There are three connections feeding the Bluetooth radio,
VCC, VCC_DIG and VCC_PA. VCC supplies the sensitive RF
circuitry. It’s important that this supply is proper decoupled
and free from noise and other disturbances. VCC_DIG feeds
the digital circuitry of the module. The power ampli er is fed
from the VCC_PA rail. To avoid AM modulation on the TX
signal this pin should also be decoupled.
Oscillator or external clock input
XO_N and XO_P connects to the crystal’s inputs. The load
capacitance to the crystal can be trimmed using the XO-Trim
register (Depending on crystal, no external load capacitors
are required). If an external clock is used, it should be AC
coupled into the XO_N input and the XO_P input shall be left
Ground should be distributed with very low impedance as a
ground plane. Connect all GND connections to the ground
plane. It is critical to have a ground plane underneath the
Bluetooth radio in order to shield the VCO tank from any
electrical noise. The ground vias purpose is to connect
the local ground plane to the main ground layer. Note: If a
local ground plane cannot be directly placed underneath
the radio, then no routing should be planned underneath
the radio until a layer can be used as a local ground plane.
The Bluetooth radio will be self-shielding and no additional
shields should be necessary for normal operating conditions.
The ANT pin should be connected to a 50
interface, thereby supporting the best signal strength
performance. Ericsson Microelectronics partners can
support application speci c antennas.
There are ve digital inputs available for the radio
controlling features of the PBA 313 02. The Bluetooth timing
requirements for these are described in table 6 and gure 5.
In addition, there is a digital input signal for hardware reset
of the radio, and a digital input signal for waking up the
clock circuitry after a sleep mode period.
Packet switch on control is active ‘high’. Activate this signal
during reception of a Bluetooth payload.
PX_ON is used to control the Slicer of the receiver. Since
the General Inquiry Access Code (GIAC), information in a
Bluetooth packet header contains an equal number of one’s
(+FMOD) and zero’s (-FMOD), the average frequency will
always be centred on the carrier frequency. This provides
the Slicer the reference for the fast tuning. If the fast mode
is not used during the header then the rst bits could be
The slow mode gives a more accurate FSK compensation
of the thresholds for a one and a zero compared to the
fast mode; therefore, the BER is less. The fast mode (time
constant < 2µs) is used when PX_ON is deactivated and the
slow mode (time constant < 50µs) when it is activated.
Synthesiser on control is active ‘high’. Activate this signal to
power up of the VCO section of the radio. SYNT_ON is used
in both transmit and receive mode. This activates the PLL as
Receive-on control is active ‘high’. Activate this signal to
enable reception of Bluetooth data on the RX_DATA pin. The
transmit-on control (TX_ON) must be deactivated and the
synthesiser (SYNT_ON) activated if data is to be received.
TX SLOT
SYNT_ON
TX_ON
TX_SW
PHD_OFF
TX_DATA
RX_ON
SI
RX_DATA
PHD
to
t
s
t
TO
t
TD
tRD
t
R O
to
t
s
t
RX SLOT
PX_ON
Figure 5. Timing sequence for data transmission.
Delay before transmitting data
Phase Detector Off delay after tTO
Data sending period, one slot
Data sending period, two slots
Data sending period, three slots
Delay before receiving data
Table 6. Timing requirements for data transmission.