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MC13853 LNA
Evaluation Board User's Guide
Document Number: MC13853EVBUG
Rev. 1.3
10/2007

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  • Page 1 MC13853 LNA Evaluation Board User’s Guide Document Number: MC13853EVBUG Rev. 1.3 10/2007...
  • Page 2 “Typicals”, must be validated for each customer application by customer’s technical experts. www.freescale.com/support Freescale Semiconductor does not convey any license under its patent rights nor the rights of others. Europe, Middle East, and Africa: Freescale Semiconductor products are not designed, intended, or authorized for use as components...
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    List of Test Equipment ............3-3 Appendix A DC and Control Wiring Harness MC13853 LNA Evaluation Board User’s Guide, Rev. 1.3 Freescale Semiconductor...
  • Page 4 MC13853 LNA Evaluation Board User’s Guide, Rev. 1.3 Freescale Semiconductor...
  • Page 5: Audience

    All DC supply lines must be able to safely carry peak currents in excess of 2 A under minimum voltage drop. • All control lines (SPI lines and parallel cable) must be kept away from strong RF fields. MC13853 LNA Evaluation Board User’s Guide, Rev. 1.3 Freescale Semiconductor...
  • Page 6: Definitions, Acronyms, And Abbreviations

    VSWR Voltage Standing Wave Ratio References 1. MC13853 Data Sheet, Rev. 1.6, 08/2007 Freescale Semiconductor, Tempe AZ. 2. Digital Cellular Telecommunications System - Radio Transmission And Reception- 3GPP TS 05.05; TS 100 910. European Telecommunications Standard Institute (ETSI Sophia Antipolis France, www.etsi.org).
  • Page 7: Initial Instructions

    Chapter 1 Initial Instructions Overview This chapter describes the RF and control basic requirements of the MC13853 LNA evaluation board (Iota VI). The following items are supplied with the Freescale MC13853 Demo Kit: 1. MC13853 LNA evaluation board (Iota) 2. Serial peripheral interface (SPI) board (MMM6038SPI) 3.
  • Page 8: Serial Peripheral Interface

    +5 VDC connected to the red jack and the black jack is ground. Once the supply is applied, a green LED will turn on indicating the presence of power. Various LDO internal regulators provide the necessary operating voltages. MC13853 LNA Evaluation Board User’s Guide, Rev. 1.3 Freescale Semiconductor...
  • Page 9 RF Input LB RF Output LB RF Input HB1 HB1_In HB1_out RF Output HB1 RF Input HB2 HB2_In HB2_out RF Output HB2 MC13853 Evaluation Board SPI 3 wire interface Parallel Port Cable 25 pin SPI Interface Board Monitor Gain Enable SPI interface DC Power MC13851 PC Computer...
  • Page 10: Assembly Instructions

    MMM6038SPI board. On the MMM6038SPI board, the 8 pin connector goes on J9, the VDDAuxSPI lead goes on TP2, the VCC lead goes on TP3 and ground (Gnd) goes on TP5. MC13853 LNA Evaluation Board User’s Guide, Rev. 1.3 Freescale Semiconductor...
  • Page 11: Operation Under Spi Control

    4. To select the LNA, select “LNA Selector” in the SPI Var List window. Select the “LNA” in the middle window. 5. To select the mode, select “enable” on the SPI Var List window and “1” or “0” in the middle window. Select the same for the gain. MC13853 LNA Evaluation Board User’s Guide, Rev. 1.3 Freescale Semiconductor...
  • Page 12 Activates view of data sent in waveform format. 13. Command History: a) Displays the data sent (written) or received (read) from the device. b) Choice of hex or binary format. MC13853 LNA Evaluation Board User’s Guide, Rev. 1.3 Freescale Semiconductor...
  • Page 13 Initial Instructions SPI Variable List LNA Mode Selector Auto Send SPI Setting Selector SPI Variable Names Command History Data Sent/Received Send SPI Button Figure 1-4. Graphical User Interface Screen MC13853 LNA Evaluation Board User’s Guide, Rev. 1.3 Freescale Semiconductor...
  • Page 14 Initial Instructions MC13853 LNA Evaluation Board User’s Guide, Rev. 1.3 Freescale Semiconductor...
  • Page 15: Evaluation Board Layout And Schematic

    Chapter 2 Evaluation Board Layout and Schematic The MC13853 LNA is mounted in a multi-layer evaluation board. The top view is shown in Figure 2-1 the schematic is located in the MC13853 Data Sheet (document number: MC13853/D). NOTE Refer to the location of RF coaxial connectors, DC and control connecting points via headers and the grounding banana jacks.
  • Page 16 Evaluation Board Layout and Schematic MC13853 LNA Evaluation Board User’s Guide, Rev. 1.3 Freescale Semiconductor...
  • Page 17: Basic Test Equipment Setup

    Overview To test and evaluate the performance of the MC13853 LNA on its EVB environment, a test plan and a test equipment bench set-up in the lab is necessary. A basic test plan can be made by following the MC13853 data sheet and obtaining the same measured parameters.
  • Page 18 HB1 In HP8753E Network Analyzer HB2 In HB2 Out LB Out LB In Supply to Serial HP 6626A Power Supply Interface Board Figure 3-2. MC13853 S Parameter Test Equipment Block Diagram MC13853 LNA Evaluation Board User’s Guide, Rev. 1.3 Freescale Semiconductor...
  • Page 19: List Of Test Equipment

    DC system power supplies, HP 6632A or equivalent. • Input isolators. • Control computer, PC with accessories, Microsoft Windows NT or XP operating system. • Interconnecting RF coaxial cables, DC and control lines. MC13853 LNA Evaluation Board User’s Guide, Rev. 1.3 Freescale Semiconductor...
  • Page 20 Basic Test Equipment Setup MC13853 LNA Evaluation Board User’s Guide, Rev. 1.3 Freescale Semiconductor...
  • Page 21 Vcc TP3 on Serial Interface Board SPI_Frm SPI_Clk SPI_Clk SPI_Data SPI_Data SPI_Frm GPO2 GPO1 Serial Interface Board Connector External LNA Board Connector Figure A-1. MC13853 DC and Control Cable Harness MC13853 LNA Evaluation Board User’s Guide, Rev. 1.3 Freescale Semiconductor...
  • Page 22 DC and Control Wiring Harness MC13853 LNA Evaluation Board User’s Guide, Rev. 1.3 Freescale Semiconductor...

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