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Belmont HW Over-view
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Table of Contents
1 Definitions, terms, acronyms, abbreviations .............................................................................................. 4
2 Product overview ........................................................................................................................................ 7
3 Block diagram .............................................................................................................................................. 8
4 Technical specificals .................................................................................................................................. 11
4.1 Electrical specification ..................................................................................................................... 11
4.1.1 Sequans VZM20Q LTE Module .................................................................................................... 11
4.1.2 Sony CXD5600GF GNSS module .................................................................................................. 11
4.1.3 Giesecke & Devrient eSIM component ....................................................................................... 11
4.2 Absolute Maximum ratings ............................................................................................................. 12
4.3 Recommended ratings and pin out ................................................................................................. 12
4.4 Connectors ....................................................................................................................................... 13
4.4.1 Interface between Nucleo and Belmont ..................................................................................... 13
4.4.2 Antenna connectors .................................................................................................................... 15
4.4.3 USB............................................................................................................................................... 15
5 Mechanical specification ........................................................................................................................... 16
6 Enviormental specifications ...................................................................................................................... 17
7 Design considerations ............................................................................................................................... 18
7.1 Connectors to Nucleo board ........................................................................................................... 18
7.2 Power ............................................................................................................................................... 18
7.3 Audio................................................................................................................................................ 18
7.4 Modem ............................................................................................................................................ 18
7.5 GNSS ................................................................................................................................................ 19
7.6 LEDs and Button .............................................................................................................................. 19
7.7 Debug ............................................................................................................................................... 19
8 Antenna considerations ............................................................................................................................ 20
8.1 Antenna measurements .................................................................................................................. 20
8.2 GPS and LTE B13 interoperability .................................................................................................... 21
9 Certifications (Verizon) .............................................................................................................................. 22
References ....................................................................................................................................................... 23
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1 DEFINITIONS, TERMS, ACRONYMS, ABBREVIATIONS
The definitions, terms, acronyms and abbreviations not commonly known are listed in Table 1. Table 1. Project definitions, terms, acronyms and abbreviations
Abbreviation Description
3GPP 3rd Generation Partnership Project
4G 4th Generation of standards for mobile phones and mobile tele-
communications
BOM Bill Of Materials
BB Baseband
Chipset A set of Integrated Circuits and corresponding SW designed for mo-
bile phone functionality
End Product Validated product ready for commercial deployment
EMS Electronics Manufacturing Supplier
ETSI European Telecommunication Standardizing Institute
FCC Federal Communications Commission
GCF-CC Global Certification Forum – Certification Criteria
HW Hardware
ID Industrial Design
3GPP 3rd Generation Partnership Project
BAT Basic Acceptance Test
BOM Bill of Materials
CAT Category
CR Change Request
dB Decibel
dBi dB (isotropic)
dBm Decibels relative to one mill watt
eSIM Embedded SIM
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Abbreviation Description
FCC Federal Communications Commission (USA)
FreeRTOS Free Real Time Operating System
GCF Global Certification Forum
GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System
GPS Global Positioning System
IoT Internet of Things
LED Light Emitting Diode
LTE Long Term Evolution
MCU Microcontroller Unit
MHz Megahertz
mm Millimetre
OD Open Development
PCB Printed Circuit Board
PS Project Start
PTCRB
North American cellular operators certification forum (formerly "PCS
Type Certification Review Board")
RF Radio Frequency
SIM Subscriber Identity Module (Card)
SMD Surface-Mount Device
SOW Statement of Work
SPI Serial Peripheral Interface bus
STM ST Microelectronics
SW Software
TC Test Case
TIS Total Isotropic Sensitivity
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Abbreviation Description
TRP Total Radiated Power
UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
UICC Universal Integrated Circuit Card
UL Uplink
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2 PRODUCT OVERVIEW
The Belmont product (hereafter, known as the “Belmont”) is a development kit for Verizon’s partners tar-geting the consumer device segment of the IoT market. Verizon and its development partners may use the development kit for development of the products in the IoT market segment including fitness trackers, smart watches, smart glasses, connected shoes, prescription caps, and asset trackers. The typical IoT device requirements from this segment include low power con-sumption, UICC capability, and self-activation enablement. While Belmont contains cellular and comple-mentary wireless antennas, Verizon’s partners in this segment are expected to design their own antenna solutions for their commercial products.
