Publication#
20575
Issue Date:
April 1997
Rev:
B
Amendment/
0
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Wireless LAN DSSS PC Card
Reference Design
Application Note
This application note describes the connection of the PCnet-Mobile Wireless LAN Media Access
Controller (Am79C930) to the HARRIS Semiconductor Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS)
PRISM chipset.
INTRODUCTION
The PCnet-Mobile Wireless LAN Media Access
Controller (Am79C930) functionality has been defined
to allow for connection to various PHY types. This ap-
plication note describes one possible connection of the
Am79C930 device to an IEEE 802.11 Direct Sequence
Spread Spectrum (DSSS) PHY. The 802.11-compliant
DSSS PHY used in this application example is the HAR-
RIS Semiconductor PRISM chipset, consisting of the
HARRIS HFA3524, HFA3624, HFA3724, HSP3824,
and HFA3925 devices. The complete solution is con-
nected to a PC CARD bus connector and is intended to
be built onto a TYPE II PC Card (formerly PCMCIA Type
II card). A few additional supporting devices are re-
quired in order to complete the system, e.g., Am29F010
flash memory and 32K SRAM device.
SYSTEM BLOCK DIAGRAM
A complete 802.11 PC CARD TYPE II PC Card
includes the following functional blocks:
I
Am79C930 MAC device
Flash memory
SRAM memory
Oscillators
PRISM chipset and antenna(s)
PC CARD connector
I
I
I
I
I
These devices need to be interconnected as shown in
the block diagram below.
BLOCK DIAGRAM
Spread
Tx/Rcv
FL1
FL2
FL3
FL4
FL5
FL6
LNA
HFA3424
HFA3624
RF/IF
Converter
HFA3925
RF Power
Amp. and Tx/Rx
Switch
P
A
D
VCO
OSC
OSC
I/Q LO
HFA3524 Dual
Synthesizer
Low-Pass
Filter
QModem
QDemod.
Modulator
Filter Cutoff
Select
22 MHZ
22 MHZ
ADC
CCA
I ADC
Q ADC
HSP3824
MDe-
128K
32K
SDe-
Control
Encode
VCO
Data
Control
APCnet
LAN
MAC
CTo HOST
LPFs TX
LPFs RX
Tx/Rx
Clk
Limiting IF/RSSI
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