Si4840/44-A10

/ /

FM (64109 MHz)
AM (5041750 kHz)
SW (Si4844 )(2.3
28.5 MHz)
AM/FM
2
/

BOM

(AFC)
EN55020
2.0 to 3.6 V
(T = 25 C), AAA

24 SSOP
RoHS

:
See page 19.

AM/FM

iPod/iPhone

Si4840/44 CMOS / /

MCU LED / 
SiliconLab Si4840/44 
Si4840/44

Si484x
Si4830/34
ADC

AMI
AM
ANT

RFGND

LNA
ADC

FM
ANT

FMI

DAC

LOUT

DAC

ROUT

DSP

AGC
0/90

TUNE1/2
ADC

AFC

Rev. 1.0 8/11

Si4840/44-A10 (SSOP)
LNA_EN

24

LOUT

IRQ

23

ROUT

TUNE1

22

DBYP

TUNE2

21

VDD2

BAND

20

VDD1

NC

19

XTALI

NC

18

XTALO

FMI

17

SCLK

RFGND

16

SDIO

NC

10

15

RST

NC

11

14

GND

AMI

12

13

GND

: 7,127,217; 7,272,373;
7,272,375;
7,321,324;
7,355,476;
7,426,376;
7,471,940;
7,339,503;
7,339,504.

BAND

RST

XTAL
OSC
IRQ

REG

SDIO

2.0~3.6V VDD1/2

CONTROL INTERFACE

SCLK

XTALI

Copyright 2011 by Silicon Laboratories

Si4840/44-A10

Si4840/44-A10

Rev. 1.0

Si4840/44-A10

Section

Page

1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4.1 .................................................................13
4.2 FM  ...........................................................14
4.3 AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.4 SW ...........................................................14
4.5 .............................................................14
4.6  .............................................................14
4.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
4.11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
4.12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.14............................................................15
5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
6.1 Si4840/44-A10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
8. : Si4840/44-A10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
9. PCB : Si4840/44-A10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
10.1 Si4840/44-A10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
..............................................................26

Rev. 1.0

Si4840/44-A10
1.
1. 1,2

VDD

3.6

VDDRISE

10

:
1. VDD = 3.3 V 25 C
2. VDD = 2.7 V
3. VDD 2.0 V VDD 2.3 V

2.

(VDD = 2.7 to 3.6 V, TA = 15 to 85 C)

21.0

mA

21.5

mA

IAM

17.0

mA

IDDPD

10

FM
1

IFM

IFM

Low SNR level

AM/SW
1

VDD

:
1.
2.

Rev. 1.0

Si4840/44-A10
3.

(VDD = 2.7 to 3.6 V, TA = 15 to 85 C)

RST

tSRST

100

tSRST

RST

70%
30%

1.

Rev. 1.0

Si4840/44-A10
4.2- 1,2,3

(VDD = 2.7 to 3.6 V, TA = 15 to 85 C)

SCLK

fSCLK

400

kHz

SCLK

tLOW

1.3

SCLK

tHIGH

0.6

SCLK SDIO 
(START)

tSU:STA

0.6

SCLK SDIO
(START)

tHD:STA

0.6

SDIO SCLK

tSU:DAT

100

ns

SDIOSCLK4,5

tHD:DAT

900

ns

SCLK SDIO
(STOP)

tSU:STO

0.6

STOP START

tBUF

1.3

SDIO

tf:OUT

250

ns

300

ns

Cb
20 + 0.1 ----------1pF

SDIO , SCLK /

tf:IN
tr:IN

Cb
20 + 0.1 ----------1pF

SCLK, SDIO

Cb

50

pF

tSP

50

ns

:
1. VD = 0 V, SCLK SDIO
2. 2- 2- SCLK SDIO /RST 300ns
3. 2- /RST SCLK
4. Si484x SCLKVIn SDIO 300ns tHD:DAT
5. fSCLK = 400 kHz tHD:DAT 400kHz tHD:DAT

Rev. 1.0

Si4840/44-A10

SCLK

SDIO

tSU:STA tHD:STA

tLOW

START

tr:IN

tHIGH

tr:IN

tf:IN

tSP

tSU:STO

tBUF

70%
30%

70%
30%

tf:IN,
tf:OUT

tHD:DAT tSU:DAT

STOP

START

2.2-

SCLK

A6-A0,
R/W

SDIO
START

ADDRESS + R/W

D7-D0

ACK

DATA

D7-D0

ACK

DATA

ACK

STOP

3.2-

Rev. 1.0

Si4840/44-A10
5.FM 1,2

(VDD = 2.7 to 3.6 V, TA = 15 to 85 C)

