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LN960 WWAN M.2
LN960
Hardware User Guide
HW User Guide
Rev. 1.0 – 2019-05-30
Rev. 1.0 – 2019-05-30

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  • Page 1 LN960 WWAN M.2 LN960 Hardware User Guide HW User Guide Rev. 1.0 – 2019-05-30 Rev. 1.0 – 2019-05-30...

  • Page 2: Notice

    LN960 Hardware User Guide SPECIFICATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE NOTICE While reasonable efforts have been made to assure the accuracy of this document, Telit assumes no liability resulting from any inaccuracies or omissions in this document, or from use of the information obtained herein. The information in this document has been carefully checked and is believed to be reliable.

  • Page 3: Usage And Disclosure Restrictions

    LN960 Hardware User Guide USAGE AND DISCLOSURE RESTRICTIONS License Agreements The software described in this document is the property of Telit and its licensors. It is furnished by express license agreement only and may be used only in accordance with the terms of such an agreement.
  • Page 4 LN960 Hardware User Guide APPLICABILITY TABLE PRODUCTS LN960A16 Page 4 of 56...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    LN960 Hardware User Guide Contents NOTICE COPYRIGHTS ....................2 COMPUTER SOFTWARE COPYRIGHTS ............2 USAGE AND DISCLOSURE RESTRICTIONS ..........3 CONTENTS ....................5 INTRODUCTION ................7 Scope.................... 7 Audience ..................7 Contact Information, Support ............7 OVERVIEW................... 8 M.2 Overview ................8 2.1.1.
  • Page 6 LN960 Hardware User Guide Mobile Data Modem ..............36 RF transceiver ................37 4.2.1. Key features of SDR845 ............. 37 4.2.2. Key benefits of SDR845 .............. 37 Power management IC ............... 38 Antenna Design ................38 4.4.1. Antenna specification ..............38 4.4.2.

  • Page 7: Introduction

    LN960 Hardware User Guide 1. INTRODUCTION Scope The document covers the technical features of and design guideline for Telit LN960 WWAN M.2 Module. It also indicates application interface, hardware, software, reliability and mechanical specification. Audience This document is intended to review by engineering designers, and product managers.

  • Page 8: Overview

    LN960 Hardware User Guide 2. OVERVIEW This chapter provides an overview of standard features of Telit LN960 WWAN M.2 Module. M.2 Overview LN960 WWAN M.2 module is the next generation cellular LTE product, providing the connectivity on the world's fastest LTE networks in the extensive coverage of worldwide LTE bands, with unprecedented network performance.
  • Page 9 LN960 Hardware User Guide -40°C to +85 °C Operating Please refer to Temperature details in Chapter 7 Off-board USIM connector Supported RX Diversity ALL LTE and UMTS Bands Supported GNSS GPS: L1 (1575.42MHz) GLONASS: L1 (1602MHz) Beidou (1561.098MHz) Galileo E1 (1575.42MHz)
  • Page 10 LN960 Hardware User Guide There are 29 LTE and 8 UMTS bands supported by Telit LN960 WWAN M.2 Module. Table 2.1.1 -1 Supported LN960 LTE Bands E-UTRA Frequency Uplink Downlink Duplex BAND (MHz) Frequency Frequency Mode UE Receive UE Receive...
  • Page 11 LN960 Hardware User Guide 1500 1477.9- 1495.9- 1462.9 1510.9 1900 1850- 1930- 1915 1995 814-849 859-894 703-748 758-803 717-728 2300 2305- 2350- 2315 2360 2600 2570-2620 1900 1880-1920 2300 2300-2400 2500 2496-2690 3500 3400-3600 3700 3600-3800 3600 3550-3700 1700 1710-...
  • Page 12 LN960 Hardware User Guide FDD + TDD CA 3.5 GHz and 600 MHz Bands LAA Band (up to 80 MHz of unlicensed) Advance LTE IC + NAIC (with CRS only) WCDMA/HSPA Air Interface • R99: o All modes and data rates for WCDMA FDD •...
  • Page 13 LN960 Hardware User Guide Table 2.1.1 -2 Supported LN960 UMTS Bands UTRA Frequency Uplink Downlink Duplex BAND (MHz) Frequency Frequency Mode UE Receive UE Receive (MHz) (MHz) 2100 1920- 2110- 1980 2170 1900 1850- 1930- 1910 1990 1700 1710- 2110-...

