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EP06
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LTE-A Module Series
Rev. EP06_Hardware_Design_V1.0
Date: 2018-06-14
www.quectel.com

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  • Page 1 EP06 Manual LTE-A Module Series Rev. EP06_Hardware_Design_V1.0 Date: 2018-06-14 www.quectel.com...
  • Page 2 QUECTEL OFFERS THE INFORMATION AS A SERVICE TO ITS CUSTOMERS. THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IS BASED UPON CUSTOMERS’ REQUIREMENTS. QUECTEL MAKES EVERY EFFORT TO ENSURE THE QUALITY OF THE INFORMATION IT MAKES AVAILABLE. QUECTEL DOES NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN, AND DOES NOT ACCEPT ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY INJURY, LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED BY USE OF OR RELIANCE UPON THE INFORMATION.

  • Page 3: About The Document

    About the Document History Revision Date Author Description 2018-06-20 Nina Dou Initial 2 / 50...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Functional Diagram ......................... 10 2.5. Evaluation Board ........................11 Application Interface ......................... 12 3.1. General Description ......................... 12 3.2. EP06 Interface ......................... 12 3.2.1. Pin Assignment ......................12 3.2.2. Definition of Interface ..................... 13 3.3. Power Supply ........................... 16 3.4.
  • Page 5 5.1. General Description ......................... 41 5.2. Mechanical Dimensions of EP06 module ................41 5.3. Standard Dimensions of Mini PCI Express ................42 5.4. Design Effect Drawings of the Module ..................43 Storage and Packaging ........................45 6.1. Storage ............................ 45 6.2.

  • Page 6: Introduction

    This document can help customers to quickly understand the interface specifications, electrical and mechanical details, as well as other related information of EP06 module. To facilitate its application in different fields, reference design is also provided for customers’ reference. Associated with application note and user guide, customers can use the module to design and set up mobile applications easily.
  • Page 7 Cellular terminals or mobiles operating over radio frequency signal and cellular network cannot be guaranteed to connect in all conditions, for example no mobile fee or with an invalid (U)SIM card. While you are in this condition and need emergent help, please remember using emergency call. In order to make or receive a call, the cellular terminal or mobile must be switched on and in a service area with adequate cellular signal strength.

  • Page 8: Product Concept

    Product Concept 2.1. General Description EP06 is a series of LTE-A Cat 6 module which provides data connectivity on LTE FDD, LTE TDD and WCDMA networks with PCI Express Mini Card 1.2 standard interface. It supports embedded operating systems such as WinCE, Linux, Android, etc., and also provides audio, high-speed data transmission and GNSS functionalities for customers’...

  • Page 9: Key Features

    B40+B40; B41+B41 Support WCDMA: B1/B3/B5/B8 Support LTE/WCDMA receive diversity Support GNSS Support digital audio NOTE B29 and B32 is only for secondary component carriers. 2.3. Key Features The following table describes the detailed features of EP06 module. 8 / 50...
  • Page 10 Table 2: Key Features of EP06 Feature Details Functional Interface PCI Express Mini Card 1.2 Standard Interface Supply voltage: 3.1V~4.4V Power Supply Typical supply voltage: 3.3V Class 3 (23dBm±2dB) for LTE-FDD bands Class 3 (23dBm±2dB) for LTE-TDD bands Transmitting Power...

  • Page 11: Functional Diagram

    Rx-diversity Support LTE/WCDMA Rx-diversity Gen8C Lite of Qualcomm GNSS Features Protocol: NMEA 0183 Compliant with 3GPP TS 27.007, 27.005 and Quectel enhanced AT AT Commands commands Size: (51.0± 0.1) × (30.0± 0.1) × (4.3± 0.2 mm) Physical Characteristics Weight: approx. 6g Operation temperature range: -35°C ~ +75°C...

  • Page 12: Evaluation Board

    Figure 1: Functional Diagram 2.5. Evaluation Board In order to help customers develop applications with EP06, Quectel supplies an evaluation board (EVB), USB Type C cable, USB to RS-232 converter cable, earphone, antenna and other peripherals to control or test the module.

  • Page 13: Application Interface

     USB interfaces  PCM&I2C interfaces  Control signals  Antenna interface 3.2. EP06 Interface 3.2.1. Pin Assignment The following figure shows the pin assignment of EP06 module. The top side contains EP06 module and antenna connectors. 12 / 50...