Belmont Board
Belmont System Including Belmont board, Host board (STM Nucleo L476) and antennas
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3 BLOCK DIAGRAM
Belmont board has Sequans LTE Cat-M1 module (VZM20Q) for LTE functionality. LTE module uses eSIM
initialized to Verizon network. The VZM20Q is a complete Verizon Wireless certified LTE Category M1 mod-
ule including base-band, RF and memory, for the design of connected machine-to-machine devices, and
other Internet-of-Things devices with embedded LTE connectivity.
GNSS is implemented using Sony CXD5600GF Multi GNSS receiver chipset supporting GPS and Glonass sys-
tems. The CXD5600GF is operated as I2C slave device. One additional GPIO pin in the CDX5600GF is used to
host board (Nucleo L476) as “data output request” in addition to SDA and SCL.
Belmont has standard Arduino interface which is used to connect it to commercial STM Nucleo L476RG
Host Board.
USB connector is used for power supply to Belmont. USB connector can be also used for re-flashing the LTE
module (VZM20Q) firmware.
Audio, 3-Axis sensor, Temp/Humidity and ALS sensors are optional modules.
The architecture block diagram of the Belmont is presented on figures below (Fig 1, Fig 2, Fig 3)
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NUCLEO-L426RG Board
Multi-GNSS Receiver
Sony CXD560xGF
GNSS
Antenna
+3V3VDD_DCDC_IN
VDD_BKUP_IN
VDD_BKUP_BAT_IN
VDD_TCXO_IN
XOSC_IN
VDD_TCXO_OUT
VDD_IO_HOST
UART_TXD
UART_RXD
NRST
PC0 (GPIO)
TCXO
16.368MHz
LNA2_IN
SAW Filter
SAFFb1G58KA0F0A
LNA
BGA725L6
VDD_RF_OUT
GNSS_RESET
RTC_OSC_IN
RTC_OSC_OUT
Crystal
32.768kHz
Serial Flash
Winbond
W25Q80EW
CLK
DI
DO
CS
VCC
SPI_CE
SPI_CLK
SPI_IO1
SPI_IO0
VDD_PRPH_OUTVDD_PRPH_OUT
BOOT_MODE_0
BOOT_MODE_1
VIO
LDO_TCXO_VOL_SEL +3V3
PB5 (GPIO)
UART
NUCLEO Board
“Belmont” Board
External
AUDIO_RESET PA9 (GPIO)
+3V3
UART_CTS
GPIO0
GPIO1
SAW Filter
SAFFb1G58KA0F0A
CODEC
VLSI VS8063a
3-Axis Acc.
STM LIS2DE12
(Optional)
MIC
Analog MEMS
CMOE-
I110TM42-
4P
SPKR
8Ohm
STAR
NDT-03C
PB8 (I2C1_SCL)
PB9 (I2C1_SDA)
PA5 (SPI1_SCK)
PA8 (GPIO)
PA6 (SPI1_MISO)
PA7 (SPI1_MOSI)
SCLK
SDIN
SDOUTXDCS/XCS
SPKR_LEFT
GBUF
MICPLINE1
MICN
xRESET
SCL
SDA
I2C
+1V8
VIO
VDD
DVDDIO
OSC_IN
OSC_OUT
Crystal
12.288
MHz
SCL
SDA
I2C
I2C
SPI
SPKR_RIGHT
Arduino
Nucleo InterfacesBLOCKS
Not used
SA0
CS
INT1
INT2
+3V3VDDVDD_IO
Internal
TEMP
sensor
VIO
ACC_INT
VIO
PIN HEADER
PB10 (GPIO)
GNSS antenna
connector
U.FL
AMP
TPA2025
GNSS_DOR PC1 (GPIO)
DREQBSYNC
AUDIO_DREQ
PB0 (GPIO)
Analog audio i/f
with internal
volume ctrl
UART_RTS
GPIO1ENA
To USB converter
AVDDIO +3V3
LINE2
Humidity / Temperature
AMS ENS210
(Optional)
SCL
SDA
VDD
Ambient light
ROHM BH1721FVC
