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July 6, 2010

AN1559.0

QHx220 Board Bill of Materials (for GPS)

GPS Optimization Setup (Static Coupling 

Channel)

The following sections explain how to set up a static 
coupling channel which is used to perform self 
cancellation. The test setup in the following section is a 
useful environment to become familiar with tuning the 
device to the desired frequency the user would like to 
cancel in the final application. It will also provide an 
intuitive means of obtaining the starting I and Q values 
for achieving cancellation in the GPS Application setup.

A network analyzer is used to show the frequency 
response of the QHx220 while performing the 
optimization to achieve cancellation. It is suggested to 
perform the following setup of the network analyzer 
before connecting it to the rest of the test setup.

1. Set the desired frequency bandwidth for the 

application.

2. Change the output power to -45dBm. This provides 

some margin for the -45dBm maximum input 
requirement of the QHx220 since there is an 
additional 6dB loss from the power splitter. 
However, if pre-amplification is used (operating in 
high gain or boost mode) then the power should be 
reduced an additional 10dB to 15dB per gain stage.

3. Perform a 2 port calibration of the network analyzer. 
4. Select the S21 measurement mode.

The power splitter connected to the output of the 
network analyzer is used to divide the aggressor signal 
into two separate paths. One path goes to the sampler 
input of the QHx220 which samples the aggressor signal. 
The other path is fed to what will later be used as part of 
the receive path for the GPS receiver. An attenuator pad 
is used in this path to set the coupling losses. This loss 
represents the coupling loss between the aggressor 
source and the GPS victim antenna. For the purpose of 
this evaluation the attenuator should be roughly 10dB to 
20dB for a typical coupling factor. Keep in mind that the 
second power splitter adds an additional 6dB to the 
coupling factor. Since the QHx220 has ~50dB dynamic 
range, this range of attenuation should set the aggressor 
power in the middle of the tuning range of the QHx220 
when using the lowest gain setting of the QHx220. 
Higher gain settings can be used for stronger coupling 
factors or weaker noise sampling or tapping methods.

It is important to set the power level of the network 
analyzer to -45dBm. This will ensure that the sampler 
input maximum power level is not exceeded. The 
measurement of interest is S21 in order to optimize the 

TABLE 2. QHx220 GPS-SPECIFIC EVALUATION BOARD BILL OF MATERIALS

ITEM

QTY

REFERENCE

PART

VENDOR

VENDOR PART #

DISTRIBUTOR

1

3

C0, C2, C5

100pF

KEMET 

C0402C101J3GACTU

Digikey_399_1022_1_ND

2

2

C3, C4

10nF

KEMET 

C0402C103K3RACTU

Digikey_399_1278_1_ND

3

1

C1

DNP

4 1

C6

22pF

Murata

GRM0335C1E220JD01D

Digikey_490-1253-1-ND

5 1

C7

DNP

6 1

L0

6.2nH

MURATA

LQG15HS6N2SO2D

Digikey_490-2620-1

7 1

L1

5.6nH

Panasonic

ELJ-RE5N6JF2

Digikey_PCD1148CT

8 1

L3

0.0

Ω

ROHM

MCR01MZPJ000

Digikey_rhm0.0JCT-ND

9 2

L2, 

L8

100nH

Panasonic

ELJ-RER10JF3

Digikey_PCD1201CT-ND

10

1

L4

DNP

11

2

L5, L7 (L or R) 

10k

Ω

Yageo

9C04021A1001FLHF3

Digikey_311-1.00KLCT-ND

12

1

L6 (L or R) 

