Gemalto M2M AH3-US Integration Manual
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Hardware Interface Overview
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Contents
1 Introduction.................................................................................................................6
1.1 Related Documents ........................................................................................... 6
1.2 Terms and Abbreviations ................................................................................... 6
1.3 Regulatory and Type Approval Information ....................................................... 9
1.3.1 Directives and Standards...................................................................... 9
1.3.2 SAR requirements specific to portable mobiles .................................. 12
1.3.3 SELV Requirements ........................................................................... 13
1.3.4 Safety Precautions.............................................................................. 13
2 Product Concept.......................................................................................................15
2.1 Key Features at a Glance ................................................................................ 15
2.2 AH3-US System Overview............................................................................... 18
3 Application Interface................................................................................................. 19
3.1 Operating Modes ............................................................................................. 20
3.2 Power Supply................................................................................................... 21
3.3 USB Interface................................................................................................... 22
3.4 Serial Interface ASC0 ...................................................................................... 23
3.5 UICC/SIM/USIM Interface................................................................................ 25
3.6 Analog Audio Interface..................................................................................... 27
3.7 Pulse Code Modulation Interface (PCM) ......................................................... 27
3.8 Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC)................................................................... 27
3.9 GPIO Interface ................................................................................................. 27
4 GPS Receiver............................................................................................................. 28
5 Antenna Interfaces....................................................................................................29
5.1 GSM/UMTS Antenna Interface ........................................................................ 29
5.1.1 RF Antenna Pad ................................................................................. 29
5.1.1.1 Pogo Pins............................................................................ 30
5.2 GPS Antenna Interface .................................................................................... 32
6 Mechanics..................................................................................................................33
6.1 Mechanical Dimensions of AH3-US................................................................. 33
6.2 Mounting AH3-US to the Application Platform ................................................. 35
6.3 Board-to-Board Application Connector ............................................................ 35
7 Reference Approval..................................................................................................39
7.1 Reference Equipment for Type Approval......................................................... 39
7.2 Compliance with FCC and IC Rules and Regulations ..................................... 40
8 Appendix....................................................................................................................41
8.1 List of Parts and Accessories........................................................................... 41
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Tables
Table 1: Directives ......................................................................................................... 9
Table 2: Standards of North American type approval .................................................... 9
Table 3: Standards of European type approval.............................................................. 9
Table 4: Requirements of quality ................................................................................. 10
Table 5: Standards of the Ministry of Information Industry of the
People’s Republic of China............................................................................ 10
Table 6: Toxic or hazardous substances or elements with defined concentration
limits............................................................................................................... 11
Table 7: Overview of operating modes ........................................................................ 20
Table 8: DCE-DTE wiring of ASC0 .............................................................................. 24
Table 9: Signals of the SIM interface (board-to-board connector) ............................... 25
Table 10: Return loss in the active band........................................................................ 29
Table 11: Pogo pins characteristics ............................................................................... 30
Table 12: Technical specifications of Molex board-to-board connector......................... 36
Table 13: List of parts and accessories.......................................................................... 41
Table 14: Molex sales contacts (subject to change) ...................................................... 42
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Figures
Figure 1: AH3-US system overview .............................................................................. 18
Figure 2: USB circuit ..................................................................................................... 22
Figure 3: Serial interface ASC0..................................................................................... 23
Figure 4: UICC/SIM/USIM interface .............................................................................. 26
Figure 5: RF antenna pad size...................................................................................... 29
Figure 6: Pogo pins dimensions.................................................................................... 30
Figure 7: Exploded view of module’s antenna pads mounted on Pogo pins................. 31
Figure 8: AH3-US – top view........................................................................................ 33
Figure 9: Dimensions of AH3-US (all dimensions in mm) ............................................. 34
Figure 10: Mating board-to-board connector 53748-0808 on application ....................... 36
Figure 11: Molex board-to-board connector 52991-0808 on AH3-US............................. 37
Figure 12: Mating board-to-board connector 53748-0808 on application ....................... 38
Figure 13: Reference equipment for type approval......................................................... 39
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1 Introduction
The document1 describes the hardware of the AH3-US module, designed to connect to a cellular device application and the air interface. It helps you quickly retrieve interface specifications, electrical and mechanical details and information on the requirements to be considered
for integrating further components.
