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EC200T-AU Series Mini
PCIe
Hardware Design
LTE Standard Module Series
Version: 1.1
Date: 2020-10-17
Status: Released

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  • Page 1 EC200T-AU Series Mini PCIe Hardware Design LTE Standard Module Series Version: 1.1 Date: 2020-10-17 Status: Released...
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  • Page 3 To the maximum extent permitted by law, Quectel excludes all liability for any loss or damage suffered in connection with the use of the functions and features under development, regardless of whether such loss or damage may have been foreseeable.
  • Page 4 LTE Standard Module Series EC200T Series Mini PCIe Hardware Design The information contained here is proprietary technical information of Quectel wireless solutions co., ltd. Transmitting, reproducing, disseminating and editing this document as well as using the content without permission are forbidden. Offenders will be held liable for payment of damages. All rights are reserved in the event of a patent grant or registration of a utility model or design.

  • Page 5: About The Document

    LTE Standard Module Series EC200T Series Mini PCIe Hardware Design About the Document Revision History Version Date Author Description Jaye SANG/ 2020-02-27 Initial Niko WU Anthony LIU/ Added Current Consumption operation and storage 2020-10-17 Niko WU temperatures EC200T_Series_Mini_PCIe_Hardware_Design 3 / 54...

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    LTE Standard Module Series EC200T Series Mini PCIe Hardware Design Contents About the Document ..........................3  Contents ..............................4  Table Index ............................... 6  Figure Index .............................. 7  1  Introduction ............................8  1.1.  Safety Information ........................11  2  Product Concept ..........................13 ...
  • Page 7 Current Consumption ......................45  6  Dimensions and Packaging ......................52  6.1.  General Description ......................52  6.2.  Mechanical Dimensions of EC200T Series Mini PCIe ............52  6.3.  Standard Dimensions of Mini PCI Express ................53  6.4.  Packaging Specifications ...................... 54  7 ...
  • Page 8 Table 20: Power Supply Requirements ....................40  Table 21: I/O Requirements ........................41  Table 22: Conducted RF Output Power of EC200T Series Mini PCIe ............. 41  Table 23: Conducted RF Receiving Sensitivity of EC200T-CN Mini PCIe ..........42  Table 24: Conducted RF Receiving Sensitivity of EC200T-EU Mini PCIe ..........
  • Page 9 LTE Standard Module Series EC200T Series Mini PCIe Hardware Design Figure Index Figure 1: Functional Diagram ........................17 Figure 2: Pin Assignment ........................18 Figure 3: Reference Circuit of Power Supply ..................24 Figure 4: Reference Circuit of (U)SIM Interface with an 8-pin (U)SIM Card Connector ......25 Figure 5: Reference Circuit of (U)SIM Interface with a 6-pin (U)SIM Card Connector ......

  • Page 10: Introduction

    LTE Standard Module Series EC200T Series Mini PCIe Hardware Design Introduction This document defines EC200T Series Mini PCIe module, and describes its air interfaces and hardware interfaces which are connected with customers’ applications. This document helps customers quickly understand module interface specifications, electrical characteristics, mechanical specifications and other related information of the module.
  • Page 11 LTE Standard Module Series EC200T Series Mini PCIe Hardware Design ❒ WCDMA Band II/LTE Band2/ LTE Band 7 :≤8.000dBi ❒ WCDMA Band IV/ LTE Band 4 / LTE Band 66:≤5.000dBi ❒ WCDMA Band V / LTE Band 5:≤9.541dBi 5. This module must not transmit simultaneously with any other antenna or transmitter 6.
  • Page 12 LTE Standard Module Series EC200T Series Mini PCIe Hardware Design The final host / module combination may also need to be evaluated against the FCC Part 15B criteria for unintentional radiators in order to be properly authorized for operation as a Part 15 digital device.

  • Page 13: Safety Information

    The following safety precautions must be observed during all phases of operation, such as usage, service or repair of any cellular terminal or mobile incorporating EC200T Series Mini PCIe module. Manufacturers of the cellular terminal should send the following safety information to users and operating personnel, and incorporate these guidelines into all manuals supplied with the product.
  • Page 14 LTE Standard Module Series EC200T Series Mini PCIe Hardware Design EC200T_Series_Mini_PCIe_Hardware_Design 12 / 54...

