Antenna Interface; Gsm Antenna Interface - SimCom SIM800C Hardware Design

Pin name Pin number
RF_SYNC 29
Note: About AT+SJDR, please refer to document [1].

4.13. Antenna Interface

There are two antenna interfaces, GSM_ANT and BT_ANT.
 The input impendence of the antenna should be 50Ω, and the VSWR should be less than 2.
 It is recommended that the GSM antenna and the BT antenna should be placed as far as possible.
 The isolations of the two antenna should be bigger than 30dB
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NOTE About the RF trace layout please refer to"AN_SMT Module_RF_Reference Design_Guide".

4.13.1 GSM Antenna Interface

SIM800C provides a GSM antenna named GSM_ANT, customer could use 50Ω microstrip line or stripline
antenna connect to the module.
It is recommended to reserve the matching circuit as following:
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R101， C101， C102 are the matching circuit, the value should be defined by the antenna design. Normally R101 is
0Ω, C101 and C102 are not mounted.
The RF connector is used for conduction test. If the space between RF pin and antenna is not enough, the
matching circuit should be designed as in the following figure:
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Figure 37: GSM antenna matching circuit without RF connector
SIM800C_Hardware_Design_V1.02
Mode 0(default)
RF Synchronization Signal
G N D
(P i n31)
R F connect or
G S M _ A N T
(P i n33)
C 101
G N D
(P i n33)
Figure 36: GSM antenna matching circuit
G N D
(P i n31)
G S M _A N T
(P i n33)
C 101
G N D
(P i n33)
37
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Mode 1
JD（RF jamming detection）
G S M
A nt enna
R 101
C 102
G S M
A nt enna
R 101
C 102
2015-4-27