LEA-6 / NEO-6 / MAX-6 - Hardware Integration Manual
UBX-14054794
Production Information
Design-in
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Vcc
Micro
Processor
(serial)
Passive Antenna
Backup
Battery
+
NEO-6
Top View
2
3
4
5
6
8
10
12
24
22
21
20
19
17
15
13
23
GND
Reserved
SS_N
TIMEPULSE
EXTINT0
USB_DM
USB_DP
VDDUSB
Reserved
VCC_RF
GND
GND
RF_IN
GND
VCC
V_BCKP
RxD1
TxD1
SCL2
SDA2
Reserved
CFG_GPS0/SCK
MISO/CFG_COM1
MOSI/CFG_COM0
14
16
11
9
7
1
18
USB port (Optional)
Micro
Processor
(USB)
LDO
LNA
SAW
Figure 25: NEO-6 passive antenna design for best performance (with external LNA and SAW)
Figure 26 below shows a passive antenna design for NEO-6 GPS modules with an external SAW-LNA-SAW for
best performance and increased immunity to jammers such as GSM. For lowest power in backup mode use
ANTOFF
Vcc
Micro
Processor
(serial)
Passive
Antenna
Backup
Battery
+
NEO-6
Top View
2
3
4
5
6
8
10
12
24
22
21
20
19
17
15
13
23
GND
Reserved
SS_N
TIMEPULSE
EXTINT0
USB_DM
USB_DP
VDDUSB
Reserved
VCC_RF
GND
GND
RF_IN
GND
VCC
V_BCKP
RxD1
TxD1
SCL2
SDA2
(ANTOFF)
CFG_GPS0/SCK
MISO/CFG_COM1
MOSI/CFG_COM0
14
16
11
9
7
1
18
USB port (Optional)
Micro
Processor
(USB)
LDO
SAW
LNA
SAW
inverter
on
VCC
Figure 26: NEO-6 passive antenna design for best performance and increased immunity to jammers such as GSM
For information on increasing immunity to jammers such as GSM, see section 3.3.8.
When using an external LNA in PSM on / off mode, pin 17 can be programmed as ANTOFF.
To configure the ANTOFF function, refer to the
u-blox 6 Receiver Description including Protocol
Specification
[3].
Use caution when implementing ANTOFF configuration since forward compatibility is not
guaranteed