Reference Design For Active Antenna; Antenna Installation; Antenna Requirement - Quectel UC20 Manual

5.2.2. Reference Design for Active Antenna

Active
antenna
NOTES
1. You can choose the corresponding reference circuit above according to your demands on antenna
circuit design.
2. MAX2659 is the recommended LNA chip. You can disable LNA to save power with one GPIO
shown in above figure. Pay attention to this pin's voltage level.
3. VDD supplies power for active antenna. You can choose the right VDD according to the requirements
for active antenna. This power circuit is not needed if passive antenna is applied here.
4. All NM capacitors are reserved for adjusting RF performance.
5. The capacitance of ESD component D1 should be less than 1Pf (e.g. LXES15AAA1-100).

5.3. Antenna Installation

5.3.1. Antenna Requirement

The following table shows the requirement on /UMTS antenna and GNSS antenna.
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VDD
10R
47nH
NM
Figure 36: Reference Circuit of GNSS Active Antenna
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0.1uF
100pF
ANT_GNSS
NM
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