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Product Name CLM920_NC3_LTE Module hardware manual Number of Pages Produce Version V2.2 Date 2019/10/30 CLM920_NC3_LTE Module hardware manual V2.2 Shanghai Yuge Information Technology co., LTD All rights reserved...
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CLM920_NC3_LTE Module hardware manual History record Version Date Description Author V2.0 20180126 Initial David V2.1 2019/9/2 1.Modify the USIM reference circuit Document group V2.2 2019/10/30 1.Modify some editing errors Document group - 2 - Shanghai Yuge Information Technology co., LTD...
CLM920_NC3_LTE Module hardware manual Chapter 1. Introduction This document is a wireless solution product CLM920 NC3, CLM920 TB3, CLM920 TE3 module hardware interface manual, designed to describe the hardware components and functional characteristics of the module solution, application interface definition and application instructions, electrical performance and mechanical characteristics.
CLM920_NC3_LTE Module hardware manual Chapter 2. Module review 2.1Module introduction CLM920 NC3 module is an LCC package module, which is an integrated FDD-LTE/TDD-LTE/TD-SCDMA/WCDMA/EVDO/CDMA/EDGE/GSM and other wireless terminal products for network standards and GPS location services. The module is based on...
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LCC package, patch mount Application processor Single core ARM Cortex-A7 processor, clocked at 1.2GHZ, 256kB level 2 cache Operating Voltage 3.3V - 4.2V Typical Voltage 3.7V Energy saving current Standby current < 5mA - 11 - Shanghai Yuge Information Technology co., LTD...
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Power interface Support 3.3V-4.2V DC power supply Network status Used to indicate the status of the module, the speed of indication the light is on to indicate different module status - 12 - Shanghai Yuge Information Technology co., LTD...
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LTE FDD:DL 10Mbps/UL 5Mbps@20M BW cat1 LTE TDD:DL 10Mbps/UL 5Mbps@20M BW cat1 GPS/BEIDOU/GLONASS Satellite positioning Protocol:NMEA Diversity antenna Support LTE diversity antenna AT command Support for standard AT instruction sets (Hayes 3GPP - 13 - Shanghai Yuge Information Technology co., LTD...
G stands for GPS When the temperature is in the range of –40 ° C to –30 ° C or +75 ° C to +85 ° C, some RF indicators of the CLM920 NC3 module may not meet the 3GPP standards.
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CLM920_NC3_LTE Module hardware manual The functional block diagram of the CLM920 NC3 LCC module is shown below: Figure 2-1 Functional block diagram of the CLM920 NC3 LCC module - 15 - Shanghai Yuge Information Technology co., LTD...
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Table 3-3 Pin description power supply Pin number Pin definition Functional description Remarks VBAT Module power input Power supply needs to guarantee 2A current VBAT Module power input VBAT Module power input - 20 - Shanghai Yuge Information Technology co., LTD...
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Keep empty when not in use Request to send Keep empty when not in use Module sleep mode control Keep empty when not in use Serial data transmission Keep empty when not in use - 21 - Shanghai Yuge Information Technology co., LTD...
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Functional description Remarks NET_STATUS OD Module work network Keep empty when not in use status light indication STATUS DO Module running status Keep empty when not in use indication PCM interface - 22 - Shanghai Yuge Information Technology co., LTD...
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Reuse I2S_D1 (keep it floating SPI_CS_N SPI chip selection when not in use) Reuse I2S_WS (keep it idle SPI_MOSI SPI data output when not in use) SPI_MISO SPI data input Reuse I2S_D0 (keep it floating - 23 - Shanghai Yuge Information Technology co., LTD...
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79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 113~144 circuit open The module typically has an IO port level of 1.8V (in addition to the SIM, the SIM card port level supports 1.8V and 3.0V). - 24 - Shanghai Yuge Information Technology co., LTD...
56,72, 85~112 The CLM920 NC3 module is available in a single-supply mode with four power supply pins. The VBAT power supply range is 3.3 to 4.2V. It is recommended to use 3.7V/2A power supply. When transmitting data or talking under HSPA/UTMS/GSM network, the...
The actual design of the power circuit can use a switching DC power supply or a linear LDO power supply to design the VBAT power supply. Both design circuits need to supply enough current. Specific reference to the following circuit design: - 26 - Shanghai Yuge Information Technology co., LTD...
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Figure 3-6 PMOS tube control power switch reference circuit To prevent damage to the module from surges and overvoltages, it is recommended to connect a 5.1V/500mW Zener diode to the VBAT pin of the module. - 27 - Shanghai Yuge Information Technology co., LTD...