  • Page 15: Product Concept

    Product Concept 2.1. General Description EC200T Series Mini PCIe module provides data connectivity on LTE-FDD, LTE-TDD, HSPA+, HSDPA, HSUPA, WCDMA, EDGE and GPRS networks with PCI Express Mini Card 1.2 standard interface. It supports embedded operating systems such as Linux, Android, etc., and also provides audio, high-speed data transmission for customers’...

  • Page 16: Description Of Module Series

    LTE Standard Module Series EC200T Series Mini PCIe Hardware Design 2.2. Description of Module Series EC200T Series Mini PCIe series contains 3 variants, and are listed in the following table. Table 1: Description of EC200T Series Mini PCIe Module Series...
  • Page 17 LTE Standard Module Series EC200T Series Mini PCIe Hardware Design Supply voltage: 3.0–3.6 V Power Supply Typical supply voltage: 3.3 V Class 4 (33dBm±2dB) for EGSM900 Class 1 (30dBm±2dB) for DCS1800 Class E2 (27dBm±3dB) for EGSM900 8-PSK Transmitting Power Class E2 (26dBm±3dB) for DCS1800 8-PSK Class 3 (24dBm+1/-3dB) for WCDMA bands Class 3 (23dBm±2dB) for LTE-FDD bands...
  • Page 18 4.x/5.x/6.x/7.x/8.x/9.x, etc. Antenna Connectors Include main antenna and diversity antenna connectors Rx-diversity (Optional) Support LTE Rx-diversity Compliant with 3GPP TS 27.007, 27.005 and Quectel enhanced AT AT Commands commands Size: (51.0±0.15)mm × (30.0±0.15)mm × (4.9±0.2)mm Physical Characteristics Weight: approx. 9.7g Operating temperature range: -35°C to +75°C...

  • Page 19: Functional Diagram

    LTE Standard Module Series EC200T Series Mini PCIe Hardware Design 2.4. Functional Diagram The following figure shows the block diagram of EC200T Series Mini PCIe. Boost VBAT Circuit Main Main Antenna Antenna PCM&I2C Connector EC200T UART Module Diversity Diversity Antenna...

  • Page 20: Application Interfaces

    PCM and I2C interfaces  Control and indication pins 3.1. Pin Assignment The following figure shows the pin assignment of EC200T Series Mini PCIe module. The top side contains EC200T module and antenna connectors. Pin Name Pin No. Pin Name Pin No.

  • Page 21: Pin Description

    LTE Standard Module Series EC200T Series Mini PCIe Hardware Design 3.2. Pin Description The following tables show the pin definition and description of the 52 pins on EC200T Series Mini PCIe. Table 3: I/O Parameters Definition Type Description Digital Input...
  • Page 22 LTE Standard Module Series EC200T Series Mini PCIe Hardware Design UIM_DATA USIM_DATA (U)SIM card data Connect to REFCLK- UART_RX receive DTE’s TX. UIM_CLK USIM_CLK (U)SIM card clock Connect to REFCLK+ UART_TX transmit DTE’s RX. UIM_RESET USIM_RST (U)SIM card reset Mini card ground...
  • Page 23 LTE Standard Module Series EC200T Series Mini PCIe Hardware Design PETn0 Data terminal ready Require external SMB_DATA I2C_SDA I2C serial data pull-up to 1.8V. PETp0 RESERVED Reserved Mini card ground Mini card ground Require differential USB_D- USB_DM USB differential data (-) impedance of 90Ω.

  • Page 24: Operating Modes

    3.4. Power Saving 3.4.1. Sleep Mode EC200T Series Mini PCIe is able to reduce its current consumption to a minimum value in sleep mode. There are three preconditions must be met to make the module enter sleep mode. Execute AT+QSCLK=1 to enable sleep mode.

  • Page 25: Airplane Mode

    37, 40, 43, 50 The typical supply voltage of EC200T Series Mini PCIe is 3.3 V. In the 2G network, the input peak current may reach 2.7 A during the transmitting time. Therefore, the power supply must be able to provide a rated output current of 2.7 A at least, and a bypass capacitor of no less than 470 µF with low ESR should be...

