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ISM RF Design Resources

ISM RFTI offers a leading-edge portfolio of radio frequency (RF) integrated circuits (ICs) targeted to transmit and receive data using the unlicensed ISM (industrial, scientific, and medical) bands specifically designed for short-range half-duplex RF links. The product offering can cover frequencies between 315 to 950 MHz supporting up to 64 Kbps (NRZ). The product portfolio offers a broad range of cost-effective possibilities to the system designer.


Texas Instruments Acquires Chipcon

Chipcon With the acquisition of Chipcon, TI provides customers with industry-leading ZigBee™-compliant solutions and a broad range of proprietary RF-ICs that enable innovative low-power RF applications. Chipcon's market-leading RF portfolio, technical support and development tools combined with TI's high-performance analog silicon technologies, systems experience and extensive sales network will provide customers with complete low-power RF solutions for consumer electronics and building automation applications.

Additional ISM RF Resources

Articles

Date Magazine Abstract
7/5/2005 Wireless Net Design Line

CommsDesign
Make the most of the unlicensed ISM band: Combat interference and achieve better link range for RF transceivers operating in the 915-MHz ISM band.

Product Selection

Part Number Description
Transceivers
TRF6903 New 315-, 433-, 868-, 915- MHz for FSK/OOK operation transceiver eases baseband functionality with clock recovery and training sequence recognition. Fastest and most efficient hoppers in the market for frequency hopping systems. It requires no calibration when switching to a new frequency which makes them highly efficient at high data rates.
TRF6901 868-, 915- MHz for FSK
TRF6900A 868-, 915- MHz for FSK
TRF5901 915-MHz extended temperature range of -40 to +85 C
Transmitters
TRF4903 New 315-, 433-, 868-, 915- MHz for FSK/OOK operation eases baseband functionality with clock recovery and training sequence recognition. Fastest and most efficient hoppers in the market for frequency hopping systems. It requires no calibration when switching to a new frequency which makes them highly efficient at high data rates. Available in April, 2005.
TRF4400 433-MHz for FSK
TRF4900 868-, 915- MHz for FSK
Base band ASICs
DBB03A New Digital baseband ASIC for the Dolphin chipset (Rev. A)
DBB03 Digital baseband ASIC for the Dolphin chipset

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Technical Documents

Designer's Guides
New TRF4903 Design Guide(swru011.pdf, 465 KB)
15 March 2005 Download
New TRF6903 Design Guide(swru009.pdf, 596 KB)
07 September 2004 Download
TRF6901 Design Guide (swra035.pdf, 455 KB)
01 April 2003  Download
TRF6900A Design Guide - also applicable to TRF5901 (swra033d.pdf, 691 KB)
01 June 2003  Download
Application Notes
New Operating the TRF6903 With MSP430 Evaluation Kit in the 315-MHz or 433-MHz ISM Band (swra049.pdf, 375 KB)
21 September 2005  Download
New Measuring the Packet Error Rate (PER) Using the TRF6903 With MSP430 Evaluation Kit (swra050.pdf, 412 KB)
21 September 2005  Download
TRF6903 Transceiver for Konnex RF System (swra042.pdf, 387 KB)
3 June 2005  Download
ISM-Band and Short Range Device Regulatory Compliance Overview (swra048.pdf, 186 KB)
31 May 2005  Download
Operating TRF6903 with MSP430 Evaluation Kit in 868 MHz European ISM Band (swra040.pdf, 152 KB)
August 2004  Download
ISM-Band and Short Range Device Antennas (swra046.pdf, 912 KB)
16 March 2005  Download
Implementing a Bidirectional Frequency Hopping Application W/TRF6903 and MSP430 (swra041.pdf, 210 KB)
22 September 2004   Download
Implementing a Bidirectional Frequency Hopping Application W/TRF6903 and MSP430 (swra041.zip, 433 KB)
22 September 2004   Download associated code files and the serial port driver software
Implementing a Bidirectional Wireless UART Application w/ TRF6903 & MSP430 (swra039.pdf, 644 KB)
7 September 2004  Download
Implementing a Bidirectional Wireless UART Application w/ TRF6903 & MSP430 (swra039.zip, 427 KB)
7 September 2004  Download single channel firmware and wireless UART driver
Implementing a Bidirectional, Half-Duplex FSK RF-Link with TRF6900 and MSP430 (slaa121.pdf, 784 KB)
12 Mar 2001 Download
Implementing a Bidirectional, Half-Duplex FSK RF-Link with TRF6900 and MSP430 (slaa121.zip, 21 KB)
12 Mar 2001 Download associated code files
Fractional/Integer-N PLL Basics (swra029.pdf, 6108 KB)
August 1999   Download
Understanding and Enhancing Sensitivity in Receivers for Wireless Applications (swra030.pdf, 544 KB)
13 May 1998  Download
FAQ
New TRF6903 FAQ (slad012.pdf, 44 KB)
19 August 2005  Download
TRF6901 FAQ (slad008.pdf, 33 KB)
12 Sept. 2002  Download
TRF6900A FAQ (slad007.pdf, 145 KB)
12 Sept. 2002  Download