3.4 Switching machine reset mode 3.4.1 Boot The 21 pin of the CLM920 NC3 module is the boot pin. The module is powered on at low level. The PWRKEY is pulled low for at least 500ms. When the module is powered on, the user can check whether the module is powered on by querying the high and low levels of the VDD_EXT pin.
500ms, and the module is powered on. Switching machine design can also be done with buttons, button accessories need to be placed with a TVS tube for ESD protection. - 29 - Shanghai Yuge Information Technology co., LTD...
Figure 3-8 Power-on reference circuit 3.4.3 Shut down If the CLM920 NC3 module is to be shut down, the shutdown can be controlled by the PWRKEY pin. At this time, the module performs a normal shutdown process. The module can also be shut down by AT command, the shutdown command is AT$QCPWRDN.
Reset RESET timing is as follows: Figure 3-10 Reset timing diagram The CLM920 NC3 module supports AT command reset, and the AT command is at+cfun=1,1 to restart the module. Detailed instructions can be found in the AT command set manual.
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USB bus power, the module can only be used as a slave device of the USB bus device. USB interface can support the following functions: Software download upgrade Data communication AT Command GNSS NMEA output, etc. - 32 - Shanghai Yuge Information Technology co., LTD...
CLM920_NC3_LTE Module hardware manual 3.6 UART interface 3.6.1 Main serial port The CLM920 NC3 module provides two sets of UART interfaces. The main serial port and the debug serial port have a serial port level of 1.8V. Main serial port: The serial port can realize AT interactive instructions, print program log information, and interact with peripheral data.
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The serial port of the module is TTL 1.8V level. If the serial port needs to be connected to the MCU of 3.3V level, it is necessary to add a level conversion chip externally to achieve level matching. The chip connection method can refer to the following circuit: - 34 - Shanghai Yuge Information Technology co., LTD...
0.45 3.6.3 RI and DTR interface The CLM920 NC3 module supports the serial sleep wake-up function, and the RI pin can be used as an interrupt to wake up the host. The RI pin can wake up the host as an interrupt.
Figure 3-15 RI pin signal waveform DTR: The DTR pin can be used as the sleep wake-up pin of the CLM920 NC3 module. When the module enters sleep, the DTR pin can be pulled low to wake up the module.
/1.8V 3.7.1 USIM card reference circuit The CLM920 NC3 module does not come with a USIM card slot. Users need to design a USIM card slot on their own interface board. USIM card interface reference circuit is as follows:...
3.7.2 UIM_DET Hot Swap Reference Design The CLM920 NC3 module supports the USIM card hot plug function. The UIM_DET pin acts as an input detection pin to determine whether the USIM card is inserted or not. The UIM_DET pin defaults to a pull-up high. The hot plug function can be turned on or off by AT+HOSCFG.
SIM card is in the state, the status is low. Set AT+HOSCFG=0, 0 SIM card hot swap function is off. 3.8 General purpose GPIO interface The CLM920 NC3 module contains five general control signals. The interface is defined as follows: Table 3-13 General GPIO Pin Definitions...
W_DISABLE#: Flight mode control, when the CLM920 NC3 module W_DISABLE# signal is pulled low, the module RF function can be turned off, the module can enter the flight mode, and the module can be turned on to open the module RF function.
R. The current can be adjusted up to 40mA. 3.10 Module status indication The CLM920 NC3 module provides a pin as a working status indicator for the module. This pin can be used to connect to a GPIO or LED with pull-up for the module's power-on status indication.
CLM920_NC3_LTE Module hardware manual 3.11 PCM digital voice interface The CLM920 NC3 module provides a set of PCM audio interfaces supporting 8-bit A rate, μ rate and 16-bit linear short frame encoding format with PCM_SYNC of 8kHZ and PCM_CLK of 2048kHZ.
PCM to analog voice recommendation circuit is as follows: Figure 3-21 PCM to analog voice map 3.12 I2C bus CLM920 NC3 module provides a set of hardware bidirectional serial bus, I2C interface is 1.8V level, 5.0 protocol interface, clock rate is 400KHz. Table 3-18 I2C pin definition...
I2C reference circuit connection is as follows: Figure 3-22 I2C interface reference circuit diagram 3.13 SDIO interface CLM920 NC3 module provides a 4-bit SD/MMC interface, supports 1.8V/2.95V two voltage SD cards, clock frequency up to 50MHz, maximum capacity support 32GB, support SD3.0 protocol.
