RF142
Power Amplifier Controller
2
September 7, 2000
Conexant
100774A
Proprietary Information and Specifications are Subject to Change
Table 1. RF142 Signal Description
Pin #
Name
Description
Pin #
Name
Description
1
GND1
Ground
11
NC
No connect
2
VREF
Output reference voltage
12
NC
No connect
3
VMP
Midpoint voltage for gain shaper
13
CAP+
Integrator time constant Cap+
4
VAPC+
Tx power control positive polarity
14
CAP–
Integrator time constant Cap–
5
VAPC–
Tx power control negative polarity
15
AUX+
Aux output +
6
ENABLE
Device enable (active high)
16
AUX–
Aux output –
7
RFPC+
RF input to detector positive polarity
17
BAND
Band select. High selects VPCDCS as the output control
pin; low selects VPCGSM as the output control pin.
8
RFPC–
RF input to detector negative polarity
18
VPCDCS
1800 MHz/1900 MHz power amplifier control voltage
9
GND2
Ground
19
VPCGSM
900 MHz power amplifier control voltage
10
VCC1
Power supply
20
VCC2
Vcc for the output stage
C013
Gain Shaper
Logarithmic
Detector
Amp 1
RFPC+
VPCGSM
VPCDCS
RFPC–
VCC2
VCC1
GND
VAPC- VAPC+
CAP- CAP+
Amp 2
AUX–
AUX+
VREF
VMP
ENABLE
BAND
DC Bias
Circuitry
Figure 2. RF142 Block Diagram
Technical Description
The RF142 dual-band PA controller is designed to control HBT
PAs. It combines the functions of a broadband RF detector and
error amplifier/integrator to provide transmit burst control for
dual or multi-band HBT PAs. It has two separate dedicated
output stages and pins for GSM900MHz PAs and
GSM1800/1900 MHz PAs. The device, when connected to dual
or multi-band HBT PAs with a coupler, forms a loop to control
the transmit power in a dual or multi-band wireless application.
The transmit power is controlled by a single balanced analog
reference voltage input to the RF142.
The RF142 has low power consumption and operates off a
three-cell battery pack (2.7 V to 5.0 V). Extremely low standby
current of 20
μ
A maximizes the standby time of a GSM handset.
The absolute maximum ratings of the RF142 are provided in
Table 2, the operating conditions are specified in Table 3, and
electrical specifications are provided in Table 4. Figure 3 shows
the diagram for a typical application circuit using the RF142 PA
controller. Figure 4 shows the package dimensions for the 20-
pin TSSOP device and Figure 5 provides the tape and reel
dimensions.
RF Detector
. An external RF coupler is required at the PA
output to couple the RF output from the PA to the RF logarithmic
detector input. The input to the logarithmic detector must be
within the range –40 dBm to +10 dBm. The coupled signal is fed
to the input of the RF power detector. The output from the
detector is a DC voltage that is proportional to the RF power (in
dBm) at the RFPC input to the device. The dynamic range of the
detector is 50 dB.
Integrating Error Amplifier
. The integrating error amplifier
(Amp2) amplifies and integrates the voltage difference between
the detector output and the power control input, VAPC. The
integrator time constant is set by the two external capacitors
connected from AUX pins to the CAP pins.