nRF2401 Nordic VLSI, nRF2401 Datasheet - Page 13

• Manufacturer Part Number: nRF2401
• Description: Single Chip 2.4GHz Radio Transceiver
• Manufacturer: Nordic VLSI

PRODUCT SPECIFICATION
In both ShockBurst™ & Direct modes the nRF2401 can facilitate simultaneous
reception of two parallel independent frequency channels at the maximum data rate.
This means:
The nRF2401 DuoCeiver™ technology provides 2 separate dedicated data channels
for RX and replaces the need for two, stand alone receiver systems.
There is one absolute requirement for using the second data channel. For the nRF2401
to be able to receive at the second data channel the frequency channel must be 8MHz
higher than the frequency of data channel 1. The nRF2401 must be programmed to
receive at the frequency of data channel 1. No time multiplexing is used in nRF2401
to fulfil this function. In direct mode the MCU must be able to handle two
simultaneously incoming data packets if it is not multiplexing between the two data
channels. In ShockBurst™ it is possible for the MCU to clock out one data channel at
a time while data on the other data channel waits for MCU availability, without any
lost data packets, and by doing so reduce the needed performance of the MCU.
Nordic VLSI ASA
Revision: 1.0
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Figure 9 DuoCeiver
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RF1
nRF2401 can receive data from two 1 Mbps transmitters (ex: nRF2401 or
nRF2402) 8 MHz (8 frequency channels) apart through one antenna
interface.
The output from the two data channels is fed to two separate MCU
interfaces.
+8MHz
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Data channel 1: CLK1, DATA, and DR1
Data channel 2: CLK2, DOUT2, and DR2
DR1 and DR2 are available only in ShockBurst™.
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Figure 8 Simultaneous 2 channel receive on nRF2401
Vestre Rosten 81, N-7075 Tiller, Norway
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with two simultaneously independent receive channels.
DataSlicer
DataSlicer
Recovery,
Recovery,
Clock
Clock
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ADDR,
ADDR,
Check
Check
CRC
CRC
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Phone [phone]
DR1
DR2
DATA
CLK1
CLK2
DOUT2
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Fax [phone]
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