  • Page 14: Carrier Aggregation

    2.1.2. Carrier Aggregation With the LTE-A carrier aggregation and high order modulation scheme Telit LN960 WWAN M.2 module is designed to run on the world’s fastest LTE networks. In the following tables there are 2CC, 3CC, 4CC and 5CC configurations shown in inter- band, and intra-band CA types in single duplex (FDD only) and in hybrid duplex (FDD+TDD) modes.
  • Page 15 LN960 Hardware User Guide CA_1A-18A; CA_1A-26A; CA_41C; CA_42C Various CA_1A-20A; CA_1A-3A; CA_1A-7A; CA_3A-20A; CA_3A-38A; CA_3A-7A; CA_3C; CA_38C; CA_3A- 20A; CA_3A-7A; CA_3C; CA_40C; CA_41C; CA_7A- 20A; CA_7C; CA_1A-20A; CA_1A-3A; CA_1A-7A; CA_20A-32A; CA_3A-20A; CA_3A-28A; CA_3A-38A; CA_3A-3A; CA_3A-5A; CA_3A-7A; CA_3C; CA_7A- 20A; CA_7A-28A Various CA_2A-28A;...
  • Page 16 LN960 Hardware User Guide CA_2A-5A-30A; CA_2A-5A- 66A; CA_2A-66A-66A; CA_13A-48A-48A; CA_13A- 48A-66A; CA_13A-48C; CA_13A-66A-66A; CA_13A- 66C; CA_2A-13A-66A; CA_2A- 2A-13A; CA_2A-2A-4A; CA_2A-2A-5A; CA_2A-2A-66A; CA_2A-46A-46A; CA_2A-46A- 66A; CA_2A-46C; CA_2A-48A- 48A; CA_2A-48A-66A; CA_2A- 48C; CA_2A-4A-13A; CA_2A- 4A-4A; CA_2A-4A-5A; CA_2A- 5A-66A; CA_2A-66A-66A; CA_48A-48A-66A; CA_48A- 66A-66A; CA_48A-66B;...
  • Page 17 LN960 Hardware User Guide Table 2.1.2-5 Four Carrier Component Carrier Aggregation Configurations Carrier Region 4CC DL CA Combinations North AT&T CA_12A-30A-66A-66A; America CA_2A-12A-30A-66A; CA_2A- 12A-66A-66A; CA_2A-29A- 30A-66A; CA_2A-2A-12A- 30A; CA_2A-2A-12A-66A; CA_2A-2A-29A-30A; CA_2A- 2A-5A-30A; CA_2A-2A-5A- 66A; CA_2A-2A-66A-66A; CA_2A-46D; CA_2A-4A-12A- 30A; CA_2A-4A-4A-12A;...
  • Page 18 LN960 Hardware User Guide Optus 46D; CA_3A-46D; CA_7A- 46D; CA_1A-3A-7A-28A; CA_3A- 40D; CA_40E Table 2.1.2-6 Five Carrier Component Carrier Aggregation Configurations Carrier Region 5CC DL CA Combinations North AT&T CA_2A-2A-46D; CA_2A-46D- America 66A; CA_2A-5B-30A-66A; CA_2A-5B-66A-66A; Verizon CA_13A-48A-48C-66A; ; A_13A-48C-48C; CA_13A- 48C-66B;...

  • Page 19: Wwan Module - System Block Diagram

    LN960 Hardware User Guide M.2 WWAN Module – System Block Diagram Figure 2.2-1 System Block Diagram Page 19 of 56...