  • Page 26: U)Sim Interface

    1.8 V (U)SIM card hot-plug detect EC200T Series Mini PCIe supports (U)SIM card hot-plug via the USIM_DET pin. The function supports low level and high level detections. By default, It is disabled, and can be configured via AT+QSIMDET command. Please refer to document [2] for details about the command.
  • Page 27 LTE Standard Module Series EC200T Series Mini PCIe Hardware Design USIM_VDD 100 nF Module (U)SIM Card Connector USIM_VDD USIM_RST USIM_CLK USIM_DET USIM_DATA 33 pF 33 pF 33 pF Figure 4: Reference Circuit of (U)SIM Interface with an 8-pin (U)SIM Card Connector If (U)SIM card detection function is not needed, please keep USIM_DET unconnected.

  • Page 28: Usb Interface

    (U)SIM card connector. 3.7. USB Interface EC200T Series Mini PCIe provides one integrated Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface which complies with USB 2.0 specification. It can only be used as a slave device. Meanwhile, it supports high speed (480Mbps) mode and full speed (12Mbps) mode.

  • Page 29: Uart Interface

    LTE Standard Module Series EC200T Series Mini PCIe Hardware Design Test Points Minimize these stubs Module NM_0R NM_0R USB_DM USB_DM USB_DP USB_DP ESD Array Close to Module Figure 6: Reference Circuit of USB Interface A common mode choke L1 is recommended to be added in series between the module and customer’s MCU in order to suppress EMI spurious transmission.

  • Page 30: Pcm And I2C Interfaces

    Figure 7: Reference Circuit of Power Supply 3.9. PCM and I2C Interfaces EC200T Series Mini PCIe provides one Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) digital interface and one I2C interface. The following table shows the pin definition of PCM and I2C interfaces that can be applied in audio codec design.
  • Page 31 1.8 V Require external pull-up to 1.8 V. EC200T Series Mini PCIe provides one PCM digital interface, which supports 16-bit linear data format and the primary mode (short frame synchronization, works as either master or slave). In primary mode, the data is sampled on the falling edge of the PCM_CLK and transmitted on the rising edge.

  • Page 32: Control And Indication Signals

    LTE Standard Module Series EC200T Series Mini PCIe Hardware Design Clock and mode can be configured by AT command, and the default configuration is master mode using short frame synchronization format with 2048kHz PCM_CLK and 8kHz PCM_SYNC. The following figure shows a reference design of PCM interface with an external codec IC.

  • Page 33: Ri Signal

    Chapter 3.4.1. 3.10.3. W_DISABLE# Signal EC200T Series Mini PCIe provides a W_DISABLE# signal to disable or enable the RF function. The W_DISABLE# pin is pulled up by default. Its control function for airplane mode is disabled by default, and AT+QCFG=“airplanecontrol”,1 can be used to enable the function.

  • Page 34: Perst# Signal

    LTE Standard Module Series EC200T Series Mini PCIe Hardware Design Software method can be controlled by AT+CFUN, and the details are as follows. Table 13: Airplane Mode Controlled by Software Method AT+CFUN=? RF Function Status Module Operation Mode RF and (U)SIM disabled...

  • Page 35: Led_Wwan# Signal

    LTE Standard Module Series EC200T Series Mini PCIe Hardware Design 3.10.5. LED_WWAN# Signal EC200T Series Mini The LED_WWAN# signal of PCIe is used to indicate the network status of the module, and can absorb a 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 36: Wake# Signal

    LTE Standard Module Series EC200T Series Mini PCIe Hardware Design  AT+CFUN=0, AT+CFUN=4 3.10.6. WAKE# Signal The WAKE# signal is an open collector signal which is similar to RI signal, but a host pull-up resistor and AT+QCFG="risignaltype","physical" command are required. When a URC returns, a 120ms low level pulse will be outputted.

  • Page 37: Antenna Connection

    Antenna Connection 4.1. Antenna Connectors EC200T Series Mini PCIe is mounted with two antenna connectors for external antenna connection: a main antenna connector and an Rx-diversity antenna connector. And Rx-diversity function is enabled by default. The impedance of the antenna connectors is 50Ω.
  • Page 38 LTE Standard Module Series EC200T Series Mini PCIe Hardware Design LTE-TDD B41 2555–2655 2555–2655 Table 17: EC200T-EU Mini PCIe Operating Frequencies 3GPP Band Transmit Receive Unit EGSM900 880–915 925–960 DCS1800 1710–1785 1805–1880 WCDMA B1 1920–1980 2110–2170 WCDMA B8 880–915 925–960 LTE-FDD B1 1920–1980...

