Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Description Version: DocId: 00.030a ALAS5_HIO_v00.030a GEMALTO.
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 2 of 50 2 Document Name: Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Version: 00.030a Date: 2019-04-01 DocId: ALAS5_HIO_v00.030a Status Confidential / Preliminary GENERAL NOTE THE USE OF THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION (THE "PRODUCT") IS SUBJECT TO THE RELEASE NOTE PROVIDED TOGETHER WITH PRODUCT. IN ANY EVENT THE PROVISIONS OF THE RELEASE NOTE SHALL PREVAIL. THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION ON GEMALTO M2M PRODUCTS.
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 3 of 50 Contents 50 Contents 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................. 7 1.1 Product Variants ................................................................................................ 7 1.2 Key Features at a Glance .................................................................................. 8 1.2.1 Supported Frequency Bands ................................
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 4 of 50 Contents 50 6 Document Information.............................................................................................. 43 6.1 Revision History ............................................................................................... 43 6.2 Related Documents ......................................................................................... 44 6.3 Terms and Abbreviations .......................................................
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 5 of 50 Tables 50 Tables Table 1: Table 2: Table 3: Table 4: Table 5: Table 6: Table 7: Table 8: Table 9: Table 10: Table 11: Table 12: Table 13: Table 14: Table 15: Supported frequency bands for each product variant .................................... Supported CA configurations ......................................................................... Signals of the SIM interface (SMT application interface) ...............................
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 6 of 50 Figures 50 Figures Figure 1: Figure 2: Figure 3: Figure 4: Figure 5: Figure 6: Figure 7: Figure 8: Figure 9: Figure 10: Figure 11: Figure 12: Figure 13: Figure 14: Figure 15: Figure 16: ALAS5 system overview ................................................................................ USB circuit ..................................................................................................... Serial interface ASC0.......................
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 7 of 50 1 Introduction 15 1 Introduction This document1 describes the hardware of the Cinterion® ALAS5 module. It helps you quickly retrieve interface specifications, electrical and mechanical details and information on the requirements to be considered for integrating further components. 1.
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 8 of 50 1.2 Key Features at a Glance 15 1.2 Key Features at a Glance Feature Implementation General Frequency bands Note: Not all of the frequency bands (and 3GPP technologies) mentioned throughout this document are supported by every ALAS5 product variant. Please refer to Section 1.2.1 for an overview of the frequency bands supported by each ALAS5 product variant.
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 9 of 50 1.2 Key Features at a Glance 15 Feature Implementation UMTS features 3GPP Release 8 PS data rate – 384 kbps DL / 384 kbps UL TD-SCDMA features 3GPP Release 4 2.8 Mbps DL / 2.
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 10 of 50 1.2 Key Features at a Glance 15 Feature Implementation Interfaces Module interface Surface mount device with solderable connection pads (SMT application interface). Land grid array (LGA) technology ensures high solder joint reliability and provides the possibility to use an optional module mounting socket. For more information on how to integrate SMT modules see also [3].
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 11 of 50 1.2 Key Features at a Glance 15 Feature Implementation eMMC Linux controlled: Embedded Multi-Media Card interface PCIe Linux controlled: PCIe interface Evaluation kit Evaluation module ALAS5 module soldered onto a dedicated PCB. ALAS5_HIO_v00.
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 12 of 50 1.2 Key Features at a Glance 15 1.2.1 Supported Frequency Bands The following table lists the supported frequency bands for each of the ALAS5 product variants mentioned in Section 1.1. Supported CA configurations can be found in Section 1.2.2. Table 1: Supported frequency bands for each product variant Band ALAS5-W ALAS5-AM GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850MHz x x 900MHz x x 1800MHz x x 1900MHz x x UMTS/HSPA Bd.I (2100MHz) x Bd.
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 13 of 50 1.2 Key Features at a Glance 15 Table 1: Supported frequency bands for each product variant Band ALAS5-W ALAS5-AM Bd.29 (700MHz) x Bd.30 (2300MHZ) x x Bd.32 (1500MHz) Bd.66 (1700MHz) x LTE-TDD Bd.34 (2000MHz) x Bd.38 (2600MHz) x Bd.39 (1900MHz) x Bd.40 (2300MHz) Bd.41 (2600MHz) x 1 x 1.