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Engineering Utilities

Tool Name Description
TRF6903 EasyRF™ Tools New Calculates values for PLL filter, LNA, PA matching, Crystal switch caps, IF matching and S&H capacitors for TRF6903
Loop Filter Utility for TRF6901 Calculates value of loop filter for TRF6901
Loop Filter Utility for TRF6900A Calculates value of loop filter for TRF6900A
Power Calculator Utility Calculate separate current consumption figures along with expected battery life for transmit and receive modes of operation

Third Party Support - Explore the possibilities with RF developers

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Reference Designs

Part Number Description
DOLPHIN-WUART-REF New Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS) Wireless UART Chipset Reference Design
TRF6903RD New TRF6903 Reference Design for FSK and OOK for 315, 433 , 868 and 915 MHz bands
TRF6903RD-TR-SWITCH New TRF6903 Tiny 1"x1" Reference design for FSK and OOK with a TR Switch for 315, 433, 868 and 915 MHz bands
TRF6903FSK-THRU-HOLE New TRF6903 FSK Reference design for 315, 433, 868 and 915 MHz bands using thru-hole components
TRF6903OOK-THRU-HOLE New TRF6903 OOK Reference design for 315, 433, 868 and 915 MHz bands using thru-hole components
TRF4903RD New TRF4903 Reference Design for FSK and OOK for 315, 433, 868 and 915 MHz bands
TRF4903RD-LC-FILTER New TRF4903 Reference Design with optional LC low-pass filter for FSK and OOK for 315, 433, 868 and 915 MHz bands
TRF6901RD TRF6901 RF 2-layer Board
TRF6900ARD-CODE TRF6900A Wireless Headset Application
TRF6900ARD-315 TRF6900 315-MHz Application
TRF6900ARD-433 TRF6900 433-MHz Application

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Evaluation Boards

Each evaluation board includes a User's Guide, Software/Firmware, Gerber Files, Schematics and BOM. Please click on the EVM of your choice to find this information.


Part Number Description Price (US$)
Dolphin High Power Evaluation Kit (DOLPHIN-HP-EVM) New Two FCC-Precertified High Power (+23dBm) RF Boards with 1 Mile Range, Open Air 499.00
Dolphin Low Power Evaluation Kit (DOLPHIN-LP-EVM) New Two FCC-Precertified Low Power (+7dBm) RF Boards with 0.2 Mile Range, Open Air 399.00
Individual High Power Dolphin Board (DOLPHIN-HP-ADDER) New Single Adder High Power Board for Multi-point Evaluation of Dolphin 199.00
Individual Low Power Dolphin Board (DOLPHIN-LP-ADDER) New Single Adder Low Power Board for Multi-point Evaluation of Dolphin 199.00
MSP-TRF6903-DEMO New TRF6903 with MSP430 Demonstration and Development Evaluation Kit 149.00
MSP-TRF4903-DEMO New TRF4903 with MSP430 Demonstration and Development Evaluation Kit 149.00
MSP-TRF6901-DEMO TRF6901 with MSP430 Demonstration and Development Evaluation Kit 99.00
MSP-EU-TRF6901 TRF6901 with MSP430 Evaluation Kit - EU 199.00
MSP-US-TRF6901 TRF6901 with MSP430 Evaluation Kit - US 199.00
MSP-US-TRF6900 TRF6900 with MSP430 Evaluation Kit - US 199.00
TRF6900EVM TRF6900 RF Evaluation Kit 199.00
TRF4900EVM TRF4900 RF Evaluation Kit 199.00

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  • Low-Power RF Guide (Rev. B) (slab052b.pdf, 3.43 MB)
    13 Nov 2008 Download
  • Zigbee Overview Brochure (Rev. A) (slyb134a.pdf, 2.18 MB)
    28 Nov 2007 Download
  • Designers Guide to Low-Power RF (slya020.pdf, 1.21 MB)
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