Figure 3-3. AT86RF212B Block Diagram
X
T
A
L
1
X
T
A
L
2
Voltage
Regulator
LNA
Frequency
Synthesis
PPF
BPF
ADC
AGC
RX BBP
TX Power
TRX Buffer
Configuration Registers
SPI
(Client)
TX BBP
IRQ
CLKM
DIG1
/RST
SLP_TR
/SEL
MISO
MOSI
SCLK
RFN
DIG2
FTN,
BATMON
XOSC
Analog Domain
Digital Domain
Mixer
Mixer
LPF
DAC
PA
RFP
AES
Control Logic
DIG3/4
The number of required external components is minimal. The basic requirements are an antenna, a balun, harmonic
filter, crystal oscillator and bypass capacitors. The RF Ports are bidirectional differential signals that do not require
external TX/RX switches. Hardware control signals are automatically generated for TX/RX arbitration of high-powered
PA/LNA front ends and transmitter diversity for systems with dual antennas.
The AT86RF212B supports the IEEE 802.15.4
‑
2006 [2] standard mandatory BPSK modulation and optional O-QPSK
modulation in the 868.3 MHz and 915 MHz bands. In addition, it supports the O-QPSK modulation defined in IEEE
802.15.4
‑
2011 [4] for the Chinese 780 MHz band. For applications not targeting IEEE compliant networks, the radio
transceiver supports proprietary High Data Rate Modes based on O-QPSK. Additionally, the AT86RF212B provides
BPSK-40-ALT wideband BPSK mode for compliance with FCC rule 15.247 and backward compatibility with legacy
BPSK networks.
The AT86RF212B features hardware-supported 128-bit security operation. The standalone AES encryption/
decryption engine can be accessed in parallel to all PHY operational modes. Configuration of the AT86RF212B,
reading and writing of data memory, as well as the AES hardware engine are controlled by the SPI interface and
additional control signals.
On-chip low-dropout linear regulators provide clean 1.8 V
DC
power for critical analog and digital sub-systems. To
conserve power, these rails are automatically sequenced by the transceiver’s state machine. This feature greatly
improves EMC in the RF domain and reduces external power supply complexity to the simple addition of frequency
compensation capacitors on the AVDD and DVDD pins.
Additional features of the Extended Feature Set are provided to simplify the interaction between the radio transceiver
and microcontroller.
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