  • Page 14: Definition Of Interface

    ANTCTL3/GPIO3 PCM_DOUT PCM_DIN PCM_SYNC Figure 2: EP06 Pin Assignment 3.2.2. Definition of Interface The following tables show the pin definition and description of EP06 on the 52-pin application. Table 3: Definition of I/O Parameters Type Description Bidirectional Digital input Digital output...
  • Page 15 Table 4: Description of Pins Mini PCI Express EP06 Pin Description Comment Standard Name Name Output signal, used to wake up WAKE# WAKE_N the host. Vmin=3.1V 3.3Vaux 3.3V DC supply Vnorm=3.3V Vmax=4.4V External switch control for ANTCTL0/ 1.8V power COEX1...
  • Page 16 PERn0 USB3.0_TX- USB 3.0 transmit data (-) Vmin=3.1V 3.3Vaux 3.3V DC supply Vnorm=3.3V Vmax=4.4V PERp0 USB3.0_TX+ USB 3.0 transmit data (+) Ground Ground 1.5V Not connected Ground Require external SMB_CLK I2C_CLK I2C serial clock pull-up to 1.8V. PETn0 USB3.0_RX- USB 3.0 receive data (-) Require external SMB_DATA I2C_DATA...

  • Page 17: Power Supply

    43, 50 The typical supply voltage of EP06 is 3.3V. The power supply must be able to provide sufficient current up to 2A at least, and a bypass capacitor of no less than 470µF with low ESR should be used to prevent the voltage from dropping.

  • Page 18: U)Sim Card Interfaces

    (U)SIM data signal USIM2_DATA USIM_CLK 12,17 1.8V/3.0V (U)SIM clock signal USIM2_CLK USIM_RST 14,7 1.8V/3.0V (U)SIM reset signal USIM2_RST EP06 supports 1.8V and 3.0V (U)SIM cards. The following figure shows a reference design for a 6-pin (U)SIM card connector. 17 / 50...

  • Page 19: Usb Interfaces

    USIM_VDD 100nF Module (U)SIM Card Connector USIM_VDD USIM_RST USIM_CLK USIM_DATA Figure 4: Reference Circuit of (U)SIM Card Interface with a 6-pin (U)SIM Card Connector In order to enhance the reliability and availability of the (U)SIM card in customers’ application, please follow the criteria below in (U)SIM circuit design: ...
  • Page 20 USB3.0_RX+ USB 3.0 receive data (+) EP06 is compliant with USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 specifications. Meanwhile, The USB 2.0 interface supports high speed (480Mbps) mode and full speed (12Mbps) mode. It is used for AT command communication, data transmission, GNSS NMEA output, software debugging, firmware upgrade and voice over USB2.0*.

  • Page 21: Pcm And I2C Interfaces

     It is important to route the USB 2.0&3.0 signal traces as differential pairs with total grounding. For USB 2.0 routing traces, the trace impedance of a differential pair should be 90Ω, and the length matching of the differential pair should be less than 2mm. For USB 3.0 routing traces, the trace impedance of Tx and Rx differential pairs should be 90Ω, and the length matching of Tx and Rx differential pairs should be less than 0.7mm.
  • Page 22 EP06 module provides one PCM digital interface*, which supports 8-bit A-law and μ-law, and also supports 16-bit linear data formats and the following modes:  Primary mode (short frame synchronization, works as either master or slave)  Auxiliary mode (long frame synchronization, works as master only) NOTE “*”...

  • Page 23: Control Signals

    125us PCM_CLK PCM_SYNC PCM_DOUT PCM_DIN Figure 7: Timing in Auxiliary Mode Clock and mode can be configured by AT command, and the default configuration is master mode using short frame synchronization data format with 2048kHz PCM_CLK and 8kHz PCM_SYNC. In addition, the module’s firmware has integrated the configuration on some PCM codec’s application with I2C interface.

  • Page 24: Reset_N Signal

    3.7.2. WWAN_LED_N Signal The WWAN_LED_N signal of EP06 module is used to indicate the network status of the module, which can absorb the current up to 40mA. According to the following circuit, in order to reduce the current of the LED, a resistor must be placed in series with the LED.

  • Page 25: Antenna Interfaces

    AT+CFUN=0 or AT+CFUN=4 3.8. Antenna Interfaces EP06 includes a main antenna interface, an Rx-diversity antenna interface which is used to resist the fall of signals caused by high speed movement and multipath effect, and a GNSS antenna interface. The impedance of antenna port is 50Ω.

  • Page 26: Operating Frequency

    3.8.2. Operating Frequency Table 12: EP6-A Operating Frequencies 3GPP Band Transmit Receive Unit WCDMA B2 1850~1910 1930~1990 WCDMA B4 1710~1755 2110~2155 WCDMA B5 824~849 869~894 LTE B2 1850~1910 1930~1990 LTE B4 1710~1755 2110~2155 LTE B5 824~849 869~894 LTE B7 2500~2570 2620~2690 LTE B12 699~716...

