Quectel BG95 Series Manual 

Rev. BG95&BG96_Compatible_Design_V1.0 Date: 2019-12-13 Status: Released www.quectel.com ...

BG95&BG96 Compatible Design BG95&BG96_Compatible_Design 1 / 47 Our aim is to provide customers with timely and comprehensive service. For any assistance, please contact our company headquarters: Quectel Wireless Solutions Co., Ltd. Building 5, Shanghai Business Park Phase III (Area B), No.1016 Tianlin Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, China 200233 Tel ...

BG95&BG96 Compatible Design BG95&BG96_Compatible_Design 2 / 47 About the Document Revision History Revision Date Author Description 1.0 2019-12-13 Ward WANG/ Mickey ZHANG Initial ...

BG95&BG96 Compatible Design BG95&BG96_Compatible_Design 3 / 47 Contents About the Document ................................................................................................................................... 2 Contents ....................................................................................................................... ...

BG95&BG96 Compatible Design BG95&BG96_Compatible_Design 4 / 47 Table Index TABLE 1: MODULE GENERAL INFORMATION ................................................................................................ 7 TABLE 2: FREQUENCY BANDS AND GNSS TYPES OF BG95 AND BG96 MODULES ................................. 8 TABLE 3: FEATURES OVERVIEW ............... ...

BG95&BG96 Compatible Design BG95&BG96_Compatible_Design 5 / 47 Figure Index FIGURE 1: BG96&BG95 PIN ASSIGNMENT ................................................................................................... 13 FIGURE 2: REFERENCE CIRCUIT OF POWER SUPPLY (BG95/BG96) ....................................................... 22 FIGURE 3: REFERENCE CIRC ...

BG95&BG96 Compatible Design BG95&BG96_Compatible_Design 6 / 47 1 Introduction Quectel LTE Cat M1/Cat NB2/EGPRS module BG95 is compatible with Quectel LTE Cat M1/Cat NB1/EGPRS module BG96. This document briefly describes the compatible design between BG95 and BG96 modules. ...

BG95&BG96 Compatible Design BG95&BG96_Compatible_Design 7 / 47 2 General Descriptions 2.1. Product Description BG96 is an embedded LPWA (LTE Cat M1/LTE Cat NB1/EGPRS) wireless communication module. It provides data connectivity on LTE-TDD/LTE-FDD/GPRS/EGPRS networks, and supports half-duplex operation in LTE networks. It also provides GNSS 1) and voic ...

BG95&BG96 Compatible Design BG95&BG96_Compatible_Design 8 / 47 Table 2: Frequency Bands and GNSS Types of BG95 and BG96 Modules Module Supported Bands LTE Bands Power Class GNSS 1) BG96 Cat M1: LTE-FDD: B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B8/B12/B13/ B18/B19/B20/B25 5)/B26*/B28 LTE-TDD: B39 Cat NB1: LTE-FDD: B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B8/B12/B13/ B18/B19/B20/B25 5)/B26*/B28 EGPRS: 85 ...

BG95&BG96 Compatible Design BG95&BG96_Compatible_Design 9 / 47 1. 1) GNSS function of BG96 is optional. 2. 2) BG96 supports VoLTE (Voice over LTE) under LTE Cat M1. BG95 supports VoLTE (Voice over LTE FDD: B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B8/B12/B13/ B18/B19/B20/B25/B26/ B28/B66/B71/B85 GLONASS, BeiDou/Compass, Galileo, QZSS BG95-M4* Cat M1: LTE-FDD: B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B8/ ...

BG95&BG96 Compatible Design BG95&BG96_Compatible_Design 10 / 47 LTE) under LTE Cat M1 and CS voice under GSM. The voice function of BG95 is under development. 3. 3) LTE Cat NB2 is backward compatible with LTE Cat NB1. 4. 4) BG95-MF are under planning. Details of them are currently not included and will be added in a future release of this document. 5. ...

BG95&BG96 Compatible Design BG95&BG96_Compatible_Design 11 / 47 1. 1) For every VBAT transition/re-insertion from 0V, the minimum power supply voltage should be more than 2.7V. Meanwhile, in order to guarantee stability and RF performance, the minimum power supply voltage should be more than 2.8V. After the module starts up normally, the minimum safet ...

BG95&BG96 Compatible Design BG95&BG96_Compatible_Design 12 / 47 5. 5) BG95 supports ADC0 and ADC1. The two interfaces are internally connected, therefore they cannot be used simultaneously. If the two ADC interfaces are intended to be used at the same time, please add an external analog switch. 6. “*” means under development. ...

BG95&BG96 Compatible Design BG95&BG96_Compatible_Design 13 / 47 3 Pin Definition 3.1. Pin Assignment The following figure shows the pin assignment of BG96 and BG95. RESERVED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 50 51 52 53 54 55 58 59 60 61 62 31 30 29 28 27 26 23 22 21 20 19 10 9 8 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 40 41 42 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 24 25 57 56 63 ...

BG95&BG96 Compatible Design BG95&BG96_Compatible_Design 14 / 47 1. 1) PWRKEY is internally pulled up to an internal voltage in the Qualcomm chipset, and its output voltage is the internal voltage minus a diode drop in the chipset. For BG95, the expected output voltage of PWRKEY is 1.5V, and PWRKEY should never be pulled down to GND permanently. For BG ...

BG95&BG96 Compatible Design BG95&BG96_Compatible_Design 15 / 47 Table 5: Pin Definition Comparison between BG96 and BG95 Pin No. BG96 BG95 Pin Name I/O Description Pin Name I/O Description 1 PSM_IND 1) DO Power saving mode indication. 1.8V power domain. PSM_IND 1) DO Power saving mode indication. 1.8V power domain 2 ADC1 AI General-purpose analog to d ...

BG95&BG96 Compatible Design BG95&BG96_Compatible_Design 16 / 47 17 RESET_N DI Reset signal of the module. 1.8V power domain. RESET_N 4) DI Reset signal of the module. 1.8V power domain. 18 W_DISABLE# DI Airplane mode control. 1.8V power domain. W_DISABLE# DI Airplane mode control. 1.8V power domain. 19 AP_READY DI Application processor sleep state det ...

BG95&BG96 Compatible Design BG95&BG96_Compatible_Design 17 / 47 28 UART3_RXD DI Receive data. 1.8V power domain. GNSS_RXD DI Receive data. 1.8V power domain. 29 VDD_EXT PO Provide 1.8V for external circuit VDD_EXT PO Provide 1.8V for external circuit 30 DTR DI Data terminal ready. Sleep mode control. 1.8V power domain. MAIN_DTR DI Data terminal ready. ...

BG95&BG96 Compatible Design BG95&BG96_Compatible_Design 18 / 47 for external codec. Require external pull-up to 1.8V. Used for external codec. Require external pull-up to 1.8V. 41 I2C_SDA OD I2C serial data. Used for external codec. Require external pull-up to 1.8V. I2C_SDA OD I2C serial data. Used for external codec. Require external pull-up to 1.8V. ...

BG95&BG96 Compatible Design BG95&BG96_Compatible_Design 19 / 47 3.3V~4.3V, Typ. 3.8V BG95-M4: Typ. 3.8V 54 GND / Ground GND / Ground 55 GND / Ground GND / Ground 56 RESERVED / / RESERVED / / 57 RESERVED / / RESERVED / / 58 GND / Ground GND / Ground 59 GND / Ground GND / Ground 60 ANT_MAIN IO Main antenna interface ANT_MAIN IO Main antenna interface 61 ...