Sequans Communications GM01Q User Manual

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Document Revision History

Revision Date

02 February 2018 Second edition of the document.

03 June 2018 Third edition of the document.

04 July 2018 Fourth edition of the document.

August 2018

Fifth edition of the document. See list of changes in Section Changes in

this Document on page iii.

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The GM01Q is a complete certified LTE Category M1 module including

machine

This

document

intended

for engineers

who

are developing

User

Equipment

The changes since the previous edition of the document are as follows:

• Updated footprint figures and dimensions in Section

3.9.1 Module

Purpose and Scope

base-band, RF and memory, for the design of connected machine-todevices, and other Internet-of-Things devices with embedded LTE connectivity. This document provides technical information about GM01Q LGA module. GM01Q is based on Sequans’ Monarch platform.

About this Datasheet

Who Should Read this Datasheet

(UE) for LTE systems.

Changes in this Document

Foot-print on page 15.

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[1] Core technology specifications:

•

3GPP E

UTRA 21 series Release 13 (EPS)

SMS)

For more information, see

•

ftp://ftp.3gpp.org/Specs/archive/

[2] Test specifications:

UTRA 36 series Release 13 (RAN)

[3] Vocabulary referenc

References

•

3GPP E-UTRA 22 series Release 13 (IMEI)

•

3GPP E-UTRA 23 series Release 13 (NAS,

•

3GPP E-UTRA 24 series Release 13 (NAS)

3GPP E-UTRA 31 series Release 13 (UICC)

•

3GPP E-UTRA 33 series Release 13 (security)

•

3GPP E-UTRA 36 series Release 13 (RAN)

•

3GPP2 C.S0015-A v1.0 (SMS)

•

IETF, RFC 3261, 4861, 4862, 6434

•

http://www.3gpp2.org/public_html/specs/CS0015-0.pdf

•

https://tools.ietf.org/html/

3GPP E-

ftp://ftp.3gpp.org/Specs/archive/

• 3GPP TR 21.905: "Vocabulary for 3GPP Specifications"

For more information, see http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/specs/archive/21_series/21.905/

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This section illustrates the conventions that are used in this document.

Documentation Conventions

General Conventions

Note Important information requiring the user’s attention.

Caution

Warning

Italics

Screen Name

Software Conventions

Code

A condition or circumstance that may cause damage to the equipment or loss of data.

A condition or circumstance that may cause personal injury.

Italic font style denotes

• emphasis of an important word;

• first use of a new term;

• title of a document.

Sans serif, bold font denotes

• on-screen name of a window, dialog box or field;

• keys on a keyboard;

• labels printed on the equipment.

Regular Courier font denotes code or text displayed on-screen.

Code

Bold Courier font denotes commands and parameters that you enter exactly as shown. Multiple parameters are grouped in brackets [ ]. If you are to choose only one among grouped parameters, the choices are separated with a pipe: [parm1 | parm2 | parm3] If there is no pipe separator, you must enter each parameter: [parm1 parm2 parm3]

Code

Italic Courier font denotes parameters that require you to enter a value or variable. Multiple parameters are grouped in brackets [ ]. If you are to choose only one among grouped parameters, the choices are separated with a pipe: [parm1 | parm2 | parm3] If there is no pipe separator, you must enter a value for each parameter: [parm1 parm2 parm3]

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Table of Contents

Preface .............................................................................................................. i

Legal Notices ............................................................................................................................................ i

Document Revision History .................................................................................................................... ii

About this Datasheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii

Purpose and Scope .................................................................................................................................. iii

Who Should Read this Datasheet ........................................................................................................... iii

Changes in this Document ...................................................................................................................... iii

References .............................................................................................................................................. iv

Documentation Conventions ................................................................................................................... v

Chapter 1

Product Features .............................................................................................. 1

1.1

Features Description .......................................................................................................... 1

Chapter 2

Regulatory Approval ........................................................................................ 4

Chapter 3

Physical Characteristics ................................................................................... 5

3.1

3.2

3.2.1

3.2.2

3.2.3

3.3

3.3.1

3.3.2

3.4

3.5

3.6

3.7

3.8

3.9

3.9.1

3.9.2

3.10

3.11

ECCN and Part Number ......................................................................................................5

Electrical Operating Conditions .......................................................................................... 6