  • Page 20: Host Interface Signals

    LN960 Hardware User Guide Host Interface Signals Telit LN960 WWAN M.2 is the PCIe M.2 standard compliant 3042 Slot B module. The main function and basic requirement of 75 pins are introduced in the following table. Table 2.3-1 Host Interface Summary...
  • Page 21 LN960 Hardware User Guide SLOT KEY SLOT KEY SLOT KEY SLOT KEY GPIO_5 AUDIO_0 1.8V CONFIG_0 ANT_TUNER_CONFIG 1.8V GPIO_11 WoWWAN# 1.8V GPIO_7 AUDIO_2 1.8V Dynamic Power Reduction 3.3V GPIO_10 W_DISABLE2# 3.3V GPIO_8 AUDIO_3 1.8V USB 3.0 TX- UIM_1_Reset USB 3.0 TX+...
  • Page 22 LN960 Hardware User Guide UIM_1_PWR Pout USB 3.0 RX+ Not Connected SIM DETECT (2) PETn0 Reserved, Disabled by Default UIM_2_DATA PETp0 Reserved, Disabled by Default UIM_2_CLK USIM_2_RESET PERn0 Reserved, Disabled by Default UIM_@_PWR PERp0 Reserved, Disabled by Default PERST# Reserved,...
  • Page 23 LN960 Hardware User Guide CLKREQ# Reserved, Disabled by Default REFCLKN Reserved, Disabled by Default PEWAKE# Reserved, Disabled by Default REFCLKP Reserved, Disabled by Default MIPI_DATA 1.8V MIPI_CLK 1.8V ANTCTL0 1.8V COEX3 1.8V ANTCTL1 1.8V COEX_RXD 1.8V ANTCTL2 1.8V COEX_TXD 1.8V ANTCTL3 1.8V...
  • Page 24 LN960 Hardware User Guide CONFIG_1(GND) Power Supply 3.3V Power Supply Power Supply CONFIG_2(GND) Page 24 of 56...

  • Page 25: Wwan M.2 Interface Details

    LN960 Hardware User Guide 3. WWAN M.2 INTERFACE DETAILS Platform connection design 3.1.1. Configuration Pins 2.0 The M.2 module provides 4 configuration pins. LN960 is configured as WWAN- USB3.0- 0, refer to PCIe M.2_Rev 1.1. Item Module configuration decodes Module...

  • Page 26: Usb 3.0 Interface

    3.1.4. USB 3.0 interface The USB controller of LN960 WWAN M.2 Module is compliant with USB3.0 in all modes. When two devices are connected via a USB3.0 interface, one of the devices must act as a host, and the other device must act as a peripheral. The host is responsible for initiating and controlling traffic on the bus.
  • Page 27 LN960 Hardware User Guide USB3.0-Rx- USB 3.0 Receive Minus USB3.0- USB 3.0 Receive Plus When two are connected host is chosen to initiate and to control traffic on the USB bus. WWAN M.2 Module Host Remark: USB/PCIe configuration the module supports...

  • Page 28: W_Disable

    W_DISABLE# This control setting is implementation-specific and represents the collective intention of the host software to manage radio operation. LN960 provides a hardware pin (W_DISABLE#) to disable or enable the radio. Besides, the radio can also be enabled or disabled through software AT commands.

  • Page 29: Wowwan

    LN960 Hardware User Guide 3.1.7. WoWWAN The WAKE_ON_WWAN# signal is for power saving. •LTE module always listening at very low power in idle mode •LTE module will wake up mother board via ‘WoWWAN’ signal. •The platform will power on when triggered by the LTE module.

  • Page 30: Dpr (Dynamic Power Reduction)

    LN960 Hardware User Guide 3.1.8. DPR (Dynamic Power Reduction) The optional DPR signal is used by wireless devices to assist in meeting regulatory SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) requirements for RF exposure. The signal is provided by a host system proximity sensor to the wireless device to provide an input trigger causing a reduction in the radio transmit output power.

  • Page 31: Usim

    LN960 Hardware User Guide DPR table by different Platform requirement Refer the detail DPR table base on different platform requirement and implement into FW setting (Waiting customer provide) Remark: The platform (system) side needs design a proximity sensor connect to platform...

  • Page 32: Antenna Control

    UIM_DETECT pin is asserted to HIGH. This is to ensure the power is not turned ON earlier before SIM card to be seated well. 3.1.10. Antenna Control (1). LN960 provides GPIO control signals for external antenna tuner application. ANTCTRL (0-3) are provided to allow for the implementation of antenna tuning solutions. Page 32 of 56...
  • Page 33 Power VIO=2.7V For antenna tuner power Power VIO=1.8V For antenna tuner power (3). LN960 support both 4x4 and 2x2 MIMO antennas and by Pin 68 to select the antenna configuration Item State M.2 Antenna Configuration (FW switching follow detect status) 4x4 Antenna (Pin 68 pull down to GND), R1<1Kohm or short to GND...

