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Major HW difference between MT6236 & MT6235 Refer to section of Function MT6235 MT6236 MT6236 Design Notice 13x13mm 12.5x12.5mm Package Package Package Package TFBGA/362 b ll TFBGA/362 ball TFBGA/382 b ll TFBGA/382 ball GPIO pins 75 GPIOs 67 GPIOs GPIO selection (Power domain &...
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Major HW difference between MT6236 & MT6235 Refer to section of Refer to section of Function MT6235 MT6236 MT6236 Design Notice General Fold-back current limit Need near-end & far-end Need only far-end (besides bypass cap bypass cap VCORE/VM/VRF/VCAMA) Vout & Imax Vout &...
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MT6236 Introduction MT6236 Introduction – – General description General description ▪ The MT6236 is built-in high performance power management IC. ▪ Highly integrated functions fulfill all power requirement in handset system system – Buck converter – LDO Analog LDO •...
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IC Protection: VBAT IC Protection: VBAT IC Protection: VBAT IC Protection: VBAT MT6236 has lower VBAT voltage rating. (Max. 4.3V.) Some protection should reserve to prevent the damage by voltage surge prevent the damage by voltage surge. •Design notice in Phone side: 1.
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VBAT input should reserve enough filter to prevent interference to RF performance VBAT input should reserve enough filter to prevent interference to RF performance. ▪ All bypass cap. should be as close to MT6236 IC as possible ▪ Bead selection: Rated Current > 1000mA, DCR < 0.10ohm...
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Pulse Charge Pulse Charge Charging Curve Pulse Charge Pulse Charge Charging Curve Charging Curve Charging Curve Precharge No charge state state 100mA Charger plug in g p g Charging time CC mode 2hr 5min state 450 A 450mA 1hr 32min Re-Charging TOP-off mode state...
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- BT/WiFi Dual antenna : R903=1-2 For BT conductive performance testing - BT/WiFi Single antenna : R903=2-3 [Important !!] BT PA De-coupling Cap. - Must close to MT6236 IC BT RF Trace Keep 50 ohm impedance [Important !!] BT RF matching network and BPF...
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MT6236 BT Interface Design (1/2) MT6236 BT Interface Design (1/2) Since the MT6236 features a highly integrated Bluetooth transceiver Since the MT6236 features a highly integrated Bluetooth transceiver, no need external interface no need external interface to connect with Host .
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GPIO configure should also be careful to prevent unwanted leakage. GPIO configure should also be careful to prevent unwanted leakage. MT6236 CDMA MT6236 PTA interface MT6236 PTA interface. – MT6236 supports Two-wire and Proprietary One-wire protocol with proper configurations. MT6236 MT5921 Request BT_PRI GPIO15 or 64 Signal GPIO...
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MT6236 BT External Clock Sharing MT6236 BT External Clock Sharing MT6236 BT has two options for system clock source MT6236 BT has two options for system clock source. – The one is for one-pin crystal input – The other is for external clock input...
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Design Notice – – USB (3/10) USB (3/10) ● USB / UART share-pad ▪ MT6236 implement USB_DP/DM & UART1 TX/RX share-pad , power domain = AVDD33 USB (3V3) AVDD33_USB (3V3) – Advantage : Don’t need to add analog switch to switch USB and UART1 path while using MicroUSB connector.
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▪ Mediatek strongly suggest customer use USB connectors compliance with Mini USB Micro USB standard. – Mediatek provide USB 2.0 high speed signal quality test service if using Mini USB Micro USB connector. – Will checked by qualified USB cables.
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THD+N=1%, VDD=3.6V RL = 8Ω 500mW ▪ Although MT6236 class-D power output is 0.85W at 8 Ω , because congenital power source limitation is 4.2V from VBAT , but compare with other discrete amplifiers , MT6236 equal but compare with other discrete amplifiers , MT6236 equal other amplifier in performance.