(Optional)
SCL
SDA
VDD
IO_REF
VIO
VIO
+3V3
To debug settings
From debug
+3V3_GPS_ANTENNA
(Optional for
active antenna)
+3V3
VBUS
Figure 1. Belmont system GNSS Block Diagram
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LTE
Antenna
eSIM MFF2
Gemalto Avior 440
NUCLEO-L426RG Board LTE Cat M1 Module
Sequans VZM2xQ
PWR_EN
SIM_RSTn
SIM_CLK
SIM_IO
VSIM
Level Shifter
TXB0104 (2 pcs)
SIM_VCC
+3V7 VBAT1
VBAT1
VCC1_PA
VCC2_PA
VCC2_PA
RESET_N
POWER_MON
WAKE0
UART2_TXD
UART2_RXD
USART2_RTS
USART2_CTS
SIM_RSTN
SIM_CLK
SIM_IO
LTE_ANT
(GPIO) PC7
(GPIO) PB6
VCCB VCCA
LTE_PWR_EN
Po
rt A
Po
rt B
STATUS_LED
WAKE1
FFF-FFH
SIM_DETECT/GPIO
1V8_REF
+3V3
UART0_RTS
UART0_TXD
UART0_CLK/GPIO_19
UART0_CTS
UART1_TXD/GPIO14
1V8_LTE
1V8 or 3V
LTE_RESET
+1V8
SAR_DETECT/GPIO_42
POWER_SHDN/GPIO_40
RING0
1V8_LTE
Band B13
SAW filter
(GPS)
TDK
B9839
LTE antenna
connector
U.FL
3V0_13V0_2
JTAG_TDO
JTAG_TRSTN
JTAG_TMS
JTAG_TCKJTAG_TDI
ADC
UART1_RXD/GPIO15
UART0_RXD
UART1_CTS/GPIO_17
UART1_CLK/GPIO_38
UART1_RTS/GPIO_16
UART0_RINGOUT
USART2_CLK/GPIO26
VIO
+3V3
(GPIO) PA4
LED2
LED1
(USART3_TX) PC10
(USART3_RX) PC11
LTE_UART_TX
LTE_UART_RX
(GPIO) PB4
PIN HEADER
Button
BUTTON
(GPIO) PA0
(GPIO) PA1
User LEDs
To USB converterRX
TX
VIO
(GPIO) PF15
(GPIO) PA10 LTE_SW_RTS
LTE_SW_CTS
CTS
RTS
From debug
Figure 2. Belmont system LTE Module Block Diagram
SMPS
TI TPS62130PVIN
SW
+5VDC
EN
PWR CONN
USB Micro-B +3V7
LDO
TI TPS73633
IN
OUTEN +3V3
LDO
TI LP5907
IN OUT
EN
+1V8
VBUS
To Modem
UART2
DP
RX
TXUSB-to-UART
FTDI FT232
CTS
RTS
DM
Level shifter
To GNSS
UART
Used for firmware download to
modem.
TX
RX
RTS
CTS
LDO
TI TPS73633
IN
OUTEN +3V3_GPS_ANTENNA
Reset
generation
LTE_PWR_EN
LTE_RESETn
GNSS_NRST
Buffer
TX
RX
OE
_OE
BOOT_MODE0VDD_PRPH_OUT
VIO +3V3
GND OE
OE
VIO
Jumper settings
Debug interfaces
Belmont stand-alone only
Figure 3. Belmont system Powering and Flashing Block Diagram
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4 TECHNICAL SPECIFICALS
General Interfaces Arduino (I2C, SPI, UART, UART)
USB
LTE and GNSS Antenna (u.FL)
Supported Frequency Bands LTE B13
GPS / Glonass
Operation voltages Vbus: 4.75V – 5.25V
VIO: 3.2V – 3.4V
Environmental RoHS compliant, halogen-free
Operating Temperature Operational: 0°C to +50°C
Humidity 10% to 85%
Table 2. General Specification
4.1 Electrical specification
4.1.1 Sequans VZM20Q LTE Module
Sequans VZM20Q module includes Monarch SQN3330 Cat-M1 baseband, a complete dual band RF front
end, memory and required circuitry to meet 3GPP E-UTRA (Long Term Evolution - LTE, Release 13 set of
specifications) and Verizon Wireless LTE Cat-M1 UE specifications
See more detailed Technical Specification Ref [1].