  • Page 34: Antenna Tuner Mode Switch

    LN960 Hardware User Guide 3.1.11. Antenna Tuner Mode Switch LN960 provide two antenna tuner modes configure for Notebook and Tablet scenario through M.2 Pin22 (ANT_TUNER_CONFIG), and get more benefit on antenna performance Item Tuner Scenario Mode State Notebook High Tablet 3.1.12.
  • Page 35 LN960 Hardware User Guide The Reset# signal is relatively sensitive, it is recommended to install one capacitor (10~100pF) near to the M.2 card pin. Page 35 of 56...

  • Page 36: Hardware Features

    LN960 Hardware User Guide 4. HARDWARE FEATURES LN960 consists of the following key engine components, in addition to the required front-end RF and other discrete components. Modem engine ■ Soft Baseband: SDX-20 ■ RF: SDR845 ■ Power: PMX20 Connectivity engine ■...

  • Page 37: Rf Transceiver

    LN960 Hardware User Guide RF transceiver The SDR845 device is a highly-integrated multimode, multiband RF CMOS transceiver IC that interfaces with the SDX20 device through QLink. The SDR845 is the first integrated single-chip RFIC for LTE downlink carrier aggregation (CA) up to 100 MHz BW supporting 5DL CA (two of the carriers must be contiguous).

  • Page 38: Power Management Ic

    Simplified DC power requirements for this highly integrated RFIC with built-in microprocessor Power management IC LN960 uses the Qualcomm PMX20. The PMX20 device integrates all the wireless product’s power management, general housekeeping, and user interface support functions into a single mixed-signal IC. Its versatile design is suitable for any multimode, multiband product.
  • Page 39 LN960 Hardware User Guide Table 4-1 Main antenna specifications Parameter Min. Typ. Max. Units Notes Cable loss Maximum loss to antenna Impedance Antenna load impedance VSWR Maximum allowed VSWR of antenna Note: Main antenna peak gain limit as 2.5dBi for frequency <1.5GHz and 4dBi for frequency >1.5GHz of module level certification...

  • Page 40: Antenna Location And Mechanical Design

    LN960 Hardware User Guide 4.4.2. Antenna location and mechanical design. To ensure customer has a clear knowledge of the two antennas, check below product picture. Figure 4-1 Antenna connector location and type Figure 4-2 RF connectors Page 40 of 56...
  • Page 41 LN960 Hardware User Guide Figure 4-3 RF receptacles Page 41 of 56...

  • Page 42: Mechanical Specifications

    LN960 Hardware User Guide 5. MECHANICAL SPECIFICATIONS Overview LN960 is compatible with the PCI Express M.2 Specification 3042 Key.B type 75-pin card edge-type connector. Refer to Electromechanical Specification Revision 0.7a, Version 1.0 with Input Power and Voltage Tolerance ECN for more details.

  • Page 43: Card Assembly

    LN960 Hardware User Guide M.2 card assembly 5.3.1. Mid-mount Connection with Single Sided Module Figure 3-2 shows Stack-up Mid-Line (In-line) Single Sided Module for 1.5 Maximum Component Height, refer to section 2.4.8.3.1 of PCIe M.2_Rev 1.1 standard. Remark: 2.4mm maximum above mother board Cut area of main board under M.2 module...

  • Page 44: Top-Mount Connection With Single Sided Module

    LN960 Hardware User Guide Remark: 2.4mm maximum above mother board Cut area of main board under M.2 module Need to add thermal pad between M.2 module with mechanical component (like material shielding) for thermal dissipation 5.3.3. Top-mount Connection with Single Sided Module Figure 5-4 shows Top Mount Single-sided Module for 1.5 Maximum Component...

  • Page 45: Top-Mount Connection With Double-Sided Module (For E-Sim)

    LN960 Hardware User Guide Need to add thermal pad between M.2 modules with mother board for thermal dissipation 5.3.4. Top-mount Connection with Double-sided Module (For e-SIM) Figure 3-5 shows Stack-up Top Mount Double-sided Module for 1.5 Maximum Top- side Component Height with 0.7 Maximum Bottom-side Component Height (e-SIM mounted);...
  • Page 46 LN960 Hardware User Guide Unmating: In case of unmating by pulling tool. Use the pulling tool as the following drawing, and pull plug to vertical direction as directly as possible Pulling tool (Unit: mm) Page 46 of 56...

