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LE920 Hardware User Guide

1vv0301026 Rev.0 - draft4 – 2013-05-

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LE920 Mechanical Dimensions 

The Telit LE920 module overall dimensions are:  

 Length: 

  34 

mm 

 

Width:   

40 mm 

 Thickness: 

 

2.9 

mm 

 

2.3.

 

Weight 

 

The module weight of LE920-EU/NA is about 9.0 gram. 

 

Summary of Contents for LE920

Page 1: ...L LE920 H Hardware User Guide 1vv0301026 Rev 0 draft4 2013 05 21 Preliminary...

Page 2: ...ware User Guide 1vv0301026 Rev 0 draft4 2013 05 Reproduction forbidden without written authorization from Telit Communications S p A All Rights Reserved Page 2 of 76 APPLICABILITY TABLE PRODUCT LE920...

Page 3: ...rve for Telit and its licensors certain exclusive rights for copyrighted material including the exclusive right to copy reproduce in any form distribute and make derivative works of the copyrighted ma...

Page 4: ...ranslated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means without prior written permission of Telit High Risk Materials Components units or third party products used in the product...

Page 5: ...n 12 2 1 Overview 12 2 2 LE920 Mechanical Dimensions 13 2 3 Weight 13 2 4 Environmental requirements 14 2 4 1 Temperature range 14 2 4 2 RoHS compliance 14 2 5 Operating Frequency 15 2 5 1 1 WCDMA1700...

Page 6: ...36 5 2 1 3 Battery Source Power Supply Design Guidelines 38 5 2 2 Thermal Design Guidelines 39 5 2 3 Power Supply PCB Layout Guidelines 40 6 Antenna s 42 6 1 GSM WCDMA LTE Antenna Requirements 42 6 2...

Page 7: ...k Service Availability 59 11 6 RTC Bypass Out 60 11 7 VAUX Power Output 60 12 ADC section 61 12 1 ADC Converter 61 12 1 1 Description 61 12 1 2 Using ADC Converter 61 13 Mounting the module on your bo...

Page 8: ...4 2013 05 Reproduction forbidden without written authorization from Telit Communications S p A All Rights Reserved Page 8 of 76 15 Packing system 72 15 1 Tray Drawing 73 15 2 Moisture Sensibility 74 1...

Page 9: ...about to implement their applications using our LE920 module 1 3 Contact Information Support For general contact technical support to report documentation errors and to order manuals contact Telit s T...

Page 10: ...Commands How to control the module via hardware Chapter 5 Power Supply deals on supply and consumption Chapter 6 Antenna The antenna connection and board layout design are the most important parts in...

Page 11: ...may occur Caution or Warning Alerts the user to important points about integrating the module if these points are not followed the module and end user equipment may fail or malfunction Tip or Informa...

Page 12: ...ions to be avoided must be considered as mandatory while the suggested hardware configurations must not be considered mandatory instead the information given must be used as a guide and a starting poi...

Page 13: ...en without written authorization from Telit Communications S p A All Rights Reserved Page 13 of 76 2 2 LE920 Mechanical Dimensions The Telit LE920 module overall dimensions are Length 34 mm Width 40 m...

Page 14: ...fully meets the ETSI specifications 40 C 85 C The module is fully functional in all the temperature range Temperatures outside of the range 20 C 55 C might slightly deviate from ETSI specifications St...

Page 15: ...5 1805 1880 512 885 95MHz PCS1900 1850 1910 1930 1990 512 810 80MHz WCDMA2100 B1 LE920 both models 1920 1980 2110 2170 Tx 9612 9888 Rx 10562 10838 190MHz WCDMA1900 B2 LE920 NA only 1850 1910 1930 1990...

Page 16: ...1880 Tx 19200 19949 Rx 1200 1949 95MHz LTE1700 B4 LE920 NA only 1710 1755 2110 2155 Tx 19950 20399 Rx 1950 2399 400MHz LTE850 B5 LE920 NA only 824 849 869 894 Tx 20400 20649 Rx 2400 2649 45MHz LTE2600...

