SWRA577A October   2017  – November 2020 AWR1243 , AWR1443 , AWR1642 , AWR1843 , AWR1843AOP , AWR2243 , AWR6843 , IWR1443 , IWR1642 , IWR1843 , IWR6443 , IWR6843 , IWR6843AOP , LP87524B-Q1 , LP87524J-Q1

 

  1.   Trademarks
  2. 1Introduction
  3. 2Power Supply Ripple and Noise Specifications
  4. 3Reference Solution
  5. 4Low Cost LC Filter Solution
    1. 4.1 LDO vs LC Filter Scheme Comparison
      1. 4.1.1 Waveguide Loopback Tests
      2. 4.1.2 Spur/Noise Floor Level
      3. 4.1.3 Voltage Transient Behavior
    2. 4.2 System Tests
      1. 4.2.1 Sensor Configuration
      2. 4.2.2 System Test With Static Object
      3. 4.2.3 Spur/Noise Floor Level
  6. 5Summary

Reference Solution

TI recommends the reference solution with the PMIC and the LDOs as shown in Figure 3-1, which is also incorporated in the XWR1xxx EVMs. The reference solution meets these specifications. The XWR1xx device would expect 1.0 V to be fed on the H5, G5, J5, D2 and C2 pins. The PMIC needs to be reconfigured for the Buck outputs shown in Figure 3-1 using the Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C) interface from the host. Initially during the power up, the buck outputs would be 3.3 V, 1.2 V, 1.3 V and 2.1 V. Using I2C interface, the buck outputs needs to be reconfigured as shown in Figure 3-1 before the nRESET of XWR1xx is released.

GUID-40158AD6-3A43-4F9A-98F6-650AC684888F-low.pngFigure 3-1 Power Management Scheme With LDOs

The above reference solution consists of the LP87524BRNFRQ1 PMIC with the switching frequency localized at 4 MHz, so that the fundamental and the harmonics could easily be filtered out during RADAR data post processing. The reference schematic is shown in Figure 3-2.

GUID-E8B60C78-F323-4B49-A3B3-FE8704167608-low.pngFigure 3-2 Reference Schematic