Users Manual Part 1

SIM8260A_Hardware Design_V1.05
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1 Introduction
This document describes the electronic specifications, RF specifications, interfaces, mechanical
characteristics, and test results of the SIM8260A module. With the help of this document，customers can
quickly understand SIM8260A module.
Associated with other software application notes and user guides, customers can use SIM8260A to
design and develop mobile and laptop applications easily.
1.1 Product Outline
SIM8260A is a wireless communication module focusing on 5G market; it supports multi-air access
technology including 5G NR (NSA/SA), LTE-FDD, LTE-TDD, and WCDMA, can meet the 3GPP R16 NR
specification, and integrates GNSS
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system including dual bands GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo and
QZSS. The module’s supported radio frequency bands are shown in the following table.
Table 1: SIM8260A frequency bands
Standard Frequency bands
SIM8260A Module
5G NR
n2/n5/n7/n12/n14/n25/n26/n41/n48/n66/n71/n77/n78
LTE-FDD
B2/B4/B5/B7/B12/B13/B14/B17/B25/B26/B66/B71
LTE-TDD
B41
WCDMA
B2/B4/B5
GNSS1
GPS L1+L5 dual bands/GLONASS/BeiDou/Galileo/QZSS
1. GNSS function is optional. Standard modules do not support L5 by default
.
The data transfer throughput of the module is shown in the table below.
Table 2: SIM8260Adata transfer throughput
Standard
Data transfer
SIM8260A Module
Sub-6G SA
2.4Gbps(DL)/1Gbps(UL)
Sub-6G NSA
3.4Gbps(DL)/600Mbps(UL)
LTE
1.6Gbps(DL)/200Mbps(UL)
HSPA+
42Mbps(DL)/5.76Mbps(UL)
NOTE