  • Page 27: Gnss Antenna Interface

    LTE B5 824~849 869~894 LTE B7 2500~2570 2620~2690 LTE B8 880~915 925~960 LTE B20 832~862 791~821 LTE B28 703~748 758~803 LTE B32 1452~1496 LTE B38 2570~2620 2570~2620 LTE B40 2300~2400 2300~2400 LTE B41 2545~2655 2545~2655 NOTES Keep a proper distance between the main antenna and the Rx-diversity antenna to improve the receiving sensitivity.

  • Page 28: Antenna Installation

    Table 15: GNSS Frequency Type Frequency Unit GPS/Galileo/QZSS 1575.42±1.023 GLONASS 1597.5~1605.8 BeiDou 1561.098±2.046 NOTES An external LDO can be selected to supply power according to the active antenna requirement. If the module is designed with a passive antenna, then the VDD circuit is not needed. 3.8.4.
  • Page 29 (LTE B7/B38/B40/B41/B30) NOTE It is recommended to use a passive GNSS antenna when LTE B13 or B14 is supported, as the use of active antenna may generate harmonics which will affect the GNSS performance. The following figure shows the overall sizes of RF connector. Figure 11: Dimensions of the RF Connector (Unit: mm) U.FL-LP serial connectors listed in the following figure can be used to match the RF connector.
  • Page 30 Figure 12: Mechanicals of U.FL-LP Connectors 29 / 50...

  • Page 31: Electrical And Radio Characteristics

    The input voltage of EP06 is 3.3V±9%, as specified by PCI Express Mini CEM Specifications 1.2. And the power supply of EP06 should be able to provide sufficient current up to 2A at least. The following table shows the power supply requirements of EP06.
  • Page 32 24dBm+1/-3dB <-50dBm LTE FDD bands 23dBm±2dB <-40dBm LTE TDD bands 23dBm±2dB <-40dBm The following tables show conducted RF receiving sensitivity of EP06 series module. Table 19: EP06-A Conducted RF Receiving Sensitivity Frequency Primary Diversity SIMO 3GPP (SIMO) WCDMA B2 -108.5dBm -106.7dBm...

  • Page 33: Gnss Receiver

    SIMO is a smart antenna technology that uses a single antenna at the transmitter side and two antennas at the receiver side, which can improve Rx performance. 4.4. GNSS Receiver The following table shows GNSS performance of EP06. Table 21: GNSS Performance Parameter...

  • Page 34: Esd Characteristics

    (GNSS) @open sky XTRA enabled Autonomous Warm start @open sky XTRA enabled Autonomous Hot start @open sky XTRA enabled Accuracy Autonomous CEP-50 (GNSS) @open sky NOTES Tracking sensitivity: the lowest GNSS signal value at the antenna port on which the module can keep on positioning for 3 minutes.

  • Page 35: Current Consumption

    4.6. Current Consumption The following table shows the current consumption of the EP06-A. Table 23: EP06-A Current Consumption Parameter Description Conditions Typ. Unit AT+CFUN=0 (USB disconnected) 1.88 WCDMA PF=64 (USB disconnected) WCDMA PF=128 (USB disconnected) 2.29 WCDMA PF=256 (USB disconnected) 2.29...
  • Page 36 transfer WCDMA B2 HSUPA CH9400 @23.1dBm 658.8 (GNSS OFF) WCDMA B4 HSDPA CH1412 @23.4dBm 614.7 WCDMA B4 HSUPA CH1412 @23.3dBm 655.2 WCDMA B5 HSDPA CH4407 @23.4dBm 514.2 WCDMA B5 HSUPA CH4407 @23.3dBm 532.9 LTE-FDD B2 CH900 @23.6dBm 735.4 LTE-FDD B4 CH 2175 @23.4dBm 725.4 LTE-FDD B5 CH2525 @23.4dBm 644.2...
  • Page 37 WCDMA B2 CH9400@23.5dBm 658.8 WCDMA WCDMA B4 CH1412 @23.1dBm 655.2 voice call WCDMA B5 CH4407 @23.1dBm 532.9 The following table shows the current consumption of the EP06-E. Table 24: EP06-E Current Consumption Parameter Description Conditions Typ. Unit AT+CFUN=0 (USB disconnected) 1.69...
  • Page 38 LTE-FDD PF=32 (USB disconnected) 3.06 LTE-FDD PF=64 (USB disconnected) 3.26 LTE-FDD PF=128 (USB disconnected) 2.58 LTE-FDD PF=256 (USB disconnected) 2.26 LTE-TDD PF=32 (USB disconnected) LTE-TDD PF=64 (USB disconnected) LTE-TDD PF=128 (USB disconnected) 2.63 LTE-TDD PF=256 (USB disconnected) 2.29 WCDMA PF=64 (USB disconnected) WCDMA PF=64 (USB connected) 32.12 LTE-FDD PF=64 (USB disconnected)
  • Page 39 LTE-FDD B20 CH6300@23.5dBm 765.1 LTE-FDD B28 CH9510@21.4dBm 810.0 LTE-FDD B66 CH132322@22.3dBm 396.1 LTE-TDD B38 CH38000@24.0dBm 407.0 LTE-TDD B40 CH39150@23.8dBm 370.2 LTE-TDD B41 CH40740@24.3dBm 396.1 LTE-FDD B1+B1 @21.05dBm LTE-FDD B1+B5 @21.07dBm LTE-FDD B1+B8 @21.91dBm LTE-FDD B1+B20 @20.91dBm LTE-FDD B1+B28 @21.09dBm LTE-FDD B3+B5 @21.18dBm LTE-FDD B3+B7 @21.1dBm LTE-FDD B3+B8 @21.2dBm LTE-FDD B3+B20 @21.16dBm...