14k

Ω

Yageo

RC0402FR-0714KL

Digikey_311-14KLRCT

13

1

D1

LED

Lumex

SML_LXT0805GW

Digikey_67_1553_1_ND

14 1

JP1

HD1x4 

Waldom

87758_0416

Digikey_WM18833_ND

15 1

JP2

HD1x2

Waldom

22_28_4040

Digikey_WM6404_ND

16 

3

J1, J2, J3

Hirose

Digikey_H9161-ND

17 1

R0

DNP

18 1

R1

DNP

19 1

R2

220

Ω

ROHM

RC04022FR-07220RL

Digikey_311-220LRCT-ND

20 

3

R3, R4, R5

14k

Ω

ROHM

RC04022FR-0714KL

Digikey_311-14.0KLRCT

21

1

U1

QNX220

Intersil

QNX220

Application Note 1559

Содержание QHx220

Страница 1: ...10 QHx220 Board Layout 10 QHx220 Board Schematics for GPS 11 QHx220 Board Bill of Materials for GPS 12 GPS Optimization Setup Static Coupling Channel 12 GPS Application Setup 14 WLAN Product Application 15 QHx220 Board Layout 15 QHx220 Board Schematics for WLAN 16 QHx220 Board Bill of Materials for WLAN 17 WLAN Optimization Setup Static Coupling Channel 17 WLAN Application Setup 19 Q ACTIVE 19 CAU...

Страница 2: ...he QHx220 has internal LNA gain stages that can be set to pre amplify the sampled input noise if necessary The amount of pre amplification required if any depends on coupling factors between the noise source and the victim antenna as well as the level of the sampled noise at the input of the QHx220 Since the dynamic range of the QHx220 is typically 50dB the noise level at the input of the QHx220 s...

Страница 3: ...0 device It is often necessary to try multiple tapping points and tapping methods in order to achieve the best possible correlation to the noise present in the victim antenna 3 Be sure to choose the correct level of pre amplification as described in the previous sections If this is not set correctly it will limit the tuning range of the QHx220 device and hence limit the amount of cancellation that...

Страница 4: ...gs into the USB port of the PC and is used to control the SPI bus interface of the QHx220 device The USB controller board also has a 1 8V regulated supply that is used to power the QHx220 device The user may alternatively power the device with an external power supply if so desired A custom cable is also provided which is keyed so that it plugs into the USB controller board in the correct orientat...

Страница 5: ...rview on how the QHx220 can be applied for use in Mobile TV product applications QHx220 Board Layout SPI INTERFACE NOISE SAMPLER INPUT INTERSIL QHx220 1 8V INPUT Rx INPUT FROM ANTENNA Rx OUTPUT TO RECEIVER GND LED FIGURE 5 QHx220 EVALUATION BOARD LAYOUT MTV Application Note 1559 ...

Страница 6: ...6 July 6 2010 AN1559 0 QHx220 Board Schematics for MTV FIGURE 6 SCHEMATIC OF QHx220 EVALUATION BOARD MTV Application Note 1559 ...

Страница 7: ...e coupling loss between the aggressor source and the MTV victim antenna For the purpose of this evaluation the attenuator should be roughly 10dB to 20dB for a typical coupling factor Keep in mind that the second power splitter adds an additional 6dB to the coupling factor Since the QHx220 has 50dB dynamic range this range of attenuation should set the aggressor power in the middle of the tuning ra...

Страница 8: ...sired frequency Figure 8 is an example of the type of cancellation that should be achieved when the I and Q values have been optimized Once the cancellation has been optimized record the I and Q values for the optimization of the setup used FIGURE 7 MTV OPTIMIZATION SETUP DIAGRAM ATTENUATOR PAD TO SET COUPLING LOSS MTV AGGRESSOR NETWORK ANALYZER QHx220 CANCELLATION NODE POWER SPLITTER PORT 1 PORT ...

Страница 9: ...that degrades the receive signal strength reported by the MTV receiver turn on the QHx220 board and set the optimized I and Q values that were determined in the MTV Optimization Setup Static Coupling Channel section on page 7 This should result in a 15dB recovery of the receive signal strength power reported by the MTV receiver if the board was optimized correctly However since the setup was sligh...

Страница 10: ...overview on how the QHx220 can be applied for use in GPS product applications QHx220 Board Layout SPI INTERFACE INTERSIL QHx220 1 8V INPUT Rx INPUT FROM ANTENNA Rx OUTPUT TO RECEIVER GND LED NOISE SAMPLER INPUT FIGURE 10 QHx220 EVALUATION BOARD LAYOUT GPS Application Note 1559 ...

