CS3820 TM

802.11a Baseband Core

Product Brief Virtual Components for the Converging World

The CS3820 WLAN baseband core is designed to provide a high performance, low power physical layer solution
fully compatible with the IEEE802.11a standard. This application specific silicon core achieves high performance
with unique stream based architectures and can be combined with a high performance MAC and analog
components to produce a leading-edge solution.

3rd Party MAC MLME

Amphion
CS3820 Station
Management
Baseband
Tx + Rx PLME

3rd Party RF

Figure 1: Complete 802.11a Solution Using CS3820

FEATURES BENEFITS
 Fully compliant with the IEEE802.11a  Superior error correction capability improves
standard range
 Full support of all data rate options (up to 54  Highly customizable for tight integration with
Mbps) a variety of RF and MAC solutions
 High performance tracking and recovery  Provides efficient signal processing in a
algorithms compact and reliable solution
 Low implementation loss  An excellent platform for building 802.11a
 Innovative tracking algorithm SoCs
 PAPR control - Provides PHY layer functionality for 802.11e
and 802.11h
 ACR filtering
- Combined with Amphion OCB-AES cores can
 Spectral shaping on TX
provide high strength data security 802.11i
 Performance monitoring of key parameters to
identify potential system degradation during
real world use KEY METRICS1
- I/Q phase imbalanced measured
 Area (Logic + Memory): 340K Gates
- DC offset measured and corrected
- Signal quality estimation  Clock: 80 MHz
 Low power consumption  Power: 180 mW (Tx), 220 mW (Rx)
- Advanced clocking strategy
 Minimized area APPLICATIONS
 No external memory required
 Home wireless networking
 Complete hardware solution  Small business network infrastructure
- No PHY programming required
 Public Internet access in airports, hotels, etc.
 Wireless video

1. Performance metrics are based on TSMC 180nm Standard Cell libraries.

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CS3820 SYSTEM OVERVIEW

Figure 2 provides an overview diagram of the CS3820 baseband processor. Table 1 details the different modulation schemes
offered by CS3820 core.

Channel Coding Mapper Frame Assembly OFDM Modulator

Data Scrambler Bit symbol mapper IFFT Add preamble
Convolution Encoder Symbol tone mapper Add cyclic extension Upsampling filter
Interleaver Pilot insertion Symbol shaping

Transmit Analog Process

Stream
DAC
RF upconverter

Frame sync. Chanel filtering Channel Decoding

Frame detection ACR filter Signal measurement Analog Process
Frequency correction AGC RF Downconverter
ADC

OFDM Demodulator Coherent Detection Channel Decoding

Remove cyclic Channel correction De-interleaver Received
extension Timing correction Viterbi decoder Stream
FFT Demapping Descrambler

Figure 2: CS3820 System Block Diagram

Table 1: Modulation Schemes Offered by CS3820

Modulation Coding Data Rate Coded Bits per Coded Bits per Data Bits per
Rate (Mbps) Subcarrier OFDM Symbol OFDM Symbol
BPSK 1/2 6 1 48 24
BPSK 3/4 9 1 48 36
QPSK 1/2 12 2 96 48
QPSK 3/4 18 2 96 72
16-QAM 1/2 24 4 192 96
16-QAM 3/4 36 4 192 144
64-QAM 2/3 48 6 288 192
64-QAM 3/4 54 6 288 216

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TRANSMITTER OVERVIEW RECEIVER OVERVIEW

CS3820 performs the baseband processing routines required This is the counterpart of transmit model of PHY layer
to transmit frames of data under the IEEE802.11a standard baseband processor. The CS3820 core performs the baseband
and provides high performance features such as spectral processing routines required to receive frames of data under
shaping and PAPR control at low power. the IEEE802.11a standard in the presence of channel
interference and component non-linearities. The transmitter
and receiver share key blocks to reduce the overall gate count
MAC PLME
without compromising performance.

Management MAC PLME

Interface DAC

CS3820
Amphion Management
Baseband Processor Interface ADC
RF CS3820
Amphion
Baseband Processor
Amphion Core RF

Figure 3: Simplified Baseband Processor Interface, Tx Amphion Core

Mode

Figure 4: Simplified Baseband Processor Interface, Rx

Mode

AVAILABILITY

ASIC CORES
For applications that require the high performance, low cost and high integration of an ASIC, Amphion delivers application
specific silicon cores that are pre-optimized to a targeted silicon technology by Amphion experts.

Consult your local Amphion representative for product specific performance information, current availability of individual
products, and lead times on ASIC core porting.

Table 2: CS3820 ASIC Cores

PROD- SILICON PRODUCT NAME/ CLOCK LOGIC MEMORY POWER (mW)

UCT ID # VENDOR PROCESS (MHZ) GATES (GATES)
Transmit Receive
CS3820TK TSMC 180nm using Artisan 80 250K 90K 180 220
Standard Cell Libraries

For PFGA/PLD implementation information please contact Amphion Semiconductor

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