Antenna Installation; Antenna Requirements - Quectel BG95 Series Hardware Design

Figure 27: Reference Circuit of GNSS Antenna Interface
NOTES
1. An external LDO can be selected to supply power according to the active antenna requirement.
2. If the module is designed with a passive antenna, then the VDD circuit is not needed.

5.3. Antenna Installation

5.3.1. Antenna Requirements

The following table shows the requirements on main antenna and GNSS antenna.
Table 31: Antenna Requirements
Antenna Type
1)
GNSS
LTE/GSM
BG95_Hardware_Design
Requirements
Frequency range: 1559MHz ~1609MHz
Polarization: RHCP or linear
VSWR: < 2 (Typ.)
Passive antenna gain: > 0dBi
Active antenna noise figure: < 1.5dB
Active antenna gain: > 0dBi
Active antenna embedded LNA gain: < 17dB
VSWR: ≤ 2
Efficiency: > 30%
Max Input Power (W): 50
Input Impedance (Ω): 50
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