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Table Of Contents
APPLICATIONS .................................................................................................................................................. 1
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................................................ 1
KEY FEATURES ................................................................................................................................................. 2
RF PERFORMANCE .......................................................................................................................................... 2
ANALOG FEATURES ........................................................................................................................................ 2
DIGITAL FEATURES ......................................................................................................................................... 2
LOW-POWER FEATURES ................................................................................................................................ 2
GENERAL ............................................................................................................................................................ 2
IMPROVED RANGE USING CC1190 .............................................................................................................. 2
REDUCED BATTERY CURRENT USING TPS62730 .................................................................................... 3
ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................................................................................... 4
TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................................................................... 5
1 ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS ..................................................................................................... 8
2 OPERATING CONDITIONS ................................................................................................................. 8
3 GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS ......................................................................................................... 8
4 ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS ....................................................................................................... 9
4.1 CURRENT CONSUMPTION ............................................................................................................................ 9
4.2 RF RECEIVE SECTION ................................................................................................................................ 12
4.3 RF TRANSMIT SECTION ............................................................................................................................. 16
4.4 CRYSTAL OSCILLATOR .............................................................................................................................. 18
4.5 LOW POWER RC OSCILLATOR ................................................................................................................... 18
4.6 FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZER CHARACTERISTICS .......................................................................................... 19
4.7 ANALOG TEMPERATURE SENSOR .............................................................................................................. 19
4.8 DC CHARACTERISTICS .............................................................................................................................. 20
4.9 POWER-ON RESET ..................................................................................................................................... 20
5 PIN CONFIGURATION ........................................................................................................................ 20
6 CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................................... 22
7 APPLICATION CIRCUIT .................................................................................................................... 22
7.1 BIAS RESISTOR .......................................................................................................................................... 22
7.2 BALUN AND RF MATCHING ....................................................................................................................... 23
7.3 CRYSTAL ................................................................................................................................................... 23
7.4 REFERENCE SIGNAL .................................................................................................................................. 23
7.5 ADDITIONAL FILTERING ............................................................................................................................ 24
7.6 POWER SUPPLY DECOUPLING .................................................................................................................... 24
7.7 ANTENNA CONSIDERATIONS ..................................................................................................................... 24
7.8 PCB LAYOUT RECOMMENDATIONS ........................................................................................................... 26
8 CONFIGURATION OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................ 27
9 CONFIGURATION SOFTWARE ........................................................................................................ 29
10 4-WIRE SERIAL CONFIGURATION AND DATA INTERFACE .................................................. 29
10.1 CHIP STATUS BYTE ................................................................................................................................... 31
10.2 REGISTER ACCESS ..................................................................................................................................... 31
10.3 SPI READ .................................................................................................................................................. 32
10.4 COMMAND STROBES ................................................................................................................................. 32
10.5 FIFO ACCESS ............................................................................................................................................ 32
10.6 PATABLE ACCESS ................................................................................................................................... 33
11 MICROCONTROLLER INTERFACE AND PIN CONFIGURATION .......................................... 34
11.1 CONFIGURATION INTERFACE ..................................................................................................................... 34
11.2 GENERAL CONTROL AND STATUS PINS ..................................................................................................... 34
11.3 OPTIONAL RADIO CONTROL FEATURE ...................................................................................................... 34
12 DATA RATE PROGRAMMING .......................................................................................................... 35