Gemalto M2M ALS1 US User Manual
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Contents
1 Introduction.................................................................................................................6
1.1 Supported Products ........................................................................................... 6
1.2 Related Documents ........................................................................................... 6
1.3 Terms and Abbreviations ................................................................................... 6
1.4 Regulatory and Type Approval Information ....................................................... 9
1.4.1 Directives and Standards...................................................................... 9
1.4.2 SAR requirements specific to portable mobiles .................................. 12
1.4.3 SELV Requirements ........................................................................... 13
1.4.4 Safety Precautions.............................................................................. 13
2 Product Concept.......................................................................................................14
2.1 Key Features at a Glance ................................................................................ 14
2.2 ALS1-US System Overview ............................................................................. 16
3 Application Interface.................................................................................................17
3.1 Operating Modes ............................................................................................. 18
3.2 Power Supply................................................................................................... 19
3.3 USB Interface................................................................................................... 20
3.4 UICC/SIM/USIM Interface................................................................................ 21
3.5 Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC)................................................................... 23
3.6 GPIO Interface ................................................................................................. 23
4 Antenna Interfaces....................................................................................................24
4.1 GSM/UMTS/LTE Antenna Interface................................................................. 24
4.1.1 Antenna Installation ............................................................................ 25
5 Mechanics, Mounting and Packaging.....................................................................26
5.1 Mechanical Dimensions of ALS1-US ............................................................... 26
6 Sample Application...................................................................................................28
7 Reference Approval..................................................................................................30
7.1 Reference Equipment for Type Approval......................................................... 30
7.2 Compliance with FCC and IC Rules and Regulations ..................................... 31
8 Appendix....................................................................................................................32
8.1 List of Parts and Accessories........................................................................... 32
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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............................................................ 10
Table 4: Requirements of quality ................................................................................. 10
Table 5: Standards of the Ministry of Information Industry of the
People’s Republic of China............................................................................ 11
Table 6: Toxic or hazardous substances or elements with defined concentration
limits............................................................................................................... 11
Table 7: Overview of operating modes ........................................................................ 18
Table 8: Signals of the SIM interface (SMT application interface) ............................... 21
Table 9: Return loss in the active band........................................................................ 24
Table 10: List of parts and accessories.......................................................................... 32
Table 11: Molex sales contacts (subject to change) ...................................................... 33
Table 12: Hirose sales contacts (subject to change) ..................................................... 33
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Figures
Figure 1: ALS1-US system overview............................................................................. 16
Figure 2: Decoupling capacitor(s) for BATT+................................................................ 19
Figure 3: USB circuit ..................................................................................................... 20
Figure 4: UICC/SIM/USIM interface .............................................................................. 22
Figure 5: ALS1-US – top and bottom view.................................................................... 26
Figure 6: Dimensions of ALS1-US (all dimensions in mm) ........................................... 27
Figure 7: ALS1-US sample application ......................................................................... 29
Figure 8: Reference equipment for type approval ......................................................... 30
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1 Introduction
The document1 describes the hardware of the Cinterion® ALS1-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 Supported Products
This document applies to the following Gemalto M2M products:
•Cinterion
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ALS1-US module
1.2 Related Documents
[1] Cinterion® ALS1-US AT Command Set
[2] Cinterion
[3] Application Note 48: SMT Module Integration
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ALS1-US Release Notes
1.3 Terms and Abbreviations
Abbreviation Description
ANSI American National Standards Institute
ARP Antenna Reference Point
CE Conformité Européene (European Conformity)
CS Coding Scheme
CS Circuit Switched
CSD Circuit Switched Data
DCS Digital Cellular System
DL Download
dnu Do not use
DRX Discontinuous Reception
DSB Development Support Board
DTX Discontinuous Transmission
EDGE Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution
EGSM Extended GSM
EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility
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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 Gemalto M2Mproduct.
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Abbreviation Description
ESD Electrostatic Discharge
ETS European Telecommunication Standard
ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute
FCC Federal Communications Commission (U.S.)
FDD Frequency Division Duplex
GPRS General Packet Radio Service
GSM Global Standard for Mobile Communications
HiZ High Impedance
HSDPA High Speed Downlink Packet Access
I/O Input/Output
IMEI International Mobile Equipment Identity
ISO International Standards Organization
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ITU International Telecommunications Union
kbps kbits per second
LED Light Emitting Diode
LGA Land Grid Array
LTE Long term evolution
MBB Moisture barrier bag
Mbps Mbits per second
MCS Modulation and Coding Scheme
MIMO Multiple Input Multiple Output
MLCC Multi Layer Ceramic Capacitor
MO Mobile Originated
MS Mobile Station, also referred to as TE
MSL Moisture Sensitivity Level
MT Mobile Terminated
nc Not connected
NTC Negative Temperature Coefficient
PBCCH Packet Switched Broadcast Control Channel
PCB Printed Circuit Board
PCL Power Control Level
PCS Personal Communication System, also referred to as GSM 1900
PD Pull Down resistor (appr. 100k)
PDU Protocol Data Unit
PS Packet Switched
PSK Phase Shift Keying
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Abbreviation Description
PU Pull Up resistor (appr. 100k)
QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
R&TTE Radio and Telecommunication Terminal Equipment
RF Radio Frequency
rfu Reserved for future use
RTC Real Time Clock
Rx Receive Direction
SAR Specific Absorption Rate
SELV Safety Extra Low Voltage
SIM Subscriber Identification Module
SMD Surface Mount Device
SMS Short Message Service
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SMT Surface Mount Technology
SRAM Static Random Access Memory
SRB Signalling Radio Bearer
TE Terminal Equipment
TPC Transmit Power Control
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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1.4 Regulatory and Type Approval Information
1.4.1 Directives and Standards
ALS1-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 "ALS1-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 (RoHS 1)
2011/65/EC (RoHS 2)
Table 2: Standards of North American type approval
CFR Title 47 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 22, Part 24 and Part 27; US Equipment
OET Bulletin 65
(Edition 97-01)
UL 60 950-1 Product Safety Certification (Safety requirements)
NAPRD.03 V5.15 Overview of PCS Type certification review board Mobile Equipment Type
RSS132, RSS133,
RSS139
Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council of
27 January 2003 (and revised on 8 June 2011) on the
restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in
electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS)
Authorization FCC
Evaluating Compliance with FCC Guidelines for Human Exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields
Certification and IMEI control
PCS Type Certification Review board (PTCRB)
Canadian Standard
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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
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 V3.50 Global Certification Forum - Certification Criteria
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ETSI EN 301 489-01
V1.9.1
ETSI EN 301 489-07
V1.3.1
EN 62311:2008 Assessment of electronic and electrical equipment related to human expo-
IEC/EN 60950-1:2006+
A11:2009+A1:2010+
A12:2011
Table 4: Requirements of quality
IEC 60068 Environmental testing
DIN EN 60529 IP codes
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)
sure restrictions for electromagnetic fields (0 Hz - 300 GHz)
Safety of information technology equipment
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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 Gemalto
M2M 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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