1.1. General Description....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1
1.2. Key Features ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 2
1.3. Function Diagram ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 4
2.1. General Description ............................................................................................................................................................................. 6
2.4. Power Supply ................................................................................................................................................................................. 13
2.4.1. Power Supply Pins ................................................................................................................................................................... 13
2.4.2. Decrease Voltage Drop ............................................................................................................................................................ 13
2.4.3. Reference Circuit of Power Supply .......................................................................................................................................... 13
2.5. Turn on Scenarios .............................................................................................................................................................................. 14
2.6.1. Description of PINs .................................................................................................................................................................. 15
2.6.2. Design Considerations for USIM Card Holder .......................................................................................................................... 17
2.7. USB Interface ................................................................................................................................................................................. 18
2.11. WAKEUP_OUT Signal ....................................................................................................................................................................... 23
3.5. Test Methods for Whole-Set Antenna OTA ....................................................................................................................................... 26
4. Electrical, Reliability and Radio Characteristics ............................................................................................................................ 27
4.1. Absolute Maximum Ratings ............................................................................................................................................................... 27
4.2. Operating Temperature ..................................................................................................................................................................... 27
4.3. Current Consumption ........................................................................................................................................................................ 27
4.4. RF Output Power ............................................................................................................................................................................... 28
5.1. Mechanical Dimensions of the Module ............................................................................................................................................. 30
5.2. Footprint of Recommendation .......................................................................................................................................................... 31
5.3. Top View of the Module .................................................................................................................................................................... 32
5.4. Bottom View of the Module .............................................................................................................................................................. 32
6. Related Test & Test Standard ...................................................................................................................................................... 33
7. SMT Process and Baking Guide .................................................................................................................................................... 36
7.3.2. Design of module PAD’s steel mesh opening on main board .................................................................................................. 36
7.3.3. Module Board’s SMT process .................................................................................................................................................. 37
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Hardware Development Guide
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ABLES
Table 1-1 ME3630 Reference Using Area .................................................................................................................................................. 1
Table 1-2 ME3630 Supported Band ........................................................................................................................................................... 1
Table 1-3 ME3630 Key Features ............................................................................................................................................................. 3
Table 2-7 Pin Definition of the USIM Interface ..................................................................................................................................... 15
Table 2-10 USB Pin Description ............................................................................................................................................................ 19
Table 2-11 Pin Definition of the Main UART Interface .......................................................................................................................... 20
Table 2-12 Pin Definition of the Debug UART Interface ....................................................................................................................... 20
Table 2-13 Pin Definition of Network Indicator .................................................................................................................................... 22
Table 2-14 Working State of the Network Indicator ............................................................................................................................. 22
Table 2-15 Pin Definition of the ADC .................................................................................................................................................... 22
Table 2-16 Characteristic of the ADC .................................................................................................................................................... 23
Table 2-17 Pin Definition of WAKEUP_OUT .......................................................................................................................................... 23
Table 2-18 Pin Definition of GPIO ......................................................................................................................................................... 23
Table 3-1 Pin Definition of GPIO ........................................................................................................................................................... 24
Table 4-1 Absolute Maximum Ratings .................................................................................................................................................. 27
Table 4-2 Operating Temperature ........................................................................................................................................................ 27
Table 4-3 Averaged standby DC power consumption [1] ..................................................................................................................... 27
Table 4-4 Averaged standby DC power consumption [2] ..................................................................................................................... 27
Table 4-5 Averaged standby DC power consumption [3] ..................................................................................................................... 28
Table 4-6 Conducted RF Output Power ................................................................................................................................................ 28
Figure 2-2 Structure of the Power Supply ............................................................................................................................................. 13
Figure 2-3 Reference circuit of AAT2138 .............................................................................................................................................. 14
Figure 2-4 Reference circuit of LDO ...................................................................................................................................................... 14
Figure 2-5 Timing of Turning on Mode ................................................................................................................................................. 15
Figure 2-6 Reference Circuit of the 8 Pin USIM Card ............................................................................................................................ 15
Figure 2-7 Reference Circuit of the 6 Pin USIM Card ............................................................................................................................ 16
Figure 2-10 Reference Circuit of USB Application ................................................................................................................................. 19
Figure 2-11 Reference Circuit of USB Communication between module and AP ................................................................................. 19
Figure 2-12 Reference Circuit of Logic Level Translator........................................................................................................................ 21
Figure 2-13 RS232 Level Match Circuit ................................................................................................................................................. 21
Figure 2-14 Reference Circuit of Main UART with 4 Line Level Translator ........................................................................................... 21
Figure 2-15 Reference Circuit of UART with 2 Line Level Translator .................................................................................................... 21
Figure 2-16 Reference Circuit of the Network Indicator ....................................................................................................................... 22
Figure 2-17 The output signal of WAKEUP_OUT .................................................................................................................................. 23
Figure 3-1 Reference Circuit of Antenna Interface ............................................................................................................................... 24
Figure 3-2 The OTA test system of CTIA................................................................................................................................................ 26
Figure 5-1 ME3630 Top and Side Dimensions ...................................................................................................................................... 30
Figure 5-4 Location and dimension of test points ................................................................................................................................ 31
Figure 5-5 Top View of the Module ...................................................................................................................................................... 32
Figure 5-6 Bottom View of the Module ................................................................................................................................................ 32