4.1.2 Sony CXD5600GF GNSS module
Sony CXD5600GF Multi GNSS receiver is compatible with Global Positioning System (GPS), Global Naviga-
tion Satellite System (GLONASS), Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) and satellite-based augmentation
system (SBAS) and the Indoor Messaging System (IMES). Belmont system GNSS antenna is supporting GPS
and Glonass frequencies.
See more detailed technical specification Ref[2].
4.1.3 Giesecke & Devrient eSIM component
Giesecke & Devrient eSIM fulfils ETSI TS 102 671 V2.0.0 Rel.9 M2M UICC Physical and logical characteristics.
See more detailed specification Ref[3].
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4.2 Absolute Maximum ratings
Parameter Symbol Min Max Unit
Supply voltage from USB connector Vbus -0.3 6.5 V
Supply voltage for I/O VIO -0.3 3.6 V
Voltage at I2C, SPI and I/O lines -0.3 VIO + 0.3 V
Operating temperature -30 +85 °C
Table 3. Absolute Max ratings
4.3 Recommended ratings and pin out
Parameter Symbol Min Typ Max Unit
Supply voltage from USB connect-or
Vbus 4.75 5.0 5.25 V
Supply voltage for I/O VIO 3.2 3.3 3.4 V
Supply voltage +3V7 3.7 V
Supply voltage +3V3 3.3 V
Supply voltage +1V8 1.8 V
Supply voltage +3V3_GPS_ANTENNA 3.3 V
I2C clock speed I2C_SCL 400 kHz
SPI clock speed, initialisation SPI_CLK 0.62 1.75 MHz
SPI clock speed, audio transfer
(CLKI = 5 x crystal)
SPI_CLK 5.0 8.78 MHz
UART0 baud rate 115200 Bits
UART2 baud rate 921600 Bits
Table 4. Recommended ratings and pin out
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4.4 Connectors
4.4.1 Interface between Nucleo and Belmont
Interface between Nucleo L476RG and Belmont board are based on Arduino Uno pin out, but all signal lines
can be used as a general purpose I/O-line. Specification is compatible with Nucleo 64 boards and normally
used with NUCLEO L476RG board.
Pin out of Belmont board connectors X1, X22, X2, X4, X10, X9, X12 and X5:
Pin Nucleo-L476RG Belmont Belmont Nucleo-L476RG Pin
X10, X9 CN5
I2C_SCL PB8 (I2C1) 1
I2C_SDA PB9 (I2C1) 2
Not used AVDD 3
CN6 X1, X22
GND GND 4
1 NC Not used
SPI_SCK PA5 (SPI1) 5
2 IOREF VIO
SPI_MISO PA6 (SPI1) 6
3 RESET Not used
SPI_MOSI PA7 (SPI1) 7
4 3V3 Not used
LTE_PWR_EN PB6 8
5 5V Not used
LTE_RESET PC7 9
6 GND GND
AUDIO_RESET PA9 10
7 GND GND
X12, X5 CN9 8 VIN Not used
SPI_XCS PA8 1
CN8 X2, X4
ACC_INT PB10 2
1 PA0 LED1
LED2 PB4 3
2 PA1 RING0
GNSS_RESET PB5 4
3 PA4 BUTTON
LTE_SW_RTS PB3 5
4 PB0 not used
LTE_SW_CTS PA10 6
5 PC1 GNSS_DOR
LTE_UART_TX PC10 (USART3) 1 7
6 PC0 AUDIO_DREQ
LTE_UART_RX PC11 (USART3) 1 8 Table 5. Pin out of Belmont board connectors
1Need external wrap wires from CN7-1 to CN10-35 and from CN7-2 to CN10-37
Signal description of Belmont board connectors X1, X2, X10 and X12
Pins Signal Purpose
X1-2 VIO I/O voltage from Nucleo board. Recommended range is from 1.8V to 3.3V. Belmont power consumption is under 100mA.
X1-6,X1-7 X10-4
GND Ground
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X2-1 LED1 I/O pin to control LED1. When high, LED1 is turned on.
X2-2 RING0 Wake-up signal from modem.
