
TUA 4401
CAR RADIO
Wireless Products
14.06.99
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Demoboard:
The demoboard contains the single chip receiver TUA 4401. This Integrated
Circuit is designed using the latest BICMOS technology. The IC includes RF, IF,
and PLL sections along with severed internal voltage and current supplies.
Surrounding the IC are the external RF stage for FM, the local oscillator, the IF
filtering parts, and input and output matching for the different signals and control
possibilities.
RF section
The FM input prestage amplifier uses the Siemens MOSFET tetrode BF1009
with internal fixed DC bias. Both gate 2 and the pin diode at the antenna input
are controlled via the IC to limit the maximum RF input level at the FM mixer
input. The RF circuit between the drain of the MOSFET and the mixer input is
designed as a tracking circuit to provide image frequency rejection and suppress
local oscillator radiation.
The AGC threshold has an internally controlled AGC starting point from Vin = 15
to 60 mVrms at the mixer input. The AGC time constant is given with
I * t = C *
U.
I
IC internal reference current I = 50 A
t
time constant
C
load capacity at pin 30
U AGC voltage range at pin 30.
The local oscillator operates in the 100 MHz range.
The parameter for the RF / LOC OSC adjustment is the signal strength level. At
the input frequency of 88 MHz the LOC OSC tuning voltage VTUN is set to 2.6 V
with L04. The prestage coils L01 and L03 have to be adjusted to maximum
signal strength. At 106 MHz maximal signal strength is set with P01.