Integration Guide

Table Of Contents
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction 1
Technical Specifications 3
Reference Documents 5
Typical Usage 5
Contacting Novatel Wireless M2M 5
2 Module Power 6
Operating Power 7
Typical Input Current 7
3 Interfaces 8
Module Mounting To Host Board (Reference) 9
Mounting Tab Soldering Guidelines 12
Connectors 13
RF Board-to-Board Connector Option 13
I/O Connector Pin Assignments 13
Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) Guidelines 16
SAR Compliance 17
4 Hardware Design Guidelines 18
Advanced Tips For An RF-Friendly Layout 19
Ground Plane 19
Thermal Relief 20
Modem Mounting Tabs 22
Antenna And RF Signal Trace 23
Engineering Layer Stack-up And Impedance 25
VBAT Input 25
Audio Reference Design 26