MC1322x Technical Data, Rev. 1.3
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Freescale Semiconductor
802.15.4 MAC. It is designed for standards-based Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) of home
entertainment products and conveys information over short distances among the participants in the
network. It enables small, power efficient, inexpensive solutions to be implemented for a wide range of
applications. Targeted applications include DTV, set top box, A/V receivers, DVD players, security, and
other consumer products.
Some key characteristics of a BeeStack Consumer network are:
Based on IEEE 802.15.4 Standard
Use 3 of the standard 802.15.4 communication channels in the 2.4 GHz band, namely, Channels
15, 20, and 25
2 network node types, controller node and target node
Channel Agility mechanism
Provides robustness and ease of use
Includes essential functionality to build and support a CE network
Binaries, and application examples provided
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High Density, Low Component Count, Integrated IEEE
802.15.4 Solution
The MC1322x is more than a high performance, low power platform-in-a-package IEEE 802.15.4
solution. Not only are the transceiver (radio) and MCU on an SoC, the packaged solution contains a 128
Kbyte serial FLASH memory, onboard bypass capacitors for critical nodes, and RF components that
present a single-ended 50-
Ω interface for an external antenna. The radio is a full differential design with
an on-chip transmit/receive (TX/RX) switch, and the PiP also has an onboard balun for differential to
singled-ended conversion. On-chip RF matching is also provided to present the proper impedance to the
antenna.
To further simplify the application, single crystal operation (optimized for 24 MHz) is supported for full
radio and MCU operation. If the default 24 MHz crystal is not used, the device supports 13-26 MHz
crystals also. The load capacitance to the crystal oscillator is supplied on-chip to eliminate the need for the
otherwise required external capacitors.
3.1
Integrated IEEE 802.15.4 Transceiver (Radio and Modem)
The MC1322x IEEE 802.15.4 fully-compliant transceiver provides a complete 2.4 GHz radio with 250
kbps Offset-Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (O-QPSK) data in 5.0 MHz channels and full spread-spectrum
encode and decode. The modem supports transmit, receive, clear channel assessment (CCA), Energy
Detect (ED), and Link Quality Indication (LQI) as required by the 802.15.4 Standard.
3.1.1
RF Interface and Usage
The MC1322x RF interface provides for a single-ended, 50-
Ω port that connects directly to an antenna.
There is an onboard balun that converts the single-ended interface to a full differential, bi-directional,
on-chip interface with transmit/receive switch, LNA, and complementary PA outputs. The required port