si4430 Silicon Laboratories, si4430 Datasheet - Page 29

• Manufacturer Part Number: si4430
• Description: Si4430 Ism Transceiver
• Manufacturer: Silicon Laboratories

3.6.5. Frequency Offset Adjustment
When the AFC is disabled the frequency offset can be adjusted manually by fo[9:0] in registers 73h and 74h. The
frequency offset adjustment and the AFC both are implemented by shifting the Synthesizer Local Oscillator
frequency. This register is a signed register so in order to get a negative offset you will need to take the twos
complement of the positive offset number. The offset can be calculated by the following:
The adjustment range is ±160 kHz. For example, to compute an offset of +50 kHz, the fo[9:0] should be set to
0A0h. For an offset of –50 kHz, the fo[9:0] register should be set to 360h.
When AFC is enabled the same registers can be used to read the offset value as automatically obtained by the
AFC. A stable offset value can read after preamble detection using the preamble detection or sync word detection
interrupt.
3.6.6. Auto Frequency Control (AFC)
The receiver supports automatic frequency control (AFC) to compensate for frequency differences between the
transmitter and receiver reference frequencies. These differences can be caused by the absolute accuracy and
temperature dependencies of the reference crystals. Due to frequency offset compensation in the modem, the
receiver is tolerant to frequency offsets up to 0.25 times the IF bandwidth when the AFC is disabled. When the AFC
is enabled, the received signal will be centered in the pass-band of the IF filter, providing optimal sensitivity and
selectivity over a wider range of frequency offsets up to 0.35 times the IF bandwidth. The trade-off of receiver
sensitivity (at 1% PER) versus carrier offset and the impact of AFC are illustrated in Figure 10.
The AFC function shares registers 73h and 74h with the Frequency Offset setting. If AFC is enabled (D6 in
Add R/W Function/Descrip
73
74
R/W
R/W
Frequency Offset
Frequency Offset
tion
Figure 10. Sensitivity at 1% PER vs. Carrier Frequency Offset
-100
-102
-104
-86
-88
-90
-92
-94
-96
-98
-100
fo[7]
D7
Sensitivity vs Carrier Frequency Offset
DesiredOff
(Rb = 100 kHz, Fd = 50 kHz)
-50
fo[6]
Frequency Offset (kHz)
D6
fo
set
[
: 9
Preliminary Rev. 0.4

] 0
156
0

fo[5]
D5
.
25
DesiredOff
Hz
312

(
hbsel
5 .
fo[4]
50
D4
Hz

set
) 1

fo
fo[3]
100
D3
[
: 9
] 0
AFC Disable
AFC Enable
fo[2]
D2
fo[1] fo[0]
fo[9] fo[8]
D1
D0
Si4430
POR
Def.
00h
00h
Notes
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