
LPWA Module Series
BC950N-N1 Hardware Design
4.3. RF Antenna Reference Design
BC950N-N1 provides an RF antenna pad for external NB-IoT antenna connection.
The RF trace on host PCB connected to the module’s RF antenna pad should be coplanar
waveguide or microstrip, whose characteristic impedance should be close to 50Ω.
BC950N-N1 comes with ground pads which are next to the antenna pad in order to give a better
grounding.
In order to achieve better RF performance, it is recommended to reserve
a π type matching circuit
and
place the π
-type matching components (R1/C1/C2) as close to the antenna as possible. By
default, t
he capacitors (C1/C2) are not mounted and a 0Ω resistor is mounted on R1.
A reference design of the RF interface is shown as below.
B4
2110MHz~2155MHz
1710MHz~1755MHz
B5
869MHz~894MHz
824MHz~849MHz
B8
925MHz~960MHz
880MHz~915 MHz
B12
729MHz~746MHz
699MHz~716MHz
B13
746MHz~756MHz
777MHz~787MHz
B17
734MHz~746MHz
704MHz~716MHz
B18
860MHz~875MHz
815MHz~830MHz
B19
875MHz~890MHz
830MHz~845MHz
B20
791MHz~821MHz
832MHz~862MHz
B25
1930MHz~1995MHz
1850MHz~1915MHz
B26
859MHz~894MHz
814MHz~849MHz
B28
758MHz~803MHz
703MHz~748MHz
B31
462.5MHz~467.5MHz
452.5MHz-457.5MHz
B66
2110MHz~2200MHz
1710MHz~1780MHz
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