.5 -40°C 5.5 7 -40°C 5 4.5 2.4 min min 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 3 Supply Voltage (V) 3.1 3.2 6.5 6 2.4 3.3 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 3 Supply Voltage (V) 3.1 3.2 3.3 Oscillation Frequency Shift ∆fOSC = f(VCC) VON = 3.0V, TA = Parameter 20 max 10 25°C Frequency Shift (kHz) 0 -10 -20 -30 -40°C -40 85°C -50 min -60 -70 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 3 Supply Voltage (V) 3.1 3.2 3.3 Note: 1. The min/max curves show the minimum/maximum measured values and must not be taken to mean guaranteed minimum/maximum limits. 2. The shift in frequency of oscillation relates to the typical frequency of oscillation at 25 °C and 3 V. Application Note 9 www.BDTIC.com/infineon Rev. 2.0, 2007-02-12 Application Note No. 099 Measurement Results Typical Start-up Time vs. Supply Voltage (verified by 6 samples) tON,3dB IC ==f(V f(VCC )) Start-up Time Collector Current CC V = 3.0V, T = Parameter ON = =f(Vf(V ) ) Start-upPower Output Time tPON,1dB OUT CCCC V = 3.0V, T = Parameter A ON A 7.5 25 9.5 40 7 max max 9 35 85°C 8.5 max max 85°C 25°C Power Time (dBm) (µs) Current (mA) Time (µ s) 6.5 20 30 8 BDTIC 25°C -40°C 6 25°C 5.5 15 85°C 4.5 10 2.4 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 3 Supply Voltage (V) 3.1 3.2 -40°C 25°C min 85°C 20 6.5 min 2.5 7.5 25 7 -40°C 5 -40°C 15 6 2.4 3.3 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 3 Supply Voltage (V) 3.1 3.2 3.3 tON,1/2dB =Shift f(VCC Start-up Time Oscillation Frequency ∆)fOSC = f(VCC) V = 3.0V, T = Parameter ON A 20 50 max 10 45 max 25°C Frequency Time Shift (µs) (kHz) 0 40 -10 35 -20 -40°C -30 30 25°C -40°C -40 25 85°C 85°C -50 min 20 -60 -70 15 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 3 Supply Voltage (V) 3.1 3.2 3.3 Note: The max curve shows the maximum measured values and must not be taken to mean guaranteed maximum limits. Application Note 10 www.BDTIC.com/infineon Rev. 2.0, 2007-02-12 Application Note No. 099 Measurement Results Typical Characteristic of Second and Third Harmonic vs. Supply Voltage (verified by 6 samples) POUT,2 = f(VCC = )f(VCC) Second Harmonic Collector Current IC V = 3.0V, T = Parameter ON POUT,3 = f(V=CC f(V ) CC) Output Third Harmonic Power POUT V = 3.0V, T = Parameter A ON A -30 7.5 -45 9.5 -31 7 -32 25°C 25°C -34 Power (dBm) (dBc) Power Power (dBc) Current (mA) -50 8.5 -40°C 85°C -33 6.5 max 9 max max 85°C -40°C 25°C BDTIC -35 6 85°C -36 5.5 -37 -38 5 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 3 Supply Voltage (V) 3.1 -40°C 7 -60 min 6.5 3.2 -65 6 2.4 3.3 25°C 7.5 -40°C -39 -40 4.5 2.4 8 -55 85°C min 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 3 Supply Voltage (V) 3.1 3.2 3.3 Note: The max curve shows the maximum measured values and must not be taken to mean guaranteed maximum limits. Application Note 11 www.BDTIC.com/infineon Rev. 2.0, 2007-02-12 Application Note No. 099 Measurement Results Typical Characteristic vs. Temperature (verified by 6 samples) tON,3dB IC ==f(T f(V f(VACC ) )) Start-up Time Collector Current CC T ==Parameter Parameter V = 3.0V, V ON tON,1dB = =f(T f(Vf(V )) ) Start-upPower Output Time P OUT A CCCC T ==Parameter Parameter V = 3.0V, V A CC ON A CC 7.5 25 9.5 40 7 85°C 3.2V 8.5 3.0V 25°C -40°C 30 8 Power Time (dBm) (µs) Current (mA) Time (µ s) 6.5 20 max max max 3.2V 9 35 max max max 85°C 3.0V 25°C BDTIC 2.8V 6 25°C 2.5V 85°C min -40°C 5.5 15 5 4.5 10 -40 2.4 2.7 0 2.8 252.9 3 Supply