Transmitter Part - LG GT350 Service Manual

3.18 Transmitter part

The GMSK transmitter supports power class 4 for GSM850 and GSM900 as well as power class 1 for DCS1800
and PCS1900. The digital transmitter architecture is based on a very low power fractional-N Sigma-Delta
synthesizer without any external components (see Figure39). The analog I/Q modulation data from the
baseband is converted to digital, filtered and transformed to polar coordinates. The phase/frequency signal is
further on processed by the Sigma-Delta modulation loop. The output of its associated VCO is divided by
four or two, respectively, and connected via an output buffer to the appropriate single ended output pin.
This configuration ensures minimum noise level. The 8PSK transmitter supports power class E2 for GSM850
and GSM900 as well as for DCS1800 and PCS1900. The digital transmitter architecture is based on a polar
modulation architecture, where the analog modulation data (rectangular I/Q coordinates) is converted to
digital data stream and is subsequently transformed to polar coordinates by means of a CORDIC algorithm.
The resulting amplitude information is fed into a digital multiplier for power ramping and level control. The
ready processed amplitude signal is applied to a DAC followed by a low pass filter which reconstructs the
analog amplitude information. The phase signal from the CORDIC is applied to the Sigma-Delta fractional-N
modulation loop. The divided output of its associated VCO is fed to a highly linear amplitude modulator,
recombining amplitude and phase information. The output of the amplitude modulator is connected to a
single ended output RF PGA for digitally setting the wanted transmit power. The PA interface of SMARTi-PM
supports direct control of standard dual mode power amplifiers (PA's) which usually have a power control
input VAPC and an optional bias
control pin VBIAS for efficiency enhancement. In GMSK mode, the PA is in saturated high efficiency mode and
is controlled via its VAPC pin directly by the baseband ramping DAC. In this way both up- / down-ramping
and output power level are set. In 8PSK mode, the ramping functionality is assured by an on-chip ramping
generator, whereas output power is controlled by the PGA's as described above.
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Figure 26 Transmitter part block diagram
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