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-0.3 1.8V voltage SDIO domain SDC2_D2 DATA2 0.75* 2.95 VDD_Px 2.95V voltage VDD_Px domain 0.125* 2.95V voltage VDD_Px domain 0.625* 2.95 VDD_Px + 2.95V voltage VDD_Px domain -0.3 0.25* 2.95V voltage - 45 - Shanghai Yuge Information Technology co., LTD...
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1.8V voltage SDIO domain SDC2_D0 0.75* 2.95 VDD_Px 2.95V voltage DATA0 VDD_Px domain 0.125* 2.95V voltage VDD_Px domain 0.625* 2.95 VDD_Px + 2.95V voltage VDD_Px domain -0.3 0.25* 2.95V voltage VDD_Px domain - 46 - Shanghai Yuge Information Technology co., LTD...
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VDD_Px + 2.95V voltage VDD_Px domain -0.3 0.25* 2.95V voltage VDD_Px domain SDIO IO maximum output 50MA, output Cannot be 1.8V/2.85V configurable used for SD VDD_SDI pull-up card power power supply supply - 47 - Shanghai Yuge Information Technology co., LTD...
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CLM920_NC3_LTE Module hardware manual The SD card reference design of the CLM920 NC3 module is shown below: Figure 3-23 SD card interface reference circuit diagram SD card circuit routing considerations: The SD card power supply is 3V with a voltage range of 2.7~3.6V, which needs to be externally supplied and has a minimum current of 800mA.
Multiplexin g I2S_CLK 0.45 The SPI interface of the CLM920 NC3 module can also be used as I2S. It can be connected to the CODEC. The existing I2S supports the Nuvoton NAU8810 by default. Table 3-21 I2S pin definition Level value (V)
I2S_CLK I2S clock -0.3 The following figure shows the reference design of the CLM920 NC3 connection NAU8810. Figure 3-24 I2S to analog voice map 3.15 MCLK interface The CLM920 NC3 module provides one MCLK and provides a 12.288M clock output.
0.45 12.288M 3.16 ADC interface The CLM920 NC3 provides two analog-to-digital converter interfaces to read the voltage value. The ADC interface input voltage cannot exceed VBAT. It is recommended that the ADC pin be input with a voltage divider circuit.
GLONASS, GALILEO signal reception. If you need to use it, you need to open the GPS with AT command AT+CGPS=1 (please consult CLM920 NC3 AT command set manual for details) In order to facilitate the debugging of the antenna, it is necessary to add a π-type matching circuit to the main board, and take a 50-ohm impedance line.
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LDO/DCDC to power the active antenna, so that when the GNSS function is not used, the LDO/DCDC can be turned off to reduce the current consumption. Figure 3-28 GNSS active antenna reference circuit - 53 - Shanghai Yuge Information Technology co., LTD...
CLM920_NC3_LTE Module hardware manual The CLM920 NC3 module provides three RF antenna interfaces, which are the main set antenna, the diversity antenna and the GPS antenna connection port. The antenna interface must be a 50 ohm characteristic impedance trace.
3.17.5 RF connector size If the RF connector is used, the antenna connector must use a coaxial connector with a 50 ohm characteristic impedance. Hirose's UF.L-R-SMT connector is recommended. - 55 - Shanghai Yuge Information Technology co., LTD...
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Figure 3-33 Antenna connector matching plug diagram Table 3-25 Main parameters of the RF connector Rated condition Environmental conditions Frequency Range DC to 6GHZ –40°C to +85°C Characteristic impedance 50 Ω –40°C to +85°C - 56 - Shanghai Yuge Information Technology co., LTD...
CLM920_NC3_LTE Module hardware manual Chapter 4. Overall technical indicators 4.1 Chapter overview The CLM920 NC3 Module RF General Specifications contain the following sections: working frequency Conducted radio frequency measurement Conducted receiving sensitivity and transmit power GNSS reception performance ...
Agilent 66319 MXHP32HP1000 4.4.2 Standard test The CLM920 NC3 module passes the 3GPP TS 51.010-1, 3GPP TS 34.121-1, 3GPP TS 36.521-1, 3GPP2 C.S0011 and 3GPP2 C.S0033 test standards. Each module passes rigorous testing at the factory to ensure reliable quality.
21 to 25 LTE B40 21 to 25 LTE B41 21 to 25 4.6 Antenna requirements CLM920 NC3 module main set antenna and GNSS antenna design requirements: Table 4-7 Main set antenna indicator requirements Frequency band Standing wave ratio Antenna gain Effectiveness GSM850 <2.5:1...