X2-3 BUTTON I/O-pin. There is external 10k pull-up on this line and switch S1 will ground the line when pressed.
X2-5 GNSS_DOR Data request from GPS. GPS receiver will indicate with this line, when data is available.
X2-6 AUDIO_DREQ Audio codec will indicate with this line, when new data can be written to output FIFO.
X10-1 I2C_SCL I2C serial clock. There is 4k7 external pull-up on Belmont board. Connected to GPS, Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor and Hu-midity & temperature sensor.
X10-2 I2C_SDA I2C serial data. There is 4k7 external pull-up on Belmont board. Connected to GPS, Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor and Hu-midity & temperature sensor.
X10-5 SPI_SCK Serial clock for SPI. Line is connected between Nucleo and audio codec and Nucleo acts as a master device.
X10-6 SPI_MISO Serial data from slave to master. Line is connected between Nu-cleo and audio codec and Nucleo acts as a master device.
X10-7 SPI_MOSI Serial data from master to slave. Line is connected between Nu-cleo and audio codec and Nucleo acts as a master device.
X10-8 LTE_PWR_EN I/O-line to enable/disable modem power up.
X10-9 LTE_RESET I/O-line which will reset modem, when low.
X10-10 AUDIO_RESET I/O-line which will reset audio codec, when low.
X12-1 SPI_XCS I/O-line which is used as SPI chip select. Connected from Nucleo to audio codec and will select the used SPI bus.
X12-2 ACC_INT Interrupt line from accelerometer. Optional, when accelerometer is used.
X12-3 LED2 I/O-line to control LED2. When high, LED2 is turned on.
X12-4 GNSS_RESET I/O-line which will reset GNSS system, when low.
X12-5 LTE_SW_RTS I/O-line used to wake-up modem and indicates that Nucleo is ready to receive data.
X12-6 LTE_SW_CTS I/O-line used to indicate that modem is waken up and ready to receive data.
X12-7 LTE_UART_TX UART tx line. This is used to transfer data from Nucleo to modem.
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X12-8 LTE_UART_RX UART rx line. This is used to transfer data from modem to Nucleo.
Table 6. Signal description of Belmont board
4.4.2 Antenna connectors
U.FL connectors from Hirose are used as antenna connectors. Middle pin is signal line and outer ring used
as GND. Both connectors use 50 ohms transmission lines for the used bands.
4.4.3 USB
USB2.0 compatible Micro-B connector is used for feeding power to Belmont board and to download new
firmware for modem. Pin order is according to standard.
Pin number Signal description
X3-1 Vbus. +5VDC power source for Belmont board.
X3-2 DM data line, USB2.0 Full speed for FT232RQ
X3-3 DP data line, USB2.0 Full speed for FT232RQ
X3-4 ID, not used
X3-5 GND
Table 7. USB connector
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5 MECHANICAL SPECIFICATION
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6 ENVIORMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS
Dimensions (LxWxH) 52,6 x 55 x 18 mm
Environmental RoHS compliant, halogen-free
Operating Temperature 0°C to +50°C
Humidity 10% to 85%, non-condensing
Certifications FCC
CB Safety
GCF
Verizon OD
Power USB 2.0 Spec through an external power supply (USB power source)
Table 8. Environmental Spec
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7 DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
7.1 Connectors to Nucleo board
All signals are routed directly from the bottom side connector to the top side connector. On the Belmont
board, there are ESD clamping device connected to every used signal line. These circuits protect board
against light ESD strikes. On the Nucleo board, signal lines are not protected against ESD. Use device only in
area, where ESD does not exist.
7.2 Power
Belmont board will power up automatically after USB cable is inserted. Maximum power consumption of
the board is seen when TX power of the modem is at the maximum level and at the same time speaker
driven with full power. With this case, USB power source with 1A current capability is needed. Most of use
cases will take much less power. Power line is protected with a self-resettable fuse, which tripping current
is minimum 1.5A.
7.3 Audio
Audio codec is VS8063A from VLSI Solution. Crystal is selected to be 12.288MHz, which will enable the most
common data rates. Codec is controlled over SPI and I/O-lines which control reset and indicates data re-
quest are used. A pull-down resistor is connected to reset line to prevent that line is floating if not driven.
