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AirPrime AR7594

Hardware Integration Guide

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Page 2: ...erfere with various onboard systems Note Some airlines may permit the use of cellular phones while the aircraft is on the ground and the door is open Sierra Wireless modems may be used at this time The driver or operator of any vehicle should not operate the Sierra Wireless modem while in control of a vehicle Doing so will detract from the driver or operator s control and operation of that vehicle...

Page 3: ... logos are registered trademarks of Sierra Wireless Inc or one of its subsidiaries Watcher is a registered trademark of Netgear Inc used under license Windows and Windows Vista are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Macintosh and Mac OS X are registered trademarks of Apple Inc registered in the U S and other countries QUALCOMM is a registered trademark of QUALCOMM Incorporated Used und...

Page 4: ...XXXXXXXX Rev 0 12 January 16 2017 4 Hardware Integration Guide Document History Version Date Updates 0 1 October 26 2017 Creation 0 2 November 03 2017 Add comments for end device antenna trace design ...

Page 5: ...4 2 GNSS Antenna Interface 17 1 4 2 1 GNSS Antenna Recommendations 17 1 5 Electrical Specifications 17 1 5 1 Absolute Maximum Ratings 17 1 5 2 Digital IO Characteristics 18 2 AUDIO SPECIFICATION 21 2 1 Digital Audio 21 3 ROUTING CONSTRAINTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 22 3 1 RF Routing Recommendations 22 3 2 USB Routing Recommendations 24 3 3 Power and Ground Recommendations 24 3 4 Antenna Recommendations...

Page 6: ...XXXXXXXX Rev 0 12 January 16 2017 6 Hardware Integration Guide 7 ABBREVIATIONS 30 ...

Page 7: ... Figure 1 AppCAD Screenshot for Microstrip Design Power Mode Diagram 22 Figure 2 RF Routing Examples 23 Figure 3 Coplanar Clearance Example 23 Figure 4 Antenna Microstrip Routing Example 24 Figure 5 AirPrime AR759x Series Interface Reference Circuit 25 ...

Page 8: ...tput Power Tolerances LTE Bands 13 Table 12 Conducted RX Sensitivity 3GPP BW 10MHz LTE Bands1 4 13 Table 13 Conducted RX Sensitivity SISO BW 10MHz LTE Bands1 14 Table 14 14 Table 15 WWAN Antenna Interface Pads 14 Table 16 AirPrime AR759x Series WWAN Antenna Recommendations 14 Table 17 GNSS Specifications 16 Table 18 GNSS Antenna Interface Pads 17 Table 19 AirPrime AR759x Series Absolute Maximum Ra...

Page 9: ... Band Support Target Region1 AR7594 LTE CA WCDMA GSM GPRS EDGE embedded module LTE B1 B3 B7 B8 B20 B28A B32 WCDMA B1 B3 B8 GSM GPRS EDGE 900 1800 EMEA Europe Middle East Table 2 AirPrime AR759x Series Supported Carrier Aggregation Combinations1 Mode AR7594 Intra band CA 2CC Non contiguous 3A 3A 7A 7A Intra band CA 2CC Contiguous 1C 3C 7C Inter band CA 2CC 1A 3A 1A 7A 1A 8A 1A 20A 3A 7A 3A 8A 3A 20...

Page 10: ...me AR759x are specified in the following table Note All values presented in the table below are preliminary Table 5 Conducted TX Transmit Max output Power Tolerances GSM EDGE Bands Band Standard 1 dBm 1 Standard 2 dBm 2 TX Power 25 C dBm TX Power Class A dBm 3 Notes GSM 850 33 2dB 33 2 5dB 33 2dB 33 2 5dB GMSK mode connectorized Class 4 2 W 33 dBm GSM 1900 30 2dB 30 2 5dB 30 2dB 30 2 5dB GMSK mode...

Page 11: ...wer The WCDMA Maximum Transmitter Output Power of the AirPrime AR759x Series is specified in the following table Note All values presented in the table below are preliminary Table 7 Conducted TX Transmit Max output Power Tolerances WCDMA Bands Band1 Limit dBm 2 Room dBm Class A Extreme dBm 3 B1 24 1 7 3 7dB 23 5 2 2 2 7dB 23 2 7 2 2dB B2 24 1 7 3 7dB 23 5 2 2 2 7dB 23 2 7 2 2dB B3 24 1 7 3 7dB 23 ...

