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6.9 Electro-Static Discharge
SIM800 is an ESD sensitive component, so more attention should be paid to the procedure of handling and
packaging. The ESD test results are shown in the following table.
Table 43: The ESD characteristics (Temperature: 25°C, Humidity: 45 %)
Pin name Contact discharge Air discharge
VBAT ±5KV ±10KV
GND ±5KV ±10KV
RXD, TXD ±4KV ±8KV
GSM_ANT ±5KV ±10KV
PWRKEY ±4KV ±8KV
6.10 Radio Characteristics
The following table shows the module conducted output power, it is followed by the 3GPP TS 05.05 technical
specification requirement.
Table 44: GSM 900 and GSM 850 conducted RF output power
PCL Nominal output power (dBm)
Tolerance (dB) for conditions
Normal Extreme
5 33 ±2 ±2.5
6 31 ±3 ±4
7 29 ±3 ±4
11 21 ±3 ±4
12 19 ±3 ±4
13 17 ±3 ±4
14 15 ±3 ±4
16 11 ±5 ±6
18 7 ±5 ±6
19-31 5 ±5 ±6