
26
Master Clock
Prescaler
The HFA3841 contains a clock prescaler to provide flexibility
in the choice of clock input frequencies. For 11Mb/s
operation, the internal master clock, MCLK, must be
between 11MHz and 16MHz. The clock generator itself
requires an input from the prescaler that is twice the desired
MCLK frequency. Thus the lowest oscillator frequency that
can be used for an 11MHz MCLK is 22MHz. The prescaler
can divide by integers and 1/2 steps (IE 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5).
Another way to look at it is that the divisor ratio between the
external clock source and the internal MCLK may be
integers between 2 and 14.
Typically, the 44MHz baseband clock is used as the input,
and the prescaler is set to divide by 2. Another useful
configuration is to set the prescaler to divide by 1.5 (resulting
in 44MHz
÷
3) for an MCLK of 14.67MHz.
Off Chip
If an off chip oscillator source is used, it should be connected
to the XTALI pin. Insure that the signal amplitude meets
CMOS levels at the XTALI pin.
Oscillator
The XTALI and XTALO pins provide an on-chip oscillator
function to generate the master clock. For a standard pierce
oscillator, the crystal is connected between XTALI and
XTALO. Two capacitors, typically 15pF each, are connected
from each pin to ground. The crystal should be a
fundamental mode, specified under parallel resonance
conditions. The load capacitance seen by the crystal will be
approximately 2pF more than the series combination of C
1
and C
2
plus stray capacitance. After power on, the crystal
will require time to stabilize before normal operation can
commence. Insure that reset remains asserted for enough
time for the crystal oscillator to stabilize.
Power On Reset Configuration
Power On Reset is issued to the HFA3841 with the HRESET
pin or via the soft reset bit, SRESET, in the Configuration
Option Register (COR, bit 7). HRESET originates from the
HOST system which applies HRESET for at least 0.01ms
after V
CC
has reached 90% of its end value (see PC-Card
standard, Vol. 2, Ch. 4.12.1).
The MD[15:8] pin values are sampled on the falling edge of
HRESET or SRESET. These pins have internal 50K pull-
down resistors. External pull-up resistors (typically 10k
)
are used for bits that should be read as high at reset.
The table below summarizes the effect per pin.
MD[11], IDLE, has no equivalent functionality in any control
register. When asserted at reset, it will inhibit firmware
execution. This is used to allow the initial download of
firmware in “Genesis Mode”. See the Hardware Reference
Manual for more details. The latch is cleared when the
Software Reset, SRESET, COR(7) is active.
References
For Intersil documents available on the internet, see web site
http://www.intersil.com/
Intersil AnswerFAX (321) 724-7800.
[1] IEEE Std 802.11-1999 Wireless LAN Medium Access
Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specification.
[2]
HFA3860B Data Sheet
, Direct Sequence Spread
Spectrum Baseband Processor, Intersil Corporation,
AnswerFAX Doc. No. 4594.
[3]
HFA3861 Data Sheet
, Direct Sequence Spread
Spectrum Baseband Processor, Intersil Corporation,
AnswerFAX Doc. No. 4699.
[4]
HFA3783 Data Sheet
, Quad IF, Intersil Corporation,
AnswerFAX Doc. No. 4633.
[5]
HFA3683 Data Sheet
, Direct Sequence Spread
Spectrum Baseband Processor, Intersil Corporation,
AnswerFAX Doc. No. 4634.
[6] PC Card Standard 1996, PCMCIA/JEIDA.
[7] A
N9874ApplicationNote
,IntersilCorporation,“ISAPlug
and Play with the HFA3841”.
[8] A
N9844 Application Note
, Intersil Corporation,
“HFA3841 to PRISMII Connections”, AnswerFAX Doc.
No. 99844
XTALI
XTALO
X1
C1
C2
FIGURE 25. POWER ON RESET CONFIGURATION
TABLE 6. POR PINS AND FUNCTIONALITY
PIN
LATCH
OUTPUT
FUNCTIONALITY
MD[8]
Reserved
MD[9]
Nvdis
Disable mapping of CS to NV
(Flash)
MD[10]
MEM16
External memory (RAM and Flash)
is 16 bits wide
MD[11]
IDLE
See below
MD[12]
Reserved
MD[15:13]
MD15/14/13
FW purposes
Preliminary - HFA3841