Page 17: ...ady signal DSR to DTE 1 8V AJ18 C125 RING O Output for Ring indicator signal RI to DTE 1 8V Asynchronous Auxiliary UART AB19 TXD_AUX O Auxillary UART TX Data to DTE 1 8V AD19 RXD_AUX I Auxillary UART...

Page 18: ...Command for Power ON Active Low AN12 SHDN_N I Unconditional Shut down Input Active Low F17 VRTC AI VRTC Backup Capacitor Power To be used to back up the RTC section P17 VAUX PWRMON O Supply Output for...

Page 19: ...Ground D7 GND Ground E18 GND Ground F1 GND Ground G18 GND Ground H19 GND Ground M1 GND Ground N2 GND Ground P1 GND Ground P3 GND Ground R2 GND Ground T2 GND Ground T18 GND Ground U1 GND Ground V18 GND...

Page 20: ...ND Ground AR6 GND Ground AR8 GND Ground AR10 GND Ground AR12 GND Ground AR14 GND Ground AR16 GND Ground AS5 GND Ground AS7 GND Ground AS9 GND Ground AS11 GND Ground AS13 GND Ground AS15 GND Ground AT4...

Page 21: ...d G2 Reserved Reserved H1 Reserved Reserved H3 Reserved Reserved H17 Reserved Reserved J2 Reserved Reserved J18 Reserved Reserved K1 Reserved Reserved K3 Reserved Reserved K17 Reserved Reserved K19 Re...

Page 22: ...TR pin must be connected in order to enter LE920 s power saving mode RI pin must be connected in order to wake up the host when a call is coming in sleep mode of host RTS must be connected to the GND...

Page 23: ...L LE920 Hardware User Guide 1vv0301026 Rev 0 draft4 2013 05 Reproduction forbidden without written authorization from Telit Communications S p A All Rights Reserved Page 23 of 76 AU11 AU15 AS1 ON OFF...

Page 24: ...without written authorization from Telit Communications S p A All Rights Reserved Page 24 of 76 3 1 1 LGA Pads Layout NOTE The pin defined as RES has to be considered RESERVED and not connected on an...

Page 25: ...w 4 2 Initialization and Activation state Upon turning on LE920 module The LE920 is not activated yet because the boot sequence of LE920 is still going on internally It takes about 10 seconds to compl...

Page 26: ...bring to latch up problems on the LE920 power regulator and improper power on off of the module The line ON must be connected only in open collector configuration NOTE In this document all the lines a...

Page 27: ...itional shutdown When the device is shut down by software command or by hardware shutdown it issues to the network a detach request that informs the network that the device will not be reachable any m...

Page 28: ...oes into the finalization state and finally will shut down PWRMON at the end of this state The period of the finalization state can differ according to the situation in which the LE920 is so it cannot...

Page 29: ...sed When the hold time of ON OFF is above 2 seconds LE920 goes into the finalization state and finally will shut down PWRMON at the end of this state The period of the finalization state can differ ac...

Page 30: ...A simple circuit to do it is NOTE Do not use any pull up resistor on the RESET line or any totem pole digital output Using pull up resistor may bring to latch up problems on the LE920 power regulator...

Page 31: ...example 1 Let us assume you need to drive the RESET pad with a totem pole output of a 1 8 5 V microcontroller uP_OUT2 4 3 4 Hardware Unconditional Shutdown To unconditionally Shutdown LE920 the pad SH...

Page 32: ...ing ON and OFF NOTE Do not use any pull up resistor on the SHDN_N line or any totem pole digital output Using pull up resistor may bring to latch up problems on the LE920 power regulator and improper...

Page 33: ...current consumption Mode Average mA Mode Description SWITCHED OFF Module supplied but switched Off Switched Off 40 uA IDLE mode Standby mode no call in progress AT CFUN 1 WCDMA 16 Normal mode full fu...

Page 34: ...is not continuous and it is packed into bursts at a base frequency of about 216 Hz and the relative current peaks can be as high as about 2A Therefore the power supply has to be designed in order to w...

Page 35: ...ically automotive x battery 5 2 1 1 5V Input Source Power Supply Design Guidelines x The desired output for the power supply is 3 8V hence there is not a big difference between the input source and th...