Page 12: ...ve Sensitivity UMTS Bands1 Table 10 Band Room Typical dBm Class A Extreme Typical dBm 2 Class A Limit dBm B1 110 5 109 5 107 5 B2 110 5 110 105 5 B3 111 110 104 5 B4 111 110 107 5 B5 111 5 110 5 105 5 B6 111 5 110 5 107 5 B8 111 5 110 5 104 5 1 CS 0 1 BER 12 2 kbps 2 Test at Class A extreme condition 1 3 3 LTE RF Interface This section presents the LTE RF Specification for the AirPrime AR759x Seri...

Page 13: ...vity The LTE Receiver Sensitivities of the AirPrime AR759x Series are specified in the following table Note For the table below Dual receiver SIMO per 3GPP TS 36 521 1 Rx Sensitivity Specification Sensitivity values scale with bandwidth x_MHz_Sensitivity 10 MHz_Sensitivity 10 log 10 MHz x_MHz 10 MHz BW and 50 RB DownLink and Up Link RB configuration is as 3GPP TS 36 521 1 Table 7 3 5 2 All values ...

Page 14: ...fined in 3 3 Environmental 1 3 4 WWAN Antenna Interface The WWAN Antenna Interfaces of the AirPrime AR759x Series are defined in the table below Table 15 WWAN Antenna Interface Pads Pad Name Direction Function BA11 GND Primary Antenna Ground BA12 PRIMARY_ANT Input Output Primary Antenna Interface BA13 GND Primary Antenna Ground BB11 GND Primary Antenna Ground BB12 GND Primary Antenna Ground BA7 GN...

Page 15: ...requirement need to be maintained for optimum operation Make sure all other wireless devices Bluetooth or WLAN antennas etc are turned OFF to avoid interference Maximum Voltage applied to antenna 36 Volts Power handling 2 W RF power on low bands 1 W on high bands Measure power endurance over 4 hours estimated talk time using a 2 W CW signal set the CW test signal frequency to the middle of the PCS...

Page 16: ...t 1 second for standalone GNSS and AGNSS Warm start 3 seconds with AGNSS Cold start 30 seconds for standalone GNSS and 5 seconds for AGNSS Sensitivity GPS GLONASS BeiDou Tracking 4 5 6 161 dBm Cold start Acquisition 145 dBm Hot start Acquisition 158 dBm Horizontal Position accuracy 1 3 4 5 6 2 5 7 Altitude accuracy 1 3 4 5 6 4 8 7 Velocity accuracy 1 3 4 5 6 0 1 Tracking update rates 1 Hz to 10 Hz...

Page 17: ...GNSS Antenna Interface is defined in the table below Table 18 GNSS Antenna Interface Pads Pad Name Direction Function BA4 GND GNSS Antenna Ground BA5 GNSS_ANT Input GNSS Antenna Interface BA6 GND GNSS Antenna Ground BB4 GND GNSS Antenna Ground BB5 GND GNSS Antenna Ground 1 4 2 1 GNSS Antenna Recommendations To be added in a future revision 1 5 Electrical Specifications This section provides detail...

Page 18: ...al Parameter Comments Min Typ Max Units VIH High level input voltage CMOS Schmitt 0 65 VCC_1V8 VCC_1V8 0 3 V VIL Low level input voltage CMOS Schmitt 0 3 0 35 VCC_1V8 V VOH High level output voltage CMOS at pin rated drive strength VCC_1V8 0 45 VCC_1V8 V VOL Low level output voltage CMOS at pin rated drive strength 0 0 45 V VOH PM High level output voltage CMOS at pin rated drive strength 1 50 VCC...

Page 19: ...pull down 5 µA IIL Input low leakage current No pull up 5 µA VOH High level output voltage CMOS at rated drive strength 1 4 V VOL Low level output voltage CMOS at rated drive strength 0 45 V IOZH Tri state leakage current Logic high out no pull down 5 µA IOZL Tri state leakage current Logic High with pull up 5 µA Table 22 Digital IO Characteristics for SDIO VCC 2 85V Nominal Parameter Comments Min...

Page 20: ...rent CMOS at rated drive strength 0 0 45 V IOZH Tri state leakage current Logic high out no pull down 5 µA IOZL Tri state leakage current Logic High with pull up 5 µA Table 24 Digital IO Characteristics for UICC_VCC 2 85V Nominal Parameter Comments Min Typ Max Units VIH High level input voltage CMOS Schmitt 0 7 UICC_VCC UICC_VCC 0 3 V VIL Low level input voltage CMOS Schmitt 0 3 0 2 UICC_VCC V VSH...