  • Page 39: Antenna Requirements

    LTE Standard Module Series EC200T Series Mini PCIe Hardware Design WCDMA B2 1850–1910 1930–1990 WCDMA B4 1710–1755 2110–2155 WCDMA B5 824–849 869–894 WCDMA B8 880–915 925–960 LTE-FDD B1 1920–1980 2110–2170 LTE-FDD B2 1850–1910 1930–1990 LTE-FDD B3 1710–1785 1805–1880 LTE-FDD B4 1710–1755...

  • Page 40: Recommended Mating Plugs For Antenna Connection

    (LTE-FDD B7, LTE-TDD B38/B40/B41) 4.3. Recommended Mating Plugs for Antenna Connection EC200T Series Mini PCIe is mounted with RF connectors (receptacles) for convenient antenna connection. The dimensions of the antenna connectors are shown as below. Figure 14: Dimensions of the Receptacle RF Connectors (Unit: mm) U.FL-LP mating plugs listed in the following figure can be used to match the receptacles.
  • Page 41 LTE Standard Module Series EC200T Series Mini PCIe Hardware Design The following figure describes the space factor of mating plugs. Figure 16: Space Factor of Mating Plugs (Unit: mm) For more details of the recommended mating plugs, please visit http://www.hirose.com.

  • Page 42: Reliability, Radio And Electrical Characteristics

     ESD characteristics 5.2. Power Supply Requirements The input voltage of EC200T Series Mini PCIe is 3.0V–3.6V, as specified by PCI Express Mini CEM Specifications 1.2. The following table shows the power supply requirements of EC200T Series Mini PCIe. Table 20: Power Supply Requirements...

  • Page 43: I/O Requirements

    PERST# signal and W_DISABLE# signal is 0.5 V. 5.4. RF Characteristics The following tables show the conducted RF output power and receiving sensitivity of EC200T Series Mini PCIe module. Table 22: Conducted RF Output Power of EC200T Series Mini PCIe Frequency Bands Max.
  • Page 44 LTE Standard Module Series EC200T Series Mini PCIe Hardware Design LTE-FDD B1/B3/B5/B7/B8/B20/B28 23dBm±2dB < -39dBm LTE-TDD B34/B38/B39/B40/B41 23dBm±2dB < -39dBm Table 23: Conducted RF Receiving Sensitivity of EC200T-CN Mini PCIe Receiving Sensitivity (Typ.) Frequency 3GPP (SIMO) Primary Diversity SIMO EGSM900...
  • Page 45 LTE Standard Module Series EC200T Series Mini PCIe Hardware Design WCDMA B1 -108dBm -106.7dBm WCDMA B5 -104.7dBm WCDMA B8 -108dBm -103.7dBm LTE-FDD B1 (10MHz) -98.2dBm -98.0dBm -101.8dBm -96.3dBm LTE-FDD B3 (10MHz) -97.8dBm -97.5dBm -100.5dBm -93.3dBm LTE-FDD B5 (10MHz) -94.3dBm LTE-FDD B7 (10MHz) -96.5dBm...

  • Page 46: Esd Characteristics

    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 receiving performance. 5.5. ESD Characteristics The following table shows the ESD characteristics of EC200T Series Mini PCIe. Table 26: ESD Characteristics of EC200T Series Mini PCIe Tested Interfaces...

