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Hardware Development Guide of Module Product MF206A Version 2.5, 2015-06-18...
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IMEI in picture Modify the test result in Table 6-6 Modify the name of Table 5-1 to sourceless 2013-05-31 Release as Version 2.1 2013-12-09 Modify the Figure 2-2. Add the contact information All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
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17. Add chapter 11 of Safety Information 18. Add the chapter 10.3 of Package System Add the description of Suspend and Resume of module in 2015-06-15 chapter 3.10 &3.7 Update the figures of module All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
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Note: Consult our website for up-to-date product descriptions, documentation, application notes, firmware upgrades, troubleshooting tips, and press releases Besides, ZTEWelink provides various technical support ways to the customers, such as support by phone, website, instant messaging, E-mail and on-site. All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
3.4.2 Requirement of Power Supply ................... 30 (U)SIM Card Interface ...................... 31 3.5.1 Description of PINs ......................31 3.5.2 Electric Feature ........................ 31 3.5.3 Application of (U)SIM Card Interface ................32 SD Card Interface ......................32 All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
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Interactive Application Interface ..................44 3.13 3.13.1 Description of PINs ......................44 3.13.2 Interface Application ......................45 LED Indicator Interface ....................45 3.14 3.14.1 Description of PINs ......................45 3.14.2 Interface Application ......................46 All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
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Antenna Indexes ....................... 62 5.7.1 Passive Indexes ........................ 63 5.7.2 Active Indexes ......................... 63 5.7.3 Test Methods for Whole-Set Antenna OTA ................ 64 Electric Feature ....................65 Power Supply ........................65 All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
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Recommended Product Upgrading Plan ................79 Manufacturing Guide ..................80 Design of Steel Mesh ......................80 10.1 10.2 Furnace Temperature Curve ....................81 10.3 Package System ........................ 83 Safety Information ................... 85 All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink VIII...
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Figure 5–3 RF Interface Testing Console ................55 Figure 5–4 Profile Dimensions of RF antenna console ............55 Figure 5–5 Recommended Receptacles Mode for MF206A ............. 57 Figure 5–6 Transition Circuit ....................59 Figure 5–7 The OTA test system of CTIA ................64 Figure 9–1 Recommended PCB Wielding Panel Design............
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Figure 10–1 Recommended Pattern of Steel Mesh on Wielding panel ........80 Figure 10–2 Furnace Temperature Curve Reference Diagram ..........82 Figure 10–3 The dimensions of Package tray ................. 83 Figure 10–4 Package process of modules ................84 All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
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Table 5–1 The Cable Consumption ..................56 Table 5–2 Passive Indexes of Main Antennas on PAD Products ..........63 Table 5–3 ZTEWelink Indexes for Mobile Terminal Devices ..........63 Table 6–1 Input Voltage ..................... 65 Table 6–2 Averaged standby DC power consumption ............. 65 Table 6–3 Averaged idle mode DC power consumption ............
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Table 8–4 Reliability Features ..................... 74 Table 8–5 Temperature Testing Result Under Windless Environment ........75 Table 8–6 High/Low-temperature Running & Storage Testing Result ........75 Table 10–1 Curve Temperature Curve Parameter Setting ............81 All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
This document provides the hardware solutions and development fundamentals for a product with the ZTEWelink module. By reading this document, the user can have an overall knowledge of MF206A and a clear understanding of the technical parameters. With this document, the user can successfully fulfill the application and development of wireless 3G Internet product or equipment.
Global Standard for Mobile Communications Input/output Light Emitting Diode Power Level Subscriber Identification Module Surface Mount Technology Serial Peripheral Interface UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunication System WCDMA Wideband Code Division Multi Access All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
Hardware Development Guide of Module Product Product Overview MF206A is a wireless Internet module with LGA interface. A rich set of internet protocols and abundant functions extend the applicability of the module to a wide range of M2M applications such as metering, tracking systems, security solutions, routers, wireless POS, mobile computing devices, PDAs, tablet PC and so on.
Hardware Development Guide of Module Product Mechanic Features MF206A is a 108-pin LGA encapsulation module. Except for the signal PIN, there are many dedicated heat-dissipation ground wielding panel to improve the grounding performance, mechanical strength and heat-dissipation performance. There are altogether 30 heat-dissipation ground wielding panels, evenly distributed at the bottom of PCB.