1.1 Related Documents
[1] AH3-US AT Command Set
[2] AH3-US Release Notes
1.2 Terms and Abbreviations
Abbreviation Description
ANSI American National Standards Institute
AMR Adaptive Multirate
ARP Antenna Reference Point
B2B Board-to-board connector
BB Baseband
BEP Bit Error Probability
BTS Base Transceiver Station
CB or CBM Cell Broadcast Message
CE Conformité Européene (European Conformity)
CS Coding Scheme
CS Circuit Switched
CSD Circuit Switched Data
DAC Digital-to-Analog Converter
DCS Digital Cellular System
DL Download
DRX Discontinuous Reception
DSB Development Support Board
DSP Digital Signal Processor
DTMF Dual Tone Multi Frequency
1.
The do cument is e ffective o nly i f l isted in th e appropriate Rel ease Notes as p art of th e techn ical
documentation delivered with your Cinterion Wireless Modules product.
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Abbreviation Description
DTX Discontinuous Transmission
EDGE Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution
EFR Enhanced Full Rate
EGSM Enhanced GSM
EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility
ERP Effective Radiated Power
ESD Electrostatic Discharge
ETS European Telecommunication Standard
ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute
FCC Federal Communications Commission (U.S.)
FDD Frequency Division Duplex
FDMA Frequency Division Multiple Access
FR Full Rate
GPRS General Packet Radio Service
GSM Global Standard for Mobile Communications
HiZ High Impedance
HSDPA High Speed Downlink Packed Access
HR Half Rate
I/O Input/Output
IF Intermediate Frequency
IMEI International Mobile Equipment Identity
ISO International Standards Organization
ITU International Telecommunications Union
kbps kbits per second
LED Light Emitting Diode
Mbps Mbits per second
MCS Modulation and Coding Scheme
MO Mobile Originated
MS Mobile Station, also referred to as TE
MT Mobile Terminated
NTC Negative Temperature Coefficient
PBCCH Packet Switched Broadcast Control Channel
PCB Printed Circuit Board
PCL Power Control Level
PCM Pulse Code Modulation
PCS Personal Communication System, also referred to as GSM 1900
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Abbreviation Description
PS Packet Switched
PDU Protocol Data Unit
PSK Phase Shift Keying
QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
R&TTE Radio and Telecommunication Terminal Equipment
RACH Random Access Channel
RF Radio Frequency
RTC Real Time Clock
Rx Receive Direction
SAR Specific Absorption Rate
SELV Safety Extra Low Voltage
SIM Subscriber Identification Module
SLIC Subscriber Line Interface Circuit
SMPL Sudden momentary power loss
SMS Short Message Service
SRAM Static Random Access Memory
SRB Signalling Radio Bearer
TA Terminal adapter (e.g. GSM module)
TDMA Time Division Multiple Access
TE Terminal Equipment
TS Technical Specification
Tx Transmit Direction
UL Upload
UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
URC Unsolicited Result Code
USB Universal Serial Bus
UICC USIM Integrated Circuit Card
USIM UMTS Subscriber Identification Module
WCDMA Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
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1.3 Regulatory and Type Approval Information
1.3.1 Directives and Standards
AH3-US has been designed to comply with the directives and standards listed below.
It is the responsibility of the application manufacturer to ensure compliance of the final product
with all provisions of the applicable directives and standards as well as with the technical specifications provided in the "AH3-US Hardware Interface Description".
Table 1: Directives
99/05/EC Directive of the European Parliament and of the council of 9 March 1999 on
radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment and the
mutual recognition of their conformity (in short referred to as R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC).