  • Page 47: Operation And Storage Temperatures

    3GPP specifications again. 5.7. Current Consumption The following table shows the current consumption of EC200T Series Mini PCIe. The current consumption of EC200T-AU Mini PCIe* will appear in the next version. Table 28: EC200T-CN Mini PCIe Current Consumption...
  • Page 48 LTE Standard Module Series EC200T Series Mini PCIe Hardware Design EGSM900 @ DRX=5 (USB disconnected) 5.66 EGSM900 @ DRX=5 (USB suspend) 6.10 EGSM900 @ DRX=9 (USB disconnected) 5.77 DCS1800 @ DRX=2 (USB disconnected) 6.03 DCS1800 @ DRX=5 (USB disconnected) 5.37 DCS1800 @ DRX=5 (USB suspend) 5.80...
  • Page 49 LTE Standard Module Series EC200T Series Mini PCIe Hardware Design WCDMA @ PF=64 (USB connected) 69.77 LTE-FDD @ PF=64 (USB disconnected) 48.11 LTE-FDD @ PF=64 (USB connected) 69.07 LTE-TDD @ PF=64 (USB disconnected) 49.16 LTE-TDD @ PF=64 (USB connected) 69.88 EGSM900 4DL/1UL @ 31.37 dBm...
  • Page 50 LTE Standard Module Series EC200T Series Mini PCIe Hardware Design WCDMA B8 HSDPA @ 22.47 dBm 843.54 WCDMA B8 HSUPA @ 21.17 dBm 824.58 LTE-FDD B1 @ 22.46 dBm 828.24 LTE-FDD B3 @ 22.15 dBm 841.85 LTE-FDD B5 @ 22.84 dBm 750.57...
  • Page 51 LTE Standard Module Series EC200T Series Mini PCIe Hardware Design EGSM900 @ DRX=5 (USB disconnected) 4.26 EGSM900 @ DRX=5 (USB suspend) 4.58 EGSM900 @ DRX=9 (USB disconnected) 3.99 DCS1800 @ DRX=2 (USB disconnected) 5.71 DCS1800 @ DRX=5 (USB disconnected) 4.24 DCS1800 @ DRX=5 (USB suspend) 4.64...
  • Page 52 LTE Standard Module Series EC200T Series Mini PCIe Hardware Design WCDMA @ PF=64 (USB connected) 74.74 LTE-FDD @ PF=64 (USB disconnected) 52.94 LTE-FDD @ PF=64 (USB connected) 73.83 LTE-TDD @ PF=64 (USB disconnected) 51.45 LTE-TDD @ PF=64 (USB connected) 74.27 EGSM900 4DL/1UL @ 33.01dBm...
  • Page 53 LTE Standard Module Series EC200T Series Mini PCIe Hardware Design LTE-FDD B1 @ 23.08 dBm 1016 LTE-FDD B3 @ 23.69 dBm 961.1 LTE-FDD B7 @ 23.98 dBm 1089 LTE-FDD B8 @ 23.16 dBm 865.1 LTE data LTE-FDD B20 @ 23.18 dBm 876.7...

  • Page 54: Dimensions And Packaging

    30.00±0.15 24.20±0.20 8.25±0.10 3x3.00±0.10 5.98±0.10 5.45±0.10 6.38±0.10 2xΦ2.60±0.1 0.61±0.05 6.35±0.10 2.35±0.10 50.95±0.15 34.30±0.20 48.05±0.20 1.40±0.10 4.90±0.20 9.90±0.10 7.26±0.10 10.35±0.10 4.00±0.10 1.00±0.10 Pin51 Pin1 Top View Side View Figure 17: Mechanical Dimensions of EC200T Series Mini PCIe EC200T_Series_Mini_PCIe_Hardware_Design 52 / 54...

  • Page 55: Standard Dimensions Of Mini Pci Express

    LTE Standard Module Series EC200T Series Mini PCIe Hardware Design 6.3. Standard Dimensions of Mini PCI Express The following figure shows the standard dimensions of Mini PCI Express. Please refer to document [1] for Detail A and Detail B. Figure 18: Standard Dimensions of Mini PCI Express...

  • Page 56: Packaging Specifications

    LTE Standard Module Series EC200T Series Mini PCIe Hardware Design EC200T Series 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 679105700 as an example.

  • Page 57: Appendix References

    LTE Standard Module Series EC200T Series Mini PCIe Hardware Design Appendix References Table 30: Related Documents Document Name Remark PCI Express Mini Card Electromechanical PCI Express Mini Card Specification Revision 1.2 Electromechanical Specification Quectel_EC200T-CN_AT_Commands_Manual_v1.0 EC200T AT commands manual Table 31: Terms and Abbreviations...
  • Page 58 LTE Standard Module Series EC200T Series Mini PCIe Hardware Design Full Rate GMSK Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying Global System for Mobile Communications Half Rate HSPA High Speed Packet Access HSUPA High Speed Uplink Packet Access kbps Kilo Bits Per Second...
  • Page 59 LTE Standard Module Series EC200T Series Mini PCIe Hardware Design Short Message Service Transmitting Direction Transient Voltage Suppressor UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver & Transmitter Uplink Unsolicited Result Code Universal Serial Bus (U)SIM (Universal) Subscriber Identification Module WCDMA Wideband Code Division Multiple Access...

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