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Figure 26: Coplanar Waveguide Design on a 4-layer PCB (Layer 4 as Reference Ground)
In order to ensure RF performance and reliability, the following principles should be complied with in RF
layout design:
Use an impedance simulation tool to accurately control the characteristic impedance of RF traces to
50
Ω.
The GND pins adjacent to RF pins should not be designed as thermal relief pads, and should be fully
connected to ground.
The distance between the RF pins and the RF connector should be as short as possible, and all the
right-angle traces should be changed to curved ones.
There should be clearance under the signal pin of the antenna connector or solder joint.
The reference ground of RF traces should be complete. Meanwhile, adding some ground vias around
RF traces and the reference ground could help to improve RF performance. The distance between
the ground vias and RF traces should be no less than two times as wide as RF signal traces (2*W).
For more details about RF layout, please refer to
document [4].
5.2. GNSS Antenna Interface
The following tables show the pin definition and frequency specification of GNSS antenna interface.
Table 28: Pin Definition of GNSS Antenna Interface
Pin Name
Pin No.
I/O
Description
Comment
ANT_GNSS
49
AI
GNSS antenna interface
50
Ω impedance