  • Page 40: Thermal Consideration

    WCDMA B8 CH3012 @22.98dBm 638.67 4.7. Thermal Consideration EP06 is designed to work over an extended temperature range. In order to achieve a maximum performance, it is strongly recommended to comply with the following principles for thermal consideration.  On customers’ PCB design, please keep placement of the module away from heating sources, especially high power components such as ARM processor, audio power amplifier, power supply, etc.
  • Page 41 EP06 Module Thermal Pad EP06 Module PCBA Shielding Cover Thermal Pad MiniPCIe Connector Application Board Application Board Figure 14: Referenced Thermal Pad Design NOTES Make sure that customers’ PCB design provides sufficient cooling for the module: proper mounting, heatsinks, and active cooling may be required depending on the integrated application.

  • Page 42: Mechanical Dimensions

    Mechanical Dimensions 5.1. General Description This chapter mainly describes mechanical dimensions as well as packaging specification of EP06 module. 5.2. Mechanical Dimensions of EP06 module Figure 15: Mechanical Dimensions of EP06module (Unit: mm) 41 / 50...

  • Page 43: Standard Dimensions Of Mini Pci Express

    Figure 16: Standard Dimensions of Mini PCI Express (Unit: mm) EP06 Mini PCIe adopts a standard Mini PCI Express connector which compiles with the directives and standards listed in the document [1]. The following figure takes the Molex 679100002 as an example.

  • Page 44: Design Effect Drawings Of The Module

    Figure 17: Dimensions of the Mini PCI Express Connector (Molex 679100002, Unit: mm) 5.4. Design Effect Drawings of the Module Figure 18: Top View of the Module 43 / 50...
  • Page 45 Figure 19: Bottom View of the Module NOTE These are design effect drawings of EP06 module. For more accurate pictures, please refer to the module that you get from Quectel. 44 / 50...

  • Page 46: Storage And Packaging

    (120ºC) baking. If shorter baking time is desired, please refer to IPC/JEDECJ-STD-033 for baking procedure. 6.2. Packaging The EP06 Mini PCIe is packaged in a tray. Each tray contains 10pcs of modules. The smallest package of EP06 Mini PCIe contains 100pcs。 45 / 50...

  • Page 47: Appendix References

    Appendix References Table 25: Related Documents Document Name Remark PCI Express Mini Card Electromechanical Mini PCI Express Specification Specification Revision 1.2 Table 26: Terms and Abbreviations Abbreviation Description Adaptive Multi-rate Bits Per Second Coding Scheme DC-HSPA+ Dual-carrier High Speed Packet Access DFOTA Delta Firmware Upgrade Over The Air Down Link...
  • Page 48 Global System for Mobile Communications Half Rate kbps Kilo Bits Per Second Light Emitting Diode LTE-A Long Term Evolution-Advanced Mbps Million Bits Per Second Mobile Equipment (Module) MIMO Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Multimedia Messaging Service Mobile Originated Mobile Terminated Pulse Code Modulation Protocol Data Unit Point-to-Point Protocol Radio Frequency...

  • Page 49: Ic & Fcc Requirement

    IC & FCC Requirement FCC Regulations: 8.1. This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

  • Page 50: Ised Radiation Exposure Statement

    Le présent appareil est conforme aux CNR Innovation, Sciences et Développement économique Canada applicables aux appareils radio exempts de licence. L'exploitation est autorisée aux deux conditions suivantes: (1) l'appareil ne doit pas produire de brouillage, et (2) l'utilisateur de l'appareil doit accepter tout brouillage radioélectrique subi, même si le brouillage est susceptible d'en This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

  • Page 51: Label Of The End Product

    the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. LABEL OF THE END PRODUCT: 8.7. The final end product must be labeled in a visible area with the following " Contains Transmitter Module FCC ID: XMR201807EP06A.

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