CC2420

2.4 GHz IEEE 802.15.4 / ZigBee-ready RF Transceiver

Applications

2.4 GHz IEEE 802.15.4 systems

ZigBee systems

Home/building automation

Industrial Control

Product Description

The CC2420 is a true single-chip 2.4 GHz IEEE 802.15.4 compliant RF transceiver designed for low power and low voltage wireless applications. CC2420 includes a digital direct sequence spread spectrum baseband modem providing a spreading gain of 9 dB and an effective data rate of 250 kbps.

The CC2420 is a low-cost, highly integrated solution for robust wireless communication in the 2.4 GHz unlicensed ISM band. It complies with worldwide regulations covered by ETSI EN 300 328 and EN 300 440 class 2 (Europe), FCC CFR47 Part 15 (US) and ARIB STD-T66 (Japan).

The CC2420 provides extensive hardware support for packet handling, data buffering, burst transmissions, data encryption, data authentication, clear channel assessment, link quality indication and packet timing information. These

Key Features

True single-chip 2.4 GHz IEEE 802.15.4 compliant RF transceiver with baseband modem and MAC support

DSSS baseband modem with 2 MChips/s and 250 kbps effective data rate.

Suitable for both RFD and FFD operation

Low current consumption (RX: 18.8

mA, TX: 17.4 mA)

Low supply voltage (2.1 – 3.6 V) with integrated voltage regulator

Low supply voltage (1.6 – 2.0 V) with external voltage regulator

Wireless sensor networks

PC peripherals

Consumer Electronics

features reduce the load on the host controller and allow CC2420 to interface low-cost microcontrollers.

The configuration interface and transmit / receive FIFOs of CC2420 are accessed via an SPI interface. In a typical application CC2420 will be used together with a microcontroller and a few external passive components.

CC2420 is based on Chipcon’s SmartRF- 03 technology in 0.18 m CMOS.

Programmable output power

No external RF switch / filter needed

I/Q low-IF receiver

I/Q direct upconversion transmitter

Very few external components

128(RX) + 128(TX) byte data buffering

Digital RSSI / LQI support

Hardware MAC encryption (AES-128)

Battery monitor

QLP-48 package, 7x7 mm

Complies with ETSI EN 300 328, EN 300 440 class 2, FCC CFR-47 part 15 and ARIB STD-T66

Powerful and flexible development tools available

SWRS041B

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