Страница 11: ...ND1 C4 10nF GND1 1V8 L2 100nH C5 100pF D1 LED R2 220 1V8 GND1 GND2 GND1 C6 C_Select L3 L_Select GND1 L4 L_Option C7 C_Option GND1 1V8 R0 DNI 1 2 JP 1 1 2 3 4 JP 2 SPI L7 10k L6 14k L5 10k R5 14k R4 14k R3 14k GND1 GND1 GND1 QHx220 GND1 1 GND1 3 IN 2 ENBAR 4 VDDD 5 CLK 6 DATA 7 EXTR 8 BUS 9 GND2 10 RF 11 GND2 12 VDDA 13 VDDA 14 IND 15 GND2 16 U1 FIGURE 11 SCHEMATIC OF QHx220 EVALUATION BOARD GPS Ap...

Страница 12: ...nts the coupling loss between the aggressor source and the GPS victim antenna For the purpose of this evaluation the attenuator should be roughly 10dB to 20dB for a typical coupling factor Keep in mind that the second power splitter adds an additional 6dB to the coupling factor Since the QHx220 has 50dB dynamic range this range of attenuation should set the aggressor power in the middle of the tun...

Страница 13: ...le of the type of cancellation that should be achieved when the I and Q values have been optimized Once the cancellation has been optimized record the I and Q values for the optimization of the setup used ATTENUATOR PAD TO SET COUPLING LOSS GPS AGGRESSOR NETWORK ANALYZER QHX220 CANCELLATION NODE POWER SPLITTER PORT 1 PORT 2 POWER SPLITTER 50Ω TERMINATION PATH FIGURE 12 GPS OPTIMIZATION SETUP DIAGR...

Страница 14: ...es the receive signal strength reported by the GPS receiver turn on the QHx220 board and set the optimized I and Q values that were determined in the GPS Optimization Setup Static Coupling Channel section on page 12 This should result in a 15dB recovery of the receive signal strength power reported by the GPS receiver if the board was optimized correctly However since the setup was slightly modifi...

Страница 15: ...verview on how the QHx220 can be applied for use in WLAN product applications QHx220 Board Layout SPI INTERFACE INTERSIL QHX220 1 8V INPUT Rx INPUT FROM ANTENNA Rx OUTPUT TO RECEIVER GND LED NOISE SAMPLER INPUT FIGURE 15 QHx220 EVALUATION BOARD LAYOUT WLAN Application Note 1559 ...

Страница 16: ...ND1 C4 10nF GND1 1V8 L2 100nH C5 100pF D1 LED R2 220 1V8 GND1 GND2 GND1 C6 C_Select L3 L_Select GND1 L4 L_Option C7 C_Option GND1 1V8 R0 DNI 1 2 JP1 1 2 3 4 JP 2 SPI L7 10k L6 14k L5 10k R5 14k R4 14k R3 14k GND1 GND1 GND1 QHX2 20 GND1 1 GND1 3 IN 2 ENBAR 4 VDDD 5 CLK 6 DATA 7 EXTR 8 BUS 9 GND2 10 RF 11 GND2 12 VDDA 13 VDDA 14 IND 15 GND2 16 U1 FIGURE 16 SCHEMATIC OF QHx220 EVALUATION BOARD WLAN A...

Страница 17: ...resents the coupling loss between the aggressor source and the WLAN victim antenna For the purpose of this evaluation the attenuator should be roughly 10dB to 20dB for a typical coupling factor Keep in mind that the second power splitter adds an additional 6dB to the coupling factor Since the QHx220 has 50dB dynamic range this range of attenuation should set the aggressor power in the middle of th...

Страница 18: ...ntil the maximum attenuation is achieved at the desired frequency Figure 18 is an example of the type of cancellation that should be achieved when the I and Q values have been optimized ATTENUATOR PAD TO SET COUPLING LOSS WLAN AGGRESSOR NETWORK ANALYZER QHX220 CANCELLATION NODE POWER SPLITTER PORT 1 PORT 2 POWER SPLITTER 50Ω TERMINATION PATH FIGURE 17 WLAN OPTIMIZATION SETUP DIAGRAM 90 40 30 20 10...

Страница 19: ...ues that were determined in the WLAN Optimization Setup Static Coupling Channel section on page 17 This should result in a 15dB recovery of the receive signal strength power reported by the WLAN receiver if the board was optimized correctly However since the setup was slightly modified from the original optimization setup it should be possible to fine tune the QHx220 to improve the in band noise c...

Страница 20: ...Mouser Electronics Authorized Distributor Click to View Pricing Inventory Delivery Lifecycle Information Intersil EBH220BWIMAX EVALZ ...

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