The major features of module can be described from the aspects of mechanic feature, base band, radio frequency, technical standard and environment feature. Table 2-1 is a list of the major technical parameters and features supported by module. All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
Max. Transmitter Power GSM/GPRS 1800MHz/1900MHz: Power Class 1 (+30± 2dBm) EDGE 850MHz/900MHz: Power Class E2 (+27± 3dBm) EDGE 1800MHz/1900MHz: Power Class E2 (+26 -4/+3dBm) WCDMA2100: ≤-106.7dBm Receiving sensitivity WCDMA1900/850: ≤-104.7dBm All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
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-45 to 90° C Humidity 5%~ 95% RAS dialup Support GPS/AGPS Support Application Support Text and PDU mode. Point to point MO and MT. SMS Status Report & SMS centre address setting All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
UART signal, SD interface signal, I2C interface signal, module power-on/resetting signal, SPI, main antenna interface, GPS antenna interface and power-supply interface. Figure 2–3 is a diagram of the system connection structure. All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
Working Frequency Band Uplink Frequency Band Downlink Frequency Band 824 MHz — 849 MHz 869 MHz — 894 MHz UMTS850 880 MHz — 915 MHz 925 MHz — 960 MHz UMTS900 All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
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869 MHz — 894 MHz GSM850 890 MHz — 915MHz 935 MHz — 960MHz GSM900 1710 MHz — 1785MHz 1805 MHz — 1880MHz GSM1800 1850 MHz — 1910MHz 1930 MHz — 1990MHz GSM1900 All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
PIN group 2, the power supply voltage is VDD_P2 PIN internal pull-up PIN internal pull-down 3.1.2 PIN Configuration Diagram The PIN sequence of interfaces on module is defined as shown in Figure 3–1. All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
To make the module standby, the AP needs to raise up this low signal. MODULE Module wakes up AP _WAKEUP_AP MODULE_POWER MODULE power-on status indicator LED_GREEN Signal indicator high-current driver. interface All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
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SPI interface channel signal SPI_CLK SPI clock signal SPI_DATA_MI_SO SPI data IO signal SPI_DATA_MO_SI SPI data IO signal USB_VBUS Power sense for the Pay attention to the internal USB power-on sequence of All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
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SD card control signal SDCC_CLK SD card clock signal SDCC_DATA3 SD card data signal SDCC_DATA2 SD card data signal SDCC_DATA1 SD card data signal SDCC_DATA0 SD card data signal SD_DET_N Reserved Ground Ground All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
It must be able to provide sufficient current in a transmitting burst which typically rises to 2.0A. USB_VBUS Require differential impedance of 90Ω. USB_DP Require differential impedance of 90Ω. USB_DM VREG_RUIM UIM_DATA All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
2A. So the power supply capacity for peak current needs to be above 2.5A, and the average current needs to be above 2A. NOTE: More details about the designing of power supply please refer to Chapter 4 of Power Interface Design Guideline of this document. All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
VREG_RSIM and GND, and cascade a 33pF capacitor between UIM_CLK, UIM_RST and GND, to filter out the interference by RF signals. It is recommended to cascade a 20ohm resistance on UIM_DATA cable. All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
SD card data cable PIN SDCC_DATA3 SD card data cable PIN SD control clock output can SDCC_CLK SD card clock cable PIN reach up to 20MHz SDCC_CMD SD card control PIN All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
Figure 3–3 is the reference design diagram for the SD interface. The detection of SD card adopts the polling mode of DATA3 signal cable to judge whether T card is inserted or not. Figure 3–3 SD Typical Application Circuit All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
USB2.0 Interface 3.7.1 Description of PINs MF206A has the high-speed USB2.0 interface, which supports both the full-speed mode and the high-speed mode. The main processor (AP) is connected with the module via the USB interface to transmit data. 3.7.2 Electric Feature The USB interface complies with the USB2.0 specifications and the electric features.
Main input, slave output SPI_MOSI_DATA Main input, slave output 3.8.2 Electric Feature The SPI bus is configured as the master equipment, and there are three modes for SPI: Running mode: Basic running mode. All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
Each equipment is identified by the unique address (such as the micro controller, storage, LCD driver, audio DAC or keyboard interface). Due to the different functions of the equipment, it can be used as both the sender and the receiver. All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
The I2C interface has two working modes with different transmission ratios: standard mode with a speed as high as 100kbps; high-speed mode with a speed as high as 400kbps. Figure 3–6 is the I2C reference circuit design diagram. Figure 3–6 I2C Reference Circuit Diagram All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
The 4-wires or 2-wires mode can be used for connection. The module interface PWL is 1.8V. If it does not match the PWL of AP interface, it is recommended to add the PWL conversion circuit. All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
DI-PD JTAG reset JTAG_RTCK JTAG return clock JTAG_TCK DI-PU JTAG clock input JTAG_TDO JTAG test data output JTAG_TDI DI-PU JTAG test data input JTAG_TMS DI-PU JTAG test mode select Grounding All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
A simple circuit to do it is as shown in the following Figure 3-9. NOTE: The resistors R1 and R2 in Figure 3-9 and Figure 3-1 are only the recommended value and they may different according to the users transistor selection. All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
You can reset the module by driving the PON_RST_N to a low level voltage for more than 100ms and then releasing. A simple circuit to do it is as shown in the following Figure 3-10. Figure 3–9 Resetting the Module Using Driving Circuit PON_RST_N ≥100ms Reset pulse All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
PWL. After VPH_PWR is established normally, the interval between it to the POWER_ON signal cannot be too short. Refer to T2 parameter. ZTEWelink recommends that VPH_PWR adopt the power-off plan that does not disconnect the power supply.
