R41Z Module Data Sheet
Thread + Bluetooth 4.2 LE
November 17, 2016
R41Z-DS-1.0 Page 3 of 30
Table of Contents
1. FEATURES .................................................................................................................................................. 1
2. APPLICATIONS ........................................................................................................................................... 1
3. ORDERING INFORMATION ......................................................................................................................... 2
4. BLOCK DIAGRAM ....................................................................................................................................... 2
5. QUICK SPECIFICATIONS .............................................................................................................................. 6
6. PIN DESCRIPTIONS ..................................................................................................................................... 7
6.1 R41Z PIN FUNCTIONS ........................................................................................................................................... 7
6.2 RIGDFU PIN FUNCTIONS ....................................................................................................................................... 8
7. ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS ...................................................................................................................... 9
7.1 ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS .............................................................................................................................. 9
7.2 OPERATING CONDITIONS ....................................................................................................................................... 9
7.3 DCDC CONVERTER OPERATION .............................................................................................................................. 9
7.3.1 DCDC BYPASS MODE ....................................................................................................................................... 10
7.3.2 DCDC BUCK MODE .......................................................................................................................................... 11
7.3.3 DCDC BOOST MODE ........................................................................................................................................ 12
7.4 GENERAL PURPOSE I/O AND PORTS ....................................................................................................................... 14
7.5 ANALOG I/O AND VREF ...................................................................................................................................... 15
7.5.1 ANALOG SIGNALS AND MAPPING ......................................................................................................................... 15
7.5.2 VDDA AND VREF ............................................................................................................................................ 15
7.6 MODULE RESET ................................................................................................................................................. 16
7.7 DEBUG AND PROGRAMMING ................................................................................................................................ 16
7.8 CLOCKS ............................................................................................................................................................ 16
8. FIRMWARE .............................................................................................................................................. 17
8.1 FACTORY IMAGE ................................................................................................................................................. 17
8.1.1 FIRMWARE VERSION ‘00’ ................................................................................................................................... 17
8.2 MAC ADDRESS INFO ........................................................................................................................................... 17
9. MECHANICAL DATA ................................................................................................................................. 18
9.1 PACKAGE DIMENSIONS ........................................................................................................................................ 18
9.2 RECOMMENDED PCB FOOTPRINT .......................................................................................................................... 19
10. MODULE MARKING ................................................................................................................................. 19
11. RF DESIGN NOTES .................................................................................................................................... 20
11.1 RECOMMENDED RF LAYOUT AND GROUND PLANE .................................................................................................... 20
11.2 MECHANICAL ENCLOSURE .................................................................................................................................... 20
11.3 ANTENNA PATTERNS ........................................................................................................................................... 21
11.3.1 X-Y PLANE ...................................................................................................................................................... 21
11.3.2 Y-Z PLANE ...................................................................................................................................................... 21
11.3.3 Z-X PLANE ...................................................................................................................................................... 21
12. EVALUATION BOARDS ............................................................................................................................. 21
13. CUSTOM DEVELOPMENT ......................................................................................................................... 22
14. BLUETOOTH QUALIFICATION ................................................................................................................... 22
15. REGULATORY STATEMENTS ..................................................................................................................... 22
15.1 FCC STATEMENT ................................................................................................................................................ 22
15.2 FCC IMPORTANT NOTES: ..................................................................................................................................... 23
15.3 IC STATEMENT: .................................................................................................................................................. 24
15.4 IC IMPORTANT NOTES: ........................................................................................................................................ 25
15.5 CE REGULATORY: ............................................................................................................................................... 25
15.6 JAPAN (MIC) .................................................................................................................................................... 26
15.7 AUSTRALIA / NEW ZEALAND ................................................................................................................................. 26
16. SOLDER REFLOW TEMPERATURE-TIME PROFILE ...................................................................................... 27
16.1 MOISTURE SENSITIVITY LEVEL ............................................................................................................................... 27