  • Page 47: Electrical Specifications

    LTE module to Platform PCB) would get more thermal margin and benefit then extend the operating temperature Operating LN960 device under conditions beyond its absolute maximum ratings (Table 4-1) may damage the device. Absolute maximum ratings are limiting values to be considered individually when all other parameters are within their specified operating ranges.

  • Page 48: Power Consumption

    LN960 Hardware User Guide Power consumption Table 6-2 Radio system power consumption ----TBD Thermal dissipation proposal ----TBD Page 48 of 56...

  • Page 49: Rf Performance Specifications

    LN960 Hardware User Guide 7. RF PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS Radio performance for LN960 is given in the following sections, including RF receiver, RF transmitter. RF maximum TX power specifications Table 7-1 Conductive Maximum transmits power (LTE BW: 10MHz) Notes: The below test result is for reference only, we will update the final Spec.

  • Page 50: Rf Min. Rx Sensitivity Specifications

    LN960 Hardware User Guide 23 +/-2 24.5 23.5 22.0 23 +/-2 24.5 23.5 22.0 3GPP Design Spec.(dBm) WCDMA Standard Max. Typ. Min. (dBm) 24+1.7/- 24.5 23.5 22.5 24+1.7/- 24.5 23.5 22.5 24+1.7/- 24.5 23.5 22.5 5(6/19) 24+1.7/- 24.5 23.5 22.5 24+1.7/-...
  • Page 51 LN960 Hardware User Guide -102 -102 -102 -102 -102 -93.5 -97.5 -97.5 -94.5 -102 -95.5 -102 -102 -97.5 -97.5 -97.5 -97.5 -102 -97.5 -97.5 -97.5 -97.5 -98.5 -98.5 -101 -97.5 -97.5 -97.5 -97.5 -97.5 -97.5 -97.5 -97.5 -101 -101 -101 -96.5...
  • Page 52 LN960 Hardware User Guide Remark: It has 3dB margin at least refer to 3GPP standard. The typical value of LTE was measured as combine Rx sensitivity which was follow test setup of 3GPP standard (TS36.521 charter 7.2 and charter 7.3.5), the test setup is follow TS36.508 Annex A Figure A.3.

  • Page 53: Safety Recommendations

    LN960 Hardware User Guide 8. SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS READ CAREFULLY Be sure the use of this product is allowed in the country and in the environment required. The use of this product may be dangerous and has to be avoided in the following areas: •...

  • Page 54: Acronyms

    LN960 Hardware User Guide 9. ACRONYMS Next Generation Form Factor NGFF Page 54 of 56...

  • Page 55: Document History

    LN960 Hardware User Guide DOCUMENT HISTORY Revision Date Changes 2019- First issue (Preliminary) 05-30 Page 55 of 56...
  • Page 56 LN960 Hardware User Guide Page 56 of 56 Mod. 08 05 2017-01 Rev.6...
  • Page 57 Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
  • Page 58 However, the OEM integrator is still responsible for testing their end-product for any additional compliance requirements required with this module installed IMPORTANT NOTE: In the event that these conditions can not be met (for example certain laptop configurations or co-location with another transmitter), then the FCC authorization is no longer considered valid and the FCC ID can not be used on the final product.
  • Page 59 fonctionnement indésirable. Radiation Exposure Statement: This equipment complies with ISED radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body. Déclaration d'exposition aux radiations: Cet équipement est conforme aux limites d'exposition aux rayonnements ISED établies pour un environnement non contrôlé.
  • Page 60 Dans le cas où ces conditions ne peuvent être satisfaites (par exemple pour certaines configurations d'ordinateur portable ou de certaines co-localisation avec un autre émetteur), l'autorisation du Canada n'est plus considéré comme valide et l'ID IC ne peut pas être utilisé sur le produit final. Dans ces circonstances, l'intégrateur OEM sera chargé...
  • Page 61 End Product Labeling This transmitter module is authorized only for use in device where the antenna may be installed such that 20 cm may be maintained between the antenna and users. The final end product must be labeled in a visible area with the following: “Contains IC: 5131A-LN960A16 2878D-T77W968”.

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