Page 36: ...ent response This allows the regulator to respond quickly to the current peaks absorption x In any case the frequency and Switching design selection is related to the application to be developed due t...

Page 37: ...ft4 2013 05 Reproduction forbidden without written authorization from Telit Communications S p A All Rights Reserved Page 37 of 76 An example of switching regulator with 12V input is in the below sche...

Page 38: ...ver the absolute maximum voltage for LE920 and damage it NOTE Do not use any Ni Cd Ni MH and Pb battery types directly connected with LE920 Their use can lead to overvoltage on LE920 and damage it Use...

Page 39: ...minutes and then remains for quite a long time in idle let us say one hour then the power supply has always the time to cool down between the calls and the heat sink could be smaller than the calcula...

Page 40: ...power regulator IC must be wide enough to ensure no voltage drops to occur when the 2A current peaks are absorbed Note that this is not made in order to save power loss but especially to avoid the vol...

Page 41: ...ft4 2013 05 Reproduction forbidden without written authorization from Telit Communications S p A All Rights Reserved Page 41 of 76 x The power supply input cables must be kept separately from noise se...

Page 42: ...rder to connect with it or with its connector This transmission line shall fulfill the following requirements GSM WCDMA LTE Antenna Requirements Frequency range Depending by frequency band s provided...

Page 43: ...und 0 3dB x Line geometry should have uniform characteristics constant cross section avoid meanders and abrupt curves x Any kind of suitable geometry structure can be used for implementing the printed...

Page 44: ...Depending by frequency band s provided by the network operator the customer shall use the most suitable antenna for that those band s Bandwidth LE920 EU LE920 NA WCDMA band I 2100 250 MHz WCDMA band...

Page 45: ...n external passive antenna GNSS pre Filter NOTE The external GNSS pre Filter shall be required for GLONASS application GNSS pre Filter requirement shall fulfill the following requirements z Source and...

Page 46: ...tenna pad of the LE920 then a PCB line is required This line of transmission shall fulfill the following requirements Antenna Line on PCB Requirements Characteristic Impedance 50Ohm Max Attenuation 0...

Page 47: ...care of shielding of antenna line by burying it inside the layers of PCB and surround it with Ground planes or shield it with a metal frame cover x If you do not have EM noisy devices around the PCB o...

Page 48: ...ations used in the Telit LE920 interface circuits NOTE Do not connect LE920 s digital logic signal directly to OEM s digital logic signal of with level higher than 2 7V for 1 8V CMOS signals For 1 8V...

Page 49: ...nostic monitoring control and data transfers The USB_DPLUS and USB_DMINUS signals have a clock rate of 480MHz The signal traces should be routed carefully Trace lengths number of vias and capacitive l...

Page 50: ...or other voltages different from 1 8V Depending on the type of serial port on the OEM hardware a level translator circuit may be needed to make the system work The only configuration that does not ne...

Page 51: ...8 Data Set Ready Output from the LE920 that indicates the module is ready 7 RTS rts_uart AA18 Request to Send Input to the LE920 that controls the Hardware flow control 8 CTS cts_uart AK19 Clear to Se...

Page 52: ...signals with lower levels on the RS232 side EIA TIA 562 allowing a lower voltage multiplying ratio on the level translator Note that the negative signal voltage must be less than 0V and hence some so...

Page 53: ...AXIM transceiver MAX218 In this case the chipset is capable of translating directly from 1 8V to the RS232 levels Example on 4 signals only NOTE In this case has to be taken in account the length of t...

Page 54: ...20 module can be connected to external codec through digital interface The product is providing one Digital Audio Interface DVI on the following Pins PAD Signal I O Function Type COMMENT D11 DVI_WA0 I...

Page 55: ...L LE920 Hardware User Guide 1vv0301026 Rev 0 draft4 2013 05 Reproduction forbidden without written authorization from Telit Communications S p A All Rights Reserved Page 55 of 76...

Page 56: ...vailable on the LE920 PAD Signal I O Function Type Drive Strength F9 GPIO_01 I O Configurable GPIO BH PD 1 8V 2 mA E10 GPIO_02 I O Configurable GPIO BH PD 1 8V 2 mA F11 GPIO_03 I O Configurable GPIO B...