Detailed Information ....................................................................................................6

GM01Q Power Tree .................................................................................................... 7

Power Supplies Environment .......................................................................................8

Environmental Operating Conditions ................................................................................. 8

Temperature ................................................................................................................ 8

Humidity ..................................................................................................................... 8

Power Supply Dimensioning ...............................................................................................9

I/O Characteristics .............................................................................................................10

Auxiliary ADC ..................................................................................................................13

Performance ......................................................................................................................14

Component Reliability ......................................................................................................15

Package Description ..........................................................................................................15

Module Footprint ....................................................................................................... 15

Marking Information .................................................................................................. 17

Packing Information ..........................................................................................................18

Storage Conditions ............................................................................................................19

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Mounting Considerations ..................................................................................................20

Chapter 4

Signal and Pins ............................................................................................... 21

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.4

4.4.1

4.4.2

4.4.3

GM01Q Pinout ..................................................................................................................21

UART Interfaces ...............................................................................................................22

Power-up Sequence ...........................................................................................................23

LTE Low Power Mode...................................................................................................... 24

General Information ................................................................................................... 24

Detailed Behavior of IO Pads of BIDIR Type ...........................................................25

Detailed Behavior of IO Pads of BIDIR_WAKE Type ............................................. 26

Appendix A

Acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

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Sequans GM01Q module includes Monarch SQN3330 Cat

M1 baseband, a

module refers to the hardware and

Table 1

-1 on page 2

provides detail on general features of the GM01Q.

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Product Features

1.1

Features Description

complete dual band RF front end, memory and required circuitry to meet 3GPP E-UTRA (Long Term Evolution - LTE, Release 13) Cat-M1 UE specifications.

For more information on the core technology specifications see the section

References on page iv. The term GM01Q

the associated embedded software.

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Figure 1-1: GM01Q Block Diagram

Table 1-2 on page 2 provides detail for the LTE-related features of the GM01Q.

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EATURES

GM01Q’s

ECCN and part number are detailed in the Section

3.1 ECCN and

Part Number on page 5.

Table 1-1: General Features

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EATURES

General interfaces

• JTAG

• I2C (reserved)

• USIM

• SPI (reserved)

• GPIO

• UART (x3, including one reserved)

Supported Frequency Bands One of the following LTE Bands sets:

• GM01Q-0 : LTE bands B2, B3, B4, B8, B12, B20

• GM01Q-1 : LTE bands B1, B3, B5, B8, B19, B28

• GM01Q-2 : LTE bands B2, B4, B8, B12, B13, B20

• GM01Q-3 : LTE bands B2, B4, B12, B13, B25, B26

• GM01Q-4 : LTE bands B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B8, B12, B13, B14, B17, B18, B19, B20, B25, B26, B28, B66

Operation voltages

Packaging

• V

• LGA module

• 108 pads (21.35 x 20.25 x 1.79 mm)

(range from 3.1 V to 4.5 V)

bat1

• RoHS compliant, halogen-free

Operating temperature

• RF compliant -30°C to +60°C (ambient)

• Operational: -40°C to +85°C (board)

See also Section 3.3 Environmental Operating Conditions on page 8.

Humidity

Table 1-2: LTE Features

Standard compliance

GM01Q

• 3GPP E-UTRA Release 13 compliant

• 10% to 85%

See also Section 3.3 Environmental Operating Conditions on page 8.

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Table 1-2: LTE Features (Continued)

PHY

MAC

• One UL and one DL transceiver

• Support of HD-FDD Duplexing

• Channel 1.4 MHz bandwidth

• Normal and extended cyclic prefix

• Support of MPDCCH

• Modulation

- DL: QPSK, 16QAM

- UL: QPSK, 16QAM

• All coding schemes corresponding to modulations

• All channel coding (turbo-coding with interleaver, tail biting convolutional coding, block and repetition coding) and CRC lengths

• Sounding (including in special subframes)

• Control and data in special subframes

• All power control schemes and DL power allocation schemes

• HARQ Incremental Redundancy and Chase Combining, with bundling or multiplexing

• Measurements and computations related to CQI (Channel Quality Indicator), PMI (Pre-coding Matrix Indicator) and RI (Rank Indicator), RSRP, and RSRQ