Idle mode 18.0 Table 4-10 Call Power Consumption (GNSS Off) Frequency band Power level Current consumption mA EGSM900 DCS1800 WCDMA B1 24dBm WCDMA B5 24dBm WCDMA B8 24dBm TD-SCDMA 1900 24dBm - 63 - Shanghai Yuge Information Technology co., LTD...
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Table 4-15 EVDO data transmission power consumption (GNSS off) Frequency band Power dBm Current consumption mA Table 4-16 LTE data transmission power consumption (GNSS off) Frequency band Test bandwidth Current consumption mA - 64 - Shanghai Yuge Information Technology co., LTD...
0.35*VDD_EXT High level output voltage VDD_EXT-0.45V VDD_EXT Low level output voltage 0.45V 5.4 Power supply CLM920 NC3 module input power requirements are as follows: Table 5-3 CLM920 NC3 Module Operating Voltage parameter Minimum value Typical value Maximum Input voltage 3.3V 3.7V...
5.5 Electrostatic property There is no overvoltage protection inside the CLM920 NC3 module. The ESD protection is required when the module is used to ensure product quality. EMC design recommendations:...
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Power on, do not boot Temperature: –40℃ Visual inspection: normal Working mode: no packaging, no JESD22-A Function check: normal temperature power, no boot 119-C RF indicator check: storage Test duration: 24 h normal - 68 - Shanghai Yuge Information Technology co., LTD...
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CLM920_NC3_LTE Module hardware manual Temperature: 85℃ Visual inspection: normal High Working mode: no packaging, no JESD22-A Function check: normal temperature power, no boot 103-C RF indicator check: storage Test duration: 24 h normal - 69 - Shanghai Yuge Information Technology co., LTD...
6.1 Chapter overview Exterior Module mechanical size. 6.2 Exterior The CLM920 NC3 module is a PCBA with a single-sided layout. The appearance of the module is shown below: Figure 6-1 Appearance of the CLM920 NC3 - 70 -...
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Figure 6-2 Front view and side view of the module (unit: mm) The figure below shows the bottom view size of the module: Figure 6-3 Bottom view of the module (unit: mm) - 71 - Shanghai Yuge Information Technology co., LTD...
Production welding. 7.2 Module packaging and storage The CLM920 NC3 module is packaged in a tray and packaged in a vacuum-sealed bag, with a 10PCS package and a 100PCS package, shipped as a vacuum-sealed bag. The storage of the CLM920 NC3 module module is subject to the following conditions:...
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Table 7-1 Reflow process parameter table Warm zone Time key parameter Preheating zone(40℃~ Heating rate:1℃/s~3℃/s 165℃) Constant temperature zone (t1~t2):70s~120s (160℃~210℃) Recirculation zone(> Peak temperature:235℃~ (t3~t4):40s~60s 217℃) 245℃ Cooling zone Cooling rate:2℃/s ≤ Slope ≤ 5℃/s - 74 - Shanghai Yuge Information Technology co., LTD...
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EDGE Enhanced Data Rate for GSM Evolution European Union Electromagnetic Compatibility Electrostatic Discharge Federal Communications Commission GPRS General Packet Radio Service Global System for Mobile Communication HSDPA High-Speed Downlink Packet Access - 75 - Shanghai Yuge Information Technology co., LTD...
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Wideband Code Division Multiple Access WWAN Wireless Wide Area Network 8.3 Encoding Table 8-2 Time slot allocation table for different levels of GPRS/EDGE Slot class DL slot number UL slot number Active slot number - 76 - Shanghai Yuge Information Technology co., LTD...
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MCS 9 = 59.2 kb/s/ time slot 236.8 kb/s 8PSK Table 8-5 Maximum HSDPA rate HSDPA device category Max data rate(peak) Modulation type Category 1 1.2Mbps 16QAM,QPSK Category 2 1.2Mbps 16QAM,QPSK - 77 - Shanghai Yuge Information Technology co., LTD...
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"turn off radio equipment" signs. Traffic Safety: Please comply with local laws or regulations in your country or region regarding the use of wireless devices when driving a vehicle. - 79 - Shanghai Yuge Information Technology co., LTD...
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Emergency call: This device uses wireless signals for propagation. Therefore, the network cannot be connected in all cases, so in the emergency, the wireless device cannot be used as the only contact method. - 80 - Shanghai Yuge Information Technology co., LTD...
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