Microphone has a typical sensitivity of -42 dBV/Pa at 94dB SPL, 1kHz. Unity gain is used on the board and
signal level can be adjusted inside audio codec.
On the speaker path, TPA2025 amplifier is used. TPA2025 is capable of driving speakers with impedance
from 4 to 8 ohms. Amplifier has a fixed 20dB gain and volume level is controlled by setting suitable level
inside audio codec.
Speaker has a maximum drivel level of 0.8W at 1kHz sine wave. Typical output of the speaker is
90dB/0.5W/10cm.
Note: do not overdrive speaker, speaker may be damaged.
7.4 Modem
Two I/O-lines are used to control power-up of the modem. Recommendation is that LTE_PWR_EN is
switched high at minimum of 1ms after Belmont board is powered. LTE_RESET can be switched high at min-
imum of 1ms after LTE_PWR_EN has been risen. Both lines have external pull-down resistor to keep mo-
dem inactive, if lines are not controlled.
Note: naming of serial ports with this module reflects the purpose of the signal at the host processor.
Hence modem pin of RX is actually output and TX is input. Respectively RTS is input and CTS output.
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7.5 GNSS
GNSS is controlled over I2C. Address of GNSS system is 0x0100 100xb, where x is read/write bit.
I/O-lines are used to reset GNSS and as an interrupt line. Reset is active low and external pull-down resistor
will keep GNSS to reset, if signal is not driven.
GNSS is normally used with passive antenna and hence +3.3V for active antenna is disabled. If better per-
formance is needed, active antenna can be taken to use by soldering L17 to the pads.
7.6 LEDs and Button
Design has two LEDs and one button for general use. If power to Belmont board is enabled before Nucleo
drives the I/O-lines, LED1 is off and LED2 is on.
Setting the I/O-line for mapped each LED to ‘1’, LED will be turned on.
I/O-line allocated for button has an external pull-up resistor and when button is pressed, line is connected
to GND. ESD diode and a small serial resistor is added to protect line against ESD. A small (1nF) capacitor is
used to filter signal against glitches.
7.7 Debug
FT232RQ USB-to-UART converter is used to connect UART2 of modem to PC. With the UART2, new firm-
ware can be downloaded to modem or other tools from modem manufacturer can be used. Refer to in-
structions from Sequans.
Inside the factory, interface is also used to download firmware to GNSS system.
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8 ANTENNA CONSIDERATIONS
Antenova GNSS antenna (Ref [7]) and Pulse LTE antenna (Ref [6]) are used with Belmont system. Antennas
are connected to board using u.FL connector.
8.1 Antenna measurements
The following figure presents Pulse LTE antenna measurements:
The following figure presents Antenova GNSS antenna measurements (NOTE Antenova antenna need to be
checked, samples Bittium received doesn’t work correctly) :
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8.2 GPS and LTE B13 interoperability
There is GPS band stop notch filter in LTE 13 antenna line on the Belmont board. The filter is recommended
to be used when GPS and LTE antennas are located near to each other.
LTE B13 and GPS interoperability measurement report (Ref[8]) shows the effect of the LTE13 to GPS func-
tionality without the notch filter. The summary of report is:
Few dB GPS RX desense can be observed under worst case test conditions (LTE13 configured to
worst “channel” + LTE13 max TX power + very low isolation between LTE and GPS antenna)
GPS fix was maintained also under worst case test conditions
GPS desense not observed when antennas were placed further apart from each other
GPS band notch filter in LTE13 antenna line is recommended also for next design rounds to ensure
good interoperability between LTE13 and GPS systems
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9 CERTIFICATIONS (VERIZON)
FCC (FCC ID# TBD)
CB Safety (TBD)
GCF
Verizon OD
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References
[1] Monarch Platform – VZM20Q Module
[2] Sony Multi GNSS Receiver CXD5600GF
[3] Giesecke & Devrient SkySIM Avior 440 SMD S3FS9FV Technical Specification
[4] Belmont Schematics
[5] Belmont Layout and PWB manufacturing files
[6] LTE Antenna specification: High Efficiency Wideband LTE Dipole Antenna (Pulse W3554)
[7] GNSS Antenna specification: Antenova Bentoni GNSS Antenna
[8] LTE B13 and GPS interoperability measurement report