Figure 4 depicts the basic block
diagram of the ACPM-7891 PA
control board, Figure 5 shows the
control board layout, and Table 3
details its bill of materials.
The supporting LTC1758
demoboard is available upon
request from Linear Technology.
It has a 900 MHz and an
1800 MHz RF channel controlled
by the LTC1758. Timing signals
for TXEN are generated on the
board using a 13 MHz crystal ref-
erence. The PCTL power control
pin is driven by a 10-bit DAC
and the DAC profile can be
loaded via a serial port. The se-
rial port data is stored in flash
memory which is capable of stor-
ing eight ramp profiles. The
board is supplied preloaded with
four GSM power profiles and
four DCS power profiles, cover-
ing the entire power range.
External timing signals can also
be used in place of the internal
crystal controlled timing.
68Ω
33 pF
SHDN
VBATT
VIN
VCC
RF
LTC1758
SHDN
VPCA
TXEN
GND
PCTL
TXEN
DAC
RFin
DCS/PCS
16
14
VAPC DCS/PCS Vdd3 DCS/PCS
2.2 pF
220 pF
33 pF
18
RFin DCS/PCS
RFout DCS/PCS
11
33 pF
ACPM-7891
RFin EGSM
26 RFin EGSM
VAPC EGSM
2
RFout EGSM 7
33 pF
Vdd EGSM
4
33 pF
220 pF
2.2 pF
DIRECTIONAL
COUPLER
50Ω
50Ω
DIRECTIONAL
COUPLER
Figure 4. Block Diagram of the ACPM-7891 PA Control Board.
DIPLEXER
RFout
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