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Applicability Type Product Model Description L860-GL-16 Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 2 of 60...
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USI, or the host manufacturer can take responsibility through the change in FCC ID (new application) procedure followed by a Class II permissive change application. Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide...
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(including the transmitter) and obtaining a separate FCC/IC authorization. Manual Information to the End User Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 4 of 60...
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Part 15 Subpart B compliance testing with the modular transmitter installed. This device is intended only for OEM integrators under the following conditions: (For Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 5 of 60...
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This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance cm between the radiator & your body. Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 6 of 60...
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Change History Version Author Date Remark V1.0.0 Shu Ying 2020-09-28 Draft version Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 7 of 60...
PCI Express M.2 Specification Rev1.2 1.3 Related Documents FIBOCOM Design Guide_RF Antenna FIBOCOM L860 Series AT Commands_V3.4.1 Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 10 of 60...
Storage temperature: -40° C-+85° C Interface: M.2 Key-B Physical Dimension : 30×42×2.3mm Characteristics Weight: About 6.2 g Interface Antenna Connector WWAN Antenna×4 Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 11 of 60...
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When temperature goes beyond normal operating temperature range of -10°C-+55°C, RF performance of module may be slightly off 3GPP specifications. Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 12 of 60...
2 inter-band 2+2+4+71,2+2+14+66,2+2+66+71,2+14+66+66,2+66+6 6+71, 2+5+5+30, 2+5+5+66, 2+5+46+46, 2+13+46+46, 2 intra-band (contiguous) plus 2+46+46+46, 2+46+46+66, 2+5+66+66, 2+13+66+66, 2 inter-band 2+66+66+71, Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 13 of 60...
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3 intra-band (contiguous) plus 2 46+46+46+66+66,5+5+46+46+46,7+7+46+46+46 intra-band (contiguous) 4 intra-band (contiguous) plus 2+46+46+46+46, 5+46+46+46+46, 13+46+46+46+46, inter-band 46+46+46+46+66 Intra-band (contiguous) 41,48 Intra-band (non-contiguous) Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 14 of 60...
RF contains the followings: RF Transceiver RF Power/PA RF Front end RF Filter Antenna Connector Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 15 of 60...
4×4 MIMO supported bands receive MIMO2 ANT 4×4 MIMO supported bands receive Diversity & GNSS ANT All supported bands and GNSS receive Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 16 of 60...
USB D+ FULL_CARD_POWER_OFF#(3.3/1.8V) +3.3V +3.3V CONFIG_3 Figure 3-1 Pin map Note: Pin “Notch” represents the gap of the gold fingers. Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 17 of 60...
NC, L860 M.2 module is configured as the WWAN – PCIe, USB3.0 interface CONFIG_0 type UART_TX, MUX for UART_TX 1.8V ANT_TUNER_CONFIG/GPIO(High-z) Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 18 of 60...
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Master I2C1 DATA 1.8V PCIe TX differential signal PETp0 Positive I2C_IRQ# I2C1 INT, Wake up I2C HOST 1.8V Power Supply Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 19 of 60...
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PCIe reference clock signal, Positive MIPI interface tunable ANT, RFFE_SCLK 1.8V RFFE clock Power Supply MIPI interface tunable ANT, RFFE_SDATA 1.8V RFFE data Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 20 of 60...
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Voltage indication of PCIe side band. GND, Support PCIe Interface 3.3V. VIO_CFG NC, support 1.8V and compatible with 3.3V. +3.3V Power input Power Supply Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 21 of 60...
In addition, the DC/DC power supply other than PCIe ports should not be used as the external power cannot control the module status through the PCIe protocol. Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide...
1500/1700/1800/1900, 18pF, 10pF, 2100/2300, 2500/2600MHz, Filter out medium/high frequency band RF 8.2pF, 6.8pF, 3500/3700MHz, 5GHz frequency interference 3.3pF band Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 23 of 60...
The L860 module 3.3V logic level definition is shown in the following table: Parameter Minimum Typical Maximum Unit 3.3V logic level 3.135 3.465 3.465 -0.3 Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 24 of 60...
LTE FDD Data call Band 66 @+23dBm LTE FDD Data call Band 71 @+23dBm LTE TDD Data call Band 38 @+23dBm LTE TDD Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 25 of 60...
3.3/1.8V _OFF# Power on: High/Floating Power off: Low WWAN reset input, internal pull up RESET# 1.8V (10KΩ), active low Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 26 of 60...
FCPO# signal. After about 15s, module will complete initialization process. The start-up timing is shown in Figure 3-5: Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 27 of 60...
PMU. The control timing is shown in Figure 3-6: Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 28 of 60...
RESET# function, the PMU remains its power inside the module. The recommended circuit design is shown in the Figure 3-7: Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 29 of 60...
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+3.3V FCPO# RESET# off2 PERST# typical 15s Module State Activation Baseband reset Initialization Activation Figure 3-8 Reset control timing1 Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 30 of 60...
D0 L1.2 Refer 3.2.3 Power Consumption sleep The extra 0.5mA is consumed on +0.5 cold sleep PERST# pull down Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 31 of 60...