The PON_RST_N reset signal of module is the increasing resetting, so it is reset after decreasing this PIN by 100ms. Figure 3-13 is the module resetting flow. Figure 3-14 is the timing of resetting module. All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
Pin Name I/O Type Signal Description AP_READY Module querying AP sleep status MODULE_READY AP querying Module sleep status AP_WAKEUP_MODULE AP wakeup Module MODULE_WAKEUP_AP Module wakeup AP MODULE_POWERON MODULE power-on status indication All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
Description of PINs Table 3–13 Definition of LED PIN Signal Signal Name I/O Type Function LED_GREEN Module signal indicator interface LED_RED Module signal indicator interface LED_BLUE Module signal indicator interface All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
BLUE indicator always on Have been registered to 3G network Have been registered to 3G network, BLUE indicator flashing and there is data service as well. All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
Power Supply Requirement The power supply of ZTEWelink LGA Type module is usually recommended to be within the range of 3.4~4.2V. According to the requirement of mobile terminal device, the power supply voltage of module is 3.8V under normal working condition.
If the network is in well situation, the peak work current on the module will be small. But if the network is in poor situation, its peak current will be great as shown in Figure 4-1. When ZTEWelink module works under the EDGE/GPRS Time Slot (2-high 6-low) and CLASS 10, if the module works under the 2-high work Time Slot, it requires greater current, and the voltage drop will occur accordingly.
Can provide well transient current under 2G weak signal environment to satisfy modules requirements, to prevent device from shutdown and Ports re-enumeration as a consequence of the supply voltage drop. All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
LDO. The output of LDO, place a capacitors above 2000μ F. The reference power supply circuit design with LDO is as shown in Figure below. All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
The Bypass low ESR capacitor must be placed close to the ZTEWelink module power input pads, or in the case the power supply is a switching type it can be placed close to the inductor to cut the ripple provided the PCB trace from the capacitor to the module is wide enough to ensure a dropless connection even during the 2.5A...
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If your application doesn't have audio interface but only uses the data feature of the ZTEWelink module, then this noise is not so disturbing and power supply layout design can be more forgiving.
RF signal: by LGA wielding panel mode and by RF connector mode. The GPS antenna only supports the access mode of LGA wielding panel. Figure 5-1 is the main antenna connector All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
Hardware Development Guide of Module Product interface, and Figure 5-2 is the Interface of Main Antenna and GPS Antenna Welding Pad. Figure 5-3 shows the main antenna RF connector. Currently, ZTEWelink module adopts the ECT818000157 RF connector testing console from ECT Company.
The micro stripline or stripline is designed according to the 50ohm impedance, and the dual-L model matching circuit is reserved. RF interface on ZTEWelink module is ECT818000157. Because this type of RF interfaces requires RF cables with smaller diameters and larger consumptions, it is usually recommended not to directly connect RF...
RF engineers, baseband engineers, structure engineers, and ID engineers work together to make an estimation for both 2D and 3D design. The antenna interface should have an impedance of 50Ω. All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
5.3.4 Matching Circuit of Antenna For all products with ZTEWelink module, the antenna is basically connected to the module through RF cables and RF connectors. This section describes two situations. If the RF terminal connector of the module does not match the RF cables used by the antenna, or the...
Shin Din. The antenna RF cable usually adopts a line width of 1.37mm. The antenna RF connector usually adopts Japanese IPX, or HRS, while the price of the latter is higher. All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
Yaodeng Electronic Communication Technology (kunshan) Co., Ltd. PCB line guidelines The users of ZTEWelink modules should do as the following guidelines in the process of RF PCB line design: Make sure that the transmission line’s characteristic impedance is 50ohm ;...
10. Keep the antenna line far away from the module power supply lines; 11. If EM noisy devices are present on the PCB hosting the ZTEWelink module, such as fast switching ICs, take care of the shielding of the antenna line by burying it inside the layers of PCB and surround it with Ground planes, or shield it with a metal frame cover.
ESD Design Requirements MF206A is embedded on the side of system board, so the user needs to make the ESD protection during design. For the key input/output signal interface, such as the (U)SIM card signal interface, the ESD device should be placed closely for protection.
Active indexes. There is no universal international standard for mobile terminal products, so mobile terminals are all designed according to the carrier requirements. Table 5-3 describes the requirement of Active indexes by ZTEWelink for Mobile Terminal Devices as a reference to users.
