Sequans Communications VZM2OQ User Manual

Monarch Platform - VZM20Q Module

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Revision

Date

Product

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July 2016

First edition.

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January 2017

Second edition of VZM20Q Datasheet.

03 July 2018

Third edition of VZM20Q Datasheet. See detail on changes in Section

Changes in this Document on page iii.

About this Datasheet

Purpose and Scope

The VZM20Q is a complete Verizon Wireless certified LTE Category M1
module including base-band, RF and memory, for the design of connected
machine-to-machine devices, and other Internet-of-Things devices with
embedded LTE connectivity. This document provides technical information
about VZM20Q LGA module. VZM20Q is based on Sequans’ Monarch
platform.

Who Should Read this Datasheet

This document is intended for engineers who are developing User Equipment
(UE) for LTE systems.

Changes in this Document

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

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Updated ECCN in Section 3.1 ECCN and Part Number on page 6.

Added a note related to default configuration at boot time for GPIO and
RFDATA pads in Section 3.5 I/O Characteristics on page 11.

Added ADC specification in Section 3.6 Auxiliary ADC on page 14.

Added an important note on UART0 configuration on host side in Section

4.2 UART Interfaces on page 21.

Added detail on WAKE pins characteristics in Section 4.4.1 General Infor-

mation on page 24.

Added Sections Detailed Behavior of IO Pads of BIDIR Type and Detailed

Behavior of IO Pads of BIDIR_WAKE Type in Section 4.4 LTE Low Power
Mode on page 24.

Added details in Section 3.10 Packing Information on page 17.

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Updated FCC id.

Change of layout of xls pinlist companion file. Some edits, including in
signal descripions for CTS0, GPIO25/RING0, WAKE0, WAKE1,
GPIO2/PS_STATUS, GPIO24.

Various edits

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References

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Verizon Wireless Unified Module Process for Compliance Testing and Approval, Version 12.0; Feb
2015

Verizon Wireless Device Requirements LTE 3GPP Band 13 Network Access, Version 29.00; June
2016

Verizon Wireless Device Requirements LTE 3GPP Multi-Band Network Access, Version 3.00; June
2016

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Core technology specifications:

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3GPP E-UTRA 21 series Release 13 (EPS)
3GPP E-UTRA 22 series Release 13 (IMEI)

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

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

For more information, see

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ftp://ftp.3gpp.org/Specs/archive/
http://www.3gpp2.org/public_html/specs/CS0015-0.pdf

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

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

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

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Vocabulary reference:

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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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Documentation Conventions

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

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Software Conventions

Code

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]

General Conventions

Note

Important information requiring the user’s attention.

Caution

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

Warning

A condition or circumstance that may cause personal injury.

Italics

Italic font style denotes

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emphasis of an important word;

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first use of a new term;

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title of a document.

Screen Name

Sans serif, bold font denotes

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

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keys on a keyboard;

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labels printed on the equipment.

Table of Contents

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

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

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

About this Datasheet

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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

FCC Regulation Warning .................................................................................. 4

Chapter 3

Physical Characteristics ................................................................................... 6

3.1

3.2

ECCN and Part Number ......................................................................................................6

Electrical Operating Conditions .......................................................................................... 7

Detailed Information ....................................................................................................7

VZM20Q Power Tree ................................................................................................. 8

Power Supplies Environment .......................................................................................9

Environmental Operating Conditions ................................................................................. 9

Temperature ................................................................................................................ 9

Humidity ..................................................................................................................... 9

Power Supply Dimensioning ............................................................................................. 10

I/O Characteristics .............................................................................................................11

Auxiliary ADC ................................................................................................ .................. 14

Performance ......................................................................................................................15

Component Reliability ......................................................................................................16

Package Description ..........................................................................................................16

Marking Information .................................................................................................. 16

Packing Information ..........................................................................................................17

Storage Conditions ............................................................................................................18

Mounting Considerations ..................................................................................................19

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

3.10

3.11

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Chapter 4

Signal and Pins ............................................................................................... 20

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.4

VZM20Q Pinout ...............................................................................................................20

UART Interfaces ...............................................................................................................21

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

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

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

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

Detailed Behavior of IO Pads of BIDIR_WAKE Type ............................................. 27

4.4.1

4.4.2

4.4.3

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Product Features

1.1

Features Description

Sequans VZM20Q module includes Monarch SQN3330 Cat-M1 baseband, a
complete dual band RF front end, memory and required circuitry to meet
3GPP E-UTRA (Long Term Evolution - LTE, Release 13 set of specifications)
and Verizon Wireless LTE Cat-M1 UE specifications.

For more information on the core technology specifications see the section

References on page iv. The term VZM20Q module refers to the hardware and

the associated embedded software.

The architecture block diagram of the VZM20Q is presented on Figure 1-1.

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

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VZM20Q’s ECCN and part number are detailed in the Section 3.1 ECCN and

Part Number on page 6.

Table 1-1:

General Features

Table 1-2:

LTE Features

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Standard compliance

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3GPP E-UTRA Release 13 compliant

General interfaces

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JTAG

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I2C (reserved)

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USIM

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SPI (reserved)

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GPIO

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UART (x3, including one reserved)

Supported Frequency Bands

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LTE Band 4

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LTE Band 13

Operation voltages

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(range from 3.1 V to 4.5 V)

Packaging

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LGA module

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108 pads (21.35 x 20.25 x 1.79 mm)

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RoHS compliant, halogen-free

Operating temperature

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RF compliant -30°C to +60°C (ambient)

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Operational: -40°C to +85°C (board)

See also Section 3.3 Environmental Operating Conditions on page 9.

Humidity

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10% to 85%

See also Section 3.3 Environmental Operating Conditions on page 9.

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PHY

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One UL and one DL transceiver

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Support of HD-FDD Duplexing

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Category M1 UE

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Channel 1.4 MHz bandwidth

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Normal and extended cyclic prefix

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Support of MPDCCH

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Modulation

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DL: QPSK, 16QAM

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UL: QPSK, 16QAM

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All coding schemes corresponding to modulations

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All channel coding (turbo-coding with interleaver, tail biting convolutional coding,

block and repetition coding) and CRC lengths

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Sounding (including in special subframes)

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Control and data in special subframes

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All power control schemes and DL power allocation schemes

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HARQ Incremental Redundancy and Chase Combining, with bundling or multi-

plexing

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Measurements and computations related to CQI (Channel Quality Indicator), PMI

(Pre-coding Matrix Indicator) and RI (Rank Indicator), RSRP, and RSRQ

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UEPCOP (from 3GPP Release 12) Power Saving Mode

MAC

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Random Access procedure in normal and special subframes

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Scheduling Request, Buffer Status Reporting, and Power Headroom Reporting

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

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Fast scanning

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Hosted configuration

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IPv4, IPv6

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RoHC

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Location based services

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Advanced QoS features

RLC

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ARQ modes: UM, AM, and TM

PDCP

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Ciphering and deciphering: NULL, AES, SNOW 3G

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Integrity and protection: AES, SNOW 3G

RRC

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MIB and new SIB1bis

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Intra and inter-frequency measurements and handover

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Up to 8 Data Radio Bearers supported

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Support of CE (Coverage Extension) Mode

NAS and above

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NAS

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SMS over SG

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LWM2M Client

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FCC Regulation Warning

Attention: FCC-ID: 2AAGMVZM2OQ (limited 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 installation instructions to provide
for and benefit from FCC compliant 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 13 (700 MHz): 3 dBi
– LTE band 4 (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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