L2 state in Win10 system. The D0->D3 L2@S0/S0ix cold cold ->D0 timing is shown in Figure 3-11 and Figure 3-12: Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 32 of 60...
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Modem assert Modem de-assert Module State D0 L0@S0/S0ix L2@S0/S0ix D0 L0@S0/S0ix cold Figure 3-12 D3 L2 timing (Modem wakeup) cold Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 33 of 60...
MBIM port and a GNSS port in Win10 & Linux system. MBIM interface is used for initiating data service in Win10 & Linux system and GNSS interface is used for receiving GNSS data. Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide...
Active low, open drain output and should add external pull up (100KΩ) on platform Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 35 of 60...
When a serpentine line is used for length match with another line, the bended length of each segment should be at least 3 times the line width (≥ 3W). The largest spacing between the bended part of the Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide...
The L860 module support dual SIM card single standby, with one built-in USIM card interface, which supports 1.8V and 3V SIM cards. Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 37 of 60...
When the SIM card is inserted, it connects an open circuit between CD and SW pins, and drives the SIM_DETECT pin high. Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 38 of 60...
SIM_DETECT status will not be detected. After the SIM card hot-plug detection function is enabled, the module detects that the SIM card is inserted Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide...
Module Status LED1# Signal RF function ON Low level (LED on) RF function OFF High level (LED off) Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 40 of 60...
Idle/Sleep Call/SMS/Data Figure 3-18 WOWWAN# timing Note: SMS wake-up host need send AT command: AT+GTSMSFILTERWUPEN=1 to enable this function. Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 41 of 60...
The module keeps the default emission power High/Floating Lower the maximum emission power to the threshold value of the module. Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 42 of 60...
ANTCTL1 1.8V bit1 Tunable ANT control, GPO interface, ANTCTL2 1.8V Bit2 Tunable ANT control, GPO interface, ANTCTL3 1.8V Bit3 Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 43 of 60...
Master I2C1 DATA 1.8V I2C_IRQ# I2C1 INT, Wake up I2C HOST 1.8V Note: L860 works as a slave device. Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 44 of 60...
L860 module uses standard M.2 RF connectors. The RF connector part number is 818004607 manufactured by ECT corporation, and the size is 2×2×0.6mm. The connector dimension is shown as Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide...
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Figure 4-3 0.81mm coaxial antenna dimensions Figure 4-4 Schematic diagram of 0.81mm coaxial antenna connected to the RF connector Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 46 of 60...
JIG must be lifted up vertically to PCB surface (see Figure 4-7 and 4-8). Figure 4-6 Pulling JIG Figure 4-7 Lift up pulling JIG Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 47 of 60...
Band 26 850MHz LTE FDD 814-849 859-894 Band 29 700MHz LTE FDD 716-728 Band 30 2300MHz LTE FDD 2305-2315 2350-2360 Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 48 of 60...
Band 26 23± 2.7 23+2/-1 10MHz Bandwidth, 1 RB Band 30 23± 2.7 22± 1 10MHz Bandwidth, 1 RB Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 49 of 60...
10MHz Bandwidth Band 26 -93.8 -103.0 10MHz Bandwidth Band 29 -93.3 -101 10MHz Bandwidth Band 30 -95.3 -101 10MHz Bandwidth Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 50 of 60...
The above values are measured in four antennas condition (Main+Diversity+M1+M2). If only use dual antennas (Main+Diversity), the sensitivity will drop about 3dBm for each band of LTE. Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide...
The L860 module provides main and diversity antenna interfaces, and the antenna design requirements are shown in the following table: Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 52 of 60...
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ANT on B30 suggestion: Peak gain < 1dBi, for FCC EIRP requirement, Efficient > 50% for carrier TRP requirement. If integrator doesn't follow the instruction, may cause FCC EIRP or carrier TRP certification fail. Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 53 of 60...
±15 kV Antenna Interface ±8 kV Golden Finger ±2 kV Note: ESD performance is based on EVB-M2 development board. Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 54 of 60...
The label of each module is subject to the good shipped. 6.2 Dimension of Structure The structural dimension of the L860 module is shown in Figure 6-2: Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 55 of 60...
Structure. Based on the M.2 interface definition, L860 module adopts Type 3042-S3-B interface (30x42mm, the component maximum height on t top layer is 1.5mm, PCB thickness is 0.8mm, and KEY ID is B). Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide...
APCI0026-P001A manufactured by LOTES Corporation, and the dimension is shown in Figure 6-4. The package of connector, please refer to the specification. Figure 6-4 M.2 dimension of structure Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 57 of 60...
The L860 module uses tray package, 20 pcs are packed in each tray, with 5 trays including one empty tray on top in each box and 5 boxes in each case. Tray packaging process is shown in Figure 6-5: Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide...
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Figure 6-5 Tray packaging process Reproduction forbidden without Fibocom Wireless Inc. written authorization - All Rights Reserved. FIBOCOM L860-GL Series Hardware Guide Page 59 of 60...
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