Vocon Functional Blocks; Controller And Memory Section; Patriot Ic (U800) - Motorola ASTRO XTS 2500 Service Manual

VHF Detailed Theories of Operation: VOCON Functional Blocks
U103 senses the temperature of the printed circuit board (PCB) near the RF Power Amplifier (Q101)
and provides a dc level representative of this temperature to pin 30 of the PCIC. The PCIC uses this
input to cut back the output power level after a certain temperature threshold is reached. This
ensures (1) radio integrity while transmitting in extreme ambient conditions hotter than the radio's
operating temperature range and (2) acts as a safety feature to prevent any thermal runaway fault
conditions.
Pin 32 of the PCIC powers the Temperature Sense IC (U103) and forward biases the antenna switch
diodes (D170 and D171) while the radio is in transmit mode. This routes the RF signal from the
transmitter to the antenna, as explained above. The antenna switch diodes are unbiased during
receive and standby modes; therefore, any RF signal present at the antenna is applied to the
receiver.

4.1.6 VOCON Functional Blocks

The three main functional blocks of the VOCON section consist of the following sections:
• the Controller and Memory Section, consisting of the following components:
- the Patriot IC (U800)
- the dual-core processor with the microcontroller unit (MCU) and a digital signal processor
(DSP)
- the SRAM IC (U804) and FLASH IC (U803) memory devices.
• the Audio and Power Section and digital support are all embedded into the MAKO IC (U701).
• the Interface Support Section, consisting of the following components:
- the ESD protection circuitry
- the side connector interface circuitry, and
- the Option board.

4.1.6.1 Controller and Memory Section

Three main ICs are in the controller and memory section of the main board schematic: the Patriot IC
(U800), the static RAM (SRAM) (U804), and the Flash memory (U803).

4.1.6.1.1 Patriot IC (U800)

The Patriot IC (U800) is a dual-core processor containing both a 32-bit microcontroller unit (MCU)
and a 16-bit digital signal processor (DSP) in one IC package. It comes in a 256 pin, ball grid array
(BGA) package with 1mm pitch solder balls. The Patriot is supplied with two voltages: 1.875 volts
(E801) and 2.9 volts (E800). The 1.875-volt supply is used as the core voltage as well as the
interface to the memory devices and display. Most of the pins on the Patriot operate from the 2.9-volt
supply.
There are two main clocks that are provided to the Patriot:
1. The CKIH pin is provided a 16.8MHz sine wave; this is the most important clock since it is
internally used to generate the clocks for both the MCU and DSP cores, as well as most of
the peripherals.
2. A 2.9-volt peak-to-peak 32.768kHz square wave is supplied to the MCU and DSP cores. It is
generated by an external 32.768kHz crystal (Y701), and a clock buffer circuit that includes
U712, U713, U714, C742, C743, C791, C743, C792, R745, R747, R748, R799, R741 and
R742. This signal is supplied to the CKIL pin on the dual-core processor. While not as widely
used as the 16.8MHz clock, the 32.768kHz clock is needed by some components in the
dual-core processor, including the reset circuitry.
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August 16, 2007