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Product Technical Specification & Customer Design GuidelinesAirPrime MC7304 4114634Rev 8Proprietary and ConfidentialContents subject to change

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines10 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 4114634Certification test

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines100 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 4114634DSMDistributed Sh

AcronymsRev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 101HSPA+Enhanced HSPA, as defined in 3GPP Release 7 and beyondHSUPAHig

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines102 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 4114634OMA DMOpen Mobile

AcronymsRev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 103SGAn LTE signaling interface for SMS (“SMS over SGs”)SIBSystem Info

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines104 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 4114634WANWide Area Netw

Rev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 105IndexNumerics3D gain, averagegain3D average (GNSS), 723GPP complianceGSM/G

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines106 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 4114634EEDGEoverview, 9

IndexRev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 107Mmean effective gain, 70mean effective gain imbalance, 70mechanical s

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines108 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 4114634sensitivityconduc

IndexRev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 109ZZIF (Zero Intermediate Frequency), 43

Rev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 11List of TablesTable 1-1: Supported RF bands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Rev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 13List of FiguresFigure 3-1: System block diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Rev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 1511: IntroductionThe Sierra Wireless MC7304 PCI Express Mini Card is a compac

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines16 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 4114634• Temperature· Ope

IntroductionRev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 17Modem featuresLTE features• Basic cell selection and system acqu

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines18 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 4114634• Dedicated bearer

IntroductionRev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 19AccessoriesThe Universal Development Kit (UDK) is a hardware dev

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines20 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 4114634Integration requir

Rev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 2122: Standards ComplianceThe MC7304 Mini Card complies with the mandatory re

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Rev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 2333: Electrical SpecificationsThe system block diagram in Figure 3-1 on page

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines24 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 4114634Figure 3-1: System

Electrical SpecificationsRev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 25Figure 3-2: Expanded RF block diagramHost interface

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines26 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 4114634Note: The followin

Electrical SpecificationsRev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 2711 VCC_MSM18_DIG3- 1.8V reference voltage outputOut

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines28 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 411463432 I2C_DATA4,5- I2

Electrical SpecificationsRev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 2946 DPR/GPIO4- (DPR)Dynamic power controlInput High

PrefaceRev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 3Important NoticeDue to the nature of wireless communications, transmis

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines30 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 4114634Power supplyThe ho

Electrical SpecificationsRev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 31USB high/full speed throughput performanceThis devi

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines32 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 4114634Figure 3-3: SIM ap

Electrical SpecificationsRev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 33SIM implementationNote: For interface design requir

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines34 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 4114634Control interface

Electrical SpecificationsRev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 35W_DISABLE_N — Wireless disableNote: Wireless disabl

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines36 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 4114634 Figure 3-7: Exam

Electrical SpecificationsRev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 37PCMThe PCM interface implementation details include

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines38 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 4114634I2SThe I2S can be

Electrical SpecificationsRev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 39Antenna controlNote: Antenna control signals suppor

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines4 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 4114634Patents This produc

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Rev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 4144: RF SpecificationsThe MC7304 includes three RF connectors for use with ho

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines42 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 4114634Antenna and cablin

RF SpecificationsRev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 43Ground connectionWhen connecting the module to system groun

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines44 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 4114634Proximity of host

RF SpecificationsRev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 45To determine the extent of any receiver performance desensi

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines46 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 4114634• Inter-RAT and in

RF SpecificationsRev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 47Conducted Rx sensitivity / Tx powerTable 4-4: GSM frequency

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines48 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 4114634Table 4-7: Conduct

RF SpecificationsRev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 49GNSS specificationsNote: For detailed electrical performanc

PrefaceRev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 54 January 2014 Updated RF block diagram, PCM and I2S audio content, Rx

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Rev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 5155: PowerPower consumptionPower consumption measurements in the tables below

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines52 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 4114634Table 5-2: Average

PowerRev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 53Module power statesThe module has four power states, as described in Ta

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines54 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 4114634Power state transi

PowerRev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 55Figure 5-1: Voltage/temperature monitoring state machinesPower interfac

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines56 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 4114634USB enumerationThe

PowerRev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 57Power supply noiseNoise in the power supply can lead to noise in the RF

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Rev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 5966: Software InterfaceSupport toolsThe MC7304 is compatible with the followi

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Rev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 6177: Mechanical and Environmental Specifi-cationsThe MC7304 module complies w

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines62 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 4114634Device viewsFigure

Mechanical and Environmental SpecificationsRev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 63Figure 7-2: Dimensioned viewLabel

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines64 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 4114634• IMEI number in C

Mechanical and Environmental SpecificationsRev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 65Specific areas requiring heat dis

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Rev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 6788: Regulatory Compliance and Industry CertificationsThis module is designed

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines68 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 4114634• Near medical equ

ARev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 69A: Antenna SpecificationThis appendix describes recommended electrical perf

Rev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 7ContentsIntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Antenna SpecificationRev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 71Recommended GNSS antenna specificationsIsolation betwee

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines72 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 4114634Antenna testsThe f

BRev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 73B: Design ChecklistThis chapter provides a summary of the design considerat

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines74 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 4114634Keep very low capa

CRev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 75C: TestingNote: All AirPrime embedded modules are factory-tested to ensure

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines76 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 4114634Acceptance test re

TestingRev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 77• GCF (Global Certification Forum—www.globalcertificationforum.org) o

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines78 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 4114634• USB connection i

TestingRev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 79b. Select File > Connection Description. The Connection Descriptio

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines8 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 4114634Control interface (

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines80 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 4114634· (LTE) See LTE RF

TestingRev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 81To test the DUT’s transmitter path:Note: This procedure describes ste

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines82 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 4114634i. Take the measur

TestingRev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 83To test the DUT’s receive path:Note: This procedure describes steps u

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines84 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 4114634· Monitor these li

TestingRev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 85To test the DUT’s receive path (or diversity path, while connected to

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines86 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 4114634GNSS RF receive pa

TestingRev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 87• RF sensitivity testing—BER/BLER for different bands and modes• Tran

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines88 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 4114634!SETCND Set AT com

TestingRev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 89!DAWGAVGAGC Return averaged RX AGC value (WCDMA)!DAWGRXAGC Return the

ContentsRev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 9Power interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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DRev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 91D: PackagingSierra Wireless AirPrime Mini Cards are shipped in sealed boxes

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ERev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 93E: ReferencesThis guide deals specifically with hardware integration issues

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Rev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 95FF: Technology OverviewLTELTE (Long Term Evolution) is a 4th-generation wire

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Technology OverviewRev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 97• EGPRS—Multislot class 12 (with backoff. See Table F-1 o

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Rev 8 Apr.14 Proprietary and Confidential - Contents subject to change 99GG: AcronymsTable G-1: Acronyms and definitionsAcronym or term Definition3GP