The main RF instruments are integrated RF test equipment, Spectrum Analyzer, Network Analyzer. The radio equipments, Relay Switch Unit and PC with automatic test software are communicated via GPIB interface. Figure 5–7 The OTA test system of CTIA All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
GPRS 900 GPRS 850 Note: assumes USB bus is fully suspended during measurements. Under different environments, the testing results might be slightly different. Take the actual situation as the reference. All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
Band II (PCS1900) transmission power Band V (850M) GPRS GPRS1900 Acquired under the maximum GPRS1800 transmission power GPRS900 GPRS850 EDGE EDGE1900 Acquired under the maximum EDGE1800 transmission power EDGE900 All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
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NOTE: The above average current is acquired under the maximum transmission power. Under different environments, the testing results might be slightly different. Take the actual situation as the reference. All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
The RF index should be tested strictly in accordance with the related testing specifications of 3GPP. The RF indexes of UMTS2100/1900/850 should satisfy the requirements of 3GPP TS 34.121 protocol. All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
Table 7–2 Reference Table of Receiving Sensitivity Operating Band Unit 3GPP Protocol Claim Test value ≤-104.7dBm UMTS850 dBm/3.84 MHz -109dBm ≤-104.7dBm UMTS1900 dBm/3.84 MHz -109dBm ≤-106.7dBm UMTS2100 dBm/3.84 MHz -110dBm All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
3GPP Protocol Claim (dBm) Test value GSM850 Class 4 +33dBm± 2dBm 32.0dBm GSM900 Class 4 +33dBm± 2dBm 32.0dBm GSM1800 Class 1 +30dBm ± 2dBm 29.0dBm GSM1900 Class 1 +30dBm ± 2dBm 29.0dBm All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
The power measured in bandwidth of 9kHz to 1GHz shall be no more than -36 dBm. The power measured in bandwidth of 1GHz to 12.75GHz shall be no more than -30dBm. And the test result of module in GPRS/GSM/EDGE mode meets the requirement above. All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
Try Ea & Introduction: Shock GB/T 2423.11 Basic environment experiment of electronic products-Part2:Experiment method Try Fd: Broad frequency band random vibration (General requirement) TIA/EIA 603 3.3.5 TIA Standard-part3-5:Shock Stability All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
-30° C 75° C All the indexes are good. working condition Extreme -40° C 85° C Some indexes become working poorer. condition Storage -45° C 90° C Storage environment of module All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
Normal high temperature: 75 ° C ZTE standard running Extreme high temperature: 85° C Duration: 24 hours Low-temperature Normal low temperature: -30° C ZTE standard running Extreme low temperature: -40° C Duration: 24 hours All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
RF test & function test working Pass High-temperature Refer to Table 8-4 RF test & function test working Pass Extreme low- Refer to Table 8-4 RF test & function test temperature working All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
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RF test & function test high-temperature working Pass Low-temperature Refer to Table 8-4 RF test & function test storage Pass High-temperature Refer to Table 8-4 RF test & function test storage All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
USB of high-speed signal cable is required to have 90ohm differential resistance. For the common signal interface, it is required to design according to ZTEWelink requirements, which needs to comply with the power level of interface signal, so as to prevent the impedance from damaging the module.
The module will dissipate heat during the working process, and might also be affected by other high-temperature devices. The heat dissipation is taken into full consideration during the product design, as 30 heat wielding All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
It’s recommended to use the one-click software upgrade tool to upgrade through the USB port provided by ZTEWelink in the Windows system. If the customer wants to upgrade the module in other operation systems, ZTEWelink provides the corresponding reliable tools as well.
It is recommended to design to the mouth of steel mesh on the thermal pad wielding panel to the lattice form. Figure 10-1 shows the recommended pattern for the steel mesh. Figure 10–1 Recommended Pattern of Steel Mesh on Wielding panel All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
Seconds NOTE: More Guide Information about SMT & Baking about the Manufacturing process, please refer to the document named SMT & Baking User Guide of ZTEWelink LGA Module Products.pdf All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
The dimensions tolerance of tray is between 1mm except the dimensions with ☆ in the Figure below (and the unit of dimensions is mm): Figure 10–3 The dimensions of Package tray The package process of modules is shown as the Figure below: All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
MF206A Hardware Development Guide of Module Product Figure 10–4 Package process of modules All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
It’s the responsibility of users to enforce other country regulations and the specific environment regulations. And ZTEWelink does not take on any liability for customer failure to comply with these precautions. Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
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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 All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
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RF module in the user’s manual of the end product which integrates this module. The end user manual shall include all required regulatory information/warning as show in this manual. All Rights reserved, No Spreading abroad without Permission of ZTEWelink...
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