Product Concept; General Description - Quectel LTE-A Series Hardware Design

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Product Concept

2.1. General Description

EG18 is a series LTE-FDD/LTE-TDD/WCDMA wireless communication module with diversity reception. It
provides data connectivity on LTE-FDD, LTE-TDD, DC-HSDPA, HSPA+, HSDPA, HSUPA, and WCDMA
networks.
EG18 supports embedded operating systems such as Windows, Linux and Android. It also provides
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GNSS and voice functionality
The module comprises two variants: EG18-EA and EG18-NA. Customers can choose a dedicated variant
based on the region or operator.
The following table shows the frequency bands, CA combinations
Table 1: Frequency Bands, CA Combinations and GNSS Types of EG18 Module
Mode EG18-EA
LTE-FDD
B1/B3/B5/B7/B8/B20/B28
(with Rx-diversity)
LTE-TDD
B38/B40/B41
(with Rx-diversity)
B1+B1/B3/B5/B7/B8/B20/B28/B38/B40/
B41;
B3+B3/B5/B7/B8/B20/B28/B38/B40/B41;
B7+B5/B7/B8/B20/B28;
2×CA (DL)
B20+B38/B40;
B38+B38;
B40+B40;
B41+B41
B3+B3; B7+B7; B38+B38; B40+B40;
2×CA (UL)
B41+B41
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to meet specific application demands.
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and GNSS types of EG18 module.
EG18-NA
B2/B4/B5/B7/B12/B13/B14/B25/B26/
4)
B29 /B30/B66/B71
B41
B2+B2/B4*/B5/B7/B12/B13/B14/
B29/B30/B66/B71;
B25+B5/B12/B25/B26/B41;
B4+B4/B5/B7/B12/B13/B29/B30/
B71;
B66+B5/B7/B12/B13/B14/B29/B30/
B66/B71;
B7+B5/B7/B12;
B30+B5/B12/B14/B29;
B26+B41
B7+B7; B41+B41
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