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 14 of 50 1.2 Key Features at a Glance 15 Table 2: Supported CA configurations Downlink CA Bandwidth combination set Product variant (ALAS5-...
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 15 of 50 1.3 ALAS5 System Overview 15 1.3 ALAS5 System Overview GNSS ANT_MAIN ANT_DRX_MIMO Application SIM Card Antennadiagnostic Power Supply Antennadiagnostic SIM Card GSM/UMTS/LTE GNSS GPIO 2x ADC UICC PCIe Serial Interface Serial Interface I2C 2x Digital Audio GPIO eMMC Power Supply IGT EMERG_OFF PWR_IND I2C VEXT ASC1 eMMC Interface ASC0 GPIO PCIe PCM/I2S USB 2.0/3.
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 16 of 50 2 Interface Characteristics 32 2 Interface Characteristics ALAS5 is equipped with an SMT application interface that connects to the external application. The SMT application interface incorporates the various application interfaces as well as the RF antenna interface. 2.1 Application Interface 2.1.1 USB Interface ALAS5 supports a USB 3.0 Super Speed (5Gbps) device interface, and alternatively a USB 2.
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 17 of 50 2.1 Application Interface 32 2.1.2 Serial Interface ASC0 ALAS5 offers an 8-wire (plus GND) unbalanced, asynchronous modem interface ASC0 conforming to ITU-T V.24 protocol DCE signaling. The electrical characteristics do not comply with ITU-T V.28. The significant levels are 0V (for low data bit or active state) and 1.8V (for high data bit or inactive state). ALAS5 is designed for use as a DCE.
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 18 of 50 2.1 Application Interface 32 2.1.3 Serial Interface ASC1 ALAS5 provides a 4-wire unbalanced, asynchronous modem interface ASC1 conforming to ITU-T V.24 protocol DCE signaling. The electrical characteristics do not comply with ITU-T V.28. The significant levels are 0V (for low data bit or active state) and 1.8V (for high data bit or inactive state). ALAS5 is designed for use as a DCE.
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 19 of 50 2.1 Application Interface 32 2.1.4 Inter-Integrated Circuit Interface ALAS5 provides an Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C) interface. I2C is a serial, 8-bit oriented data transfer bus for bit rates up to 400kbps in Fast mode. It consists of two lines, the serial data line I2CDAT and the serial clock line I2CCLK. The module acts as a single master device, e.g. the clock I2CCLK is driven by the module. I2CDAT is a bi-directional line.
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 20 of 50 2.1 Application Interface 32 2.1.5 UICC/SIM/USIM Interface ALAS5 has two UICC/SIM/USIM interfaces compatible with the 3GPP 31.102 and ETSI 102 221. These are wired to the host interface in order to be connected to an external SIM card holder. Five pads on the SMT application interface are reserved for each of the two SIM interfaces. The UICC/SIM/USIM interface supports 2.85V and 1.8V SIM cards.
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 21 of 50 2.1 Application Interface 32 open: Card removed closed: Card inserted SMT application interface CCIN1 Module CCRST1 SIM / UICC 1n CCCLK1 GND CCIO1 CCVCC1 220n Figure 6: First UICC/SIM/USIM interface The total cable length between the SMT application interface pads on ALAS5 and the pads of the external SIM card holder must not exceed 100mm in order to meet the specifications of 3GPP TS 51.
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 22 of 50 2.1 Application Interface 32 2.1.6 Digital Audio Interface ALAS5 has two digital audio interfaces (DAIs) that can be employed as inter pulse code modulation (PCM) or Inter-IC Sound (I2S) interface. Default setting is pulse code modulation. Please note that the first DAI is reserved for future use. 2.1.6.1 Pulse Code Modulation Interface (PCM) ALAS5's PCM interface can be used to connect audio devices capable of pulse code modulation. 2.1.6.
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 23 of 50 2.2 GSM/UMTS/LTE Antenna Interface 32 2.2 GSM/UMTS/LTE Antenna Interface The ALAS5 GSM/UMTS/LTE antenna interface comprises a GSM/UMTS/LTEmain antenna as well as a UMTS/LTE Rx diversity/MIMO antenna to improve signal reliability and quality1. The interface has an impedance of 50. ALAS5 is capable of sustaining a total mismatch at the antenna interface without any damage, even when transmitting at maximum RF power.
