Reference Design For Power Supply - Quectel UC20 Hardware Design

Current
VBAT
Min. 3.3V
To decrease voltage drop, a bypass capacitor of about 100µF with low ESR should be used. Multi-layer
ceramic chip (MLCC) capacitor can provide the best combination of low ESR. The main power supply
from an external application has to be a single voltage source and expanded to two sub paths with star
structure. The width of VBAT_BB trace should be no less than 1mm, and the width of VBAT_RF trace
should be no less than 2mm, and the principle of the VBAT trace is the longer, the wider.
Three ceramic capacitors (100nF, 33pF, 10pF) are recommended to be applied to the VBAT pins. The
capacitors should be placed close to the UC20's VBAT pins. In addition, in order to get a stable power
source, it is suggested to use a zener diode of which reverse zener voltage is 5.1V and dissipation power
is more than 0.5W. The following figure shows star structure of the power supply.
VBAT

3.6.3. Reference Design for Power Supply

The power design for the module is very important, since the performance of power supply for the module
largely depends on the power source. The power supply is capable of providing the sufficient current up to
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burst
Figure 6: Voltage Drop during Transmitting Burst
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C2 C3
C1
D1
100nF 33pF
5.1V 100uF
Figure 7: Star Structure of the Power Supply
burst
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C4 C5 C6 C7
10pF 100uF 100nF 33pF
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≤ 2.0A
< 400mV
VBAT_RF
VBAT_BB
C8
10pF
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