Page 21: ...Open I2S I2S_WS I2S Word Select DC2 PCM PCM_DOUT Output PCM Data Out Leave Open I2S I2S_DOUT I2S Data Out DD2 PCM PCM_DIN Input PCM Data In Leave Open I2S I2S_DIN I2S Data In DD3 PCM2 PCM_CLK Output PCM Clock Leave Open I2 S2 I2S_SCLK I2 S Bit Clock DD4 PCM2 PCM_FS Output PCM Frame Sync Leave Open I2 S2 I2S_WS I2 S Word Select DE2 PCM2 PCM_DOUT Output PCM Data Out Leave Open I2 S2 I2S_DOUT I2 S Da...

Page 22: ... of the material used trace width W trace thickness T and height H between the trace and the reference ground plane In order to respect this constraint Sierra Wireless recommends that a MicroStrip structure be used and trace width be computed with a simulation tool such as AppCAD shown in the figure below and available free of charge at http www avagotech com Figure 1 AppCAD Screenshot for Microst...

Page 23: ...corners A smooth radius is recommended E g Use of 45 angles instead of 90 The ground reference plane should be a solid continuous plane under the trace The coplanar clearance G below from the trace to the ground should be at least the trace width W and at least twice the height H This reduces the parasitic capacitance which potentially alters the trace impedance and increases the losses E g If W 1...

Page 24: ... adjacent signals SuperSpeed USB adds two differential pairs SSRX SSRX and SSTX SSTX These pairs should be routed with the following considerations constraints 90 Ohm differential 15 trace impedance Differential trace length pair matching 0 7mm 5 ps Trace lengths 112 mm And GND isolation from other adjacent traces with minimum of 2x the SSRX SSTX trace wdith 3 3 Power and Ground Recommendations Po...

Page 25: ...e voltage translation This allows a host processor operating at a different voltage to communicate with the AirPrime AR759x Series using the appropriate voltage levels The figure below is a reference circuit for a digital input output signal to from the AirPrime AR759x Series VCCA VCCB DIR A B GPIOx VCC_1V8 ApplVcc 1 2V 3 6V ApplGPIOx Direction L B to A H A to B Figure 5 AirPrime AR759x Series Int...

Page 26: ...erface protocols GNSS engine IMS protocol stack AT Command Processor New AT commands will be added by Sierra Wireless See document 8 for the complete list of AT Commands for the AirPrime AR759x Series Data services Drivers BSP Some modifications will be made to ensure the firmware can communicate with the AirPrime AR759x Series hardware properly UICC functions Memory Management Built in redundancy...

Page 27: ...ignals that could interfere with this equipment In an aircraft the AirPrime AR7594 device MUST BE POWERED OFF Otherwise the AirPrime AR7594 device can transmit signals that could interfere with various onboard systems and may be dangerous to the operation of the aircraft or disrupt the cellular network Use of cellular phone in aircraft is illegal in some jurisdictions Failure to observe this instr...

Page 28: ... end product into which the AirPrime AR7594 device is incorporated with a statement similar to the following This device contains FCC ID N7NAR7594 6 A user manual with the end product must clearly indicate the operating requirements and conditions that must be observed to ensure compliance with current FCC RF exposure guidelines The end product with an embedded AirPrime AR7594 device may also need...

Page 29: ... Command Interface Specification 4112841 V1 5 Sierra Wireless 9 AirPrime AR7xxx Firmware Download Guide Sierra Wireless 10 AirPrime AR759x Thermal Management Application Note 2174114 V1 0 Sierra Wireless 11 AirPrime AR759x Current Consumption Application Note 2174115 V1 0 Sierra Wireless 12 AirPrime AR Series Hardware Compatibility APN 4116174 V0 8 Sierra Wireless 13 AirPrime AR7552 Hardware Integ...

Page 30: ...ommunications HSPA High Speed Packet Access I2S Inter IC Sound LTE Long Term Evolution PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express PCM Pulse Coded Modulation PMIC Power Management Integrated Circuit SCI Slot Cycle Index SDIO Secure Digital Input Output SPI Serial Peripheral Interface TDD Time Division Duplex TD SCDMA Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access UART Universal Asynchr...

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