Atmel ATPL220A PRIME compliant Power Line Communications SoC DATASHEET Features Modem Power Line Carrier Modem for 50 and 60 Hz mains 97-carrier OFDM PRIME compliant Baud rate Selectable: 21400 to 128600 bps Differential BPSK, QPSK, 8-PSK modulations Memory 32Kbytes on-chip SRAM Automatic Gain Control and signal amplitude tracking Embedded on-chip DMAs Media Access Control Viterbi decoding and CRC PRIME compliant 128-bit AES encryption Channel sensing and collision pre-detection Package 120-lead LQFP, 14 x 14 mm, pitch 0.4 mm Pb-free and RoHS compliant Typical Applications Automated Meter Reading (AMR) & Advanced Meter Management (AMM) Street lighting Home Automation 43008A-ATPL-05/12 Description ATPL220A is a PRIME (PoweRline Intelligent Metering Evolution) compliant ASIC specifically designed for PLC Base Nodes implementation. Systems using this ASIC support both mono-phase and multi-phase PLC injection. Mono-phase injection is achieved by means of a single ATPL220A device, whereas several ATPL220A can be combined to achieve multi-phase injection based on Atmel MIMO technology. The combination of multi-phase injection and Atmel MIMO technology increases PRIME Base Nodes performance, resulting in outstanding robustness and network coverage. ATPL220A has been conceived to be easily managed by an external microcontroller by means of an SPI interface. The external microcontroller implements Base Node upper layers (as specified in PRIME standard) while ATPL220A carries out PHY layer functionalities. Line coupling front end design is extremely simplified, resulting in a very low cost bill of materials. 2 Atmel ATPL220A Datasheet 43008A-ATPL-05/12