SIM7600X-M2
Hardware Design
LTE Module
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SIM7600X-M2 Hardware Design V1.01
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SIM7600X-M2 Hardware Design V1.01
Version History
Date
2019-06-27
Version
1.00
2020-10-19
1.01
Description of change
Original version
Add
SIM7600NA-H-M2,SIM7600G-H-M2,SIM7600JC-H
-M2 and SIM7600CE-T-M2 module.
Author
Honggang Ma
Wenke Gan
Honggang Ma
Qiang Zhang
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SIM7600X-M2 Hardware Design V1.01
Contents
Version History.................................................................................................................................................... 3
Contents................................................................................................................................................................ 4
Table Index............................................................................................................................................................6
Figure Index..........................................................................................................................................................8
1. Introduction......................................................................................................................................................9
1.1 Product Outline................................................................................................................................................. 9
1.2 Hardware Block Diagram.............................................................................................................................. 11
1.3 Functional Overview.......................................................................................................................................11
2. Package Information....................................................................................................................................14
2.1 Top and Bottom View of Module.................................................................................................................. 14
2.2 Pin Assignment Overview............................................................................................................................. 15
2.3 Pin Description................................................................................................................................................16
2.4 Package Dimensions..................................................................................................................................... 20
2.5 Label information............................................................................................................................................ 21
3. Interface Application....................................................................................................................................22
3.1 Power Supply.................................................................................................................................................. 22
3.1.1 Power Supply Design Guide............................................................................................................. 22
3.1.2 Recommended Power Supply Circuit..............................................................................................24
3.1.3 Voltage Monitor....................................................................................................................................25
3.2 Full_Card_Power_Off#..................................................................................................................................25
3.2.1 Power on...............................................................................................................................................26
3.2.2 Power off...............................................................................................................................................27
3.3 Reset Function................................................................................................................................................28
3.4 UART interface................................................................................................................................................29
3.5 I2C Interface....................................................................................................................................................31
3.6 WoWWAN#......................................................................................................................................................31
3.7 USB2.0 Interface............................................................................................................................................ 32
3.8 USIM Interface................................................................................................................................................ 33
3.8.1 USIM Application Guide.....................................................................................................................34
3.8.2 USIM layout guide...............................................................................................................................35
3.9 PCM Interface................................................................................................................................................. 35
3.9.1 PCM timing...........................................................................................................................................36
3.9.2 PCM Application Guide......................................................................................................................38
3.10 GPIO...............................................................................................................................................................38
3.11 DPR.................................................................................................................................................................38
3.12 CONFIG Pins................................................................................................................................................ 40
3.13 LED1#............................................................................................................................................................ 41
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3.14 W_DISABLE1#............................................................................................................................................. 42
3.15 ANTCTRL interface......................................................................................................................................43
4. Antenna Interfaces....................................................................................................................................... 44
4.1 WCDMA/LTE Operating Frequency............................................................................................................44
4.2 GNSS Operating Frequency.........................................................................................................................45
4.3 Antenna Installation........................................................................................................................................46
4.3.1 Antenna Requirements.......................................................................................................................46
4.3.2 Recommended RF Connector for Antenna Installation................................................................47
5. Electrical Specifications.............................................................................................................................49
5.1 Absolute maximum ratings............................................................................................................................49
5.2 Operating conditions......................................................................................................................................49
5.3 Operating Mode.............................................................................................................................................. 51
5.3.1 Operating Mode Definition.................................................................................................................51
5.3.2 Sleep mode.......................................................................................................................................... 52
5.3.3 Minimum functionality mode and Flight mode............................................................................... 52
5.4 Current Consumption.....................................................................................................................................53
5.5 RF Output Power............................................................................................................................................55
5.6 Conducted Receive Sensitivity.................................................................................................................... 57
5.7 ESD...................................................................................................................................................................58
6. Connect SIM7600X-M2 to board............................................................................................................... 59
7. Thermal Design.............................................................................................................................................60
8. Packaging.......................................................................................................................................................61
9. Appendix.........................................................................................................................................................63
A. Coding Schemes and Maximum Net Data Rates over Air Interface....................................................... 63
B. Related Documents......................................................................................................................................... 64
C. Terms and Abbreviations................................................................................................................................ 66
D. Safety Caution.................................................................................................................................................. 68
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Table Index
Table 1 : SIM7600X-M2 frequency bands (* stands for SIM7600)................................................................. 9
Table 2 : General features....................................................................................................................................11
Table 3 : IO parameters definition...................................................................................................................... 16
Table 4 : IO parameters description...................................................................................................................16
