BCM4330 Preliminary Data Sheet
Bluetooth Power Management Unit
BBC Power Management
The following are low-power operations for the BBC:
• Physical layer packet-handling turns the RF on and off dynamically within transmit/receive packets.
• Bluetooth-specified low-power connection modes: sniff, hold, and park. While in these modes, the
BCM4330 runs on the low-power oscillator and wakes up after a predefined time period.
• A low-power shutdown feature allows the device to be turned off while the host and any other devices in
the system remain operational. When the BCM4330 is not needed in the system, the RF and core supplies
are shut down while the I/O remains powered. This allows the BCM4330 to effectively be off while
keeping the I/O pins powered so they do not draw extra current from any other devices connected to the
I/O.
During the low-power shut-down state, provided VDDIO remains applied to the BCM4330, all outputs are
tri-stated, and most input signals are disabled. Input voltages must remain within the limits defined for
normal operation. This is done to prevent current paths or create loading on any digital signals in the
system and enables the BCM4330 to be fully integrated in an embedded device to take full advantage of
the lowest power-saving modes.
Two BCM4330 input signals are designed to be high-impedance inputs that do not load the driving signal
even if the chip does not have VDDIO power supplied to it: the frequency reference input (WRF_TCXO_IN)
and the 32.768 kHz input (LPO). When the BCM4330 is powered on from this state, it is the same as a
normal power-up, and the device does not contain any information about its state from the time before it
was powered down.
FM Power Management
The BCM4330 FM subsystem can operate independently of, or in tandem with, the Bluetooth RF and BBC
subsystems. The FM subsystem power management scheme operates in conjunction with the Bluetooth RF
and BBC subsystems. The FM block does not have a low power state, it is either on or off.
Low-Power Scan
The BCM4330 has an optional low-power scan mode that replaces conventional page/inquiry scans with a
proprietary scan scheme. When this mode is activated, it significantly reduces current consumption for page
and inquiry scans. The mode will switch to conventional scans if energy in page/inquiry channels with an
appropriate activation pattern is detected.
Wideband Speech
The BCM4330 provides support for wideband speech (WBS) using on-chip Smart Audio technology. The
BCM4330 can perform subband-codec (SBC), as well as mSBC, encoding and decoding of linear 16 bits at
16 kHz (256 Kbps rate) transferred over the PCM bus.
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BCM4330 Preliminary Data Sheet
April 28, 2011 • 4330-DS304-RI
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