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Platform Design Guidelines
Intel
®
Wireless-AC 9560 (Jefferson Peak)
April 2017 External Product Specification (EPS)
Document Number: 5672401.0 Intel Confidential 47
Figure 9–1 Platform connections to CNViHybrid Key E scheme
SOC
RF_RESET_B
3.3v
clkreq0
REFCLK0
RF companion
Discrete connectivity
WiFi/BT/WiGiG Combo
Platform VRs
RGI
BRI
CNVio
PCIe
USB
UART
I2S
CNVi re lated st ra ps
CNVi related SW components:
WiFi, BT, WiGiG drivers
BIOS
XTAL
X
WPR
WWAN Modem
UART
UART
UART
Ai di ng
I2C
Connectivity
WiFi/BT
WiFi
WiGiG
RFEM
32K Hz cl ock
CLINK
9.1.2 Connectorized Hybrid Key E (2230) pin-out
The M.2 socket with the Hybrid Key E scheme is intended to be used with a proprietary pinout. This
scheme is called “Hybrid Key E” due to the mechanical similarity to a Key E connector and the ability
to support both Companion RF and discrete modules. When designing a motherboard with this
scheme, one can have the same M.2 socket supporting three (3) different connectivity cards:
(1) CNVi Companion RF module (CRF)
(2) Standard M.2 discrete module (Discrete), and
(3) WiGiG/Wi-Fi combo module (Combo)N/A for 2017 products
The ability to swap between these three cards on the same M.2 socket while using the same
motherboard design is an important feature desired by PC platform OEMs.
When designing the motherboard M.2 socket and routing according the Hybrid Key E scheme, and
subject to certain assumptions that will be defined later, the following basic properties are
guaranteed:
Inserting any one of the three optional cards (Namely CRF, Discrete and Combo) to the M.2
socket will be safe (meaning no damage to the motherboard or card will occur).
All 3 options can be used and will function as desired, subject to the following
1. For CNVi: No restrictions apply