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 24 of 50 2.2 GSM/UMTS/LTE Antenna Interface 32 2.2.1 Antenna Installation The antennas are connected by soldering the antenna pads (ANT_MAIN, ANT_DRX_MIMO, ANT_GNSS) and their neighboring ground pads directly to the application’s PCB. The distance between the antenna pads and their neighboring GND pads has been optimized for best possible impedance. To prevent mismatch, special attention should be paid to these pads on the application’ PCB.
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 25 of 50 2.2 GSM/UMTS/LTE Antenna Interface 32 2.2.2 2.2.2.1 RF Line Routing Design Line Arrangement Instructions Several dedicated tools are available to calculate line arrangements for specific applications and PCB materials - for example from http://www.polarinstruments.com/ (commercial software) or from http://web.awrcorp.com/Usa/Products/Optional-Products/TX-Line/ (free software).
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 26 of 50 2.2 GSM/UMTS/LTE Antenna Interface 32 Micro-Stripline This section gives two line arrangement examples for micro-stripline. Figure 9: Micro-Stripline line arrangement samples ALAS5_HIO_v00.
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 27 of 50 2.2 GSM/UMTS/LTE Antenna Interface 32 2.2.2.2 Routing Examples Interface to RF Connector Figure 10 shows a sample connection of a module‘s antenna pad at the bottom layer of the module PCB with an application PCB‘s coaxial antenna connector. Line impedance depends on line width, but also on other PCB characteristics like dielectric, height and layer gap. The sample stripline width of 0.
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 28 of 50 2.3 GNSS Antenna Interface 32 2.3 GNSS Antenna Interface In addition to the RF antenna interface ALAS5 also has a GNSS antenna interface. The GNSS pad’s shape is the same as for the RF antenna interface (see Section 2.2.1). It is possible to connect active or passive GNSS antennas. In either case they must have 50 impedance. The simultaneous operation of GSM/UMTS/LTE and GNSS is implemented.
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 29 of 50 2.3 GNSS Antenna Interface 32 Figure 12 shows a sample circuit realizing ESD protection for a passive GNSS antenna. Connecting the input ANT_GNSS_DC to GND prevents ESD from coupling into the module. Module SMT interface GNSS _EN 100nF Not used ANT_GNSS _DC (Optional) 0R ESD protection Passive GNSS antenna 10nH ANT_GNSS To GNSS receiver Figure 12: ESD protection for passive GNSS antenna ALAS5_HIO_v00.
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 30 of 50 2.4 Sample Application 32 2.4 Sample Application Figure 13 shows a typical example of how to integrate an ALAS5 module with an application. The PWR_IND line is an open collector that needs an external pull-up resistor which connects to the voltage supply VCC µC of the microcontroller. Low state of the open collector pulls the PWR_IND signal low and indicates that the ALAS5 module is active, high level notifies the Power Down mode.
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 31 of 50 2.4 Sample Application 32 Main antenna (GSM/UMTS/LTE) IGT GND ANT_MAIN 47k Diversity antenna (LTE) GND GND EMERG _OFF ANT_DRX_MIMO GND 47k 100k VCC µC 47µF Ultra low ESR PWR_IND BATT+ 2 Rechargeable Lithium battery BATT+_RF 2 + VDD (1.8V) VEXT (1.8V) NTC VCC µC Module OE V CCA 4 VCCB Level Controller PCM interface lines USB 2.0 HS Mode Or USB 3.0 SS Mode 4 2 4 4 x 47µF Ultra low ESR PCM2_... VUSB_IN USB_DP, USB_DN USB_SS.
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 32 of 50 3 GNSS Interface 32 3 GNSS Interface ALAS5 integrates a GNSS receiver that offers the full performance of GPS/GLONASS technology. The GNSS receiver is able to continuously track all satellites in view, thus providing accurate satellite position data. The integrated GNSS receiver supports the NMEA protocol via USB or ASC0 interface.
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 33 of 50 4 Mechanical Dimensions and Mounting 34 4 Mechanical Dimensions and Mounting 4.1 Mechanical Dimensions of ALAS5 Figure 14 shows a 3D view1 of ALAS5 and provides an overview of the board's mechanical dimensions2. For further details see Figure 15. Length: 40mm Width: 36mm Height: 3mm Top view Bottom view Figure 14: ALAS5 – top and bottom view 1. The coloring of the 3D view does not reflect the module’s real color. 2.