Table 5 : Pin description.......................................................................................................................................17
Table 6 : The description of label information...................................................................................................21
Table 7 : VBAT pins electronic characteristic................................................................................................... 22
Table 8 : Recommended TVS diode list............................................................................................................ 23
Table 9 : Power on timing and electronic characteristic................................................................................. 27
Table 10 : Power off timing and electronic characteristic............................................................................... 28
Table 11 : RESET pin electronic characteristic................................................................................................ 29
Table 12 : USIM electronic characteristic in 1.8V mode (USIM_VDD=1.8V)............................................. 33
Table 13 : USIM electronic characteristic 3.0V mode (USIM_VDD=2.85V)............................................... 34
Table 14 : PCM format..........................................................................................................................................36
Table 15 : PCM timing parameters(2G/3G mode)...........................................................................................37
Table 16 : PCM timing parameters(4G mode)................................................................................................. 37
Table 17 : GPIO resources.................................................................................................................................. 38
Table 18 : DPR interface......................................................................................................................................39
Table 19 : CONFIG Pins...................................................................................................................................... 40
Table 20 : Config interface...................................................................................................................................41
Table 21 : LED1# pin status................................................................................................................................ 42
Table 22 : W_DISABLE1# pin status................................................................................................................. 43
Table 23 : Definition of antenna control interface............................................................................................ 43
Table 24 : SIM7600X-M2 WCDMA/LTE Operating frequencies................................................................... 44
Table 25 : GNSS Operating frequencies...........................................................................................................45
Table 26 : WCDMA/LTE antenna....................................................................................................................... 46
Table 27 : GNSS antenna....................................................................................................................................46
Table 28 : the major specifications of the RF connector................................................................................ 48
Table 29 : Absolute maximum ratings................................................................................................................49
Table 30 : Recommended operating ratings.....................................................................................................49
Table 31 : 1.8V Digital I/O characteristics*....................................................................................................... 49
Table 32 : Operating temperature.......................................................................................................................50
Table 33 : Operating mode Definition................................................................................................................ 51
Table 34 : Current consumption on VBAT Pins (VBAT=3.8V).......................................................................53
Table 35 : Conducted Output Power ................................................................................................................55
Table 36 : SIM7600X-M2 Conducted RF Receiving Sensitivity....................................................................57
Table 37 : The ESD performance measurement table (Temperature: 25℃, Humidity: 45%)..................58
Table 38 : The silica gel selection guide............................................................................................................60
Table 39 : Tray size...............................................................................................................................................62
Table 40 : Small Carton size............................................................................................................................... 62
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Table 41 : Big Carton size....................................................................................................................................62
Table 42 : Coding Schemes and Maximum Net Data Rates over Air Interface..........................................63
Table 43 : Related Documents............................................................................................................................64
Table 44 : Terms and Abbreviations...................................................................................................................66
Table 45 : Safety Caution.....................................................................................................................................68
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Figure Index
Figure 1 : SIM7600X-M2 block diagram............................................................................................................11
Figure 2 : Top and bottom view of module (bottom side reserved ground plane for thermal)................. 14
Figure 3 : Pin assignment....................................................................................................................................15
Figure 4 : Dimensions of SIM7600X-M2 (Unit: mm)....................................................................................... 20
Figure 5 : Label information.................................................................................................................................21
Figure 6 : Power supply application circuit....................................................................................................... 23
Figure 7 : Linear regulator reference circuit..................................................................................................... 24
Figure 8 : Switching mode power supply reference circuit............................................................................ 24
Figure 9 : Reference power on/off circuit..........................................................................................................26
Figure 10 : Power on timing sequence..............................................................................................................26
Figure 11 : Power off timing sequence.............................................................................................................. 28
Figure 12 : Reference reset circuit.....................................................................................................................29
Figure 13 : UART modem....................................................................................................................................29
Figure 14 : Reference circuit of level shift.........................................................................................................30
Figure 15 : Level matching circuit with triode...................................................................................................30
Figure 16 : I2C reference circuit......................................................................................................................... 31
Figure 17 : WoWWAN# behavior(SMS and URC report etc.)..................................................................32
Figure 18 : WoWWAN# reference circuit.......................................................................................................... 32
Figure 19 : USB reference circuit....................................................................................................................... 33
Figure 20 : USIM interface reference circuit.....................................................................................................34
Figure 21 : USIM interface reference circuit with USIM_DET.......................................................................35
Figure 22 : PCM_SYNC timing...........................................................................................................................36
Figure 23 : EXT codec to module timing...........................................................................................................36
Figure 24 : Module to codec timing....................................................................................................................37
Figure 25 : Audio codec reference circuit......................................................................................................... 38
Figure 26 : Connection of DPR pin.................................................................................................................... 39
Figure 27 : LED1# reference circuit................................................................................................................... 41
Figure 28 : Flight mode switch reference circuit.............................................................................................. 42
Figure 29 : RF connector..................................................................................................................................... 47
Figure 30 : Equipment diagram.......................................................................................................................... 59
Figure 31 : Thermal design diagram..................................................................................................................60
Figure 32 : packaging diagram........................................................................................................................... 61
Figure 33 : Tray drawing...................................................................................................................................... 61
Figure 34 : Small carton drawing........................................................................................................................62
Figure 35 : Big carton drawing............................................................................................................................62
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