• UEPCOP (from 3GPP Release 12) Power Saving Mode

• Random Access procedure in normal and special subframes

• Scheduling Request, Buffer Status Reporting, and Power Headroom Reporting

• Discontinuous reception (DRX, eDRX) with long and short cycles

• Fast scanning

• Hosted configuration

• IPv4, IPv6

• RoHC

• Location based services

• Advanced QoS features

RLC

PDCP

RRC

NAS and above

• ARQ modes: UM, AM, and TM

• Ciphering and deciphering: NULL, AES, SNOW 3G

• Integrity and protection: AES, SNOW 3G

• MIB and new SIB1bis

• Intra and inter-frequency measurements and handover

• Up to 8 Data Radio Bearers supported

• Support of CE (Coverage Extension) Mode

• NAS

• SMS over SG

• LWM2M Client

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llation instructions to provide for and benefit from FCC compliant

Regulatory Approval

Attention: FCC-ID: 2AAGMGM01Q (single modular approval) This above identified LTE radio module is not intended to be provided to end-users but is for installation by

OEM integrators only.

Installation/Integration

OEM integrators must follow Sequans insta module integrations and must abide especially by the following: The maximum antenna gain values (accounting for cable attenuation) to comply with the FCC maximum ERP/EIRP limits and with RF Exposure rules:

• LTE band 2 (1800 MHz): 3 dBi

• LTE band 4 (1700 MHz): 3 dBi

• LTE band 12 (700 MHz): 3 dBi

• LTE band 66 (1700 MHz): 3 dBi

The Sequans’ module integration guidelines must be closely followed. Compliance of host integrations of the module is limited to hosts adaptation designs which are identical to

Sequans’ reference design. Host integrations with adaption designs deviating from Sequans’ reference design require either class 2

permissive change to this modular approval or a separate host approval with different FCC-ID; Host integrations with co-located (simultaneously operating) radio transmitters must be evaluated in accordance with FCC multi-transmitter rules and may require either class 2 permissive change to this modular approval or a separate host approval with different FCC-ID, dependent on the result of the evaluation; Inquiry at FCC or a TCB is urgently recommended.

Integrations of the module into host products which are intended for portable use, i.e. less than 20cm distance between its radiating structures (antenna) and the body of nearby persons, or which otherwise put additional technical requirements like Hearing Aid compatibility require either class 2 permissive change to this modular approval or a separate host approval with different FCC-ID;

Compliance with Unwanted Emission Limits for Digital Device

If the OEM host integration fully complies with the above described reference design and can completely inherit and rest on compliance of the existing modular approval the OEM remains still responsible to show compliance of the overall end-product with the FCC limits for unwanted conducted and radiated emissions from the digital device (unintentional radio) portion of such end-product (commonly addressed as part 15B compliance or similar).

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Modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for com

product is or contains a digital device (unintentional radio portions) and is not exempted by its use

End-product Labelling

– FCC-ID The module's FCC-ID must either be visible from the exterior of the host product (e.g. per window) or per

electronic display, or shall be displayed on an additional exterior label per the following or similar string:

contains FCC-ID: 2AAGMGM01Q

– Digital Device - Unwanted Emissions Notice If the end-product falls under part 15 of the FCC rules (it shall display the following user notice on its

exterior acc. to part 15.19 (the notice may be printed in the manual in case the host is too small):

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

– Further Labelling Requirements may apply dependent on the FCC rule parts relevant to the host product. – End-product User Instructions / Notices in the Manual At a minimum, end-product users must be provided with the following notices at a prominent location of the

product literature furnished with the product:

* Product Modifications

pliance

could void the user's authority to operate this equipment. * RF Exposure Compliance This equipment complies with FCC radio frequency radiation exposure rules and limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment, when installed and operated with minimum distance of 20cm between its radiating structures (antenna) and the body of nearby persons and when not operated simultaneously with other nearby radio-transmitters.

– Maximum Antenna Gain The user instructions of end-products equipped with standard external antenna connectors for the modular

radio transmitter providing the option to connect other antennae than those which may or may not be bundled with the end-product must list the maximum allowed antenna gain values as derived from those given above, accounting for the cable attenuations of the actual installation.

– Digital Device - Unwanted Emissions Notice If the end-

case (like vehicular use) the following part 15.105 (b) user notice shall be provided at prominent location of the product literature:

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