SARA-G3 and SARA-U2 series - System Integration Manual 
UBX-13000995 - R26    System description 
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Figure 3 shows the architecture of the SARA-U201 modules, Figure 4 summarizes the architecture of the SARA-
U260  and  SARA-U270  modules,  while  Figure  5  summarizes  the  architecture  of  the  SARA-U280  modules, 
illustrating  the  internal  blocks  of  the  modules,  consisting  of  the  RF,  Baseband  and  Power  Management  main 
sections and the available interfaces. 
 
Memory
V_BCKP (RTC)
V_INT (I/O)
RF 
transceiver
Power
Management
Cellular
BaseBand
Processor
ANT
VCC (Supply)
USB
DDC (I
2
C) / AUX UART
SIM card detection
SIM
UART
Power-On
Reset
Digital audio (I
2
S)
GPIO
Antenna detection
26 MHz
Duplexers
Filters
Switch
2G PA
32 kHz
LNAs
3G PA
 
Figure 3: SARA-U201 block diagram 
Memory
V_BCKP (RTC)
V_INT (I/O)
RF 
transceiver
Power
Management
Cellular
BaseBand
Processor
ANT
VCC (Supply)
USB
DDC (I
2
C)
SIM card detection
SIM
UART
Power-On
Reset
Digital audio (I
2
S)
GPIO
Antenna detection
3G PA
26 MHz
Duplexer
Filter
Switch
2G PA
LNA
32 kHz
 
Figure 4: SARA-U260 and SARA-U270 modules block diagram