Antenna Installation; Antenna Requirements - Quectel LTE-A Module Series Hardware Design

5.3. Antenna Installation

5.3.1. Antenna Requirements

The following table shows the requirements on Main, Rx-diversity/GNSS and MIMO antennas.
Table 31: Antenna Requirements of EM160R-GL
Type Requirements
VSWR: ≤ 2
Efficiency: > 30%
Max Input Power: 50 W
Input Impedance: 50 Ω
Main Antenna Cable Insertion Loss: < 1 dB
(Tx/Rx) (699–960 MHz)
Cable Insertion Loss: < 1.5 dB
(1710–2200 MHz)
Cable Insertion Loss: < 2dB
(2300–2690 MHz)
VSWR: ≤ 2
Efficiency: > 30%
Max Input Power: 50 W
Input Impedance: 50 Ω
Rx-diversity/
Cable Insertion Loss: < 1 dB
GNSS Antenna
(699–960 MHz)
Cable Insertion Loss: < 1.5 dB
(1559–2200 MHz)
Cable Insertion Loss: < 2 dB
(2300–2690 MHz)
VSWR: ≤ 2
Efficiency: > 30%
Max Input Power: 50 W
Input Impedance: 50 Ω
MIMO1 Antenna
（Rx）
Cable Insertion Loss: < 1 dB
(699–960 MHz)
Cable Insertion Loss: < 1.5 dB
(1559–2200 MHz)
EM120R-GL&EM160R-GL_Hardware_Design
LTE-A Module Series
EM120R-GL&EM160R-GL Hardware Design
Supported Bands
LTE:
B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B7/B8/B12/B13/
B14/B17/B18/B19/B20/B25/B26/
B28/B29/B30/B32/B38/B39/B40/
B41/B42/B43/B46/B48/B66
WCDMA:
B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B6/B8/B19
LTE:
B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B7/B8/B12/B13/
B14/B17/B18/B19/B20/B25/B26/
B28/B29/B30/B32/B38/B39/B40/
B41/B42/B43/B46/B48/B66
WCDMA:
B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B6/B8/B19
GNSS:
GPS;
GLONASS;
BeiDou/Compass;
Galileo
LTE:
B1/B2/B3/B4/B7/B25/
B30/B32/B38/B39/B40/B41/B66
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