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MC13853 LNA Evaluation Board User’s Guide, Rev. 1.3

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Freescale Semiconductor

 

ESD protection procedures must be followed. As a minimum, test equipment should be grounded, 
a grounded hand strap must be used, and the lab bench fitted with a conductive mat (not exceeding 
1 M

Ω

 to ground).

Definitions, Acronyms, and Abbreviations

The following list defines the acronyms and abbreviations used in this document.

DCS1800

1800 MHz cellular band, MS transmit 1710 to 1785 MHz

EDGE

Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution, uses 3pi/8 PSK modulation

EGSM900

900 MHz cellular band, MS transmit 880 to 915 MHz

EGPRS

Enhanced General Packet Radio Service

ESD

Electrostatic Discharge

EVB

Evaluation Board, usually a multilayer printed circuit 

GPIB

General Purpose Instrumentation Bus, uses IEEE488.2 standard

GSM

Global System Mobile, uses GMSK modulation

GSM850

850 MHz cellular band, MS transmit 824.0 to 849.0 MHz

PCS1900

1900 MHz cellular band, MS transmit 1850 to 1910 MHz

SPI

Serial Peripheral Interface

VSWR

Voltage Standing Wave Ratio

References

1. MC13853 Data Sheet, Rev. 1.6, 08/2007 Freescale Semiconductor, Tempe AZ.

2. Digital Cellular Telecommunications System - Radio Transmission And Reception- 3GPP TS 

05.05; TS 100 910. European Telecommunications Standard Institute (ETSI Sophia Antipolis 
France, www.etsi.org).

3. Digital Cellular Telecommunications System - Mobile Station Conformance Specification - GSM 

11.10 European Telecommunications Standard Institute (ETSI Sophia Antipolis France, 
www.etsi.org).

Summary of Contents for MC13853 LNA

Page 1: ...Document Number MC13853EVBUG Rev 1 3 10 2007 MC13853 LNA Evaluation Board User s Guide...

Page 2: ...ts products for any particular purpose nor does Freescale Semiconductor assume any liability arising out of the application or use of any product or circuit and specifically disclaims any and all liab...

Page 3: ...ns vi References vi Chapter 1 Initial Instructions 1 1 Overview 1 1 1 2 Serial Peripheral Interface 1 2 1 3 Assembly Instructions 1 4 1 4 Operation Under SPI Control 1 5 1 5 Graphical User Interface G...

Page 4: ...MC13853 LNA Evaluation Board User s Guide Rev 1 3 iv Freescale Semiconductor...

Page 5: ...s organized into three chapters and one appendix Chapter 1 Initial Instructions Chapter 2 Evaluation Board Chapter 3 Test Equipment Bench Line up Appendix DC and Control Wiring Harness Revision Histor...

Page 6: ...ctrostatic Discharge EVB Evaluation Board usually a multilayer printed circuit GPIB General Purpose Instrumentation Bus uses IEEE488 2 standard GSM Global System Mobile uses GMSK modulation GSM850 850...

Page 7: ...faces must be clean tissue paper and standard grade isopropyl alcohol can be used if not the amplifier performance can be affected The applied torque via a 5 16 wrench at the connecting point must not...

Page 8: ...on the test bench The control software resides in the PC computer running Microsoft Windows operating system A parallel interface is used between the PC and the MMM6038SPI Keep all control wiring away...

Page 9: ...face board is via parallel port with parallel cable 4 Communication SPI interface board to the LNA EVB is via 8 wire interface SPI_Data SPI_Clock SPI_Frm 5 Ground all DC Power Supplies and PC computer...

Page 10: ...n loaded successfully with the code from the flash memory 5 The test equipment requirements and line up are given in Chapter 3 Basic Test Equipment Setup Figure 3 1 6 Install the supplied software fro...

Page 11: ...e for the gain Clock 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Address structure Data Structure Bit 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9...

Page 12: ...1 select LNA Selector in the SPI Var List window and GPO in the middle window Set the enable and gain 9 Auto Send SPI a If On SPI command sent whenever a SPI value changes b If Off use Send SPI F1 to...

Page 13: ...tion Board User s Guide Rev 1 3 Freescale Semiconductor 1 7 Figure 1 4 Graphical User Interface Screen Command History Data Sent Received SPI Variable List LNA Mode Selector Setting Selector Auto Send...

Page 14: ...Initial Instructions MC13853 LNA Evaluation Board User s Guide Rev 1 3 1 8 Freescale Semiconductor...

Page 15: ...he schematic is located in the MC13853 Data Sheet document number MC13853 D NOTE Refer to the location of RF coaxial connectors DC and control connecting points via headers and the grounding banana ja...

Page 16: ...Evaluation Board Layout and Schematic MC13853 LNA Evaluation Board User s Guide Rev 1 3 2 2 Freescale Semiconductor...

Page 17: ...ration must be conducted at the frequencies of interest in order to determine the offset values for the RF power meter and spectrum analyzer The DC and control interconnecting cable harness is detaile...

Page 18: ...all RF power sensors before measurement 4 SPI interface details are not shown 5 Internally calibrate test equipment before using HP8562E Spectrum Analyzer Combiner HB1 In LB In LB Out HB1 Out HB2 In...

Page 19: ...se figure meter or equivalent with HP 346A noise source DC system power supplies HP 6632A or equivalent Input isolators Control computer PC with accessories Microsoft Windows NT or XP operating system...

Page 20: ...Basic Test Equipment Setup MC13853 LNA Evaluation Board User s Guide Rev 1 3 3 4 Freescale Semiconductor...

Page 21: ...rness is described in Figure A 1 Figure A 1 MC13853 DC and Control Cable Harness Gnd VDDAuxSPI TP2 on Serial Interface Board Serial Interface Board Connector Evaluation Board Connector VDDAuxSPI Vcc S...

Page 22: ...DC and Control Wiring Harness MC13853 LNA Evaluation Board User s Guide Rev 1 3 A 2 Freescale Semiconductor...

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