This thread has been locked.

If you have a related question, please click the "Ask a related question" button in the top right corner. The newly created question will be automatically linked to this question.

CC2652P: Custom hardware design

Part Number: CC2652P
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: CC1352P

Hi!

It's me again. As I said in other posts, I am designing a CC2652P based hardware. As there is no reference design for this IC provided by TI, I have been using LAUNCHXL-CC1352P-2 reference design (swrc350a) both for firmware and hardware.

At the moment, I have 4 main questions:

1- About the antenna switch SKY13317-373. I am aware that CC1352P provides also sub-1GHz communication so it needs to switch if using a double antenna. This is not the case of CC2652P. However, I have seen that in order to use 20dBm output I must switch TX and RX because it uses one-way transmission lines (TX_20DBM_P and TX_20DBM_N for TX;  RF_P and RF_N for RX). My question is, do I still need to use SKY13317-373 (grounding pin 6 of it) or can I solve this other way? And what about the switching, is it solved by TI driver in firmware just by doing this (see image)?

2- In CC1352P design, it says that Z60 is optimized for  868/915 MHz and OK performance at 2.44 GHz. In this case, I need it to be optimized for 2.4Ghz only (I will use SWRU120D 2.4-GHz Inverted F Antenna). What value should I use?

3- About matching impedance. In this picture, is impedance 50ohm? I need to confirm it in order to calculate match impedance for my custom design. 

4- Finally, about RF_TX signal. I see that it is located in 2_4_GHZ_RF_P and SUB-1_GHZ_RF_P nets. In my design, should I keep it only in RF_P or also in TX_20DBM_P?

Any other advice or document regarding CC2652P design would be welcome.

Thanks!!

  • Tomas,

    We'll look into this and get back to you shortly.

    BR,

    Seong

  • Hi,

    Q1: Yes, you need a 2-Way switch .

    Q2: Please note that Antenna matching varies from one design to other design due to PCB Size, Gnd Plane, vicinity of components and casing. So, you need to rematch the Antenna matching Network ( Z60, Z61, Z62 and Z63) on your design. As you are using single band (2.4Ghz) only, you just put PI network instead of Z60, Z61, Z62 and Z63 (you can still use it but PI will be better) . Please refer to SWRA640 for information on Antenna matching. and Design guide lines.

    Q3: Either side of C482 is a 50 Ohm port. So, Antenna should be matched to 50 Ohms by using Antenna matching network.

    Q4: RF_TX (Bias to LNA in Receive) is required to connect to RF_P only. No need to connect to 20dBm outputs

    Please refer to SWRA640 for design guide lines and information.

    Thanks,

    PM