GSM/GPRS Module Series
M66 Hardware Design
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3.3. Power Supply
3.3.1. Power Features of Module
The power supply is one of the key issues in designing GSM terminals. Because of the 577us radio burst
in GSM every 4.615ms, power supply must be able to deliver high current peaks in a burst period. During
these peaks, drops on the supply voltage must not exceed minimum working voltage of module.
For the M66 module, the max current consumption could reach to 1.6A during a burst transmission. It will
cause a large voltage drop on the VBAT. In order to ensure stable operation of the module, it is
recommended that the max voltage drop during the burst transmission does not exceed 400mV.
Vdrop
4.615ms
577us
IBAT
VBAT
Burst:1.6A
Figure 3: Voltage Ripple during Transmitting
POWER DOWN
Normal shutdown by sending the
AT+QPOWD=1
command or using the
PWRKEY pin. The power management ASIC disconnects the power supply from
the base band part of the module, and only the power supply for the RTC is
remained. Software is not active. The UART interfaces are not accessible.
Operating voltage (connected to VBAT) remains applied.
Minimum
Functionality Mode
(without removing
power supply)
AT+CFUN
command can set the module to a minimum functionality mode
without removing the power supply. In this case, the RF part of the module will not
work or the SIM card will not be accessible, or both RF part and SIM card will be
disabled, but the UART port is still accessible. The power consumption in this
case is very low.
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