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T720
Circuit Description & 
Theory of Operation
IFR IC to MSM for decoding etc.
TRANSMITTER SECTION
Digital signal is applied in 8 bit to RFT3100 
IC, the MSM output I and Q signals one by 
one and each of these signals passes the digi-
tal LPF and is sent to the quadrature modula-
tor. From complex signal within the 
baseband the quadrature modulator makes 
the real spectrum of double-side band having 
228.6Mhz (263.6Mhz for PCS) having 
obtained by dividing VCO frequency 
457.2Mhz (527.2 Mhz for PCS) into half as 
carrier(Tx IF). 
MSM5100 count from the received signal 
strength level (Open loop power) and gener-
ates PDM signals according to TX_AGC 
level appropriate for the number of power 
control bit not inconsistent with the total sum 
of Eb/No defined by the base station(Close 
Loop Power Control) and the calculated base 
station power. The dynamic range is approxi-
mately 90 dB.
The Tx IF signal of 228.6Mhz (263.6Mhz 
for PCS) is up-converted to UHF signal. The 
signal converted into transmit frequency is 
filtered and finally amplified by the power 
amplifier (PA), which then pass through the 
isolator, duplexer and diplexer and transmit-
ted to the antenna. 
The transmitter section occupies a frequency 
band of 824 Mhz to 849 Mhz in cellular band 
and a frequency band of 1850Mhz to 
1910Mhz in PCS band. 
FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZER SECTION
The frequency synthesizer uses VC-TCXO-
19.2Mhz as reference frequency. 19.2 Mhz is 
input to the frequency synthesizer as refer-
ence input of VCO/PLL MODULE IC and 
then divided to frequency appropriate for the 
channel spacing by the reference divider in 
the IC. 
This IC generates LO signal for the conver-
sion of Transmit/Receive carrier frequency. 
One is used LO signal to down convert at the 
1
st
 mixer in the receiver and the other is used 
as local signal for transmitter up converting 
mixer. Inside the IC the prescaler and the 
variable divider divides the input fre-
quency(feed back) according to the channel 
number and frequency and then the phase 
detector compares it with the reference fre-
quency and any correction is communicated 
through the LPF to the VCO. 
The digital data for the determination of 
channels for the frequency synthesizer is 
sent from the MSM and consists of 
SYNTH_CLK, SYNTH_DATA, and 
SYNTH_LATCH in serial interface.