Apple iPad 4 LTE A1459 Datasheet

Apple iPad 4 LTE A1459

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Quad-Band GSM/EDGE
W-CDMA/HSPA+ (850 / 900 / 1900/ 2100 MHz)
LTE (700 / 1700 MHz)
Sample Report

Product Description

The Cellular Apple iPad 4 A1459 tablet, which Apple ofcially
calls the “iPad with Retina Display,” is the company’s fourth­generation model in this family. It features a 9.7-in. LED-backlit
TFT-LCD Retina Display with QXGA (2048 x 1536) resolution,
16M colors, and multitouch capacitive touchscreen with Gorilla
Glass overlay. It runs the iOS 6.0 operating system on a dual­core 1.4 GHz Apple A6X SoC with quad-core graphics and 1
GB RAM. It also features 32 GB of internal memory (16 GB
and 64 GB models also available) but lacks a memory card
slot for external storage. There are also two cameras: a rear­facing 5 MP BSI CMOS “iSight” camera with autofocus, LED
ash, and HD (1080p) video capability; and a front-facing 1.2
MP “Facetime HD” camera with HD (720p) video capability.
Connectivity is provided by WiFi 802.11a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0,
GPS, microUSB 2.0, and a USB “Lightning” port (in place
of the previous Dock Connector port). Sensors include an
accelerometer, gyroscope, compass, and ambient light sensor.
The iPad 4 A1459 is powered by a large-capacity 3.7 V, 11,560
mAh Li-Polymer battery that supplies a listed 10 hours of use
time and 720 hours of standby.

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IC Die Count**
IC Package Count**

Retail Price

Product Dimensions (mm)

Total Manufacturing Cost*
Electronics Cost**

Integrated Circuits $117.09 35.9%

Modules, Discretes & Connectors $17.73 5.4%

Substrates

$12.35

3.8%

Component Insertion $8.14 2.5%
Card Test

$0.65

0.2%

Battery Subsystem $20.27

6.2%

Display / Touchscreen Subsystem $112.73 34.6%

Camera Subsystems $16.31 5.0%

Non-Electronic Parts $17.75 5.4%
Final Assembly & Test

$3.25

1.0%

Total

$326.27

100.0%

Key Subsystems

Secondary Camera

1.2 MP BSI CMOS, "Facetime HD" Video (720p)

Battery

3.7 V, 11,560 mAh, Li-Polymer

*Excluding Supporting Materials' Cost
**Including Subsystems

Dual-Core 1.4 GHz A6X SoC w/ Quad-Core
Graphics & 1 GB RAM

Accelerometer; Gyroscope; Compass;
Ambient Light

Sensors

Interface

Multitouch Capacitive Touchscreen; Home
Key; Up/Down Keys; Mute Key

Storage

Internal: 32 GB
External: N/A

$326.27

$729.00

Cost Metrics

Manufacturing Cost Breakdown

$216.29

9.7" TFT-LCD; 2048 x 1536 Pixels (264 ppi); 16,777,216 Colors; Gorilla Glass

Display

Communications

Quad-Band GSM/EDGE; Quad-Band W-CDMA/
HSPA+; LTE (700 MHz-Band XVII/1700 MHz­Band IV)

Connectivity

WiFi 802.11n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS,
microUSB 2.0, "Lightning" Port

Battery Life

Use Time: 10 hours
Standby: 720 hours

Processor

iPad 4 LTE A1459

Integrated Circuit Metrics

Main Camera

5.0 MP BSI CMOS, Autofocus, LED Flash, "iSight" HD Video (1080p)

85

64

iOS 6.0

Product Description

Product Type

Operating System

Tablet

Brand

Apple

Product Features

Official Release Date

11/16/2012

242 x 186 x 9.4

Weight (grams)

662

Product Name & Model #

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Main

Antenna

Main

Antenna

28

-

Skyworks

#SKY77497

W-CDMA Bands II & V PA

27 - Skyworks

#SKY77729

LTE Band XVII PA

30

-

TriQuint

#TQM666084

W-CDMA Band VIII PA

31

-

Skyworks

#SKY77352

Quad-Band GSM PA

Rx Diversity

Antenna

Rx Diversity

Antenna

DUPL

GPS AntennaGPS AntennaGPS Antenna

32 - Murata

#SWUA ?

