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LTE-A Module Series
EM120R-GL&EM160R-GL Hardware Design
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3.12. Antenna Tuner Control Interfaces*............................................................................................ 51
3.12.1. Antenna Tuner Control Interface through GPIOs .......................................................... 51
3.12.2. Antenna Tuner Control Interface through RFFE ............................................................ 51
3.13. Configuration Pins ..................................................................................................................... 52
3.13.1. EM160R-GL configuration pins ...................................................................................... 52
3.13.2. EM120R-GL configuration pins ...................................................................................... 53
4 GNSS Receiver ................................................................................................................................... 55
4.1. General Description .................................................................................................................. 55
5 Antenna Connection .......................................................................................................................... 56
5.1. Antenna Connectors ................................................................................................................. 56
5.1.1. Operating Frequency ..................................................................................................... 57
5.2. GNSS Antenna Connector ........................................................................................................ 59
5.3. Antenna Installation................................................................................................................... 60
5.3.1. Antenna Requirements .................................................................................................. 60
5.3.2. Recommended RF Connector for Antenna Installation ................................................. 62
6 Electrical, Reliability and Radio Characteristics ............................................................................ 64
6.1. Absolute Maximum Ratings ...................................................................................................... 64
6.2. Power Supply Requirements .................................................................................................... 64
6.3. I/O Requirements ...................................................................................................................... 65
6.4. Operation and Storage Temperatures....................................................................................... 65
6.5. Current Consumption ................................................................................................................ 66
6.6. RF Output Power ...................................................................................................................... 66
6.7. RF Receiving Sensitivity ........................................................................................................... 67
6.8. Characteristics........................................................................................................................... 68
6.9. Thermal Dissipation .................................................................................................................. 69
7 Mechanical Dimensions and Packaging.......................................................................................... 71
7.1. Mechanical Dimensions of the Module ..................................................................................... 71
7.2. Standard Dimensions of M.2 PCI Express ............................................................................... 72
7.3. Design Effect Drawings of the Module...................................................................................... 73
7.3.1. Design Effect Drawings of EM160R-GL Module............................................................ 73
7.3.2. Design Renderings of EM120R-GL Module .................................................................. 74
7.4. M.2 Connector........................................................................................................................... 75
7.5. Packaging.................................................................................................................................. 75
8 Appendix References ........................................................................................................................ 77