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 34 of 50 [ [ 4.1 Mechanical Dimensions of ALAS5 34 5 3 1 0 / . 7 + [ [ * ) ( ' & % $ ERWWRP YLHZ WRS YLHZ QR VROGHU SDGV NHHS DUHD IUHH Figure 15: Dimensions of ALAS5 (all dimensions in mm) ALAS5_HIO_v00.
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 35 of 50 5 Regulatory and Type Approval Information 42 5 Regulatory and Type Approval Information 5.1 Directives and Standards ALAS5 has been designed to comply with the directives and standards listed below.
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 36 of 50 5.1 Directives and Standards 42 Table 7: Standards of European type approval 3GPP TS 51.010-1 Digital cellular telecommunications system (Release 7); Mobile Station (MS) conformance specification; ETSI EN 301 511 V12.5.1 Global System for Mobile communications (GSM); Mobile Stations (MS) equipment; Harmonized Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.2 of Directive 2014/53/EU GCF-CC V3.
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 37 of 50 5.1 Directives and Standards 42 Table 9: Standards of the Ministry of Information Industry of the People’s Republic of China SJ/T 11363-2006 “Requirements for Concentration Limits for Certain Hazardous Substances in Electronic Information Products” (2006-06). SJ/T 11364-2006 “Marking for Control of Pollution Caused by Electronic Information Products” (2006-06).
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 38 of 50 5.2 SAR requirements specific to portable mobiles 42 5.2 SAR requirements specific to portable mobiles Mobile phones, PDAs or other portable transmitters and receivers incorporating a GSM module must be in accordance with the guidelines for human exposure to radio frequency energy.
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 39 of 50 5.3 Reference Equipment for Type Approval 42 5.3 Reference Equipment for Type Approval The Gemalto M2M general reference setup submitted to type approve ALAS5 is shown in the figure below: Figure 16 illustrates the setup for general tests and evaluation purposes. The evaluation module can be plugged directly onto the so-called “Audio(-Ethernet) Adapter”.
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 40 of 50 5.4 Compliance with FCC and ISED Rules and Regulations 42 5.4 Compliance with FCC and ISED Rules and Regulations The Equipment Authorization Certification for the Gemalto M2M modules reference application described in Section 5.
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 41 of 50 5.4 Compliance with FCC and ISED Rules and Regulations 42 Table 12: Antenna gain limits for FCC and ISED for ALAS5-AM (TBD.
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 42 of 50 5.4 Compliance with FCC and ISED Rules and Regulations 42 If Canadian approval is requested for devices incorporating ALAS5 modules the above note will have to be provided in the English and French language in the final user documentation. Manufacturers/OEM Integrators must ensure that the final user documentation does not contain any information on how to install or remove the module from the final product.
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 43 of 50 6 Document Information 47 6 Document Information 6.1 Revision History New document: "Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview" v00.030a Chapter What is new -- Initial document setup. ALAS5_HIO_v00.
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 44 of 50 6.2 Related Documents 47 6.2 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Related Documents ALAS5 AT Command Set ALAS5 Release Note Application Note 48: SMT Module Integration Universal Serial Bus Specification Revision 3.0 Universal Serial Bus Specification Revision 2.0 6.
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Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 47 of 50 6.4 Safety Precaution Notes 47 6.4 Safety Precaution Notes The following safety precautions must be observed during all phases of the operation, usage, service or repair of any cellular terminal or mobile incorporating ALAS5. Manufacturers of the cellular terminal are advised to convey the following safety information to users and operating personnel and to incorporate these guidelines into all manuals supplied with the product.
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 48 of 50 7 Appendix 49 7 Appendix 7.
Cinterion® ALAS5 Hardware Interface Overview Page 49 of 50 7.1 List of Parts and Accessories 49 Table 14: Molex sales contacts (subject to change) Molex For further information please click: http://www.molex.com Molex Deutschland GmbH Otto-Hahn-Str. 1b 69190 Walldorf Germany Phone: +49-6227-3091-0 Fax: +49-6227-3091-8100 Email: mxgermany@molex.com American Headquarters Lisle, Illinois 60532 U.S.A.
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