Diversity Rx Antenna Switch

w/ SAW Filters

Baseband Processor

29 - Avago

#AFEM-7814

W-CDMA Band I & LTE Band IV PA

22

-

Qualcomm

#RTR8600

GSM / CDMA / W-CDMA / LTE RxD

Transceiver + GPS

33

-

Murata

#D06 ?

RF Antenna Switch

38

-

Analog Devices

#AD7149

Capacitance Sensor Controller

25 - Infineon

#BGM1032N7

GPS / GLONASS Front-End Module

Applications Processor

Estimated block diagram based on observation of this specific pr

oduct

implementation, manufacturer

’

s data sheets where available, and best
engineering judgment. Certain details of the interface circuitry are not
reflected in this block diagram. Partitioning and connectivity are speculative.

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-

Apple

#A6X / APL5598

Dual-Core Applications Processor (CPU)

w/ Quad-Core GPU

2

-

SanDisk

#SDMALBB4 032G

Multichip Memory - 32 GB MLC iNAND

Flash, Memory Controller

35 - STMicroelectronics

#L3G4200DH

3-Axis MEMS Gyroscope

36

-

STMicroelectronics

#LIS331DLH

3-Axis MEMS Accelerometer

37

-

AKM Semiconductor

#AK8975B

3-Axis Electronic Compass

LightningLightning

VibratorVibrator

15

-

TI

#CD3240B0

Touchscreen Line Driver ?

17 - Broadcom

#BCM5973A1

Touchscreen Controller

To Touchscreen

To Display

To Battery

3

-

Apple / Dialog Semi

#343S0622-A1 / D2018

Power Management

8

-

NXP Semiconductor

#CBTL1608A1

Display Port Multiplexer ?

16

-

Broadcom

#BCM5974

Touchscreen Controller

21

-

Qualcomm

#MDM9615M

Multimode Baseband

Processor

w/ Memory

23 - Winbond

#W25Q16DWBYIG

Serial Flash Memory - 2 MB

26

-

Qualcomm

#PM8018

Power Management

WiFi / BT AntennaWiFi / BT AntennaWiFi / BT Antenna

18

-

USI

#339S0175

WiFi 802.11a/b/g/n / Bluetooth / FM Radio

SpeakerSpeaker

MicrophoneMicrophone

SIMSIM

To Touchscreen

HeadsetHeadset

4

-

Apple / Cirrus Logic

#338S1077 / CS35L19

Audio Amplifier

SpeakerSpeaker

Transceiver

45

-

OmniVision

#OV2C3BH ?

1.2 MP BSI CMOS Image Sensor

Camera

45

-

OmniVision

#OV2C3BH ?

1.2 MP BSI CMOS Image Sensor

Camera

Capacitance Sensor Controller

14

- SK Hynix

#H9TCNNN4KDBMUR-NGM

Multichip Memory -

512 MB Mobile DDR2-S4 SDRAM

14 -

SK Hynix

#H9TCNNN4KDBMUR-NGM

Multichip Memory -

512 MB Mobile DDR2-S4 SDRAM

14

- SK Hynix

#H9TCNNN4KDBMUR-NGM

Multichip Memory -

512 MB Mobile DDR2-S4 SDRAM

14 -

SK Hynix

#H9TCNNN4KDBMUR-NGM

Multichip Memory -

512 MB Mobile DDR2-S4 SDRAM

47

-

OmniVision

#OV5650

5 MP BSI CMOS Image Sensor

Camera

47

-

OmniVision

#OV5650

5 MP BSI CMOS Image Sensor

Camera

46

-

AMS

#TSL2583

Ambient Light Sensor

5

-

Apple / Cirrus Logic

#338S1116 / CLI1586A1

Audio CODEC

4

-

Apple / Cirrus Logic

#338S1077 / CS35L19

Audio Amplifier

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oduct
implementation, manufacturer’s data sheets where available, and best
engineering judgment. Certain details of the interface circuitry are not
reflected in this block diagram. Partitioning and connectivity are speculative.

