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2.3. Functional Diagram
The following figure shows a block diagram of EM160R-GL.
ANT_CONFIG
DPR
(U)SIM
PCIe 2.0
×
1
ANT_DIV/GNSS
ANT_MAIN
MIMO1
38.4MHz XO
Qlink
Control
Tx
PRx
DRx
PCI Express M.2
Key-B Interface
FULL_CARD_POWER_OFF#
W_DISABLE2#
WWAN_LED#
WAKE_ON_WAN#
RFFE
W_DISABLE1#
MIMO2
GND
RESET#
VCC
S
P
M
I
B
B
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C
L
K
1
9
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M
H
z
R
F
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C
L
K
3
8
.4
M
H
z
E
B
I1
E
B
I2
PMIC
4Gb 8 bit NAND Flash
2Gb 16 bit LPDDR4X SDRAM
Baseband
T
ra
n
s
c
e
iv
e
r
T
x
/R
x
B
lo
c
k
s
ET
MIMO1
MIMO2
GNSS
eSIM
Figure 1: Functional Diagram
2.4. EVB Kit
Quectel supplies an evaluation board (5G-M2 EVB) with accessories to develop and test the module. For
more details, see
document [2]