Page 57: ...digital pin when on 0 3V 2 16 V Input voltage on analog pins when on 0 3V 2 16 V Operating Range Interface levels 1 8V CMOS Level LE920 Min Max Input high level 1 5V 2 1V Input low level 0 3V 0 5V Ou...

Page 58: ...rization from Telit Communications S p A All Rights Reserved Page 58 of 76 11 3 Using a GPIO Pad as Output The GPIO pads when used as outputs can drive 1 8V CMOS digital devices or compatible hardware...

Page 59: ...to High Logic level a GPIO when the maximum temperature is reached 11 5 Indication of Network Service Availability The STAT_LED pin status shows information on the network service availability and cal...

Page 60: ...off To this power output a backup capacitor can be added in order to increase the RTC autonomy during power off of the battery NOTE NO devices must be powered from this pin 11 7 VAUX Power Output A r...

Page 61: ...ad a voltage level in the range of 0 2 volts applied on the ADC pin input and store and convert it into 8 bit word Min Max Units Input Voltage range 0 1 7 Volt AD conversion 8 bits Resolution 6 6 mV T...

Page 62: ...n without written authorization from Telit Communications S p A All Rights Reserved Page 62 of 76 13 Mounting the module on your board 13 1 General The LE920 modules have been designed in order to be...

Page 63: ...on 198 pads Top View In order to easily rework the LE920 it is suggested to consider on the application having a 1 5 mm placement inhibit area around the module It is also suggested as a common rule f...

Page 64: ...3 4 Stencil Stencil s apertures layout can be the same as the recommended footprint 1 1 A suggested thickness of stencil foil is greater than 120 m 13 5 PCB Pad Design Non solder mask defined NSMD typ...

Page 65: ...ee following figure Holes in pad are allowed only for blind holes and not for through holes Recommendations for PCB Pad Surfaces Finish Layer thickness um Properties Electro less Ni Immersion Au 3 7 0...

Page 66: ...ten authorization from Telit Communications S p A All Rights Reserved Page 66 of 76 13 7 Solder Paste Solder Paste Lead free Sn Ag Cu We recommend using only no clean solder paste in order to avoid th...

Page 67: ...Temperature Max Tsmax Time min to max ts 150 C 200 C 60 180 seconds Tsmax to TL Ramp up Rate 3 C second max Time maintained above Temperature TL Time tL 217 C 60 150 seconds Peak Temperature Tp 245 0...

Page 68: ...debug the mounting of LE920 we strongly recommend to foresee test pads on the host PCB in order to check the connection between the LE920 itself and the application and to test the performance of the...

Page 69: ...the capacitance of the capacitors need to be selected accordingly The capacitor will also avoid the ripple of the power supplies and the switching noise caused in TDMA system like GSM Specially the su...

Page 70: ...SIMRST O External SIM signal Reset 8KV 15KV B9 SIMIO I O External SIM signal Data I O 8KV 15KV A10 SIMCLK O External SIM signal Clock 8KV 15KV Miscellaneous Functions A18 USB_VBUS AI Power sense for t...

Page 71: ...it s software and debug LE920 when LE920 is already mounted on a host system Users who use both of UART and USB interfaces to communicate LE920 Must implement a download method in a host system for up...

Page 72: ...ft4 2013 05 Reproduction forbidden without written authorization from Telit Communications S p A All Rights Reserved Page 72 of 76 15 Packing system The Telit LE920 is packaged on trays Each tray cont...

Page 73: ...L LE920 Hardware User Guide 1vv0301026 Rev 0 draft4 2013 05 Reproduction forbidden without written authorization from Telit Communications S p A All Rights Reserved Page 73 of 76 15 1 Tray Drawing...

Page 74: ...Reserved Page 74 of 76 WARNIG These trays can withstand a maximum temperature of 65 15 2 Moisture Sensibility The LE920 is a Moisture Sensitive Device level 3 in accordance with standard IPC JEDEC J...

Page 75: ...autions have to be taken for the SIM checking carefully the instruction for its use Do not insert or remove the SIM when the product is in power saving mode The system integrator is responsible of the...

Page 76: ...expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void your authority to operate the equipment This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules Operation is subject to the following t...

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