64

109

MHz

2.2

V EMF

LNA 4,5

LNA 4,5

pF

50

dB

105

dBV EMF

fRF

(S+N)/N = 26 dB

AM 4,5,6,7

m = 0.3

IP34,8
4

200 kHz

50

dB

4

400 kHz

65

dB

5,6,7,12

80

mVRMS

S/N5,6,7,9,10

55

dB

S/N3,4,5,7,9,10

55

dB

3 dB

30

Hz

3 dB

15

kHz

5,11

40

dB

5,6,11

0.1

0.5

4,10

RL

10

4,10

CL

50

pF

110

ms

/ 4

:
1. AN603: Si4840/44-DEMO  .
RF = 98.1 MHz.
2. AN602: Si484x-A Silicon Laboratories

3. 64~109 MHz.
4.
5. VEMF = 1 mV.
6. FMOD = 1 kHz, MONO, L = R
7. f = 22.5 kHz.
8. |f2 f1| > 2 MHz, f0 = 2 x f1 f2.
9. BAF = 300 Hz to 15 kHz, A
10. LOUTROUT
11. f = 75 kHz.
12. .

Rev. 1.0

Si4840/44-A10
6.AM/SW 1,2

(VDD = 2.7 to 3.6 V, TA = 15 to 85 C)

fRF

(AM)

504

1750

kHz

(SW)

2.3

28.5

MHz

(S+N)/N = 26 dB

30

V EMF

THD < 8%

300

mVRMS

VDD = 100 mVRMS, 100 Hz

40

dB

3,6,8

60

mVRMS

S/N3,4,6

55

dB

3,6

0.1

0.5

5,7

180

450

110

ms

3,4,5
5
5

/ 5

:
1. AN603: Si4840/44-DEMO . RF = 520 kHz.
2. AN602: Si484x-A Silicon Laboratories

3. FMOD = 1 kHz, 30% 2 kHz

4. BAF = 300 Hz to 15 kHz, A .
5.
6. VIN = 5 mVrms.
7. < 10 pF
8. .

7.

(VDD = 2.7 to 3.6 V, TA = 15 to 85 C)

XTALI

32.768

kHz

XTALI

100

100

ppm

32.768

kHz

100

100

ppm

3.5

pF

Rev. 1.0

Si4840/44-A10
8.

JA

80

C/W

TA

15

25

85

TJ

92

* PCB

9. 1,2

VDD

0.5 to 5.8

IIN

10

mA

TOP

40 to 95

TSTG

55 to 150

0.4

VPK

:
1.

2. Si4840/44-A10 < 2 kV HBM ESD

ESD
3. RST, SDIO, SCLK, XTALO, XTALI, BAND, TUNE2, TUNE1, IRQ, and LNA_EN
4. FMI AMI

10

Rev. 1.0

Si4840/44-A10
2.

TUNE1

B1

TUNE1

2.5k/100M

FMI

(Si4844 only)

R2
253k

S1

VR1
100k

BAND

AM

BAND

IRQ

FM

1
LNA_EN

2
IRQ

TUNE2

TUNE1

6
NC

R3
180k

To host MCU

LNA_EN

BAND

7
NC

FMI

RFGND

10
NC

11

AMI

AMI

0.47u

12

C5

NC

ANT1
AM antenna

U1

C5

R4
67k

LOUT

Optional

24

ROUT
23

VDD2

DBYP
22

21

XTALI

VDD1
20

19

XTALO
18

SCLK
17

16

RST
15

GND

GND

T1

14

13

RFGND

SDIO

AMI
0.47u

ANT2

LOUT
C4

Optional: AM air loop antenna

C1
0.1u

ROUT

0.1u
VDD
VDD

To host MCU

RESET
SDIO

2.0 TO 3.6V
2.0 TO 3.6V

SCLK
Y1
32.768KHz
C3
22p

C2
22p

Optional

:
1.
2.
3.
4.

C4 VDD2 DBYP
PCB
6 7
AN602: Si484x-A Silicon Laboratories

5. 8 FM 12 AM
6. Si484x FMI AMI

Rev. 1.0

11

Si4840/44-A10
3.
10.Si4840/44-A10

C1

0.1 F, 20%, Z5U/X7R

Murata

C4

, 0.1 F, 20%, Z5U/X7R

Murata

C5

, 0.47 F, 20%, Z5U/X7R

Murata

B1
VR1
U1
ANT1

2.5 k/100 MHz

Murata

(POT), 100 k, 10%

Kennon

Si484x
,180450 H

Silicon Laboratories
Jiaxin

C2, C3
Y1
ANT2

12

, 22 pF, 5%, COG

( )

Venkel

32.768 kHz ( )
, 10-20 H

Epson or equivalent
various

S1

R2

, 253 k, 1%,

Venkel

R3

, 180 k, 1%

Venkel

R4

, 67 k, 1%

Venkel

Any, depends on customer

Rev. 1.0

Si4840/44-A10
4.

