Decrease Voltage Drop - Quectel EC21 Series Hardware Design

Table 6: VBAT and GND Pins
Pin Name Pin No.
VBAT_RF 57, 58
VBAT_BB 59, 60
8, 9, 19, 22, 36,
GND 46, 48, 50~54,
56, 72, 85~112

3.6.2. Decrease Voltage Drop

The power supply range of the module is from 3.3V to 4.3V. Please make sure that the input voltage will
never drop below 3.3V. The following figure shows the voltage drop during burst transmission in 2G
network. The voltage drop will be less in 3G and 4G networks.
VBAT
Min.3.3V
Figure 7: Power Supply Limits during Burst Transmission
To decrease voltage drop, a bypass capacitor of about 100µF with low ESR should be used, and a
multi-layer ceramic chip (MLCC) capacitor array should also be used to provide the low ESR. The main
power supply from an external application has to be a single voltage source and can be expanded to two
sub paths with star structure. The width of VBAT_BB trace should be no less than 1mm; and the width of
VBAT_RF trace should be no less than 2mm. In principle, the longer the VBAT trace is, the wider it will be.
Three ceramic capacitors (100nF, 33pF, 10pF) are recommended to be applied to the VBAT pins. These
capacitors should be placed close to the VBAT pins. In addition, in order to get a stable power source, it is
suggested that you should use a zener diode of which reverse zener voltage is 5.1V and dissipation
power is more than 0.5W. The following figure shows the star structure of the power supply.
EC21_Hardware_Design
Description
Power supply for module RF
part.
Power supply for module
baseband part.
Ground
Burst
Transmission Transmission
Drop
Confidential / Released
LTE Module Series
EC21 Hardware Design
Min. Typ.
3.3 3.8
3.3 3.8
- 0
Burst
Ripple
Max. Unit
4.3 V
4.3 V
- V
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