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-

Samsung

#S6C24A1X01

TFT

-

LCD Display Column Driver

49

-

Samsung

#S6C24A1X01

TFT

-

LCD Display Column Driver

49

-

Samsung

#S6C24A1X01

TFT

-

LCD Display Column Driver

49

-

Samsung

#S6C24A1X01

TFT

-

LCD Display Column Driver

49

-

Samsung

#S6C24A1X01

TFT

-

LCD Display Column Driver

49

-

Samsung

#S6C24A1X01

TFT

-

LCD Display Column Driver

50

-

Samsung

#S6CG246X01

TFT

-

LCD Display Row Driver

50

-

Samsung

#S6CG246X01

TFT

-

LCD Display Row Driver

50

-

Samsung

#S6CG246X01

TFT

-

LCD Display Row Driver

50

-

Samsung

#S6CG246X01

TFT

-

LCD Display Row Driver

51

-

RichTek

#RT9966GQW ?

Power Management

52

-

Integrated Memory Logic

#Iml7990

Programmable Gamma Buffer

53

-

Parade Technologies

#DP635

Display Port Timing Controller

Touchscreen

49

-

Samsung

#S6C24A1X01

TFT

-

LCD Display Column Driver

49

-

Samsung

#S6C24A1X01

TFT

-

LCD Display Column Driver

49

-

Samsung

#S6C24A1X01

TFT

-

LCD Display Column Driver

49

-

Samsung

#S6C24A1X01

TFT

-

LCD Display Column Driver

49

-

Samsung

#S6C24A1X01

TFT

-

LCD Display Column Driver

49

-

Samsung

#S6C24A1X01

TFT

-

LCD Display Column Driver

49

-

Samsung

#S6C24A1X01

TFT

-

LCD Display Column Driver

49

-

Samsung

#S6C24A1X01

TFT

-

LCD Display Column Driver

49

-

Samsung

#S6C24A1X01

TFT

-

LCD Display Column Driver

49

-

Samsung

#S6C24A1X01

TFT

-

LCD Display Column Driver

49

-

Samsung

#S6C24A1X01

TFT

-

LCD Display Column Driver

49

-

Samsung

#S6C24A1X01

TFT

-

LCD Display Column Driver

50

-

Samsung

#S6CG246X01

TFT

-

LCD Display Row Driver

50

-

Samsung

#S6CG246X01

TFT

-

LCD Display Row Driver

50

-

Samsung

#S6CG246X01

TFT

-

LCD Display Row Driver

50

-

Samsung

#S6CG246X01

TFT

-

LCD Display Row Driver

50

-

Samsung

#S6CG246X01

TFT

-

LCD Display Row Driver

50

-

Samsung

#S6CG246X01

TFT

-

LCD Display Row Driver

50

-

Samsung

#S6CG246X01

TFT

-

LCD Display Row Driver

50

-

Samsung

#S6CG246X01

TFT

-

LCD Display Row Driver

51

-

RichTek

#RT9966GQW ?

Power Management

52

-

Integrated Memory Logic

#Iml7990

Programmable Gamma Buffer

53

-

Parade Technologies

#DP635

Display Port Timing Controller

Touchscreen

40

-

Seiko Instruments

#S

-

8244

Secondary Battery Protection

41

-

Seiko Instruments

#S

-

8211

Battery Protection IC

44

-

TI

#BQ7541

Battery Fuel Gauge

Display

Battery

To Touchscreen Line Driver and Touchscreen Controller

To Applications Processor

To Power Management

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oduct

implementation, manufacturer

’

s data sheets where available, and best

engineering judgment. Certain details of the interface circuitry

are not

reflected in this block diagram. Partitioning and connectivity a

re speculative.

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Cost of Supporting Materials: $5.20

USB / Lightning Cable

-

$1.75

Documentation

- $0.10

AC Adapter - $2.40

Packaging - $0.90

SIM Card Extractor - $0.05

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Home Key

Capacitive

Touchscreen

Front

Camera

Ambient

Light Sensor

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Camera

On/Off &

Sleep/Wake Key

Microphone

3.5 mm Headset Jack

Micro SIM Card Tray

Micro SIM Card Release

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