The product is labeled with the CE conformity mark
ECE-R 10 Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) Regulation No. 10: Uniform pro-
visions concerning the approval of vehicles with regard to electromagnetic
compatibility
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2002/95/EC Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council of
27 January 2003 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment
(RoHS)
Table 2: Standards of North American type approval
CFR Title 47 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 22, Part 24 and Part 27; US Equipment
Authorization FCC
OET Bulletin 65
(Edition 97-01)
UL 60 950-1 Product Safety Certification (Safety requirements)
NAPRD.03 V5.9 Overview of PCS Type certification review board Mobile Equipment Type
RSS132, RSS133,
RSS139
Table 3: Standards of European type approval
Evaluating Compliance with FCC Guidelines for Human Exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields
Certification and IMEI control
PCS Type Certification Review board (PTCRB)
Canadian Standard
3GPP TS 51.010-1 Digital cellular telecommunications system (Release 7); Mobile Station
(MS) conformance specification;
ETSI EN 301 511 V9.0.2 Global System for Mobile communications (GSM); Harmonized standard for
mobile stations in the GSM 900 and DCS 1800 bands covering essential
requirements under article 3.2 of the R&TTE directive (1999/5/EC)
GCF-CC V3.43.1 Global Certification Forum - Certification Criteria
1.
Manufacturers of applications which can be used in the US shall ensure that their applications have a
PTCRB approval. For this purpose they can refer to the PTCRB approval of the respective module.
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Table 3: Standards of European type approval
ETSI EN 301 489-01
V1.8.1
ETSI EN 301 489-07
V1.3.1
ETSI EN 301 489-24
V1.4.1
ETSI EN 301 908-01
V4.2.1
ETSI EN 301 908-02
V4.2.1
EN 62311:2008 Assessment of electronic and electrical equipment related to human expo-
IEC/EN 60950-1:2006 Safety of information technology equipment
Electromagnetic Compatibility and Radio spectrum Matters (ERM); Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for radio equipment and services;
Part 1: Common Technical Requirements
Electromagnetic Compatibility and Radio spectrum Matters (ERM); Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for radio equipment and services;
Part 7: Specific conditions for mobile and portable radio and ancillary equipment of digital cellular radio telecommunications systems (GSM and DCS)
Electromagnetic Compatibility and Radio spectrum Matters (ERM); Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for radio equipment and services;
Part 24: Specific conditions for IMT-2000 CDMA Direct Spread (UTRA) for
Mobile and portable (UE) radio and ancillary equipment
Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio spectrum Matters (ERM); Base
Stations (BS) and User Equipment (UE) for IMT-2000 Third Generation cellular networks; Part 1: Harmonized EN for IMT-2000, introduction and common requirements of article 3.2 of the R&TTE Directive
Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio spectrum Matters (ERM); Base
Stations (BS) and User Equipment (UE) for IMT-2000 Third Generation cellular networks; Part 2: Harmonized EN for IMT-2000, CDMA Direct Spread
(UTRA FDD) (UE) covering essential requirements of article 3.2 of the
R&TTE Directive
sure restrictions for electromagnetic fields (0 Hz - 300 GHz)
Table 4: Requirements of quality
IEC 60068 Environmental testing
DIN EN 60529 IP codes
VDA Hands-free VDA Specification for Car Hands-free Terminals, Draft, December 2004,
v1.5
Table 5: Standards of the Ministry of Information Industry of the People’s Republic of China
SJ/T 11363-2006 “Requirements for Concentration Limits for Certain Hazardous Substances
in Electronic Information Products” (2006-06).
SJ/T 11364-2006 “Marking for Control of Pollution Caused by Electronic
Information Products” (2006-06).
According to the “Chinese Administration on the Control of
Pollution caused by Electronic Information Products”
(ACPEIP) the EPUP, i.e., Environmental Protection Use
Period, of this product is 20 years as per the symbol
shown here, unless otherwise marked. The EPUP is valid only as long as
the product is operated within the operating limits described in the Cinterion
Hardware Interface Description.
