Product Concept; General Description - Quectel UC20 Hardware Design

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Product Concept

2.1. General Description

UC20 is an embedded HSPA+/EDGE engine with Rx-diversity. Its UMTS-based modem provides data
connectivity on HSPA+, HSDPA, HSUPA, WCDMA, EDGE, GPRS networks. It can also provide
GPS/GLONASS and voice functionality
of 14.4Mbps on downlink and 5.76Mbps on uplink in HSPA+/HSPA mode. UC20 also support
GPRS/EDGE multi-slot class 12. GPRS supports the coding schemes CS-1, CS-2, CS-3 and CS-4.
EDGE supports CS1-4 and MCS1-9 coding schemes. UC20 contains three variants UC20-A, UC20-E
and UC20-G. You can choose the dedicated type based on the wireless network configuration. The
following table shows the entire radio band configuration of UC20 series.
Table 1: UC20 Series Frequency Bands
GSM
Module
850
UC20-A
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UC20-E
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UC20-G
NOTE
1)
. UC20 series (UC20-A/UC20-E/UC20-G) includes Data-only and Telematics versions. Data-only
version does not support voice function, Telematics version supports it.
More details about GPRS/EDGE multi-slot configuration and coding schemes, please refer to Appendix B,
C and D.
With a tiny profile of 32.0mm × 29.0mm × 2.5mm, UC20 can meet almost all requirements for M2M
application such as automotive, metering, tracking system, security solutions, routers, wireless POS,
mobile computing devices, PDA phone and tablet PC, etc..
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for your specific application. UC20 offers a maximum data rate
EGSM DCS PCS UMTS
900 1800 1900 800
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UMTS UMTS
850 900
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Confidential / Released
UMTS/HSPA Module Series
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UMTS UMTS Rx-
1900 2100 diversity
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GNSS
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