Si484x
Si4830/34
ADC

AMI
AM
ANT

RFGND

LNA

FMI

LOUT

DAC

ROUT

DSP
ADC

FM
ANT

DAC

AGC
0/90

TUNE1/2
ADC
BAND

RST

XTAL
OSC
IRQ

REG

SDIO

2.0~3.6V VDD1/2

CONTROL INTERFACE

SCLK

XTALI

AFC

4.Si4840/44-A10

4.1.

AM AM / /
MCU
FM
MCU

Si4840/44-A10 , CMOS
AM/FM/SW
LCD/LED
MCU Si4840/44-A10
Si4840/44-A10 AM/FM/SW / MCU
/ LCD/LED
Silicon
Laboratories 
Si4840/44AM, FMSW

Si4840/44

Silicon Labs Si4840/44-A10 

PCB

AAA

Si4840/44-A10
FM/AM/SW

Rev. 1.0

13

Si4840/44-A10
4.2. FM

4.4. SW

Si4840/44-A10
64 109MHz
FM
FMFM
FM

50-75us
AN602:Si484x-A

Si48442.328.5MHz5kHz
Si4844
Si4844 FM
AN610:Si4840/44
AN602Si484x-A

Si4840/44-A10
Si4840/44-A10

Si4840/44-A10 LCD/LED
MCUMCU LCD/LED

RSSI

RSSI 20dB
6dB RSSI 28dB
12dB MCU
AN602:Si484x-A
MCU
AN610:Si4840/44

4.3. AM
Si4840/44-A10 AM 504
1750kHz Silicon Lab 

AM
AM
FM
Si4840/44-A10

180-450uH

1:5
25 10uH 20uH

4.5.
Si4840/44-A10 TUNE1 TUNE2

Si4840/44-A10
MCU LCD/LED

/
AN610Si4840/44

4.6.
Si4840/44-A10 AM
/ / / FM
SW16Si4840/44-A10MCU

MCU
AN602Si484x-A
AN610Si4840/44

4.7.
Si4840/44-A10 /
Si4840/44-A10
MCUI2CFM9
/ AM SW 7 /
AN610Si4840/44

4.8.

Si4840/44-A10 PVR
MCU
Si4840/44-A10 
AM 9, 10 kHz 

Si4840/44-A10

/
MCU AM

AN602Si484x-A

MCU
AN610: Si4840/44 AN602: Si484x-A AN610Si4840/44

14

Rev. 1.0

Si4840/44-A10
4.11.

FM(MPX)MPX1961
MPX + (L+R)
- (L-R) 19kHz

Modulation Level

4.9.

Mono Audio
Left + Right

4.12.
Stereo
Pilot

15 19 23

Stereo Audio
Left - Right

38

Si4840/44-A10 RCLK XTALI 7

MCU

RDS/
RBDS

53

32.768kHz AN602:Si484x-A

57

Frequency (kHz)

4.13.

5.MPX

Si4840/44-A10 PCB
FM/AM/SW

Si4840/44-A10 DSP
AN602:Si484x-A
MPX 0-15 kHz (L+R) 

FM(L+R)(L-R)19kHz
(L-R) 4.14.
(L+R) (L-R)
Si4840/44
A10
4.9.2. -



(L+R)

/ /

AN610:Si4840/44



4.9.1.

4.10.
LOUT
ROUT

Rev. 1.0

15

Si4840/44-A10
5.
11FM

0xE0

ATDD_GET_STATUS

0xE1

ATDD_POWER_UP

0xE2

ATDD_AUDIO_MODE

0x10

GET_REV

0x11

POWER_DOWN

0x12

SET_PROPERTY

0x13

GET_PROPERTY

:
Si4840/44-A10 si47xx 
ATDD_POWER_UP ATDD_GET_STATUS ATDD si47xx POWER_UP STATUS 

12Si4840/44-A10FM

0x1100

FM_DEEMPHASIS

0x1300

FM_SOFT_MUTE_RATE

0x1301

75uS

0x0002

0x0040

FM_SOFT_MUTE_SLOPE

dB dB
2

0x0002

0x1302

FM_SOFT_MUTE_
MAX_ATTENUATION

0
16dB

0x0010

0x1303

FM_SOFT_MUTE_
SNR_THRESHOLD

4dB

0x0004

0x1207

FM_STEREO_IND
_BLEND_THRESHOLD

( 0x9F
0xB2)

