Data Sheet

Si4702/03-C19
Rev. 1.1 15
4. Functional Description
Figure 7. Si4702/03-C19 FM Receiver Block Diagram
4.1. Overview
The Si4702/03-C19 extends Silicon Laboratories
Si4700/01 FM tuner family, and further increases the
ease and attractiveness of adding FM radio reception to
mobile devices through small size and board area,
minimum component count, flexible programmability,
and superior, proven performance. Si4702/03-C19
software is backwards compatible to existing Si4700/01
and Si4702/03-B16 FM Tuner designs. The
Si4702/03-C19 benefits from proven digital integration
and 100% CMOS process technology, resulting in a
completely integrated solution. It is the industry's
smallest footprint FM tuner IC requiring only 10 mm
2
board space and one external bypass capacitor.
The device offers significant programmability, and
caters to the subjective nature of FM listeners and
variable FM broadcast environments world-wide
through a simplified programming interface and mature
functionality.
The Si4703-C incorporates a digital processor for the
European Radio Data System (RDS) and the US Radio
Broadcast Data System (RBDS) including all required
symbol decoding, block synchronization, error
detection, and error correction functions.
RDS enables data such as station identification and
song name to be displayed to the user. The Si4703-C
offers a detailed RDS view and a standard view,
allowing adopters to selectively choose granularity of
RDS status, data, and block errors. Si4703-C software
is backwards compatible to the proven Si4701, adopted
by leading cell-phone and MP3 manufacturers
world-wide.
The Si4702/03-C19 is based on the superior, proven
performance of Silicon Laboratories' Aero architecture
offering unmatched interference rejection and leading
sensitivity. The device uses the same programming
interface as the Si4701 and supports multiple
bus-modes. Power management is also simplified with
an integrated regulator allowing direct connection to a
2.7 to 5.5 V battery.
The Si4702/03-C19 device’s high level of integration
and complete FM system production testing increases
quality to manufacturers, improves device yields, and
simplifies device manufacturing and final testing.
4.2. FM Receiver
The Si4702/03-C19’s patented digital low-IF
architecture reduces external components and
eliminates the need for factory adjustments. The receive
(RX) section integrates a low noise amplifier (LNA)
supporting the worldwide FM broadcast band (76 to
108 MHz). An automatic gain control (AGC) circuit
controls the gain of the LNA to optimize sensitivity and
rejection of strong interferers. For testing purposes, the
AGC can be disabled with the AGCD bit. Refer to
Section 6. "Register Descriptions" on page 23 for
additional programming and configuration information.
The Si4702/03-C19 architecture and antenna design
increases system performance. To ensure proper
performance and operation, designers should refer to
the guidelines in "AN231: Si4700/01/02/03 Headphone
VIO
CONTROLLER
I
ADC
Q
ADC
Si4702/03
DSP
FILTER
DEMOD
MPX
AUDIO
SCLK
SDIO
CONTROL
INTERFACE
SEN
DAC
DAC
ROUT
LOUT
0 / 90 LOW-IF
RSSI
TUNE
GPIO
AMPLIFIER
GPIO
RST
RFGND
LNA
FMIP
AFC
AGC
PGA
RCLK
REG
VA
VD
32.768 kHz
2.7 - 5.5 V
Headphone
Cable
RDS
(Si4703)
XTAL
OSC