Temperature Voltage (°C) (V) 55 3.1 3.2 7.5 25 -40°C 25°C 7 2.5V min 85°C 20 6.5 min 2.5-20 2.6 2.8V -40°C 15 6 -40 2.4 3.3 85 min 2.5-20 2.6 2.7 0 2.8 252.9 3 Supply Temperature Voltage (°C) (V) 55 3.1 3.2 3.3 85 tON,1/2dB =Shift f(VCC Start-up Time f(V ) ) Oscillation Frequency ∆f)OSC = f(T A CC V = 3.0V, T VACC==Parameter Parameter ON 50 20 max 10 45 max max 25°C Frequency Time Shift (µs) (kHz) 0 40 -10 35 -20 3.2V 3.0V -40°C min -30 30 25°C -40°C -40 25 85°C 85°C 2.8V 2.5V min -50 20 -60 -70 15 -40 2.4 2.5-20 2.6 2.7 0 2.8 252.9 3 Supply Temperature Voltage (°C) (V) 55 3.1 3.2 3.3 85 Note: 3. The min/max curves show the minimum/maximum measured values and must not be taken to mean guaranteed minimum/maximum limits. 4. The shift in frequency of oscillation relates to the typical frequency of oscillation at 25 °C and 3 V. Application Note 12 www.BDTIC.com/infineon Rev. 2.0, 2007-02-12 Application Note No. 099 Measurement Results Typical Start-up Time vs. Temperature (verified by 6 samples) tON,3dB IC ==f(T f(V f(VACC f(T )))) CollectorTime Start-up Current A CC T ==Parameter Parameter V = 3.0V, V ON = =f(T f(Vf(T f(V )CC )) ) Output Power Start-up Time tPON,1dB OUT A CCA T ==Parameter Parameter V = 3.0V, V A CC ON A CC 7.5 25 9.5 40 35 7 85°C 3.2V 3.0V 25°C -40°C Power Time (dBm) (µs) Current (mA) Time (µ s) 6.5 20 max max max 3.2V 9 35 30 8.5 max max max 85°C 3.0V 25°C 30 8 BDTIC 2.8V 6 25°C max 2.5V 85°C min 3.0V -40°C 2.5V 3.2V 2.8V 5.5 15 5 2.8V -40°C 25 7.5 25 -40°C 25°C max 7 20 20 6.5 min 3.2V 2.5V min 3.0V 85°C 2.8V min 2.5V 4.5 10 -40 2.4 2.5-20 2.6 2.7 0 2.8 252.9 3 Supply Temperature Voltage (°C) (V) 55 3.1 3.2 15 6 -40 2.4 3.3 85 2.5-20 2.6 2.7 0 2.8 252.9 3 Supply Temperature Voltage (°C) (V) 55 3.1 3.2 3.3 85 tON,1/2dB =Shift f(VACC f(T )∆f) Start-up Time = f(T f(V ) ) Oscillation Frequency OSC A CC T ==Parameter Parameter V = 3.0V, V ON A CC 50 20 45 max Frequency Time Shift (µs) (kHz) 10 45 40 0 max max 25°C 40 -10 35 35 -20 30 -30 30 3.2V 3.0V -40°C min 25°C max -40°C -40 25 25 3.2V 85°C 3.0V 85°C 2.8V -50 20 20 -60 2.5V 2.8V min -70 15 -40 2.4 2.5V 2.5-20 2.6 2.7 0 2.8 252.9 3 Supply Temperature Voltage (°C) (V) 55 3.1 3.2 3.3 85 Note: The max curve shows the maximum measured values and must not be taken to mean guaranteed maximum limits. Application Note 13 www.BDTIC.com/infineon Rev. 2.0, 2007-02-12 Application Note No. 099 Measurement Results Typical Characteristic of Second and Third Harmonic vs. Temperature (verified by 6 samples) Second Harmonic POUT,2 = f(TA) V = 3.0V, V = Parameter ON POUT,3 = =f(T f(V= f(V f(T f(T )CC ))A)) Output Start-up Third Harmonic Power Time tPON,1dB OUT A CCA T ==Parameter Parameter V = 3.0V, V CC ON A CC -30 -45 9.5 40 35 -31 -32 -34 Power Power Time (dBm) ((dBc) µs) -33 Power (dBc) max max max 3.2V 9 35 -50 30 8.5 85°C 3.0V 25°C 30 8 max BDTIC max -35 3.2V 3.0V -36 7.5 25 3.2V -38 -40°C 25°C max 3.0V 2.8V -37 7 -60 20 20 6.5 2.5V -39 -40 -40 2.8V -40°C -55 25 2.8V 3.2V 2.5V min 3.0V 85°C 2.5V 2.8V min 2.5V -20 0 25 Temperature (°C) 55 -65 15 6 -40 2.4 85 2.5-20 2.6 2.7 0 2.8 252.9 3 Supply Temperature Voltage (°C) (V) 55 3.1 3.2 3.3 85 Note: The max curve shows the maximum measured values and must not be taken to mean guaranteed maximum limits. References [1] John Kraus, Ronald Marhefka, “Antennas for All Applications,” 3rd Edition, McGraw-Hill, Dec. 2001, ISBN 0-071-12240-0 Application Note 14 www.BDTIC.com/infineon Rev. 2.0, 2007-02-12