LG KE 770, Service Manual

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3. TECHNICAL BRIEF
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3.20. Transmitter part
The GMSK transmitter supports power class 4 for GSM850 and GSM900 as well as power class 1 for
DCS1800 and PCS1900. The digital transmitter architecture is based on a very low power fractional-N
Sigma-Delta synthesizer without any external components (see Figure39). The analog I/Q modulation
data from the baseband is converted to digital, filtered and transformed to polar coordinates. The
phase/frequency signal is further on processed by the Sigma-Delta modulation loop. The output of its
associated VCO is divided by four or two, respectively, and connected via an output buffer to the
appropriate single ended output pin. This configuration ensures minimum noise level. The 8PSK
transmitter supports power class E2 for GSM850 and GSM900 as well as for DCS1800 and PCS1900.
The digital transmitter architecture is based on a polar modulation architecture, where the analog
modulation data (rectangular I/Q coordinates) is converted to digital data stream and is subsequently
transformed to polar coordinates by means of a CORDIC algorithm. The resulting amplitude
information is fed into a digital multiplier for power ramping and level control. The ready processed
amplitude signal is applied to a DAC followed by a low pass filter which reconstructs the analog
amplitude information. The phase signal from the CORDIC is applied to the Sigma-Delta fractional-N
modulation loop. The divided output of its associated VCO is fed to a highly linear amplitude
modulator, recombining amplitude and phase information. The output of the amplitude modulator is
connected to a single ended output RF PGA for digitally setting the wanted transmit power. The PA
interface of SMARTi-PM supports direct control of standard dual mode power amplifiers (PA’s) which
usually have a power control input VAPC and an optional bias
control pin VBIAS for efficiency enhancement. In GMSK mode, the PA is in saturated high efficiency
mode and is controlled via its VAPC pin directly by the baseband ramping DAC. In this way both up- /
down-ramping and output power level are set. In 8PSK mode, the ramping functionality is assured by
an on-chip ramping generator, whereas output power is controlled by the PGA’s as described above.
Figure 31 Transmitter part block diagram