0x1800

FM_BLEND_RSSI_
STEREO_THRESHOLD

0x0031

0
127 49dBuV

0x1801

FM_BLEND_RSSI_
MONO_THRESHOLD

0x4000

RX_VOLUME

0x4001

RX_HARD_MUTE

0x4002
0x4003

16

0x9F
0xB2

0
127
8 7

0x0008
0x0007

0x003F

L R

0x0000

RX_BASS_TREBLE

0x0004

RX_ACTUAL_VOLUME

0x003F

Rev. 1.0

Si4840/44-A10
13Si4840/44-A10AM/SW

0xE0

ATDD_GET_STATUS

0xE1

ATDD_POWER_UP

0xE2

ATDD_AUDIO_MODE

0x10

GET_REV

0x11

POWER_DOWN

0x12

SET_PROPERTY

0x13

GET_PROPERTY

Si4840/44-A10 si47xx
ATDD_POWER_UP ATDD_GET_STATUSATDDSi47xx POWER_UP STATUS

14Si4840/44-A10AM/SW

0x4000

RX_VOLUME

0x4001

RX_HARD_MUTE

0x4002

0x003F

L R

0x0000

RX_BASS_TREBLE

0x0003

0x4003

RX_ACTUAL_VOLUME

0x003F

0x3300

AM_SOFT_MUTE_RATE

0x0040

0x3301

AM_SOFT_MUTE_SLOPE

dB dB

0x0002

0x3302

AM_SOFT_MUTE_
MAX_ATTENUATION

0x0010

0x3303

AM_SOFT_MUTE_
SNR_THRESHOLD

0x0008

Rev. 1.0

17

Si4840/44-A10
6.
6.1. Si4840/44-A10

18

LNA_EN

24

LOUT

IRQ

23

ROUT

TUNE1

22

DBYP

TUNE2

21

VDD2

BAND

20

VDD1

NC

19

XTALI

NC

18

XTALO

FMI

17

SCLK

RFGND

16

SDIO

NC

10

15

RST

NC

11

14

GND

AMI

12

13

GND

LNA_EN

IRQ

TUNE1

TUNE2

BAND

6,7

NC

FMI

FM FMI FM

RFGND

10, 11

NC

12

AMI

AM AMI AM

13, 14

GND

PCB

15

/RST

16

SDIO

17

SCLK

18

XTALO

19

XTALI

20

VDD1

21

VDD2

22

DBYP

23

ROUT

24

LOUT

SW LNA

RF PCB

Rev. 1.0

Si4840/44-A10
7.

Si4840-A10-GU

AM/FM

24 SSOP

15 to 85 C
2.0 to 3.6 V

Si4844-A10-GU

AM/FM/SW

24 SSOP

15 to 85 C
2.0 to 3.6 V

(R) 25 C 2.0V

Rev. 1.0

19

Si4840/44-A10
8. : Si4840/44-A10
Si4840/44-A10 24 SSOP 15

6.24 SSOP
15.

A
A1
b
c
D
E
E1
e
L

aaa
bbb
ccc
ddd
:
1.
2.
3.
4.

20

0.10
0.20
0.10

8.65 BSC
6.00 BSC
3.90 BSC
0.635 BSC

0.20
0.18
0.10
0.10

0.40
0

1.75
0.25
0.30
0.25

1.27
8

Y14.5M-1994
MO-137,AE
/IPC J-STD020

Rev. 1.0

Si4840/44-A10
9. PCB : Si4840/44-A10
7PCB Si4840/44-A10-GU SSOP PCB 16 

7.PCB
16PCB

5.20

5.40
0.635 BSC

X1

0.35

0.45

Y1

1.55

1.75

:
1. mm
2. IPC-7351

3. NSMD
60um

4.
5. 0.125mm
6. 1:1

7. 3
8. JEDEC/IPC J-STD-020

Rev. 1.0

21

Si4840/44-A10
10.
10.1. Si4840/44-A10

4840A10GU
YYWWTTTTTT
4844A10GU
YYWWTTTTTT
:

YAG Laser

4840A10GU = Si4840-A10
4844A10GU = Si4844-A10

YY =
WW =
TTTTTT =

22

Rev. 1.0

Si4840/44-A10
11.
:

EN55020

AN602: Si484x-A

AN603: Si4840/44

Si4840/44-DEMO

AN610: Si4840/44

Rev. 1.0

23

Si4840/44-A10

24

Rev. 1.0

Si4840/44-A10

0.4 1.0

3 1
5, FM

8,

9,

2 ,

3
4.7
4.10
4.13

4.14 ,

13, Si4840/44-A10AM/SW

16, PCB

Rev. 1.0

25

Si4840/44-A10

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