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Design Note
DN002
SWRA097 Page 1 of 15
Practical Sensitivity Testing
By Morten Engjom
Keywords
• Receiver Testing
• Sensitivity
• PER (Packet Error Rate)
• BER (Bit Error Rate)
1 Introduction
To properly evaluate the receiver part of a
transceiver, it is necessary to be able to
find the sensitivity threshold, i.e. the
lowest input signal the receiver can
decode with acceptable signal quality.
There are several approaches to find the
sensitivity threshold of a receiver, but the
various methods require different levels of
instrumentation. Since our costumers can
be equipped with anything from a full RF
lab to no equipment at all, this design note
covers both simple and more complex
methods. The design note uses
CC1100/CC2500 to illustrate the methods,
but the principles can be used also for any
other of our products.
The sensitivity measurements described in
this document are:
1) PER test using RF generator with
packet option and SmartRF
®
Studio to receive the packets.
2) Overview of PER test using
LabView and dedicated RF
generator with packet option (for
automated testing).
3) BER test with dedicated BER
tester, using the transceiver in
“synchronous serial mode”.
4) BER test with oscilloscope to
decide the received bit errors.
Transceiver used in “synchronous
serial mode”.
5) PER test using SmartRF
®
Studio
packet test and attenuators to find
the link budget.

Design Note
DN002
SWRA097 Page 2 of 15
Table of Contents
KEYWORDS.............................................................................................................................. 1
1 INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................. 1
2 ABBREVIATIONS........................................................................................................... 2
3 TEST DESCRIPTION...................................................................................................... 3
3.1 SENSITIVITY TEST USING SMARTRF
®
STUDIO AND RF GENERATOR
W
/ PACKET OPTION 4
3.2 SENSITIVITY TEST USING LABVIEW AND RF GENERATOR WITH PACKET OPTION ........... 8
3.3 SENSITIVITY TEST USING BER TESTER AND “SYNCHRONOUS SERIAL MODE”.............. 10
3.4 SENSITIVITY TEST USING OSCILLOSCOPE AND “SYNCHRONOUS SERIAL MODE”........... 11
3.5 SENSITIVITY TEST USING ATTENUATORS AND SMARTRF
®
STUDIO PACKET TEST ........ 13
4 GENERAL INFORMATION .......................................................................................... 14
4.1 DOCUMENT HISTORY................................................................................................ 14
5 IMPORTANT NOTICE .................................................................................................. 15
2 Abbreviations
AGC Automatic Gain Control
BER Bit Error Rate
CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check
DUT Device under Test
EB Evaluation Board
EM Evaluation Module
FIFO First In First Out
FM Frequency Modulation
FSK Frequency Shift Keying
GDO General Digital Output pin
PER Packet Error Rate
RF Radio Frequency

Design Note
DN002
SWRA097 Page 3 of 15
3 Test Description
All the tests described in this document are intended for either checking the receive
performance of CC1100/CC2500, or to check the receive performance of a design using the
CC1100/CC2500. In both cases it is required to have access to a development kit for the
transceiver in question. Performance of the chip itself can be done by simply measuring on
the development kit, while testing of a design that uses CC1100/CC2500 requires that the
design is interfaced to the SmartRF
®
04EB board. (SPI lines and GDO lines must be strapped
over to the test connectors on the SmartRF
®
04EB board). The tests described in this
document need a certain amount of RF equipment. The only exception is the test described
in section 3.5, which only requires a development kit and attenuators.
Two abbreviations that are used frequently in this document are BER (Bit Error Rate) and
PER (Packet Error Rate). These terms are closely linked, i.e. with a given packet length and
BER the PER can be calculated using the following formula:
lengthpacket
BERPER
_
)1(1 −−=
Note that the packet length includes both sync word and CRC in addition to the payload data
since a bit error in those fields will result in a packet error (for the CC1100/CC2500 in
buffered mode this applies if the sync word detection requires all 16 of 16 sync word bits to
be detected correctly).
In all the tests described in this document it should be ensured that the receiver and
transmitter work at the same RF frequency in order to measure the real (best case)
sensitivity. This can be done by setting the DUT in TX and measuring the transmitted signal
with un-modulated carrier (FSK and 0 deviation), or by measuring the centre of the
transmitted spectrum. This requires access to a spectrum analyzer. Alternatively, the transmit
frequency from a generator or transmitting device can be swept until the best sensitivity is
found.
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