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● Internal Class-D Audio Amplifier : Internal Class-D Audio Amplifier : ▪ The placement of L209 and L210 should be closed to MT6236 ▪ The trace width of SPK_P and SPK_N should be greater than 25 mil ▪ The Net of SPK_P and SPK_N should be shielded by GND ▪...
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Tool version that supports MT6236 development Tool version that supports MT6236 development Tool Support version ATE Tool (including SN WRT Tool) After 10.28 META Tool (including META_DLL) After v6.1028.0 META_APP_DLL Tool After v6.1028.0 MultiportDownload Tool After v3.1028.00 FlashTool After FlashTool v3.1028.00...
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GND plane, and there is a power plane (memory power domain VMEM) under the GND plane if possible. e.g. 6 layers(MT6236 reference stack up)- 1st layer : memory traces 2nd layer: memory traces (strongly recommended -...
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1. 1. Signal Connection between MT5921 and MT6236 Signal Connection between MT5921 and MT6236 2. MT5921 NFI Bus Multi IO Usage 3. 3. MT5921 Power Supply Plan for MT6236 Platform MT5921 Power Supply Plan for MT6236 Platform 4. 4. MT5921 with BT Single Antenna Design...
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Connection between MT5921 and MT6236 (2/5) Connection between MT5921 and MT6236 (2/5) – Group 1 : NFI interface (NLD0~7) – MT5921 shares NFI bus with NAND/LCM module so WiFi , NAND and LCM must have the same bus voltage domain LCM must have the same bus voltage domain.
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LPCE1B – Group 2-2: MT5921 interrupt signal MT5921 pin name MT6236 pin name Description MUST connect WIFI EINT to MT6236 EINT0 !! Because EINT0 power domain = DVDD_NFI EINT1 6 power domain = DVDD28 EINT1~6 power domain = DVDD28 INT_N EINT0 Only EINT0 meets MT5921 requirement.
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Connection between MT5921 and MT6236 (4/5) Connection between MT5921 and MT6236 (4/5) – Group 3-1 : BT PTA connection MT5921 pin name MT6236 pin name Description WiFi BT co-existence signal BT PRI BT_PRI bt2 ifi 0(GPIO64) bt2wifi_0(GPIO64) – Goup3-2 : MT5921 32K digital slow clock signal –...
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Connection between MT5921 and MT6236 (5/5) Connection between MT5921 and MT6236 (5/5) – Goup3-3 : MT5921 RST_N and WIFI_EN signal – RST N(+2.8V voltage domain) : WiFi power-on reset signal – WIFI_EN (+2.8V voltage domain) : WiFi external LDO(2.8V and 1.8V) control signal .
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MT5921 Power Supply at MT6236 Platform (1/4) MT5921 Power Supply at MT6236 Platform (1/4) pp y pp y – Power-on sequence: – VDD18 power supply should be turned on first before DVDD28 power supply in order to avoid DVDD28 peak current.
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– MT5921 +2.8V/+1.8V power supply plan at MT6236 platform: – Solution A : – Share MT6236 PMU VMEM and VIO power ports with other devices. – Solution B : – Use dedicated external +2.8V/+1.8V LDO component.
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MT5921 Power Supply at MT6236 Platform (3/4) MT5921 Power Supply at MT6236 Platform (3/4) pp y pp y – Note for power plan A : – Due to power sharing method, MT5921 +1.8V may cause some current leakage during system power on period After system completed power on leakage during system power-on period.
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MT5921 GPIO0 and GPIO1 hardware pin to control custom-mode SPDT to switch RF path between MT5921 and MT6236. – Customers must use specific SW setting and HW component for single antenna design for single antenna design. ( Please ask PM to release SW/HW...
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1. 1. Signal Connection between MT5921 and MT6236 Signal Connection between MT5921 and MT6236 2. MT5921 NFI Bus Multi IO Usage 3. 3. MT5921 Power Supply Plan for MT6236 Platform MT5921 Power Supply Plan for MT6236 Platform 4. 4. MT5921 with BT ( MT6612/MT6616) Single Antenna Design...
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