Please see Table 6 for an overview of toxic or hazardous substances or elements that might be contained in product parts in concentrations above the
limits defined by SJ/T 11363-2006.
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Table 6: Toxic or hazardous substances or elements with defined concentration limits
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1.3.2 SAR requirements specific to portable mobiles
Mobile phones, PDAs or other portable transmitters and receivers incorporating a GSM module
must be in accordance with the guidelines for human exposure to radio frequency energy. This
requires the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) of portable AH3-US based applications to be evaluated and approved for compliance with national and/or international regulations.
Since the SAR value varies significantly with the individual product design manufacturers are
advised to submit their product for approval if designed for portable use. For European and USmarkets the relevant directives are mentioned below. It is the responsibility of the manufacturer
of the final product to verify whether or not further standards, recommendations or directives
are in force outside these areas.
Products intended for sale on US markets
ES 59005/ANSI C95.1 Considerations for evaluation of human exposure to electromagnetic
fields (EMFs) from mobile telecommunication equipment (MTE) in the
frequency range 30MHz - 6GHz
Products intended for sale on European markets
EN 50360 Product standard to demonstrate the compliance of mobile phones with
the basic restrictions related to human exposure to electromagnetic
fields (300MHz - 3GHz)
IMPORTANT:
Manufacturers of portable applications based on AH3-US modules are required to have their
final product certified and apply for their own FCC Grant and Industry Canada Certificate related to the specific portable mobile. See also Section 7.2.
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1.3.3 SELV Requirements
The power supply connected to the AH3-US module shall be in compliance with the SELV requirements defined in EN 60950-1.
1.3.4 Safety Precautions
The following safety precautions must be observed during all phases of the operation, usage,
service or repair of any cellular terminal or mobile incorporating AH3-US. Manufacturers of the
cellular terminal are advised to convey the following safety information to users and operating
personnel and to incorporate these guidelines into all manuals supplied with the product. Failure to comply with these precautions violates safety standards of design, manufacture and intended use of the product. Cinte rion Wirele ss Modules a ssumes no liability for cu stomer’s
failure to comply with these precautions.
When in a hospital or other health care facility, observe the restrictions on the use of
mobiles. Switch the cellular terminal or mobile off, if instructed to do so by the guidelines posted in sensitive areas. Medical equipment may be sensitive to RF energy.
The operation of cardiac pacemakers, other implanted medical equipment and hearing
aids can be affected by interference from cellular terminals or mobiles placed close to
the device. If in doubt about potential danger, contact the physician or the manufacturer of the device to verify that the equipment is properly shielded. Pacemaker
patients are advised to keep their hand-held mobile away from the pacemaker, while
it is on.
Switch off the cellular terminal or mobile before boarding an aircraft. Make sure it cannot be switched on inadvertently. The operation of wireless appliances in an aircraft is
forbidden to prevent interference with communications systems. Failure to observe
these instructions may lead to the suspension or denial of cellular services to the
offender, legal action, or both.
Do not operate the cellular terminal or mobile in the presence of flammable gases or
fumes. Switch off the cellular terminal when you are near petrol stations, fuel depots,
chemical plants or where blasting operations are in progress. Operation of any electrical equipment in potentially explosive atmospheres can constitute a safety hazard.
Your cellular terminal or mobile receives and transmits radio frequency energy while
switched on. Remember that interference can occur if it is used close to TV sets,
radios, computers or inadequately shielded equipment. Follow any special regulations
and always switch off the cellular terminal or mobile wherever forbidden, or when you
suspect that it may cause interference or danger.
Road safety comes first! Do not use a hand-held cellular terminal or mobile when driving a vehicle, unless it is securely mounted in a holder for speakerphone operation.
Before making a call with a hand-held terminal or mobile, park the vehicle.
Speakerphones must be installed by qualified personnel. Faulty installation or operation can constitute a safety hazard.
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